Hi friends! Welcome to the Holiday Sweet Treats Event – where a fabulous group of bloggers got together to bring you 50 PLUS of the BEST Holiday Treat Recipes around! And my contribution to the event are these delicious Christmas Tree Brownies! Aren’t they the cutest?
Christmas Tree Brownies
Delicious brownies topped with Vanilla Butter frosting with Mini M&M ornaments and a pretzel nugget tree trunk.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1 package chocolate chunk brownie mix
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 egg
- Vanilla Butter Frosting below
- Mini M&Ms
- Pretzel nuggets
Instructions
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Mix brownie mix, water, oil and eggs according to box instructions, and pour into a round pan.
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Bake according to box instructions, until toothpick inserted comes out almost clean.
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Cool completely.
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Cut brownies into 8 wedges.
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Make Vanilla Butter Frosting and spread evenly over brownie wedges.
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Decorate wedges with Mini M&Ms to look like a string of lights.
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Dip the tip of a pretzel nugget in frosting and center on the bottom of each wedge for the tree trunk.
Vanilla Butter Frosting
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter at room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 6 drops green food coloring
Instructions
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Mix butter, powdered sugar and vanilla with a spoon until smooth.
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Stir in milk until spreadable.
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Add food coloring until color desired is achieved.
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So cute Kimberly! It would be fun to let kids decorate their own trees with the candy!
Oh good thinking, Tonia! Although I’m sure mine would just eat all of the Mini M&Ms! Hehe!
Cute! *pinned*
Thanks Mary Beth!
These are so cute and sound amazing!! Thanks for sharing.
I also wanted to let you know that I featured you on my blog today:
https://www.artsyfartsymama.com/2012/12/pinteresting-features-n-shtuff-60.html
these are the sweetest things, and i think they would be perfect for dessert on xmas eve!
michele
Great idea Michele! Thanks for stopping by!