Bring your pumpkin-carving creativity to the kitchen! These easy, fun and festive brownies are the sweetest way for little spooks (and big ones, too!) to put their own creative spin on Halloween treats.
Jack-o’-Lantern Brownies
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 2 hr 50 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 6
Ingredients
- 1 box (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Delights Supreme Original Brownie Mix
- Water, vegetable oil and egg called for on brownie mix box
- 1 1/4 cups Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting (from 16 oz container)
- Betty Crocker™ black and orange gel food colors
- 8 green gumdrops, cut in half
- Assorted candies (gumdrops, mini candy-coated chocolate candies), if desired
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Line 9-inch square pan with foil, letting foil hang 2 inches over sides of pan. Grease bottom and sides of foil with shortening or cooking spray. Make brownie batter as directed on box. Spread in pan.
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Step2Bake 28 to 31 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from side of pan comes out almost clean. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Freeze in pan 30 minutes. Using foil to lift, remove brownies from pan, and peel foil away.
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Step3In small bowl, add 2 tablespoons of the frosting; tint with black food color to desired color. Place in small resealable food-storage plastic bag; partially seal, and set aside. In another small bowl, add remaining frosting; tint with orange food color to desired color. Frost top of brownies with orange-tinted frosting. For easier cutting, refrigerate 15 minutes to set frosting.
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Step4Use sharp knife to cut brownies into 4 rows by 4 rows, making 16 brownies, cleaning knife with paper towel after each cut; slightly separate brownies. Press gumdrop half on top edge of each brownie for stem.
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Step5Cut off tiny corner of black frosting bag. Squeeze bag to pipe different faces or decorate with desired candies to make eyes, nose and mouth (use photo as guide).
Nutrition
160
Calories
6g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
27g
Total Carbohydrate
19g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Brownie
- Calories
- 160
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 9%
- Saturated Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 8%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 3%
- Sodium
- 90mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 10mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 27g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 19g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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