Halloween Sugar Cookie Brownies are a fun and tasty treat made in muffin tins with a dyed orange brownie base topped with Pillsbury Halloween sugar cookies.
Halloween Sugar Cookie Brownies are an easy and colourful dessert that is sure to delight both kids and adults.
These yummy brownies have a light cocoa taste and are dyed orange to add to the Halloween spirit.
This recipe produces twelve individual brownies topped with sugar cookies.
Ingredients You’ll Need for Halloween Sugar Cookie Brownies
- 1 cup golden brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- Yellow food colouring (I used 6 teaspoons but this may vary depending on the brand you use)
- Red food colouring (I used 1/8 of a teaspoon but this may vary depending on the brand you use)
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon cocoa powder
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- 12 Pillsbury ready to bake sugar cookies
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Step by Step Instructions for Making Halloween Sugar Cookie Brownies
STEP 1:
To make these muffin tin Halloween brownies, I started by dropping some brown sugar into a mixing bowl.
I also added some melted butter, vanilla extract and salt.
STEP 2:
I added two eggs to the bowl.
I stirred all of the ingredients together well.
STEP 3:
Then I added some yellow food colouring.
I stirred well.
STEP 4:
I added some red food colouring and stirred well again.
STEP 5:
I added some all purpose flour to the bowl.
I stirred until the flour was fully incorporated into the batter.
STEP 6:
I added some cocoa powder and stirred well again.
STEP 7:
I added some dark chocolate chips to the bowl.
I stirred the chocolate chips into the batter.
STEP 8:
I scooped the batter into a 12 cup silicone muffin tin filling each cup about halfway with batter.
STEP 9:
I placed the muffin tin in the oven and baked the brownies for about fifteen minutes until they were just starting to set.
Then I removed the muffin tin from the oven.
STEP 10:
I placed one unbaked Pillsbury Halloween sugar cookie on top of each brownie and pressed them down slightly so that they would stick well,
STEP 11:
I returned the muffin tin to the oven for about twelve minutes to finish cooking the brownies and to bake the cookies.
I removed the muffin tin from the oven and left the brownies to cool for about ten minutes in the pan.
Then I popped the brownies out of the pan.
You can use a metal muffin tin instead of silicone but you will just have to be a bit more careful getting the brownies out of the muffin tin.
These muffin tin brownies are moist, delicious and loaded with chocolate chips.
These festive brownies are perfect for Halloween parties are just to surprise your kids with a fun dessert in their school lunches.
The Pillsbury sugar cookies make for a simple but cute decoration on top of these homemade brownies.
If you are looking for an easy but decadent Halloween treat recipe, then you need to try these Halloween Sugar Cookie Brownies!
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How should I store Halloween Sugar Cookie Brownies?
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days. After that they will start to dry out.
What substitutions could I make?
- Dark chocolate chips: You can use an type of baking chips in this recipe. Milk chocolate, semi-sweet and white would all work fine they would just change the taste of the brownie slightly.
Do I have to use a silicone muffin pan?
Using a silicone muffin pan makes it so easy to pop the brownies out but you can definitely use a metal one. You will just need to use a utensil to carefully lift the brownies from the pan.
Halloween Sugar Cookie Brownies
Halloween Sugar Cookie Brownies are a fun and tasty treat made in muffin tins with a dyed orange brownie base topped with Pillsbury Halloween sugar cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 cup golden brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- Yellow food colouring (I used 6 teaspoons but this may vary depending on the brand you use)
- Red food colouring (I used 1/8 of a teaspoon but this may vary depending on the brand you use)
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon cocoa powder
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- 12 Pillsbury ready to bake sugar cookies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Pour the brown sugar, melted butter, vanilla extract, salt and eggs into a mixing bowl.
- Stir all of the ingredients together well.
- Add the yellow food colouring to the bowl and stir well.
- Add the red food colouring to the bowl and stir well.
- Add the flour to the bowl and stir until it is fully incorporated into the batter.
- Add the cocoa powder to the bowl and stir well.
- You may have to add more red or yellow food colouring at this point to adjust the colour to your liking.
- Add the chocolate chips to the bowl and stir them into the batter.
- Scoop the batter into a 12 cup muffin tin filling each cup about halfway.
- Place the muffin tin in the oven and bake the brownies until they are starting to set up. 12 - 15 minutes.
- Remove the muffin tin from the oven and place one unbaked Pillbury sugar cookie on top of each brownie. Press the cookies down gently so that they will stick well to the top of the brownies.
- Return the muffin tin to the oven and continue baking until the brownies are fully set and the cookies are baked. About 12 minutes.
- Remove the muffin tin from the oven and all the brownies to cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes you can pop the brownies out of the muffin tin.
- Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 265Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 53mgSodium: 178mgCarbohydrates: 33gFiber: 1gSugar: 23gProtein: 3g
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