Description
These Monster Mash Halloween Brownies are a fun and festive treat perfect for kids. Featuring rich, fudgy brownies topped with colorful American buttercream frosting in spooky designs like Frankenstein, Mummy, Spider Monster, and Dracula, these brownies bring a playful Halloween twist to a classic dessert. Made with dark and white chocolate chips, and decorated with vibrant gel colors and licorice, these brownies are both delicious and visually exciting for holiday celebrations.
Ingredients
Scale
Brownies
- 1/2 cup (75 g) all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup (75 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 cups (300 g) granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 cups (300 g) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 1/2 cups (300 g) dark chocolate, melted
- 6 large eggs
- 1 cup (200 g) white chocolate chips
- 1 cup (200 g) dark chocolate chips
Frosting
- 1 1/4 batches American buttercream frosting
- 1/4 cup (20 g) cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp milk
- 10 drops black food gel
- 3 drops teal food gel + 3 drops yellow food gel (Green frosting)
- 2 drops yellow food gel (Light yellow frosting)
- 5 drops yellow food gel (Yellow frosting)
- 10 drops red food gel (Red frosting)
- 10 drops purple food gel + 5 drops pink food gel (Purple frosting)
Decorations
- 20 cm roll of licorice
Instructions
- Prepare Frosting Colors: Divide the prepared American buttercream frosting into seven portions. Mix green food gel and yellow food gel into two portions for green frosting. Add cocoa powder, milk, and black food gel to one portion for black frosting. Color the remaining portions as follows: one light yellow (2 drops yellow gel), half portion yellow (5 drops yellow gel), half portion red (10 drops red gel), one portion purple (10 drops purple + 5 drops pink gel), leaving one portion white.
- Preheat Oven and Prepare Pan: Preheat the fan-forced oven to 175°C (340°F). Spray a 32 cm x 24 cm baking tin with non-stick spray and line the bottom with parchment paper; set aside.
- Melt Butter and Chocolate: Place unsalted butter and dark chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in 20-second intervals, stirring with a spatula between, until melted and smooth.
- Mix Brownie Batter: Whisk in granulated sugar until combined. Add eggs and whisk until fully incorporated. Fold in cocoa powder and flour with a spatula until no streaks remain. Stir in white and dark chocolate chips until evenly distributed.
- Bake Brownies: Pour batter into the prepared baking tray and bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out with moist crumbs. Remove and let cool for 1 hour at room temperature, then refrigerate for an additional hour to chill.
- Cut Brownies: Use a 2 ½ inch square cookie cutter to cut out 12 brownie squares.
- Decorate Frankenstein Brownies: Using a piping bag fitted with Wilton #8 tip, pipe a green frosting square border around six brownies and smooth with a small offset spatula. Reserve three. With Wilton #3 tip, pipe eyes, monobrow, mouth, and stitches using black frosting. Pipe yellow frosting inside eyes and black pupils. Insert small licorice pieces at the sides as bolts.
- Decorate Mummy Brownies: On three green-frosted brownies, pipe light yellow frosting lines across to mimic bandages using Wilton 2B tip. Use black frosting with #3 tip for eye rounds, yellow frosting inside eyes, then fill pupils with black frosting.
- Decorate Spider Monster Brownies: Pipe a purple frosting border with Wilton #8 tip around the remaining three brownies and smooth. Pipe black smile with #3 tip and red fangs. Frost green eyes with #3 tip and add long licorice pieces on sides as spider legs.
- Decorate Dracula Brownies: Using two piping bags with Wilton #8 tips, pipe a widow’s peak using black frosting and fill remaining area with white frosting on the last three brownies. Follow mummy brownie eye decoration steps for eyes and spider mouth decoration for mouth.
- Storage: Store brownies in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days. Allow to thaw for 30 minutes before serving.
Notes
- Store brownies in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to three days.
- Thaw brownies for about 30 minutes at room temperature before serving to soften the frosting.
- Use gel food colors for vibrant frosting colors that mix well into buttercream.
- Microwave chocolate and butter in short increments to avoid burning.
- Allow brownies to chill completely for easier cutting and decorating.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 brownie (approx. 85g)
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 38g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 27g
- Saturated Fat: 15g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0.2g
- Carbohydrates: 44g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 110mg
