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September 15, 2006 Reviewer: Darlene in Oregon

These are so good my 21-year-old (picky eater) son didn't notice he took one of my low carb brownies and not the regular ones I made for the rest of the family. The effect on my BGL is so minimal, I can have several servings at once!

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October 10, 2006 Reviewer: Arlene in New Hampshire

I love brownies. These are wonderful. You can even make brownie sundaes with low carb ice cream and melted low carb chocolate bars. I have lost 92 lbs on the low carb diet and I order from this website all the time. Thanks netrition.com

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November 28, 2006 Reviewer: geraldine in Georgia

These are GREAT. First time I made them they were bland, so here's how to make them superlative: Use the regular recipe, not the 'cake-like' recipe. To the mix add two packets of Splenda. Substitute plain Yogurt for the sour cream and use a heaping 1/4 cup. If you can, substitute 1/4 of the water using DaVinci's Chocolate syrup, NOT the Chocolate sauce Da Vinci also sells. Add a cup or so chopped pecans or walnuts, a heaping tsp of salt. I use Egg Beaters in place of all eggs called for. As I recall the recipe calls for 1 egg and 1 egg white. I just use Egg Beaters for all eggs called for. Mix well. Let the cooled pan sit in the fridge for a day. The texture and taste is very much like an Italian Chocolate cake, dense yet smooth. Perfect with coffee. I use Sweet N Low Choc. icing but again, add two packets of Splenda to the icing mix as it too is bland without correcting the flavor. I sub. some of the liquid with chocolate syrup, but it's ok without it.

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January 07, 2008 Reviewer: Leslie in Illinois

First, before discussing any sort of brownies, I think it is necessary to establish what one is talking about when one uses the term, brownie. There seem to be two distinct schools of thought on this. One faction holds that a brownie is essentially a rich-chocolate treat with an almost cakelike consistency but dense to the point of being almost like fudge. The other faction differs primarily in that while the interior of the brownie might be as described above, the outside (top and bottom) have a consistency closer to that of a dense, chewy cookie -- crisp in the initial bite but then chewy with the fudginess only in the center. My own preference is toward the latter definition, but in general, if it is chocolate, I am not inclined to complain. So, which of the definitions fits this product? In my judgment, neither, really. I made the mix according to the standard directions (not the directions for a more cakelike brownie) and frankly, what I got was pretty much a dense chocolate cake. There was no fudgy-quality to it. It is possible that I cooked it too long -- I have a convection oven and some things I need to cook for less time than the recipe calls for, but if I did overcook it, at least what I got was not dried out. Now, setting aside whether what I got was a brownie or not, it was very good eating. The flavor was definitely the rich-chocolate flavor of a brownie, it was not dry and I would easily recommend this mix on that basis (I did add a little extra Splenda to the mix as the batter did not taste quite sweet enough to me, which is fairly common with Dixie Diner sweets). The caramel topping was also quite good though I would have appreciated a little more generous amount. I would like to add that I suspect that it may not be possible to do a low-carb version of the crispy/chewy style of brownie as I suspect that texture is dependent on the chemical properties of sugar and how it interacts with the fat and flour under high-heat. It is possible that no artificial sweetener reacts the same way and there may not be any form of substitution which can create that effect.

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March 06, 2009 Reviewer: Janet in South Carolina

I found these to be a very good low-carb alternative to the real thing. I've found the key is NOT to overcook them. I even go about 3 min less than recommended and they come out perfect. Cook them too long and they are dry.

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