Description
Delicious holiday-themed brownies topped with festive frosting and decorations.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pkg brownie mix (plus required ingredients (egg, oil, water))
- 1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 3–4 cups powdered sugar (depending on desired firmness)
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream or milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (or vanilla bean paste)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- food coloring (red, brown, and green)
- assorted holiday sprinkles
- red M&Ms (for Rudolph noses)
- candy eyeballs
Instructions
- Bake brownies according to boxed brownie instructions in a 9-inch round baking pan lined with parchment paper and sprayed lightly with non-stick cooking spray.
- While brownies cool completely, make the frosting.
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer beat 1 cup butter until smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes.
- Add 3 cups powdered sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla, 3 tablespoons cream, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Continue mixing on low speed, then increase to medium-high and beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. If frosting is too soft, add more powdered sugar 1/4 cup at a time.
- Divide frosting into 4 separate containers. Add several drops of red food coloring to one bowl and mix to desired color. Repeat with green and brown in separate bowls. Keep the fourth bowl white.
- Cut the cooled brownies into 8 slices, like a pie. The wedge shape creates the perfect Christmas tree form.
- For Christmas trees: Spread or pipe green frosting over brownie wedge. Add sprinkles and decorations.
- For Santa hats: Spread red frosting over most of wedge, leaving tip and bottom edge bare. Pipe white frosting along bottom edge for brim and add white pom-pom at tip.
- For reindeer: Spread brown or chocolate frosting over brownie. Add candy eyeballs and red M&M for nose.
Notes
- Adjust the quantity of powdered sugar to achieve your desired frosting firmness.
- Feel free to use different colors of food coloring to match your holiday theme.
- Store any leftover brownies in an airtight container.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 30mg