This week it’s all about Mike Mulligan - FIAR and how box brownies might be from satan.
We made a square brownie and cut out the middle like Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.
Have I ever told you about my Christmas brownies for the neighbors? This one is real good.
So – I made BOX brownies and gave them to our neighbors. I even sprinkled some powdered sugar on top and put them in red tins for the festiveness of Christmas!
I was so proud of being a good Christian neighbor.
The brownies were so yummy. Too yummy.
A neighbor told me she shared them with her French pastry chef friend and they wanted to invite me over to bake them in front of them and show them how I made these moist excellent brownies. Her French chef friend couldn’t figure out my secret ingredient.
I was frozen in terror and just smiled. I couldn’t possibly say they were a box mix.
Every miserable month this woman would drive by wave and then shout out the window something about making more brownies for her – how much she loved my brownies – or whatever … brownies. I’d silently smile and wave.
I started to HATE brownies.
I would sneak out to get the mail in hopes of NEVER seeing this woman ever ever ever again. Hubs absolutely loved every minute and would make random brownie jokes.
Finally over a year later her French friend is outside getting into her car and waves me over. She wants to know how I made such moist brownies. Great – I’m going to hell over box brownies!
So I came clean and laughed it off, “oh those silly brownies – they were a box mix”.
She didn’t think it was as funny.
Imagine the best French accent …. “What is this … “box mix”? What do you mean??”
For 15 horrible minutes I had to explain what a cheap box brownie mix was and that not everyone makes brownies from scratch. I even admitted I had never made anything from scratch.
So I introduced her to my friend – Betty Crocker.
~ sacrebleu ~
Neither woman has spoke to me since.
FYI – Mike Mulligan brownies are a box mix, m’kay?
I added frosting (can frosting) they added nuts & chocolate chips (dirt & rocks). We put the (box) brownie on a square plate. Of course I couldn’t find a steam shovel toy for the center. Typical.
I read the story one night and hubs read another – it was so cute to hear little man’s voice finish the sentence “a little bit faster and a little bit bedder”.
(oh yeah – he’s wearing his shirt inside out and backyards — cause that’s how we roll.)
Bhahaha!!! That is an awesome story…LOL! Thanks for sharing it, gave me a good laugh this morning!
That is so sad that they couldn’t laugh about it with you. Maybe you should make them some more brownies.
Help. Can’t. Breathe. This is so funny I can barely type. You are responsible for the death of many, many brain cells due to oxygen deprivation. Oh my word.
hahaha Loved this!!! Needed that laugh!
L.O.V.E!!!! Betty and Mrs. Stouffer are so good to me!
Okay, first of all, that may just be the funniest story I’ve ever heard. Love it! Second, it reminds of the Friends episode about Phoebe’s grandmother’s cookie recipe (from the French Nestle Tollhouse). Finally, huge fans of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel here. Love the brownie project!
Love you for your honesty.
This is once again evidence that God uses our homeschooling venture, not only to educate our children, but to refine us (even through laughter)!
Your awesome, girl! So glad your not going to hell anymore (:
And just for the record….Box brownies ROCK and I didn’t know there was any other way to make them! lol!
My favorite brownies are boxed brownies! {And I’m a brownie snob.}
I love it. I would so get myself into a predicament like that and have to hide while getting the mail. I love your story. Too real! I grew up on box brownies and they really are the best. I have made the from scratch Ghiradelli ones and they just can never measure up. Keep it real, girlfriend!
{grin} I love it
Thanks for admitting you use box mixes too….it’s all I ever use 
Who among us has not delivered a disguised batch of box brownies cast the 1st stone….sigh..so thankful my cover has not yet been blown!
Wow! Who knew one could actually hate brownies. What a crazy experience!
And this is such a cool idea. We love the Mike mulligan story.
We loved FIAR, especially for fun projects like this one. Your (box) brownie story is hilarious! It is sad that they couldn’t laugh with you about it, though. My specialty is box brownies topped with a can of vanilla frosting that has been warmed until it is pourable.
HAHAHA that’s great! We are best friends with Betty Crocker too. She has some awesome Gluten Free Brownies, you should ask her about me lol.