CampRecipes Classic Archive
This recipe is part of the CampRecipes Classic Recipe Archive. It was originally submitted to the CampRecipes community and is preserved as historical outdoor cooking content. Some formatting, ingredient wording, or cooking guidance may reflect the original submission.
Because these are preserved vintage recipes, they have not been reviewed for modern allergen labeling, nutrition accuracy, food-safety guidance, or current outdoor-cooking best practices. Please review the ingredients carefully, use safe food handling, and adapt the recipe as needed for your equipment, location, dietary needs, and current fire restrictions.
Original Date: 2009-06-03
Serves: any
Prep Time: 1-30m
Difficulty: average
Backpacking: Yes
Ingredients
- oranges
- brownie mix box–the one where you only need to add water
- aluminum foil
- fire pit
Instructions
Follow the brownie box mix instructions to prepare batter. Cut top of orange 3/4 of way leaving a lid. Dig out the rest of the meat of the orange, you can leave some orange meat along the inside walls if you want.
Pour brownie mix into hollowed out orange 3/4 to 4/4 full; put cap of orange in place. Wrap well with aluminum foil, and toss into the fire!
Bake 15-25min, depending on fire and brownie mix box instructions–trial and error.
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