If you normally reach for the boxed brownie mix ... both melted chocolate and unsweetened cocoa powder, these rich, fudgy brownies deliver all the intense chocolate decadence that I crave.

Brownies from a box are what my childhood was built on ... or add a tablespoon of instant coffee. Love an extra fudgy brownie? Swap some or all of the water in the recipe for milk.

At the same time, we can't deny the convenience of a really good brownie mix. In the endless sea of boxes (and pouches!) available on shelves today, it can be tricky to know exactly which one is the ...

I made Betty Crocker brownies with different substitutes to see which is best for baking: applesauce, silken tofu, mayonnaise ...

And I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a huge boxed brownie fan. The texture is heaven; chewy, fudgy and not too dense — and this homemade version rivals the box, down to that crackly ...

Boxed brownies are convenient, but sometimes they taste plain, overly sweet or just “boxed”—missing that deep, fudgy, homemade richness. I don’t want to bake a whole pan just to end up ...

The single egg helps add structure without making the brownies too cakey. Because we’re skipping the oil and water from the box directions, we get dense, fudgy brownies that taste way more ...