Whether you are cooking over a bonfire in your backyard or a campfire at your local state park, a sweet treat is always a welcome addition to your experience. Campfire brownies make your bellies happy and put a smile on your face.
When I was younger and living at home with my parents, we did a lot of traveling in our motor home. We would travel the country each summer.
Sometimes spending three weeks at a time away from home. That was a lot for a little girl. After a while, the space of the RV seemed quite small, especially in that third week.
My family made some wonderful memories during our travels. One of my favorite memories were the campfires that we would have.
We would travel all day, pull into a campground and my mom would build a fire. It was almost an escape.
We would sit outside and often cook dinner over the fire. I have so many beautiful memories of my mom, our campfires and the talks we would have.
My little family has not carried on the RV-ing tradition from my childhood. However, we do love a great backyard campfire.
We have been known to head to a cabin for a weekend away. Granted, we are not roughing it...it is more like "glamping."
You know...glamorous camping. Regardless, we love a great bonfire.
When dealing with food restrictions, whether due to allergies, intolerances or personal choices...you sometimes need to get creative.
You need to have fun with your cooking. You need to focus on the FUN part of eating; loving what you eat. It is safe to say that my family LOVES Enjoy Life Foods.
They have been a great company to my family, they make delicious allergy friendly food that helps to keep my family safe.
For this recipe, we used Enjoy Life Foods Brownie Mix. The brownies contain 5 grams of plant based protein in each serving.
Of course the mixes are TOP8 allergen free (just like all Enjoy Life Foods Products) they are also verified nonGMO AND certified gluten-free.
Looking for other allergy-friendly recipes? All of our recipes are nut-free and gluten-free. We also have vegan recipes too!
So we have established that we need a campfire and a brownie mix. Now you need a vehicle (so to speak) to bake the brownies in.
Let's use an orange! That is right, grab some large oranges, cut off the top and scoop out the insides. If you are camping, it is wise to prep these before you head to the camp site.
Less mess is better. The scooped out oranges with lids will travel well in a gallon size zip lock type of baggie.
Mix up that delicious brownie batter. The best part about this batch of brownies is that it is vegan.
Yep, no eggs. So go ahead and lick that spoon! Nobody is looking! It is always good to sample the campfire brownies before baking. Ha!
Fill up those oranges with the batter. Fill just below the top of the orange to allow room for expansion of the batter.
That handsome dark brownie batter looks beautiful next to the vibrant color of the oranges!
You with me? That is one pretty orange...yes?
Next up...foil! Wrap each orange in an individual sheet of foil. I like to twist the foil towards the top.
I like the extra foil at the top because it makes it easier to grab the wrapped oranges with tongs.
THIS girl does not want to get burned by that fire!
Oh yes and make sure that your furry co-worker approves. If you don't have a furry co-worker, that is okay.
Place into the coals of your campfire. While you can place near flames, they cook best on the coals of your fire.
So once your fire dies down a bit...THAT is the time!
After 25 minutes, pull your oranges from the fire to check on your brownies. Depending on the temp of your fire, your brownies should take between 25-35 minutes.
If your orange begins to burn, that is okay! Mine typically burn at the bottom but it does not affect the campfire brownies.
If you are a brownie lover, you should check out these Gluten Free Butterfinger Cheesecake Brownie Bars by Fearless Dining, they look simply amazing!
Campfire Brownies
Instructions
- Start up a beautiful campfire.
- Cut off the tops of oranges. Scoop out insides of oranges.
- Prepare mix, per directions on box. (using oil and water)
- Put batter into oranges, wrap in foil.
- Put foil wrapped oranges onto coals of your campfire. Check batter after 25 minutes. The brownies should take between 25-35 minutes to bake.
- Remove from fire, cool and enjoy!
Nutrition
Truly, these are delicious! They are so easy to make and allergy friendly.
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How friggin' cool are these?? Not to mention, I love love love chocolate + orange together. Great idea. And your furry co-worker is the cutest! Love Goldens 🙂
Thanks for the doggie love! She is the best! Aren't these super cool? I agree!
Wow this is such a clever and cool idea! looks great!
Thanks so much! I hope that you enjoy them!
This is such a brilliant idea for camping, or even just hanging out on the beach or picnicing! I love that you don't need extra equipment, and can get delicious, juicy goodness from the orange beforehand!
You are exactly right! YUM!
I love chocolate and orange! Do the brownies end up with an orangey essence from being cooked inside the rind?
Yes, the end up with a delicious subtle orange taste. YUM!
That sounds like my kind of brownie!
No I haven't heard of it before today! That is really cool! I saw a post the other day about campfire omelettes that was pretty neat too. Thanks for sharing! We will have to try this 🙂
Oh those omelettes sound fun too! Hope you love the orange brownies as much as we did!
It was a cool kid friendly camping idea. She just broke 2 (or 3) eggs per person in freezer zip lock bags and add ingredients of your choice like a traditional omelette.Close the bags and mix with your hands then label the bags with the names, When you are ready for breakfast put them in a pot of boiling water about six and half to seven minutes per egg 🙂
I will be making these brownies. I think the taste of orange would be a nice flavor twist!
That is super fun Dana! I need to try that!! Thanks for sharing! YOU are the best!
You had me at ORANGE! Then here you are pouring brownie mix inside of them??? You are out of control in the very best way! I can just imagine how wonderful they must smell cooking over that campfire and chocolate and orange are such decadent flavors to combine. I love this!! Thank you <3
The smell is amazing, I wish we had smell-a-vision on the computers! YUMMMMO Such a fab pairing!
First of, this is brilliant. Now you got me craving brownies and oranges. What a fabulous combo!
Thank you Florentina! I appreciate that! Super fun combo!
What a fun little treat. Nothing beats a good campfire, and who wouldn't want to eat these as they enjoy sitting around the fire.
Thanks Gloria! Super fun!
This is amazing! I never would have thought to do this. Brownies all the time 🙂
You know it! Brownies all the time!
I love this innovative way of making brownies, a perfect barbecue treat. I bet being cooked inside an orange adds a lovely zesty taste.
Thanks! Yes it does add a lovely zest flavor!
Now how come I haven't thought of that! We camp a lot and even have a cabin in the Cook Forest PA area.
Thanks Cindy for that great tip, can't wait to try it.
I hope that you enjoy!! YUMMMO
Can not wait to try this with the chocolate and oarnge flavors together. I have never tried that brand of brownies before but like the idea of no eggs while camping.
The come together so awesomely!
Such a fun idea! I love how low-waste and easy it looks 🙂
Thanks Jennifer!
What a brilliant idea!! I can't wait to try these beauties. Even my kids can make them!!
Your kids will have a blast!
Wow. Never made brownies at a campfire before. Love your fascinating brownies in an orange procedure. Want to try it now 🙂 This is my first time, linking up at Gluten free fridays, so let me also say, thank you for hosting the linkup, Cindy!
This is a fun recipe for sure! I hope that you try!
These are so cool!
That is such a great idea!
- wow you rock can you come up with this recipe on your own or is that on the box only 2 tablespoons of oil not very much I have a nephew who cannot have fat but up to 10 grams a day actually I think it's more now that he's older he has VLC add anyway I do wish that we can carry on my family's tradition of camping but looks like we'll do the same thing having campfires in our backyard as well but it's okay because that is still awesomely fun we love to do s'mores but this sounds a lot healthier especially being allergy friendly recipe and fun too thank you for sharing
Yes, the Enjoy Life Foods Brownie mix does not require much liquid, it has some great things in it 🙂
Such a great idea! I love making potatoes over an open fire. I cut them in cubes, onions, olive oil, little butter and salt & pepper. 🙂
What an easy and fun way to make brownies on the grill. Wonderful idea, also, for Halloween!
What a fun idea! Individual servings, no pans to clean and chocolate & orange is a delicious combination. We will definitely be giving this a try. Thanks!!
These look good..I may just make these at our 4th of July cookout,.
great recipe
I would have never thought to put a brownie in an orange!
What a fun idea....might have to try this the next time we go camping.