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I have seen them in 2 of 3 grocery chain stores that I have checked.

try the "product locator" on the Betty Crocker Gluten Free page
http://www.bettycrocker.com/produc...

Where do I find Betty Crocker gluten free cakes?

I got my hands on the yellow cake and the chocolate chip cookies. havent' had the cookies yet, but am highly disappointed with the yellow cake. First the cost. $3.89 at WalMart when the other cake mixes were $1.79 (at my little Grand Union the mix costs $4.29 and all the other mixes are $2.29)... ok, I can deal... then I needed to spend another $4 on Vanilla as it's not included in the recipe... Ok, fine. Then, start the prep, it only makes ONE 8-9" round pan. not 2, as all other cake mixes do. Other GF cakes such as Namaste brand are so much better, fluffier, tastier, easier and less costly and make a "normal" sized cake. The yellow cake was just "all right" fresh out of the oven, but was rather nasty the next day. and if you want to make a full size cake, it will cost roughly $8+ in cake mix and a full $4 bottle of vanilla. for $6 you can have a thoroughly delicious moist cake from Namaste.
I haven't given the cookies a try, they only call for 1 tsp of vanilla and 1 egg... so if they taste good, i'll keep buying, but I won't waste my money on the yellow cake, if anyone has tried the brownies, will you let me know if they are worth the bother?

I am so totally sick of being taken advantage of because we have Celiac! Four times the cost of the non-gluten free?? How the hell do they justify that??

It was really nice that Chex didn't mark up the price when they changed the one ingredient to make it gluten free. Seems lots of companies relabel without changing anything and then mark the product up a buck or two (can't remember which those were), or change one ingredient and suddenly it costs twice as much.

That's one reason I like Trader Joes so much. They never change the price just because it's gluten free.

I feel bad for saying this, as it seems negative, but I tried the cookie mix and I really don't like it! On the one hand, the dough is mighty tasty (and I might be inclined to buy it again for that reason; my flour mix which uses either Teff or some bean flours doesn't taste good raw). However, the cookies did not stay together at all! I made two batches and tried to vary the cooking time, but both batches crumble worse than old fashioned corn bread. Frustrating! Again, they really taste delicious, but I had to eat them with a fork off a plate-not good! The ingredients include xanthan gum, but why do they fall apart then?

I am a huge fan of Trader Joe's. I so wish there was one in Arkansas. My boyfriend mails me a care package from California every 2 weeks with TJ's Gluten free goodies in it. :)

Oleander

I may sound like a broken record, but...
There are probably hundnreds of sites on the internet that have gluten free recipes for everything imaginable. You can make your own cakes, cookies, etc., MUCH CHEAPER than you can buy the mixes. You still have to mix and bake your cake or cookie mix. You may have to experiment a little, but SO WHAT???

Another thing - once you find a cake or cookie recipe that you like, you can make your own mixes just by setting out 3 or 4 bowls and putting the same DRY ingredients in each one. Then label zipper bags with cooking time, temp, and additional wet ingredients to be added. You have the next 3 or 4 cakes, etc., ready to go, at a heck of a savings !!! When you use one of these mixes,SAVE THE BAG AND USE IT AGAIN LATER when you run out of mixes.

Cost is a relative thing though. Gluten free flours are still much more expensive than wheat flour. And with gluten free baking a flour mix is best which is always more expensive.

That's IF you have a local store that sells these flours. In my case I don't. Nearest store would be an hour down the mountain and an hour back up. So not worth it. Mean while it's a ten minute trip to the store to buy a Betty Crocker mix. Or I can go on Amazon and pay shipping IF I'm willing to buy in bulk which is another issue altogether for me because I don't have room to keep mulitple bags of flour.

So if all you want is a chocolate chip cookie or a cake every couple months a box of Betty Crocker is a huge savings in time trouble and space over the alternative. It all depends on your circumstances.

And while I'm at it BRAVO to Betty Crocker for not only making gluten free mixes which no other major mainstream manufacturer has bothered to do, but BRAVO for so far not glutening a single person who's tried their mixes. In other words, they got it right. BRAVO to a major American corporate entity for jumping on the bandwagon and stocking your neighborhood grocery where you do most of your shopping with a gluten free alternative so that you now have a choice.

VioletsBlues-really, I agree with you on concept. Honestly, the flour mixes i use are probably pretty close in cost, so I did find buying the mix to be convenient. And it's highly unusual for a mainstream company to break into the gluten free market, particularly at that price point.

HOWEVER, I am absolutely NOT willing to pay for something that is for all intents and purposes unusable simply because I have a disease.

I feel incredibly fortunate to have been diagnosed when I was, as opposed to 20 years ago. Today I went to a local Renaissance Festival and ran into a woman diagnosed in 2001-she was able to confirm the chocolate coating on the chocolate dipped strawberries was gluten free. There's no way that would have happened even 10 years ago. I am very lucky.

But I will not be taken advantage of. I believe we should all be fully utilizing our resources. That includes the internet. I and my friends are always on the search for recipes that taste like the gluten containing originals. Unfortunately, I haven't found a viable chocolate chip cookie recipe, but rather than buy a clearly inferior product, I will keep trying at home.

I'm fortunate to live in 2009, and I'm not going to allow myself to be taken advantage of, even if it means a lot more work in the interim. I can't be alone in that sentiment?? It's like a regular person saying they are glad someone is willing to sell them a loaf of bread for $8. Ridiculous.

As demonstrated by Trader Joes and products like Chex, there's no good excuse for raising prices, or putting out an inferior product. It's just a thinly veiled means for these corporations to make huge profits at our expense. Unacceptable! (Well, of course there are exceptions, VioletsBlues-that is really a tough situation and I feel for you. Again, I feel fortunately to live in such a great metropolitan area).