She Says: Trader Joe’s Brownies with Greek Yogurt
My phone is a little warrior. I skidded across the sidewalk and it escaped unscathed, but I guess sometimes enough is enough. Wednesday night I encountered a white screen that would not go away. A quick trip to the apple store and all was well. This morning my phone would not turn on even when I plugged it in. I asked a sleeping Mark whether he could figure out how to turn it on. His response? “Brownies.” I can take a hint.
I stopped at Trader Joe’s today (my Whole Foods employed brother is going to hate me for saying this, but I love TJs!) and picked up a box of brownies to make for him. I love baking from scratch, but for some reason I prefer making cookies, cakes or muffins over brownies. Anyway, keeping my baking audience in mind, I modified the box recipe only slightly.
To the mix I added 2 eggs, 2 T unsalted melted butter. 1 5.3 oz. container of Oikos and 2 eggs. From a textural standpoint, using yogurt in brownies gives them a cakey quality.
I didn’t have any, but Mark liked them a lot and said he didn’t notice the lack of butter. I chose not to have any because I don’t really love brownies and given my recent annoyance with my extra LBs, I’m trying to be extra thoughtful about when I have sweets and desserts and I had my fair share of Halloween treats at our class party today.
And … time to announce the winner of the Dr. McDougall’s Right Foods Ready-to-Serve Chunky Soups giveaway!
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Timestamp: 2009-10-30 20:45:41 UTC
Winner, please email me at HangryPants@gmail.com. Thanks!!!!
P.S. These Sweet Potato Chips are tragically delicious!
P.P.S. I found out today they’ve discontinued the TJs toothpaste! 
October 30th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Hahahahaha I love how his response to your phone problem was brownies and then you went and made him brownies. You are such a good girlfriend! And omg those brownies look like gooey heaven!
October 30th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
That’s totally something my boyfriend would do. Most of the time he rolls over and ignores me though. Those brownies look awesome! I want one!
October 30th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
I’m glad you reviewed these – I have looked at them for a while in TJ’s. The pictures sure do look good!
October 30th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Cake-like brownies are my fav! I always wondered if TJ’s brand mix was any good… I can’t seem to find a good homemade brownie recipe, so maybe I’ll give this mix a taste!
ps. i added you to my blog roll, I hope you don’t mind!
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October 30th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
I love trader joes and go to Whole Foods for the stuff I can’t get there. For us they are across the street from each other so it is really convenient.
October 30th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Of course I don’t mind!
October 30th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
wow oh wow those brownies look delicious! I’m hitting up TJs tomorrow so I think these will be on the shopping list…
October 30th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Oh no! Have you tried Tom’s? Of course it’s prob $2 more but we only use a pea sized amount. Actually I can’t really say I know how much Rob uses but I don’t need much. It’s very nice and they have a mango flavor. We only tried that once though. Kinda weird, ya know.
How cute is Mark.
October 31st, 2009 at 1:13 am
I miss TJ’s like you wouldn’t believe! Sigh. I’ve actually never tried any of their baking mixes, but they def do look good.
October 31st, 2009 at 3:23 am
That is some willpower you got there for not trying out even a tiny piece of those brownies. Brownies are my downfall too. I usually bake No Pudge, but I might give TJ’s brand a try.
October 31st, 2009 at 9:48 am
YUM!!!
October 31st, 2009 at 10:00 am
Whoa those look so good!
October 31st, 2009 at 10:31 am
I want to try those sweet potato chips; they look goood
October 31st, 2009 at 10:37 am
Those brownies look amazing, I was actually looking at those this week. Now I know that they are worth picking up!