Description
Delightfully festive Christmas Tree Brownies feature a rich, fudgy chocolate base decorated with green buttercream, candy canes, and colorful sprinkles for holiday celebrations.
Ingredients
Scale
Brownies
- 200 g unsalted butter
- 200 g dark chocolate
- 4 medium eggs
- 275 g caster sugar
- 100 g plain flour
- 50 g cocoa powder
- 100 g milk chocolate chips
- 100 g white chocolate chips
Decorations
- 10 candy canes
- 100 g unsalted butter
- 200 g icing sugar
- Green food colouring
- Sprinkles
- Sweets (such as M&M for star)
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 180C/160C Fan and line a 9-inch square baking tray with parchment paper.
- Melt Chocolate and Butter: Melt together the butter and dark chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of boiling water or in the microwave for 1-2 minutes until melted. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
- Whisk Eggs and Sugar: Using an electric whisk or stand mixer, whisk the eggs and caster sugar for a few minutes until pale, mousse-like, and doubled in volume, leaving a trail when the whisk is lifted.
- Combine Chocolate Mixture: Gently fold the cooled chocolate mixture into the egg and sugar mixture, taking care not to knock out the air.
- Add Dry Ingredients: Sift the cocoa powder and plain flour over the chocolate mix and carefully fold together until just combined without deflating the batter.
- Fold in Chocolate Chips: Fold through the milk and white chocolate chips evenly.
- Bake Brownies: Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake in the oven for 30 minutes. Allow brownies to cool completely in the tin.
- Cut Brownies into Trees: Once cooled, cut brownies into tree shapes by halving the tray and cutting triangles from each half. Save and enjoy the offcuts.
- Prepare Buttercream: Cream together the butter and icing sugar to make buttercream. Add green food colouring until desired shade is achieved.
- Decorate Brownies: Transfer the buttercream to a large piping bag with a 2D closed star tip and pipe zigzag lines onto the brownie trees.
- Add Decorations: Adorn with bauble sprinkles, sweets, and place a yellow star (M&M) on top of each tree. Insert candy cane sticks into the base of brownies as tree trunks.
- Serve and Enjoy: Present your festive Christmas Tree Brownies and enjoy with friends and family!
Notes
- Snapped the tops off candy canes to use just the straight parts for tree trunks; candy cane offcuts can be used in other treats like Christmas bark.
- Store brownies in an airtight container for up to one week; they make excellent holiday gifts.
- Recipe inspired and adapted from BBC Good Food with personal decoration touches.
- Use quality green food colouring for vibrant buttercream.
- Using piping bags and a 2D closed star tip ensures neat and festive icing designs.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 brownie
- Calories: 350 kcal
- Sugar: 30 g
- Sodium: 90 mg
- Fat: 20 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 80 mg
