Christmas Brownie Bites
Add a bit of sparkle to the holiday season with these festive Christmas Brownie Bites. Bite sized brownies topped with an ultra creamy chocolate frosting and topped with glitter sprinkles!
Servings: 48 Brownie bites
Calories: 116kcal
Ingredients
For the brownies
- 6 ounces semi sweet chocolate roughly chopped
- 1 Cup butter unsalted
- 2/3 Cup all purpose flour
- Pinch salt
- 3 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 1/3 cup granulated white sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
For the frosting
- 3/4 cup butter room temperature
- 2 cups confectioners sugar
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- sprinkles
Instructions
For the brownies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees f/180 degrees c. Grease or line with paper liners 2 x 24 count mini muffin pans. Set aside. * This recipe makes 48 mini brownies*
- In a saucepan set over low heat, add the butter and chopped semi sweet chocolate. Stir until melted and remove from heat to cool. About 2 - 3 minutes.
- In a medium sized bowl sift together the flour and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of your electric mixer, combine the eggs, sugar and vanilla. Mix until well incorporated and smooth, about 2 - 3 minutes.
- Add the chocolate mixture to the eggs and sugar and stir until just incorporated. Add the flour and stir with a wooden spoon until incorporated.
- Pour the batter evenly into prepared muffin pans and bake for about 15 minutes. Leave them in the pan to cool on a wire rack.
For the frosting and decorating
- In the bowl of your electric mixer, mix the butter and sugar on high speed until pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Scrape down the bowl as necessary.
- Add the cocoa powder, vanilla and salt. Mix until combined, just about a minute.
- Add the cream, one tablespoon at a time, on medium low speed until combined. About a minute.
- Turn the mixer to high speed and continue to mix for about 5 minutes until the frosting is light, fluffy and shiny.
- Once the brownies have cooled completely, remove from the muffin pans. Frost with the chocolate frosting and add sprinkles.
*A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.
Notes
- Don’t over mix batter – Over mixing will result in cake like and possible dry brownies
- Make sure you measure the ingredients correctly – If you add just a little too much flour, the brownies will be more cake like than chewy.
- Don’t over bake them – Remember, all ovens are different and yours could take a little shorter or a little longer time than mine. They are done when you insert a toothpick in the centre and it comes out with moist crumbs.
- Making the frosting – It’s very important to whip the frosting for the stated time in the recipe card. this is a light and fluffy frosting and requires mixing for about 10 minutes in total. Please don’t skip this step.
Nutrition Facts
Christmas Brownie Bites
Amount Per Serving (1 brownie)
Calories 116
Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Saturated Fat 5g31%
Trans Fat 0.3g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Cholesterol 30mg10%
Sodium 41mg2%
Potassium 38mg1%
Carbohydrates 14g5%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 7g8%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 235IU5%
Vitamin C 0.004mg0%
Calcium 7mg1%
Iron 0.4mg2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.