Christmas Tree Brownies is an easy homemade brownie recipe that's a merry holiday treat. Fun for kids to both make and eat, our Christmas brownies recipe makes the holidays even more fun and festive!
My homemade brownies recipe gets dressed up today as merry Christmas trees.
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Christmas Brownies
Will you be making the Christmas desserts this year? I'm thinking you will be now, because who wouldn't get excited over our Christmas Tree Brownies?
Simply cut brownies into triangles and decorate with a homemade buttercream frosting, candy canes, candy, sprinkles and edible glitter!
A pan of homemade cocoa brownies become a forest of decorated holiday trees glistening with sprinkles, edible glitter, colorful candy and, of course, candy canes.
An easy homemade buttercream frosting is tinted green. Pipe the frosting on as garland or frost the entire tree, the choice is yours.
My local dollar store always has lots of candy choices to make your trees colorful and fun.
Kids will love decorating their own brownie Christmas tree with their favorite candies.
Your dessert table will be merry and cheerful with a platter of Christmas brownies all dressed up as holiday trees!
So heat up the oven, and get the candy, sprinkles and candy canes ready, because it's time to decorate brownies for Christmas!
Easy Christmas recipes make the holidays stress-free!
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Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- No time to bake? Use store bought brownies from the bakery
- Add peppermint extract to the brownie batter for a chocolate peppermint flavor
- Decorate your brownie trees with your favorite holiday candy
Substitutions
- Use canned frosting in place of the homemade frosting
- Decorate brownies from the bakery in place of the homemade brownies
How to cut brownies into triangles
Follow this photo for cutting your brownies into triangles to make Christmas trees!
- Cut your baked brownies into rectangles first and then cut the rectangles into triangles.
- The small bits on the ends can be pieced together to make another triangle or just snack on them like I do!
Storage
- Store your homemade brownies in a single layer in an airtight container. Brownies stored in an airtight container will stay freh for 1-2 days.
- You can also store the brownies on a serving dish and cover them with plastic wrap or aluminum foil. Brownies stored this way will stay fresh for about one day.
Equipment
Ingredients
Ingredients for holiday brownies
- butter
- granulated sugar
- eggs
- vanilla extract
- flour
- unsweetened cocoa powder
- salt
- confectioners’ sugar
- milk
- green gel food coloring
- candy canes pieces
- spice drops
- red gum balls
- starlight peppermint candy
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Christmas Tree Brownies Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
Brownie:
- 1 cup butter
- 1 2/3 cups granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
Buttercream Frosting:
- 1 cup butter , at room temperature
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- green gel food coloring
Candy Decorations:
- 24 (2-inch each) candy canes pieces , for tree trunks
- spice drops
- gum balls
- starlight peppermint candy
- holiday sprinkles
- edible glitter
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Instructions
Brownie:
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 13-inch x 9-inch baking pan with foil leaving a 2-inch overhang. Coat with non-stick cooking spray.
- In microwave-safe bowl, melt 1 cup butter. Stir in sugar until dissolved. Add eggs and vanilla, stirring until blended.
- Stir in flour, 1 cup cocoa powder and salt until a batter forms.
- Spread evenly in prepared baking pan and bake 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool 15 minutes in pan. Using foil overhang transfer brownie to wire rack and cool completely.
Buttercream Frosting:
- Meanwhile, beat 1/2 cup butter until creamy. Reduce mixer speed and gradually add confectioners’ sugar until blended. Add milk and beat until creamy and smooth. Add green gel food coloring and beat until blended. Transfer frosting to pastry bag fitted with an open star #17 decorating tip.
- Cut brownie horizontally into three sections. Cut each section into 8 triangles as shown In phot in recipe notes below. There will be small brownie scraps on ends of each sections. Feel free to snack on those!
- Pipe frosting on brownie triangles in garland design or spread frosting over tops of brownie triangles.
Candy Decorations:
- Gently push candy cane pieces into centers on bottoms of "trees" to form tree trunks. Decorate trees as desired with your favorite candy, sprinkles and edible glitter.
Notes
- No time to bake? Use store bought brownies from the bakery
- Add peppermint extract to the brownie batter for a chocolate peppermint flavor
- Use canned frosting in place of the homemade frosting
- Decorate brownies from the bakery in place of the homemade brownies
These brownies are so cute!!! Love that they can be made last minute. Definitely trying this over the holidays!