Reviewed: Feb. 5, 2013

It baked up nice, but is more cake like than brownie like. So 3 for recipe as a brownie; 4.5 for a chocolate cake. I used a Devils food cake mix and added 1/4 cup greek yogart because it sounded a bit dry. Then when mixing it looked a little light in color, so I added 2 Tablespoons Dark Cocoa Powder. Then added 1/4 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips. We like Chocolate!

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QHHUNTERS

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Palm Bay, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 27, 2012

I used a reg ninety nine cent chocolate cake mix...non german-...one egg instead; of two hoping it would be more chewy....had to add 1/4 c. water.. mixed with electric mixer for a min or so...baked @ 325 in a glass pan for 25 min....still chewy...good!

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firkttn

Reviewed: Apr. 22, 2012

Works great in a pinch. I used a Duncan Hines Decadent German Chocolate cake mix to make this, because I had one on hand. After mixing the first three things, I put in the cake mix and the pecan/coconut mix. It was so dry that I had to add 1/2 cup of water, and then about 1/3 of milk too just to get it to a consistency that I could get it out of the bowl and into the pan. They came out of the oven more cake like than brownie like, but after I dusted them with powdered sugar they looked great. They went fast at the church dinner today and my nephew said he ate three and loved them. I prefer a homemade German Chocolate cake, which is so fattening I only make one at Christmas, so I wasn't crazy about these brownies.

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CristinaW

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Rock Island, Tennessee, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 28, 2011

I've been looking for a way to make easy brownies from cake mix, since all of the brownie mixes have hydrogenated oils. Sure enough, this recipe w/ Devil's Food cake mix was excellent! (I substituted walnuts for chocolate chips and used egg whites instead of eggs.) YUM!

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JEN5502

Reviewed: Jan. 17, 2011

i will save this recipe as a base recipe but there was not enough liquid in the recipe-it was too thick like tar-the second time i tried this I added a 1/2 cup water and this seemed to do the trick. Thanks for the brownie recipe. It's nice to have cake mix recipes that are quick and easy for last minute events.

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PARADISE VALLEY PAM

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Naples, Idaho, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 10, 2009

This was just fair. It wasn't brownie-like at all; just like thin cake. We wanted to make brownie fudge sundaes but didn't have the ingredients for scratch brownies or a mix. I used a chocolate cake mix instead of the german chocolate that was called for. The kids liked them. My husband and I thought they were just passable. I won't make them again.

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ErikaAoi

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 20, 2008

Very, very good! I made two changes to the recipe: I added 1/4 cup of milk, and about 3/4 cup of chocolate chips. I baked them for 25 minutes and they were perfect - moist and chewy in the middle with a slight crunch at the edges. Definitely something I'll do again!

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Emily

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Nevada City, California, USA

Living In: La Habra, California, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 14, 2008

I made this recipe using a super moist yellow cake mix and chocolate chips in place of nuts. A definite keeper.

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Gina

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 18, 2007

After reading other comments, I added 1 cup sour cream and after sreading the mix in the pan I pressed 1/2 cup choc chips into the top of the batter. cooked 25 min and were perfect. Don't expect a real dense bar, but very good with or without the traditional coconut-pecan frosting.

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dbray

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Eureka, California, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2007

I tried this recipe to send to my daughter's class at school after discovering that she had used the last box of brownie mix form the pantry. I was not pleased and did not want to send them to the school. They were quite dry and didn't have the "brownie taste". I ended up buying store made brownies to take to her class. Next time I will run out for brownie mix or try one of the from scratch recipes.

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