Christmas Tree Brownies are a sweet holiday dessert that are fun, festive and fast to make. They can be made from a brownie mix or from scratch, and are quick and easy to decorate. A great recipe to make with the kids, your family will love these cute Christmas treats.
Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe
They are both cute and quick!
No decorating experience needed, even if you’ve never decorated before you, you’ll have great results.
Keep these simple by using a box mix and container of frosting, or make the brownies and frosting from scratch. The choice is yours.
They are sure to be a hit with kids and grandkids.
How To Make Christmas Tree Brownies
Let’s discuss the ingredients you’ll need, and the steps you’ll take, to make these festive and fun Christmas Tree Brownies. If you want to skip my discussion, tips and answers to frequently asked questions, just scroll to the bottom for the printable recipe.
Ingredients
- Boxed brownie mix and ingredients recommended
- Egg yolk
- Frosting
- Green Food Coloring
- Sprinkles
- Candy canes
Directions
- Preheat the oven to the temperature recommended on the box of brownies mix.
- Prepare a 9X9 baking pan (preferably a light metal pan) by lining it with parchment paper. Leave extra parchment paper over the edges so that you may easily remove the whole pan of brownies later.
- Whisk together the ingredients recommended on the box of brownies, and add the additional egg yolk. Mix just until combined, avoid overmixing.
- Bake the brownies on the middle rack in your oven according to package directions. Take care not to overbake.
- Remove brownies from oven and place on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Then place in the refrigerator to cool completely.
- While the brownies are cooling, place the frosting in a bowl, add food coloring and mix well. Make sure to scrape down the sides to make sure all the frosting is evenly colored.
- Remove cooled brownies from the pan and trim off just outer edges.
- There are 2 different ways to cut these depending on how large you want the trees to be. If you want small trees, you can get 18. Cut the brownies into 3 long strips. Then cut the strips into triangles – this will make 3 rows with 6 triangles each. Cut 3 equal squares from each strip, then cut the squares in half on the diagonal. They will be small trees. If you want large trees, you can get 8. Cut the brownies in half down the middle. You will be able to cut 4 equal size triangles from each half. It will only work if you trim a little off of each end, at an angle.
- Decorate with green icing and sprinkles. Stick a cut candy cane in the bottom of the triangle to be the stem of your Christmas tree.
Tips and Advice
Making fudgy brownies – To ensure fudgy brownies, use room temperature eggs. Do not use an electric mixer, just mix by hand and take care not to overmix the brownie mix. Once the mix or flour is all combined, stop mixing.
Make sure brownies are completely cooled – Do not cut the brownies until they are completely cooled. This is essential for getting the clean cuts on these brownies. You can even place them in the freezer prior to cutting.
Parchment paper – The parchment paper is really important for this recipe. You need to be able to life the entire tray of brownies up and out of the pan in one piece. If you don’t have parchment paper, you could use aluminum foil in it’s place.
From scratch homemade option – You can easily make this recipe completely from scratch. To do, replace the brownie mix with my Easy Brownies. Do not add the extra egg, just follow the brownie recipe as is. For the frosting, use my Sugar Cookie Frosting recipe. Follow all of the chilling, cutting and decorating techniques as written.
More Christmas Cookie Recipes To Try
If you love these cute Christmas Tree Brownies, make sure to check out all of my Christmas Cookie Recipes. Here are some favorites to start with.
- Stacked Christmas Tree Cookies
- Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies
- Melted Snowman Cookies
- Soft Gingerbread Cookies
- Cut Out Sugar Cookie Recipe
- Gingerbread Man Cookies
- Eggnog Cookies
- Christmas M&M Cookies
More Brownie Recipes To Try
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Christmas Tree Brownies
Ingredients
- 1 boxed brownie mix, with ingredients called for on the box
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 container white or vanilla frosting
- green food coloring
- sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to the temperature recommended on the box of brownies mix.Prepare a 9X9 baking pan (preferably a light metal pan) by lining it with parchment paper. Leave extra parchment paper over the edges so that you may easily remove the whole pan of brownies later.
- Whisk together the ingredients recommended on the box of brownies, and add the additional egg yolk. Mix just until combined, avoid over mixing.
- Bake the brownies on the middle rack in your oven according to package directions. Take care not to overbake.
- Remove brownies from oven and place on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Then place in the refrigerator to cool completely.
Decorating
- While the brownies are cooling, place the frosting in a bowl, add food coloring and mix well. Make sure to scrape down the sides to make sure all the frosting is evenly colored.
- Remove cooled brownies from the pan and trim off just outer edges. There are 2 different ways to cut these depending on how large you want the trees to be. If you want small trees, you can get 18. Cut the brownies into 3 long strips. Then cut the strips into triangles – this will make 3 rows with 6 triangles each. Cut 3 equal squares from each strip, then cut the squares in half on the diagonal. They will be small trees. If you want large trees, you can get 8. Cut the brownies in half down the middle. You will be able to cut 4 equal size triangles from each half. It will only work if you trim a little off of each end, at an angle.
- Decorate with green icing and sprinkles. Stick a cut candy cane in the bottom of the triangle to be the stem of your Christmas tree.
Notes
Nutrition
Disclaimer
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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