That’s right – I baked with Hansen’s Natural Soda! I wanted to try something different so, one day, I looked for recipes involving soda. The most intriguing was that of baking brownies or cake with it. Would it still turn out okay? Would it taste overwhelming like soda? It was time for me to find out.
Brownie Recipe
1 box Brownie mix
1/2 can Hansen’s Natural Soda (or Diet Soda)
Frosting (optional)
1 cup Powdered sugar
2 Tbsp  Hansen’s Natural Soda (or Diet Soda)
Using a box of our favorite brownie mix, my daughter helped mix 1/2 a can of Hansen’s Kiwi Strawberry Soda with the powdered mix. We stirred until the batter was mixed well, poured it into a greased pan, and set it in the pre-heated oven. For the time and temperature, I used what was suggested on the box. I did need to add an extra 10 minutes of baking time to make sure the center was cooked through. Just for fun, some of the left over soda was combined with powdered sugar to make a layer of frosting. I put in a bit too much soda so the frosting was a bit liquidy and more powdered sugar had to be  added. Since I was using Strawberry Kiwi soda, I used a couple drops of food coloring just because.
Surprisingly, the brownies turned out quite well. They were chewy but solid. I did taste a bit of the soda flavor but it was minimal. The frosting (more like icing) made it too sweet for us as my family generally prefers their brownies plain. I’m not sure I’d make this on a regular basis but this was definitely an interesting experiment. The soda replaced the need of using eggs or oil, great for those that are allergic or trying to cut down. As for calories, Hansen’s offers a variety of Diet Sodas that can be used to cut those.
I love that Hansen’s uses only natural ingredients and that their sodas are free of caffeine, preservatives, sodium, and high fructose corn syrup. California residents can get their fill at local grocery stores but their amazing varieties can also be ordered online at Amazon.com to be shipped nationwide.
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I have been asked to participate in a series of partnered posts for Hansen’s Natural Soda as a Social Media Correspondant. All opinions are my own.
115 comments
pomegranate
Mandarin Lime, yum!
pomegranate sounds great
Raspberry sounds good!
I’ve never had Hansens soda, pomegranate sounds amazing!!!
I am excited to try the diet Mandarin Lime!
Mandarin Orange is my favorite! I love that Hansens uses natural ingredients!
I like the Vanilla Cola flavor.
cherry vanilla creme 🙂
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vanilla cola for me!
Diet Kiwi Strawberry
Pomegranate
black cherry.
Ginger ale
like to try Kiwi Strawberry Soda
my favorite is the vanilla cola
Diet creamy root beer for me, please
Diet Kiwi Strawberry
mandarin lime would be good.
I have never tried Hansen before, but the pomegranate sounds good
pom
cherry vanilla creme
I think I would like Raspberry the best. thanks
carolwegs at gmail dot com
Diet creamy root beer sounds great!
The mandarin orange is really good.
the Vanilla Cola
i think creamy root beet sounds good
The creamy root beer or key lime twist sound delicious 🙂
demureprincess7(at)gmail(dot)com
Root Beer or the cherry vanilla
Creamy Root Beer
Mandarin Lime!! grammypenny@frontier.com
black cherry
I’d go with Diet Black Cherry
Wow, I had Hansen’s all the time as a kid, but I haven’t had one in years! I think it was the Mandarin Lime I drank endlessly.
Diet Kiwi Strawberry sounds great!
Hansen’s pomegranate soda sounds great 🙂
I think the Grapefruit sounds really yummy.
ginger ale
Grapefruit
I looooove Hansen’s Soda….Kiwi Strawberry is my fave!
Mandarin Lime rules!
i like the vanilla cola
Black Cherry
Creamy root beer
Ginger ale
Mandarin Lime sounds good!
Key lime twist
RASPBERRY
the cherry vanilla cream
raspberry please
I Have Never Had It, But Would Love To Try The Club Soda Flavor !:)
The Mandarin Lime wounds good!
Diet Kiwi Strawberry and Diet Cola
Diet Kiwi Strawberry
Creamy Root Beer
mandarin lime yum
I have never tried this, but Diet black cherry sounds yummy
I want Pomegranate.
Natural cane soda is my favorite
Mandarin Lime sounds great 🙂
My favorite is the mandarin lime.
Diet Black Cherry is my favorite.
Kiwi Strawberry!
Creamy root beer
I’d love to try their Ginger Ale!
black cherry
I like pomegranate.
Diet Black Cherry is my fave.
my favorite is Mandarin Lime
Creamy root beer
The creamy root beer
I like the Strawberry Kiwi flavor.
Vanilla Cola
I like Key Lime Twist
We like the Grapefruit flavor.
Kiwi Strawberry
Mandarin Lime
Kiwi Strawberry!
I want to try Diet Black Cherry.
i LOVE the grapefruit !!
the creamy root beer
I haven’t tried it yet but know I’d like the Ginger Ale.
i love the diet strawberry kiwi flavor.
I love the Vanilla Cola
Cherry Vanilla Creme.
Diet Kiwi Strawberry.
Diet creamy rootbeer
I like mandarin lime
Diet Black Cherry
I like mango orange!
Diet Kiwi Strawberry
My favorite would the the diet cherry vanilla cream.
Raspberry
i love Vanillia Cola!
I would love Ginger Ale!
mandarin lime sounds good
Ginger Ale
pomengranite
POMEGRANITE
vanilla cola
jagar0047 at yahoo dot com
I love the creamy root beer! I love their variety of flavors! Thanks for the giveaway!
Raspberry!
kiwi strawberry sounds good to me
Mandarin lime
Diet Black Cherry 🙂
diet Black Cherry
Raspberry
I love rootbee!
Cherry vanilla cream
Raspberry
The creamy root beer!
I have not tried it but Mandarin Lime sounds good.
I like Cola. 🙂
I love their Raspberry!
lauraemerson17 at yahoo dot com
Raspberry is my favorite.
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