Christmas Tree Brownies
Christmas, rightly named the silly season!
We bake, we put up the tree, we decorate the house and the garden and the fence… you get it, right?!! We even tell the kids they need to behave so Santa can bring around some gifts… 🤣 yes, I see you and I hear you!!
This is one of those receipes that you just cannot not add to your endless elbow long list of things to do!! It deserves a space in your life!
It adds a smile to everyones face and the kids just love getting involved with the entire process and by using one of our baking mixes, well, it’s become that much easier!
You have 5 minutes of hands on time and 30 minutes in the oven … the cooling down time takes longer than this!
Tips and Tricks
Do wait until they have cooled down completely… your icing will just melt off if you don’t!!
Cut them smaller rather than bigger triangles - they become too heavy for the little candy cane trunks
Dont worry if you dont have icing bags, just slather the icing on all over like a cupcake - it does the same thing and still looks like a tree!
Storage Instructions
Air tight container for 3-4 days - however mine didnt last that long!
You can absolutely freeze them - I would recommend you take out the candy cane - or leave it out completely! Just thaw before you eat!
These are such a fun treat to share on your Christmas dessert table, as a realy fun snack or if your like me- I added one to the lunch box this morning - quitely waiting for my email to scold me for adding sweat treats to school today… but it was worth it!!! His face when he got home today telling me about getting THAT surprise ❤️
Ingredients
1 x Packet Flour & Dough Chewy Chocolate Brownie Mix
10 - 15 Candy Canes
Small Batch Icing (1/2 cup icing sugar - 1/4 cup butter -1 tablespoon milk)
Green Food Colouring
Sprinkles/ Decorations of choice
Pre heat your oven to 180C and line your baking tin
Mix baking mix as per instructions and let it cool for at least 10-15 minutes before cutting
Cut your brownie mix into thirds and then cut each strip into triangles.
Cut the corner section off of the candy cane ( so you are left with only the straight piece) and insert the cut end into the brownie on the bottom end of the triangle to make the trunk of your Christmas tree.
Let these cool completely before adding your icing sugar – otherwise it will melt right off!
Use a piping bag, fill with your icing and cut a small piece off the end of the bag, and pipe your desired pattern onto your brownie trees! Decorate with sprinkles!
Have fun!!