These graveyard brownies are super fun to make and even more fun to serve. Share them for a kids' party, your book club, or even after dinner with friends.
I had so much fun shopping for and playing around with different ingredients and ideas for putting these brownies together. For once, I was happy to see that stores had their Halloween sections set up even though it was still September!
These are fun to decorate by yourself for a surprise dessert. They also would be great for allowing kids to show their creativity. I thinks that it would be fun too to have a graveyard brownie decorating contest with either kids or even grownups.
Bake up a few pans of brownies, and divide them, giving each participant two or three brownies each and let them go to town. Lay out Halloween themed candies along with some frosting, cookies, sprinkles, and gel "pens" for everyone to have fun with. Add in some wine for the adults to help fuel creativity.
You can go with either "spooky" or "cute" themes, especially for little kids. There are definitely lots of both available. I went with a spooky them but was tempted by little cute marshmallow ghosts, smiley candy pumpkins, and fun little gummy bears in Halloween colors.
Ingredients in These Graveyard Brownies:
Brownies: I used a boxed mix, but feel free to make your favorite scratch brownies if you have the time. I really like the brownie mixes from Ghirardelli. The one I used also includes chocolate chips, so I threw in an additional 1/4 cup of semi-sweet chips just because.
Milano Cookies: For the headstones. After cutting off a bit of one end, they are just the right size. I will admit that it's been years since I've had a Milano cookie and they are not what I remember, but they are definitely the right size... just a bit less luxurious and special than they used to be.
You could also pipe your own homemade copycat cookie headstones or make a cut-out shortbread version.
Candy Pumpkins, Bats, and Ghosts: In my search for the orange and green candy pumkins that taste like candy corn (which I couldn't find), I found a gummy version of pumpkins, bats, and ghosts by Albanese, a company that makes all kinds of themed gummies. I wish I'd found them sooner! This was the second to last bag in the store. As a bonus, they are pretty tasty too. They even make a "monster combo" of mini bags that you can hand out to trick or treaters.
Chocolate Sprinkles: I used these to add "dirt" near the headstones. You could also use crushed chocolate cookies, such as Oreos. I drizzled some black icing on the brownies and then topped it with the sprinkles.
Frostings: I bought some black "writing gel" along with some white decorating icing at the grocery store. I used the writing gel for the headstones and to attach the bats, pumpkins, and sprinkles. I used the white icing for attaching the ghosts. You could also use green icing for attaching the pumpkins to represent leaves or grass.
Additional Ideas:
Instead of brownies, you could make a cake or a pudding dirt cake.
For the "dirt," you could use toasted coconut or crushed chocolate cookies.
Add a few gummy worms to make the graveyard even creepier.
Equipment You May Need:
9 inch by 9 inch Square Cake Pan: This pan worked for the boxed brownie mix. You'll need a square or rectangular pan so you can cut the brownies as if they were individual graves.
Bench Knife/Dough Scraper: I used mine to mark the individual graves. I cut into the top of the brownies but did not cut all of the way through. The cuts were a guide for decorating and slicing later.
Cut and Serve Spatula: The one from Oxo is just the right size for slicing the brownies from the top down and then lifting each from the pan. The small size is easy to work with.
Serving Suggestions:
Serve the brownies with a few extra ghoulish gummies on the side. If you left a few brownies without a headstone, add an extra cookie to the individual plates. You could also lay out bowls of the candies and cookies you used for guests to add to their plates... or for snacking.
For an extra decadent dessert, add a scoop of vanilla ice cream and some hot fudge or chocolate sauce.
More "Creepy" Treats For Your Next Halloween Party:
Chocolate Peanut Butter Spiders
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Graveyard Brownies
These graveyard brownies are super fun to make and even more fun to serve.
Ingredients
- 1 19 ounce box of brownie mix, prepared in a 9 x 9 inch square cake pan
- 8 Milano cookies
- 12 assorted Halloween themed gummy candies
- 3 tablespoons chocolate sprinkles
- 2 tablespoons frosting
- 1 tablespoon writing gel frosting
Instructions
- Let the brownies cool completely in the pan.
- Using a dough scraper, mark the brownies into rectangles in a 4 by 3 pattern. Cut them about 1/4 inch deep.
- Cut 1/2 inch off one end of the Milano cookies and discard (or eat).
- Write RIP or the saying of your choice with the writing gel on the Milano cookies. Place the cookies onto some of the brownies, one per brownie, cut side down.
- Drizzle some of the writing gel near each cookie headstone and sprinkle with the chocolate sprinkles.
- Place the gummies throughout the "graveyard," attaching them with some of the frosting or writing gel.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
257Fat (grams)
8 gSat. Fat (grams)
2 gCarbs (grams)
44 gFiber (grams)
0 gNet carbs
44 gSugar (grams)
28 gProtein (grams)
3 gCholesterol (grams)
0 mg
Wicked cute! Love the idea of letting everyone decorate their own.
ReplyDeleteI've seen this done with pudding but I think I like brownies even better!
ReplyDeleteSUPER COOL IDEA, LOVE IT!!!
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