Put a smile on everyone’s face with these easy and adorable Christmas Brownies!

I love cute holiday-themed foods and these Christmas brownies are no exception. This holiday dessert can be made with store-bought brownie mix, the brownie recipe in this post, or your favorite brownie recipe. The stars of the show are the decorations that transform plain brownies into something spectacular. So let’s get to baking and decorating!

Christmas Brownies

Brownie Ingredients

Recipe card at the end of the post, use your own recipe, or store-bought mix.

• Unsalted Butter
• Sugar
• Light Brown Sugar
• Eggs
• Vanilla
• Cocoa Powder
• Flour
• Baking Powder
• Salt

Christmas Tree Brownie Ingredients

• White Frosting
• Green Gel or Oil Based Food Coloring
• Optional – Sparkle Green Gel Frosting
• Mini Candy Canes, unwrapped
• Christmas Sprinkles
• Star Sprinkle or Light Candy for the topper

Santa Hat Brownie Ingredients

• White Frosting
• Red Gel or Oil Based Food Coloring
• Mini Marshmallows
• Optional – Shredded Coconut Flakes

Reindeer Brownie Ingredients

• Chocolate Cookie Icing
• Red candy coated chocolate candies
• Mini Pretzels
• Candy eyes

Equipment

• Mixing bowls
• Spoons
• Butter knife/spreader
• Spatula
• Piping bag
• Basketweave piping tip #47 or smaller
• Star piping tip or round tip
• 9″x13″ brownie baking pan
• Knife
• Cutting mat

How to Cut Christmas Brownies Triangles

Before getting started, once the brownies are cut and cooled, cut them into triangle shapes.

Flip out the cooled brownies from the baking pan onto a flat surface. The back of the brownie sheet should be facing up. Use a knife to cut off about 1/4″ of the short edges of the brownie sheet (this can be left on). Next, make guidelines to divide the brownie sheet into 4 equal quadrants (blue dot lines). After that, vertically divide the quadrants into three equal sections (yellow dot lines). Now, divide the three quadrants in half (white dot lines). Finally, use these guidelines to cut out triangle-shaped brownies. There should be 22 triangle-shaped brownies.

How to Make Christmas Brownies

Place all the brownies right side up on cookie sheets or trays. This will make it easier and more efficient to decorate.

Christmas Brownies – Christmas Trees

Step 1. Take a mini candy cane and gently push it into the bottom of the brownie triangle. It can help to place one hand flat on top of the brownie while you push the candy cane in with the other. This helps keep the brownie from splitting, especially if the brownies have nuts. Set aside.

Step 2. Take about 1/3 of a white frosting from a store-bought container and place it in a small mixing bowl. Mix in green gel or oil based food coloring until you get the green color you desire. If you bought or made green frosting, you can skip to step 3.

Step 3. Add the frosting to a piping bag fitted with a star tip.

Step 4. Pipe frosting in a zig-zag, like a garland, onto the brownie. Optional – add sparkle green gel frosting.

Step 5. Add Christmas sprinkles onto the green frosting. Optional – Add a star sprinle or light bulb candy to the top of the ‘christmas tree’ with a bit of frosting.

Christmas Brownies – Reindeer

Step 1. Add a bit of chocolate cookie icing to the point of the brownie.

Step 2. Place a red candy-coated chocolate round onto the cookie icing. This will be be reindeer nose.

Step 3. Next, add two dot of chocolate icing where you want to place the candy reindeer eyes.

Step 4. Add chocolate cookie icing to the back of a mini pretzel (just add the icing to the areas that touch the brownie) and place it onto the brownie to create the reindeer antlers.

Christmas Brownies – Santa Hats

Step 1. Take about 1/3 of a white frosting from a store-bought container and place it in a small mixing bowl. Mix in red gel or oil based food coloring until you get the red color you desire. If you bought or made red frosting, you can skip to step 2.

Step 2. Take a butter knife and spread a thin layer of red frosting onto the top of the brownie.

Step 3. Place a small mini marshmallow on the point of the brownie to create the top of the Santa hat.

Step 4. Add white frosting to a piping bag with a basketweave or flat (crumb coat) tip. Pipe frosting across the bottom of the Santa hat. If you are not adding shredded coconut, pipe the frosting on neatly. I didn’t worry about being too neat as I planned on covering the frosting with coconut flakes.

Step 5. Optional – carefully press on sweetened coconut flakes onto the white piped frosting to create a ‘fuzzy’ fur look to the Santa hat.

I hope you try these fun holiday-themed dessert brownies. These Christmas brownies are so easy to make and are sure to put a smile on everyone’s face!

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