These Mini Brownie Bites with Cream Cheese Frosting are a two bite marvel and an absolute delicious addition to any Halloween Party!
When it comes to Halloween baking, I am not really much into the creepy, spooky or ghoulish treats but rather something that has the cutesy factor. These adorable mini brownie bites sure do and some! They are rich, chocolaty and dense in texture without being overly sweet.
If you are fairly new to baking, you will find them delightfully easy to make. And if piping the frosting seems somewhat intimidating to you, simply give it a try by practicing first. Set a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper on a counter. Fit any piping tip of your choice into a pastry bag, fill with frosting and start piping directly onto your parchment lined cookie sheet. Then simply scrape off the frosting back into the pastry bag and your good to go. Easy right!
The brownie recipe comes from one of my very own favorite magazines, Better Homes and Garden. I tweaked it somewhat, simply for personal taste, by using my favorite cream cheese frosting and tinted it with orange icing color and switched it up to give it a Halloween flare. I just adore the chocolate and cream cheese combination!
On that note, wishing you all, happy baking and a safe fun filled Halloween 🙂
Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened dutch-process cocoa powder
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 3 ounces cream cheese
- 1/4 pound butter
- 1/2 pound icing sugar
- 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- orange icing color ( I used Wilton’s)
Chocolate Glaze:
- 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 2 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 4 teaspoons corn syrup (light colored)
- nonpareils
Preheat oven to 350*F.
Grease mini muffin pans (you will need 36, 1 and 3/4 inch). Set aside.
Place the flour and cocoa powder in a small bowl, stir and set it aside.
Beat sugar and eggs together in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, on medium to high speed for about 2 minutes. It should look thick and pale yellow.
Next beat in the flour mixture just until smooth. Add in the 1/2 cup of melted butter and stir until combined. Drop about 1 teaspoon of the batter into each prepared muffin cup.
Bake for about 10 to 12 minutes. When a tooth pick inserted in the middle comes out clean, you will know it’s ready. Let them cool in the pan for about 5 minutes then carefully remove the brownies and transfer on a wire rack to cool completely.
For the frosting, combine the cream cheese, butter, icing sugar and vanilla in a medium bowl and beat until combined. You can also use a food processor to mix the frosting ingredients together. Tint the icing with Wilton’s orange icing color. A little goes a long way so start with a little bit at a time, just until you get the desired color. I used barely 1/8 of a teaspoon.
Use a large pastry bag fitted with a star tip to pipe the frosting onto each brownie. (I used the 1M tip from Wilton). Refrigerate for 30 minutes, this will set the frosting making it easier to dip.
For the chocolate glaze, place 1/4 cup of cubed butter, 2 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate in a small sauce pan over low heat and stir until melted and smooth, then remove it from the heat and stir in the corn syrup. Set it aside to cool for about 10 minutes.
Once cooled, dip the top of each brownie into the chocolate glaze. Sprinkle the mini brownies with nonpareils and refrigerate till the chocolate is set for about 15 minutes.
These mini brownie bites with cream cheese frosting store very well in an airtight container, refrigerated for up to 5 days.
Makes 36 adorable mini brownies!
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Beautiful! Better Homes and Gardens could not do it better I’m sure:)
Hi Sadie, thanks for the compliment…that is so sweet! 🙂
These looks soooo good! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thank-you they are yummy….and you are very welcome 🙂
wow Marisa these look so good and so festive!
Thanks Lynz, they where fun to make! xoxo 🙂
so cute I love them!
Wow! Marisa, I love all of the photos. If you let me have a bit I will feel much more happy!
Hahaha Min …will do my best 🙂
Marisa, wow!!!!! Looks so delicious!!!!!!!!
Hi Selam…thank-you so much! Wish I had enough to bring to work…next time 🙂
Gorgeous! You are a true food artist!
Hardly that but thank-you so much for the compliment! 🙂
It is an art to making food look good and taste good too.
Haha…yes I do agree I just do not think of myself that way. Having said that though I do believe that we eat with our eyes first and food presentation has always been important for me. It always brings me great joy when it is greatly appreciated! Again thank-you so much 🙂
So cute these mini brownies ! Nice touch for halloween!!!
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Thanks Carmie….xoxo
Really pretty! And ‘cute Halloween’ is great! 🙂
Haha…thanks Lily! 🙂
Wow, Marisa these look absolutely amazing. Really adore the idea! 🙂
Thank-you Linda…they where so much fun to make! 🙂
LOVE all your recipes! How CUTE are these?!?!!? GOSH! Love em. I made your m&m cookies and they were a total hit!
Gee! Thank-you Diana…they are cute little bites that you can jazz up for any occasion simply by using different color frosting and sprinkles. So glad to hear you enjoyed the cookies, and thanks for the feedback! 🙂
These look fabulous and elegant – a very dramatic presentation with a lot of ‘punch’!! And these little babies can be made anytime of the year just by leaving the frosting uncolored. I’m pinning these immediately. I LOVE THIS RECIPE !!.
Lol!!!! Thanks Cecile, so glad you like them and yes it is one of those recipes you can adapt to suit any occasion 🙂
Actually – I’m also going to share these on Facebook !! ; o )
Absolutely…enjoy! Have a Happy Halloween 🙂
OMG! Marisa those look so good. I have not tried one but they look like they are to die for.
Lol!!! They are really amazing, thank-you so much ?
Looks delicious! !!!!Happy Halloween! @@@
Thanks Dulce….same to you and thanks for stopping by?
Gorgeous, Marisa! Hope your Halloween was wickedly wonderful 😉
Thanks Lana, it sure was busy 🙂
Wish I had seen these sooner! So festive! They look delish! I have some serious brownie love so will be trying these. Renee
Enjoy Renee, can’t stop at just one 🙂
Marisa these are so pretty and seasonal and I would like a bite of one right now! What fun little edibles for this time of year.
Hi Teresa, yes fun to make and loved by both kids and adults! So easy adaptable for any special occasion 🙂
I haven’t seen the magazine version, but I just know they can’t possibly be as pretty as yours! Love these!! xx
Hi Barbara, that is very sweet of you to say so. They were so much fun to make…thanks for stopping by 🙂
What a gorgeous treat!
Thank-you Julie, they were quite yummy 🙂
Oh they are very pretty, yum!
Thanks Daniela 🙂
oh my! These are simply gorgeous. I love the contrast of colours, the chocolate and orange look incredible. What a beautiful Halloween treat to take to a party or dinner. Your pictures are stunning!
Thank-you so much!