Chocolate Mummy Brownies
Make these chewy Chocolate Mummy Brownies for a fun treat to add to your fun festive celebrations. These are a fudgy brownie topped with a whipped buttercream frosting decorated mummy style!
Servings: 12 brownies
Calories: 348kcal
Ingredients
- 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
- 1/2 cup buttercream frosting
- candy eyes for decorating
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8 x 8 inch baking pan and set aside.
- In a saucepan set over low heat, add the butter and chopped chocolate. Stir until melted and remove from heat to cool.
- Sift flour together with the salt and set aside.
- Meanwhile in a large mixing bowl add eggs, sugar and vanilla. Mix well until incorporated and smooth. Probably only a couple of minutes. Remember do not over mix! If you mix it too long, you will end up with more of a cake texture.
- Next, add the chocolate mixture and stir until incorporated. Add flour all at once and gently stir in with a wooden spoon until just incorporated.
- Pour the batter into prepared pan and bake for around 25 minutes. Check a few minutes before the baking time is up and insert a toothpick. A few moist crumbs should come out on the stick. Leave them in the pan to cool on a wire rack.
- Remove the cooled brownies from the pan and place on a cutting board. Cut the brownies down the middle and then down the middle from the other side. You will have have four sections. Continue to make 4 more even cuts from one side to the other. You will have a total of 12 rectangle brownies. See the photo above in the post.
- Place the buttercream frosting in a piping bag with a small circular nozzle. Pipe frosting on the brownies in zigzag like pattern to make them look like mummies. Place a small amount of frosting on the back of the eyes and place the eyes on the brownies.
- Leave the brownies on the cooling rack to allow the frosting to set then transfer to a container to store for three days.
*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.
- Allow to cool completely - Before decorating, it's important that you allow these brownies to cool completely so the frosting doesn't melt off the tops. Also, it makes them much easier to handle
Nutrition Facts
Chocolate Mummy Brownies
Amount Per Serving (1 brownie)
Calories 348
Calories from Fat 198
% Daily Value*
Fat 22g34%
Saturated Fat 13g81%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 6g
Cholesterol 88mg29%
Sodium 141mg6%
Potassium 111mg3%
Carbohydrates 35g12%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 28g31%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 547IU11%
Calcium 22mg2%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.