DIY Gift Idea: Take-Out Homemade Brownie Mix
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My dear friend and reader Robyn is allowing me to share her fantastic DIY gift idea with y’all! I mailed her some of my homemade brownie mix as part of her birthday present (the recipe follows). The brownies were a big hit at her house so she decided to make some more mix and give it as a birthday present to a soon-to-be-five-year-old family friend. She packaged the mix in a plain take-out container that doubled as a birthday card – she wrote a message on the back and her family signed it.
Here are four reasons I totally love this gift:
1) It is a consumable gift that will never clutter up the house. This is a big deal to me!
2) It is giving the experience of making food with a friend or family member to a child. In my opinion this is what kids really want – someone to spend time with him or her, instead of more stuff.
3) It is a super frugal gift! The take-our container cost $0.99 and the mix probably costs less than that to make. You don’t have to spend a ton to give a useful and thoughtful gift.
4) These brownies taste amazing. They will definitely bring a smile to the every family members’ face.
Thanks so much for sharing your idea, Robyn! Please feel free to send any other frugal or DIY ideas my way and I will be happy to share them here on the blog.
Best Homemade Brownie Mix
Adapted from The Best Brownies on Food.com
Ingredients
2 cups white sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2/3 cup cocoa powder (high quality works best such as Ghiradelli)
1 cup flour
Directions
Place all ingredients into a Ziploc bag and seal. Add a label to the bag with these instructions:
Grease a 9 x 13 pan and preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl mix together 3 eggs, 1 cup vegetable oil and 2 tsp vanilla. Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix until combined. Pour into the pan and bake approximately 30 minutes or until they test done.
Hey! You forgot the eggs on this recipe!! 😉
So I just put the dry ingredients in the ingredients list and in the instructions part added the eggs, oil, and vanilla. Do you think it is confusing that way? I tried to do it as if someone was going to give the mix as a gift. Thanks for checking it out!!!