••••HALLOWEEN BROWNIE GRAVEYARD••••

(Source: culinary ginger.com & yummily.com & photos also)

Halloween brownie graveyard

 

 

Prep time

20 mins

Cook time

1 hour

Total time

1 hour 20 mins

 

Recipe type: Dessert

Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• For the brownie:
• 16 ounces Chocoley V125 indulgence bittersweet dark chocolate
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• For the tombstones:
• 1 cup confectioners sugar
• 4 teaspoons milk
• Black food coloring
• 3 oval shape cookies
• Chocoley drizzle and design chocolate, dark
• For the skeletons:
• Chocoley drizzle and design chocolate, white
• Skeleton bones candy mold
• To assemble:
• 1-16 ounce tub store-bought vanilla frosting
• Green food coloring

Instructions

1. For the brownie:
2. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
3. Grease a 9 x 13 baking dish and line with parchment paper.
4. Using a double boiler, or heatproof bowl over saucepan of water, heat butter and 6 ounces of the chocolate over low heat until melted, stirring gently. Turn of heat when melted, but keep bowl over saucepan to keep mixture warm.
5. Mix the sugar into the butter and chocolate.
6. In a separate mixing bowl, lightly beat the eggs and vanilla together.
7. Add the eggs to the chocolate mixture and stir until fully mixed.
8. Add the flour and baking powder to the chocolate mixture and mix until completely uniform.
9. Chop the remaining 2 ounces of dark chocolate and mix into the batter.
10. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly with a spatula.
11. Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted.
12. Allow to cool completely in the pan, then remove using parchment paper to lift out.
13. For the tombstones:
14. In a bowl, mix the confectioners sugar with the milk until smooth.
15. Add black food coloring (I used a toothpick to add a very small amount), in small amounts until the grey color is achieved.
16. Smooth over the cookies and allow to dry on a cooling rack.
17. For the skeletons:
18. Melt the chocolate drizzle per package instructions and drizzle into the mold.
19. Refrigerate until hardened then remove from mold.
20. To assemble:
21. Place brownie on a cutting board.
22. Cut 3, 2¼ inch x 5 inch graves' in the brownie evenly spaced.
23. Using a fork, rake out the brownie so it crumbles like soil, put into a bowl.
24. Mound the 'soil' back into the 'graves'.
25. Arrange skeleton parts in and around the 'graves'.
26. Using a sharp knife, cut a small area of brownie out at the head of the graves and insert cookies into the brownie.
27. In a mixing bowl, add the frosting and a few drops of green food coloring to achieve the desired color.
28. Add to a piping bag using piping tip 233 and pipe 'grass' around the graves.