Jack-o'-Lantern Brownies Recipe

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Hosting a Halloween party? Use a cookie cutter to easily cut these homemade chocolate brownies into pumpkin shapes, then give them personality with orange, black and green frosting. "Our grandchildren thought these were great!" writes Flo Burtnett from her home in Gage, Oklahoma.

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Jack-o'-Lantern Brownies Recipe
  • Prep: 20 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling
  • Yield: 12 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1-1/2 cups sugar
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup baking cocoa
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
  • Orange paste food coloring
  • Green and black decorating gel
  • Candy corn and milk chocolate M&M's, optional

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually add to butter mixture and mix well.
  • Line a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan with waxed paper; grease the paper. Spread batter evenly in pan. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool on a wire rack.
  • Run a knife around edge of pan. Invert brownies onto a work surface and remove waxed paper. Cut brownies with a 3-in. pumpkin cookie cutter, leaving at least 1/8 in. between each shape. (Discard scraps or save for another use.)
  • Tint frosting with orange food coloring; frost brownies. Use green gel to create the pumpkin stems and black gel and candy corn and M&M's to decorate the faces if desired. Yield: about 1 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 422 calories, 20 g fat (9 g saturated fat), 84 mg cholesterol, 275 mg sodium, 59 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Jack-o'-Lantern Brownies in Quick Cooking September/October 2003, p9

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Reviewed on Oct. 29, 2011 by Mamacheese2004

These are so adorable! They're easy and fun to decorate, and the brownies are so delicious! They have a wonderful soft and chewy texture. Perfect! I'll be making this recipe using other shapes through out the year.


Reviewed on Oct. 20, 2011 by tucker695

I have made these a couple of times for class parties. I use a box brownie mix for ease, but they are cute. I only use the black gel icing to make jack-o-lantern faces.

 
 
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