Brownie In A Mug

What you need:

Brownie mix

This was my choice for last night, simply because it was on sale for 99 cents. 

You can't get much better than a 99 cent dessert.  Yeah, yeah I had to add eggs and oil, but still - darned cheap.

If cost is not a factor though, we like the mix (Hersheys?) that has the peanut butter blobs mixed in.  Yum.

So you take your brownie mix and you make the batter according to the instructions on the box.

Next you pick out five mugs.  Mugs with straight sides, rather than sloping work best here because we're going to stick them all in the crock pot and they'll fit better if they have straight sides.

If at all possible, go for mismatched mugs collected over the entirety of your marriage.  Bonus points if you can pick mugs of slightly different sizes so the kids will fight over which one they get.

Spray the mugs well with cooking spray (Pam) and then distribute the brownie matter.  Give no thought AT ALL to the fact that you essentially dividing an entire pan of brownies amongst five people.  Such thoughts are just upsetting and you're going to eat it anyway.

Arrange the mugs in the crock pot.

Cover with lid and cook on high until . . . well actually, the cooking time is tricky.  In my old, basic crock pot, they took almost three hours.  In the new, digital one it's 90 minutes.  Plus, I like to pull ours out while they are set on the outside but still quite mushy in the middle.  You may prefer yours cooked all the way through.

You'd be wrong about that, by the way, but to each her own.

Whenever you determine they are done, use tongs or an oven mitt to pull them out and set them on a cooling rack for about 10 minutes.  Then dig in!

Heaven. In. A. Mug.