Peanut Butter stuffed brownies are celebrating Halloween with Monster Mash makeover! These Frosted Halloween Monster Mash Brownies have the perfect Halloween sprinkles on top of the easy homemade frosting and creepy gummy eyeballs.
This post/recipe was created for #HalloweenTreatsWeek! I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are 100% mine.
So we’ve talked about this before but let me just say it again, I love Halloween and I love cute, fun Halloween treats.
I’m not into crazy gross Halloween foods. We don’t need gross-looking foods around here.
I’d rather have cute Halloween desserts like these Frosted Halloween Monster Mash Brownies!
Although I did add some little gummy eyeballs to these Halloween brownies, I wouldn’t say that these little eyes are gross. They’re also kind of awesome match the cute Halloween sprinkles.
Since this recipe is part of #HalloweenTreatsWeek, Sweets and Treats Shop sent me some of her fun Halloween sprinkles and I knew I wanted to use them in this recipe. Plus, they’re my favorite Halloween colors. The mix I used for this dessert is the Sweet Sprinkles Mix: Monster Mash sprinkle mix.
Yes, Orange and Black are Halloween colors, but my favorite Halloween colors are Purple, Green, and Orange. I even used purple and green as the colors for my Halloween blog, “The Southern Halloween Queen”
I decorated a few of them with just sprinkles but I also added a few of the gummy eyeballs that TreatStreet USA sent me to a few of the brownies.
So, today is the last day of #HalloweenTreatsWeek. The giveaway at the bottom of the post will end tonight at midnight so make sure that you enter before time is up!
SPONSORED ITEMS USED IN THIS RECIPE:
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- Dixie Crystals – White Sugar & Powdered Sugar
- Sweets and Treats Shop– Sweet Sprinkles Mix: Monster Mash
- TreatStreet USA –Gummy Eyeballs
- Adam’s Extract – Clear Vanilla
- Wilton – No. 8B Open Star Decorating Tip
Frosted Halloween Monster Mash Brownies
Frosted Halloween Monster Mash Brownies
Peanut Butter stuffed brownies are celebrating Halloween with Monster Mash makeover! These Frosted Halloween Monster Mash Brownies have the perfect Halloween sprinkles on top of the easy homemade frosting and creepy gummy eyeballs.
Ingredients
BROWNIES:
- 2 sticks butter, unsalted butter cut into small pieces
- 2 cups Dixie Crystals Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla or chocolate extract
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ounce chocolate syrup
- 9 peanut butter cups
FROSTING
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 8 ounces Cream cheese, softened
- 8 cups powdered sugar + more if desired for thicker icing
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
DECORATING
- Halloween Sprinkles
- Gummy Eyeballs
- No. 8B Open Star Decorating Tip
Instructions
BROWNIES:
Preheat oven to 325F.
Line 9x9 square baking pan with parchment paper or foil with overlapping ends (this will make it easier to remove the brownies later).
In a large bowl, combine the diced butter, sugar and cocoa powder.
Microwave and heat for 30 seconds.
Stir mixture and microwave for another 30 seconds.
Let chocolate mixture cool slightly.
When chocolate mixture has cooled a bit, stir in vanilla and salt.
Next, stir in eggs.
Mix in flour until completely incorporated.
Stir in chocolate syrup.
Pour batter into prepared pan & press peanut butter cups down into the batter.
Bake for 30-45 minutes until done.
Remove from oven and let cool completely.
FROSTING:
Cream butter in the bowl of a mixer.
Add cream cheese and mix well.
Slowly add powdered sugar while mixing.
Add vanilla. Whip.
Add more powdered sugar for thicker icing or add a bit of milk for thinner icing.
DECORATING
Cut into 9-12 brownies.
Pipe frosting onto cooled brownies with a No. 8B Open Star Decorating Tip.
Sprinkle with Halloween sprinkles and top with gummy eyeballs.
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Check out the amazing #HalloweenTreatsWeek recipes from our bloggers today!
- Frosted Halloween Monster Mash Brownies from Big Bear’s Wife
- Candy Corn Pound Cake from Sweet ReciPEAs
- Halloween Scene Cake from Mrs Happy Homemaker
- Super Cute Halloween Ghost Cupcakes from I am a Honey Bee
- Gooey Monster Peanut Butter Cookies from The Spiffy Cookie
- Mini Mummy Dogs from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
- Frankenstein Crispy Rice Cereal Treats from The Redhead Baker
- Little Monsters Halloween Mocktails from 4 Sons R Us
- Graveyard Pudding from The Beard and The Baker
- Cake Mix Candy Corn Naked Cake from Southern from Scratch
- Bloody Good Mini Cheesecakes from Sugar Dish Me
- Monster Pinata Cupcakes from Strawberry Blondie Kitchen
Happy Halloween! We hope you’re ready for a spooktacular event as we celebrate Halloween with the first annual #HalloweenTreatsWeek event hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife. (ME!!)
This haunting week-long event is filled with fantastic Halloween treats, recipes and some frightfully fun giveaways.
“When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers ‘tis near Halloween.”
For our very first #HalloweenTreatsWeek event we have 30 talented bloggers that are sharing their favorite Halloween recipes throughout the week! There are going to be over 100 Halloween themed recipes shared during this year’s #HalloweenTreatsWeek and we can’t wait for you to see them all!
Plus, don’t forget that we have 5 (five) great giveaways for you this week thanks to our amazing sponsors!
Scroll down to take a look!
Prize #1
Prize #1 — Dixie Crystals is giving away one (1) Instant Pot (8 Qt) to one lucky winner!
Prize #2
Prize #2 — Adam’s Extract is giving away – 1 Gift Pack – including Pure Vanilla Extract, Ground Cinnamon, Caramel Extract, Almond Extract, Pumpkin Pie Dip Mix and Adam’s Best Twice as strong Vanilla
Prize #3
Prize #3 —Wilton is giving away a Wilton Gift Pack – including – Halloween Cookie House Bat, Tombstone and Skull 3-Piece Cookie Cutter Set, Halloween Skull Tube Pan, Zombie Cupcake Liners, Skull Sugar Decorations
Prize #4
Prize #4 — Sweets and Treats Shop is giving away 1 (one) 1.5lb Sprinkle Mix Kit from their shop
Prize #5
Prize #5 — Treat Street USA is giving away a $25 Visa Gift Card
Giveaway open to US Residents 18 years or older. All entries will be verified. No PO Boxes Please. Prizes will be sent directly from sponsors to winners, bloggers are not responsible for prizes. This giveaway runs from October 1st – October 6th at 12AMEST. Winners will be selected soon afterward and contacted by e-mail. Winners will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. There are a total of 5 (five) prizes and therefore we will have a total of 5 (five) winners. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law.
Disclaimer: These posts and recipes are part of the week-long event, #HalloweenTreatsWeek but all opinions are 100% mine! We would like to Thank our amazing sponsors: Dixie Crystals, Adam’s Extract, Wilton, Sweets and Treats Shop and Treat Street USA ! These wonderful sponsors provided the prize packs for our giveaways and also sent samples and products to the #HalloweenTreatsWeek bloggers to use in their recipes.
Karen says
These are adorable. I prefer cute over gross too =) Thanks for all of your hard work!
Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says
What a fun treat! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party. Can’t wait to see what treats you’ll bring this Sunday! Feel free to share as many as you’d like! Have a great weekend.
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Yum! Sharing these as my feature on Inspire Me Monday. Laura