Description
Halloween Sugar Cookie Brownies combine rich, chocolatey brownies with a fun and festive sugar cookie topping. These treats are colorful with yellow and red food coloring, making them perfect for Halloween celebrations. The batter is enhanced with dark chocolate chips for extra indulgence, baked halfway before topping with ready-to-bake sugar cookies and finished in the oven for a delightful texture and flavor contrast.
Ingredients
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Brownie Batter
- 1 cup golden brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- Yellow food coloring (about 6 teaspoons, adjust by brand)
- Red food coloring (about 1/8 teaspoon, adjust by brand)
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon cocoa powder
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
Topping
- 12 Pillsbury ready to bake sugar cookies
Instructions
- Preheat oven: Set your oven to 350°F (175°C) to prepare for baking the brownies and cookies.
- Mix wet ingredients: In a mixing bowl, combine golden brown sugar, melted butter, vanilla extract, salt, and eggs. Stir thoroughly to combine all ingredients until smooth and creamy.
- Add food coloring: Stir in yellow food coloring and mix well, then add the red food coloring and mix again. Adjust the amount of each color as needed to achieve your desired shade.
- Incorporate dry ingredients: Add the all purpose flour to the bowl and stir until fully incorporated into the batter. Then add the cocoa powder and mix well to evenly distribute.
- Adjust color: At this stage, add more yellow or red food coloring if needed to perfect the color of your batter.
- Add chocolate chips: Stir in the dark chocolate chips until they are evenly dispersed throughout the batter.
- Scoop batter: Spoon the batter into a 12-cup muffin tin, filling each cup about halfway full.
- Initial bake: Bake in the preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes, until the brownies are just beginning to set but not fully baked.
- Add cookie topping: Remove the muffin tin from the oven. Place one unbaked Pillsbury sugar cookie on top of each brownie. Press the cookie gently to make sure it adheres well to the batter below.
- Final bake: Return the muffin tin to the oven and bake for an additional 12 minutes, or until the brownies are fully set and the sugar cookies are baked through and golden.
- Cool: Remove the muffin tin from the oven and let the brownies cool in the tin for at least 10 minutes to set nicely.
- Serve: After cooling, carefully pop the brownies out of the tin. Serve and enjoy your festive Halloween sugar cookie brownies!
Notes
- Food coloring quantities may vary based on brand and desired intensity; add gradually to avoid over-coloring.
- Using ready-to-bake sugar cookies speeds up preparation but any sugar cookie dough can be used as a substitute.
- Ensure not to overbake the first stage of brownies to allow the cookies to bake properly without burning.
- Let the brownies cool before removing from the tin to avoid breakage.
- These brownies are perfect for Halloween parties, and the color customization makes them visually festive.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 27 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 brownie
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0.1g
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 50mg
Keywords: Halloween brownies, sugar cookie brownies, festive dessert, chocolate chip brownies, Halloween treats, sugar cookies, colorful brownies
