{"id":6787,"date":"2013-09-12T06:23:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T10:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=6787"},"modified":"2013-09-12T07:49:10","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T11:49:10","slug":"review-tastefully-simple-brownie-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=6787","title":{"rendered":"Review: Tastefully Simple Brownie Mix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a firm believer in chocolate therapy.&#160; There isn\u2019t much that chocolate can\u2019t fix, right?&#160; The kids have been back-to-school for close to a month now, so I knew that a batch of brownies would be the perfect way to perk them up. It was right about the time that the kids started school that I got word of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tastefullysimple.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tastefully Simple<\/a> debuting a gluten-free line this fall.&#160; The line includes a brownie mix, which is super-easy to prepare and certainly fit the \u201cchocolate therapy\u201d description.&#160; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_7733.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_7733\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_7733\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_7733_thumb.jpg\" width=\"380\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Simply add melted butter and eggs to the mix, stir, then bake for one of the best brownies you will ever taste.&#160; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_7743.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_7743\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_7743\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_7743_thumb.jpg\" width=\"557\" height=\"439\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you see that fudgy goodness?&#160; So.Good.&#160; Both of the kids raved about the brownies\u2026they sure didn\u2019t last long!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>INGREDIENTS: Sugar, rice flour, cocoa (processed with alkali), potato      <br \/>starch, tapioca flour, less than 2% of natural flavors, salt, xanthan gum,       <br \/>silicon dioxide (anticaking).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The mix serves 16 people and is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tastefullysimple.com\/shopourproducts\/allproducts\/glutenfreefudgybrowniemix753903.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">available through Tastefully Simple<\/a> for $11.99\/package.&#160; According to the website the mix is only available for a limited time, <strong>through March 8, 2014<\/strong>.&#160; 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