• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Amy Treasure
  • RECIPE INDEX
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
    • WORK WITH ME
  • Privacy Policy
  • Navigation Menu: Social Icons

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
menu icon
go to homepage
subscribe
search icon
Homepage link
  • Recipe Index
  • Contact
  • About
  • ×

    Home » Traybakes » Homemade gifts: Brownie mix in a jar

    Homemade gifts: Brownie mix in a jar

    By Amy Treasure · Dec 1, 2017 · 4 Comments

    Today marks the 1st of December, the countdown is well and truly ON. It's the time when I start to go through my list of gifts I need to organise before the big day - actually I prefer to get all the gift buying and wrapping sorted around about now so that I can concentrate on what I do best: food!

    I love presenting homemade gifts and so I wanted to share with you my Brownie in a jar. The concept of popping ingredients into a jar isn't new but it's the type of gift that you can really make your own by adding a little twist. I've jazzed my Brownie in a jar up a bit by adding a handful of Mixed Emotions Jelly Belly jelly beans to decorate the brownies with once cooked. This new collection plays on connecting feelings and flavours and uses fun emojis as the logo. Each emoji face represents one of five feelings:

    • Happy tastes like refreshing lemon
    • Playful teases with a sour apple flavour
    • Angry is hot cinnamon
    • Sad envelops you in berry blue
    • Love is a warming bubble gum

    Mixed Emotion Jelly Belly jelly beans

    I think the lemon is my favourite but I'll let you be the judge. Putting the Jelly Belly jelly beans into a brownie mix certainly creates a delicious mix of emotions!

    Brownie in a jar homemade gift

    Ingredients Brownie in a jar

    (Enough to fill two 700ml storage jars)

    • 200g plain flour
    • 150g soft light brown sugar
    • 150g milk chocolate chips
    • 150g caster sugar
    • 100g cocoa powder
    • 200g  Mixed Emotion Jelly Belly jelly beans (to decorate the cooked brownies)
    • 2x 700ml storage jars
    1. Carefully layer all the ingredients in the jar in the order listed above
    2. Write the following instructions on a gift tag: 'To make the perfect batch of sweet brownies all you need to do is remove the Jelly Belly jelly beans  from the top of the jar (save them to decorate your brownies with later!) mix the rest of the contents of this jar with 150g melted butter and 3 eggs. Bake at 180ºC/Gas 4 for 12 minutes until baked but still squidgy. Decorate with Jelly Belly jelly beans' 

    It only takes a few minutes to assemble these jars but I'm sure whoever receives them will appreciate the effort you've gone to and once the brownie mix has been made they will have a nice jar leftover that they can continue to use. The gift that keeps on giving!

    Brownie mix in a jar

     

    *This is a commissioned post

     

    « Snapfish L Wall Photo Calendar review
    Homemade gifts: Dark hot chocolate stirrers »

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Bee

      December 14, 2017 at 5:38 pm

      These are so cute and such a nice gift idea! I might have to make something like this for people I might happen to see around Christmas time.

      Reply
      • Amy Treasure

        December 19, 2017 at 12:27 am

        Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!

        Reply
    2. Baby Things

      January 04, 2018 at 9:26 pm

      Super cute, we actually made these in our house.
      Lovely idea!

      Maria

      Reply
      • Amy Treasure

        January 06, 2018 at 9:39 am

        Ah thanks so much Maria. Hope you had a great Christmas!

        Reply

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *






    Primary Sidebar

    Welcome, dessert lovers!


    Dessert and sweet treat recipes for all occasions and celebrations.

    Learn to create amazing showstoppers to be proud of and perfect your everyday baking.
    Email: [email protected]
    Read more about Amy

    Let's Get Social

    Footer

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    About

    • About Amy
    • Privacy Policy

    Newsletter

    • Subscribe to emails and updates

    Contact

    • Contact
    • Work with Amy

    Copyright © 2021 Amy Treasure All Rights Reserved

    167 shares
    • 2
    167 shares
    • 2