Recipes "on the back of the package"

[DLgal]

So, while eating breakfast this morning (Crispix), I got to thinking. There has been a recipe for "Crispix Mix" on the back of the box for the ENTIRE time I've eaten this cereal (since childhood...I'm 38). I have never had Crispix Mix. I've never known anyone who has made it. I've had Chex Mix...

I only make a handful of recipes from the backs of food packages regularly, namely Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip cookies and Rice Krispies Treats. These are classics that have been around forever.

What "back of the package" recipe is your favorite? Which ones do you remember seeing for the longest time that are still around? Which is the best you have tried?

I think the best one I've tried recently were "Award Winning Brownies" from the back of the Ghirardelli Sweetened Cocoa package. OMG...they really were amazing!

 

[cabanafrau]

I almost always use the recipe for pecan pie from the back of the Karo Syrup bottle if I'm making pecan pie. This honestly has a lot to do with realizing either when I'm at the store or away from home that I am on a time crunch to make something for an event I am going to and clicking in my brain what I have time to make and realizing I can crank out a pecan pie quickly and easily -- and the bottle will tell me exactly what I need with no muss, no fuss.

 

[dotfurio]

I honestly don't even know if they're printed on the package anymore, but we like Bisquick impossible cheeseburger pie and Jet Puffed fudge. I make them because my mom and grandma did, and I think they were on the packages then. Now I just look online. (And of course I make Nestles cookies and Rice Crispy Treats)

 

[Frozen Canuck]

I have used the Fantasy Fudge recipe off of the Marshmallow Fluff container with success.

 

[AndreaDM]

Pumpkin pie from the back of Libby's canned pumpkin.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Definitely Rice Krispie Treats! I actually cut the recipe off a box a long time ago and put it in my recipe binder - because the time before that I'd gotten a holiday box or something that didn't have it, and I had to call my aunt to get it! (This was pre-Google, of course.)

I think I have actually made the Crispix Mix (a loooong time ago) and probably Toll House cookies at some point, too. I do make Jello Jigglers from the box every once in a while as well.

 

[Southernmiss]

Old El Paso green chili sauce enchilada recipe-family loves it

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

Chocolate chip cookies from Nestle Toll House chocolate chips.

 

[soccerdad72]

Toll house cookies and Chex Mix (although they no longer print the oven version of the recipe, just the microwave one, which doesn't turn out the same, IMO).

 

[loves to dive]

Another one who uses the pecan pie from Karo syrup. We also use the one for German Chocolate Cake from the unsweet chocolate package (I think it's on the inside though).

 

[SMD]

Another one who uses the pecan pie from Karo syrup. We also use the one for German Chocolate Cake from the unsweet chocolate package (I think it's on the inside though).

I hate when the recipe is on the inside. I'm not going back to the store for more ingredients. The time I've used the back of the package recipes I was in the store trying to figure out how I was going to make something or what I was going to bring to a party. Inside the package doesn't help in those situations.

 

[loves to dive]

I hate when the recipe is on the inside. I'm not going back to the store for more ingredients. The time I've used the back of the package recipes I was in the store trying to figure out how I was going to make something or what I was going to bring to a party. Inside the package doesn't help in those situations.

I know, bugs the hound out of me, but thankfully German Chocolate Cake isn't something we make more than twice a year and thankfully we cut the recipe out and keep it. It's not a spur of the moment kind of thing, at least not for us. We did once decide while in the store it might be nice so we just opened the box of chocolate and got the ingredients that way, since we knew we were going to buy the box anyway it wasn't that big of a deal.

 

[bgirldeb]

Nilla wafers banana pudding is a good one

 

[QueenIsabella]

Tollhouse cookies, of course, and I really like several of the Bisquick ones. Strawberry shortcake and pancakes are used the most in our house, but there are several others (cheeseburger pie, waffles, etc.) that I've tried.

I find these recipes, by and large, to be very good. The company wants you to buy and use more of their product, so they put a lot of effort into coming up with easy, delicious recipes so you'll do just that. I figure, any recipe you see on the package is worth giving a try, if it's something that interests you.

 

[asta]

I have a pasta salad recipe from the back of a Red Cross Tri-color pasta box. This stuff is so good. My family says that it is addictive. I try to not make it often because we all overeat when it is in the house.

I think the Red Cross pasta company went out of business. I haven't seen their boxes in the grocery in years.

 

[cabanafrau]

I have a pasta salad recipe from the back of a Red Cross Tri-color pasta box. This stuff is so good. My family says that it is addictive. I try to not make it often because we all overeat when it is in the house.

I think the Red Cross pasta company went out of business. I haven't seen their boxes in the grocery in years.

First I assumed it must be a brand we don't get here. But then you left us hanging with the thought of a fantastic pasta salad recipe we can't ever hope to find??
Why would you do us like that??

 

[Happyinwonerland]

I have made a chocolate pie from the Dream Whip box every thanskgiving and christmas since I was 8. I don't even like it anymore but DH and DD do, so the tradition continues.

 

[Happyinwonerland]

Rotel Dip from the back of the can may be my favorite. Nothing but Rotel and Velveeta, such a delicious indulgence! I haven't had it in a few years, on account of how awful it is for your body, but man is it tasty!

 

[AppleDumpling]

I used to make a delicious cheesecake with a zwieback crust from the recipe on the box of Nabisco zwieback. Unfortunately, Nabisco discontinued making it (as did Gerber) a few years ago. So I started making it with a graham cracker crust, but it's not nearly as good. I recently found an imported zwieback from Germany (Brandt rusk), which tastes pretty good (though not as sweet as Nabisco); I'll have to try it out as cake/pie crust.

 

[Frozen Canuck]

I have a pasta salad recipe from the back of a Red Cross Tri-color pasta box. This stuff is so good. My family says that it is addictive. I try to not make it often because we all overeat when it is in the house.

Would you be willing to post the recipe? I have been looking for a good pasta salad recipe for this summer.

I think the Red Cross pasta company went out of business. I haven't seen their boxes in the grocery in years.

We actually still have one of their empty spaghetti boxes up in our cupboard. My husband wouldn't let me get rid of it because it was some kind of "unicorn" to him. He used to teach Red Cross swimming and first aid in Canada, where NO ONE is allowed to infringe on the Red Cross trademark. Finding that box of spaghetti was something special. I'm not sure what state we were in when we picked it up. I always assumed it must be a regional brand. I haven't seen it anywhere in years, but we have moved several times. It does sound like the company is gone now.