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Christmas Brownies Recipe with a Fancy Bow

December 16, 2014 By Katie Moseman 8 Comments

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Christmas Brownies a Present with a Fancy Bow

I wanted to make some Christmas brownies to get with the holiday vibe and also to enter in my upcoming Time Lord Chefs Doctor Who Christmas Challenge.

However, as you may know, I am not the world’s most skilled decorator.  Cakes tremble in fear when I approach with a bowl of frosting.

Therefore, I needed to come up with something pretty that wouldn’t tax my limited skills.  I figured that there might be one or two of you out there who like pretty Christmas brownies, but are also not whizzes at decorating.  So I came up with this Christmas brownies recipe.  Consider them (quite literally) a Christmas present with a fancy bow, just for you.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

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Christmas Brownies Recipe | A Present with a Fancy Bow

A simple brownie square gets a touch of frosting, an outline of starlite candies, and a fruit rollup bow. So easy, yet so pretty!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Author Katie Moseman

Ingredients

  • Brownies cut into squares
  • White frosting
  • Green food coloring
  • Starlight mint candies
  • Red fruit rollups AKA "fruit by the foot"

Instructions

  1. Place the frosting in a bowl. Add a few drops of green food coloring and stir in. Add more food coloring for a deeper color.
  2. Place the brownie on a serving plate (these are not easy to pick up and move after decorating). Spread a thick layer of frosting on top of the brownie square, all the way to the edges.
  3. Unwrap a mint candy and place a marble sized dab of frosting on a flat side. Press the candy onto the side of the brownie. If there's a gap between the candy and the frosting on the top of the brownie, pull the candy off and add a bit more frosting before pressing back in place.
  4. Continue pressing the mint candies all the way around the brownie.
  5. To make the bow, fold over a piece of fruit roll up to make a loop that is just a bit smaller than the top of the brownie. Cut it and pinch the middle, then place on the brownie. Repeat this process to make an identical loop and place it perpendicular to the first loop.
  6. Next, make two identical loops that are slightly smaller. Place each one perpendicular to the one before it on the brownie.
  7. Finally, make a smaller circle out of fruit rollup, pinch the loop closed like a ring, then place it on the top of the other loops.
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  1. BritishMumUSA

    December 16, 2014 at 10:37 pm

    How cleaver is that, that is awesome, who would have thought that up!!! Bows so fancy and out of something that most kids will EAT!!! I thought it was frosting at first and was like, that is way to much frosting… Great Idea….

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    • Katie

      December 17, 2014 at 12:24 pm

      Thanks, Ray! I originally saw a fruit rollup bow on a Taste of Home cake, but it was a standard bow with two loops and two strings. I came up with this bow because I wanted something a little taller to top off the brownie.

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      • BritishMumUSA

        December 18, 2014 at 9:37 pm

        Love it, just love it… So fancy….

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  2. CakeSpy

    December 18, 2014 at 7:23 pm

    These are so adorable!! I love the color scheme, too. 🙂

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    • Katie

      December 18, 2014 at 7:52 pm

      Thank you! I wanted it to look like a gift box from a Doctor Who episode, but I couldn’t find a reference photo or screen shot and I didn’t have time to watch the episode to find out what color it was. So I went with red and green because I thought it would be a nice Christmassy contrast and would pop against a white background.

      Reply
  3. Dini @ Giramuk's Kitchen

    December 19, 2014 at 10:13 am

    That was a fantastic episode! I watched it again only just a couple of weeks ago 🙂
    Such a great idea to dress up brownies, especially the edible ribbon 🙂

    Reply
  4. cakespy

    December 12, 2016 at 7:18 am

    I love these brownies!! I know they are from a while back but it popped up on your home page and was new to me so I had to chime in!

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    • Katie Moseman

      December 12, 2016 at 1:15 pm

      Thank you! I was really happy with the fruit-by-the-foot bow. Handy stuff!

      Reply

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