Description
These Cute Halloween Brownies are festive, fudgy treats perfect for Halloween celebrations. Featuring colorful candy melt discs pressed into nearly baked brownies and decorated with vibrant tinted icing emojis, these brownies are as fun to make as they are to eat.
Ingredients
Fudgy Brownies
- Brownie batter (enough for a standard baking pan)
- Cooking spray for pan
Candy Melts Discs
- Orange Candy Melts
- Red Candy Melts
- Vibrant Green Candy Melts
- Lavender Candy Melts
Food Coloring for Icing
- Kelly Green Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Black Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Christmas Red Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
Decorator Icing
- Creamy White Decorator Icing, Vanilla Flavored (4 lb.)
Instructions
- Bake brownies: Prepare your chosen brownie recipe by spreading the batter evenly into a pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake following your recipe instructions but remove the brownies 2 to 3 minutes before the end of the baking time.
- Make candy discs: While the brownies bake, melt orange, red, green, and lavender Candy Melts separately according to the package directions. Transfer melted candies into decorating bags and pipe 1-inch puddle dots onto parchment paper on a board. Chill the discs until set, about 5 to 10 minutes.
- Add candy dots to brownies: Once the brownies are out of the oven but still warm, gently press a candy disc with the flat side up into each brownie, alternating colors as desired.
- Finish baking brownies: Return the pan to the oven and bake for an additional 2 to 3 minutes until the candy dots soften but don’t fully melt. Remove from oven and allow brownies to cool completely to room temperature.
- Chill brownies: Place the cooled brownies in the refrigerator for up to 30 minutes until the candy discs harden completely.
- Tint icings: While chilling the brownies, tint small portions of creamy white decorator icing using gel food colors: tint 1/4 cup black, 1/8 cup green, and 1/4 cup red. Keep remaining icing white for decoration.
- Decorate brownies: Fit decorating bags with tip 2 and fill them with the tinted black, green, red, and white icings. Pipe cute Halloween emojis onto the candy discs. Once decorated, cut brownies into 30 treats and serve.
Notes
- Remove brownies slightly underbaked before adding candy discs so the discs can soften without fully melting.
- Use gel food coloring for vibrant icing colors and better consistency.
- Chilling the candy discs before pressing ensures they hold their shape and don’t melt into the brownie immediately.
- Decorate once brownies are fully cooled and candy discs are solid to prevent icing from melting.
- This recipe yields approximately 30 individual brownie treats, ideal for parties.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 brownie (approx. 1/30th of recipe)
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 26g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 25mg