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Brownies have never looked cuter! A simple brownie becomes extra special with the addition of drizzled green frosting, powdered sugar, and sprinkles. These easy chewy Christmas Brownie Trees are easy to make and add a beautiful touch to your Christmas table! Kids and adults alike will love these Christmas brownies!
Christmas Tree Brownies
Cut up brownies to create a fun holiday treat. In just a few added steps, you can share these sweet Christmas tree brownies with everyone you love. Kids can even help make these extra special! They’ll have fun decorating their own Christmas brownie with a pretzel trunk and ornaments made of sprinkles. These Christmas tree brownies are an easy and adorable treat that’s the perfect addition to any holiday gathering.
The holidays are almost here, and I’m celebrating with these fun and festive Christmas tree brownies! You could use homemade brownies or brownies from a box. The green tinted frosting is melted then drizzled on top of the brownies. Start by lining your dish with parchment paper. When the brownies are done cooling, the parchment paper will allow you to lift the brownies out of the dish and provides a surface for cutting.
You will need to cut off the side edges. Then, cut triangles as seen below. One cut through the middle allows you to make two rows of brownie Christmas trees. Be sure that the brownies are completely cool before cutting. Using a plastic knife cutting in a back and forth motion makes this job so easy! You can always shape them after they are cut, so don’t worry if they aren’t perfect at first. You can make them perfect!
Dip your fingers into powdered sugar and rub them together over the brownies. It looks like snow! I do one dusting of “snow” before the green frosting, and one dusting after the green frosting goes on. It give a nice layered look to these beautiful brownie Christmas trees.
Christmas Tree Brownies
Next, use green food coloring to tint white frosting. After that, place the plastic tub of frosting in the microwave (be sure to remove all of the metal seal). Then, drizzle the melted green frosting over the trees. The melted frosting saturates the brownies making them even MORE delicious!
Before the melted frosting dries, add a candy star to the top of the tree and sprinkle it with candy ornaments. Whether you need cookies for a Christmas platter or goodies for Santa, these Christmas Tree Brownies are a fun and festive holiday treat!
I like the multicolored rainbow sprinkles to represent holiday lights, but you can really use whatever sprinkles you prefer, get creative here! Finally, push a pretzel stick into the brownies to make a little trunk!
More Christmas Treats by Smart School House to Try Next:
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Polar Bear Paw Marshmallows
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Snowball Cookies
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Christmas Trees Made with Pretzels
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Grinch Skewers
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Candy Train
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Candy Cane Reindeer
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Santa’s Snack Mix
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Strawberry Santas
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Meringue Christmas Trees
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Candy Sleigh
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Graham Cracker Crunch
Christmas Tree Brownies
You Will Need
- Box of brownies- check the box for how much of each ingredient your brownies call for:
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup of water
- 1/2 vegetable oil
- White frosting
- Green food coloring
- Powdered sugar
- Star sprinkles
- Small multi-colored sprinkles
- Pretzel sticks
- 13×9 baking dish
- Parchment paper
- Plastic knife (it makes cutting cooled brownies so much easier)
- Spoon
Directions
- Pre-heat oven to 350º
- Combine the powdered brownie mix with the eggs, water, and oil
- Line the baking dish with parchment paper
- Pour the brownie mixture into the dish
- Bake for 28 minutes or until the center is completely cooked through
- Let the brownies cool completely
- Lift the brownies out using the parchment paper
- Cut the sides off of the brownies then cut the rectangle in half (pictured in post above)
- Cut triangles into each half (pictured)
- Dip your fingers into powdered sugar, then rub your fingers together over the trees to create “snow”
- Add green food coloring to the white frosting until desired shade of green is reached
- Put the plastic tub of frosting in to the microwave (be sure all of the metal seal is removed)
- Microwave for 30 seconds
- Using a spoon, drizzle the melted frosting over the brownie triangles
- Dust more powdered sugar “snow” over the melted green frosting
- Before the drizzled melted frosting dries, add a star sprinkle and small sprinkles on the tree to look like ornaments
- Add a pretzel stick trunk (if the brownie edge is too hard, gently remove a small portion for the pretzel to be pushed in)
