Brownie Haunted House Food

HIDDEN SECRET BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray an 8-inch square baking pan with nonstick baking spray. Line it with a piece of parchment overhanging the edges (this will help in removing the brownies from the pan) and spray again.
• Melt the chocolate in a bowl in the microwave or over a double boiler. Set aside to cool slightly.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer using the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs. With the mixer on low speed, drizzle in the melted chocolate. Add the vanilla extract, beets and walnuts and mix. Whisk together the flour and cocoa powder in a small bowl. Add half of the flour to the batter and mix just until combined. Mix in the remaining flour; do not over mix.
• Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan. Spread it to even out the surface. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Let the brownies cool completely.
• Using the paper, lift the brownies from the pan. Remove the paper, and then cut the brownies into 9 squares. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

BROWNIE HAUNTED HOUSE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F Butter and flour the bundt tin thoroughly.
• Place the butter and chocolate into the small bowl and microwave until melted. Stir until smooth.
• Pour into a large bowl and add the sugar. Stir well.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition.
• Add the flour and stir well until smooth.
• Pour into the prepared tin, tap to get rid of any air bubbles. Place on a flat baking sheet and bake for 1hour.
• Leave to cool for 20 minutes in the tin before turning it onto a wire rack. Leave to cool completely.
• Mix up your icings and place into small piping bags. Decorate your house as desired.
• Melt the marshmallow in the microwave for 15 seconds. Leave to cool for 10 seconds and then start stretching it between your fingers and over the house to make the spider webs. Leave till set.

SPOOKY HAUNTED HOUSE BROWNIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325° for dark or nonstick pan). Line 9-inch square pan with foil, allowing some to hang over edges of pan. Spray bottom and sides of foil with cooking spray. Make and bake brownies as directed on box. Cool completely, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Freeze in pan 30 minutes.
• Using foil to lift, remove brownie from pan, and peel foil away. Place brownie on work surface.
• Meanwhile, cut out paper templates. Place templates over brownie as shown in photo. Cut brownie around templates. (Set aside brownie scraps for snacking.)
• Arrange brownie pieces on serving platter or cutting board as shown in photo.
• In small bowl, stir frosting and food color to desired color. Spread frosting on top of brownie. Use candies and snacks to decorate house as desired, using photo as a guide. Cut into pieces to serve. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

HALLOWEEN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a 24 x 20cm brownie tin with baking parchment. Melt the butter and dark chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a small pan of just simmering water. Stir until completely smooth, then leave to cool for 10 mins.
• Beat the eggs and sugar with an electric whisk until thick and pale - the mixture should double in volume and leave a trail when the beaters are lifted. Pour the cooled dark chocolate mixture around the edge of the bowl. Sift over the flour and cocoa, add the milk chocolate, and gently fold everything together with a spatula or large metal spoon. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 35-40 mins.
• Meanwhile, make the 'eyeballs'. Melt the white chocolate in a heatproof bowl over the pan of just simmering water. Stir until smooth. Dip each cookie into the chocolate to cover one side. Stick a sugar-coated chocolate in the centre of each, then leave to set. When the chocolate is fully dry, pipe a pupil and red veins onto each eyeball using the icing pens.
• Remove the traybake from the oven, and immediately push the eyeballs into the surface in even rows - do this gently, so they're just pushed in slightly. Leave to cool completely. Cut into 12 squares.

SPOOKY HALLOWEEN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325° for dark or nonstick pan). Line 9-inch square pan with foil, allowing some to hang over edges of pan. Spray bottom and sides of foil with cooking spray. Make and bake brownies as directed on box. Cool completely, about 1 hour 30 minutes.
• Using foil to lift, remove brownie from pan, and peel foil away. Transfer brownies to serving platter or cutting board.
• In each of 2 small bowls, place 1/3 cup frosting; add neon green food color to one, and purple food color to other to desired shades. Spoon each colored frosting into separate small resealable food-storage plastic bag; partially seal bags. Cut off about 1/4-inch corner from each bag. Squeeze frosting into mounds over top of brownie, alternating colors and size of mounds.
• Decorate as desired using candy eyeballs on frosting mounds. Cut into 4 rows by 4 rows. Store loosely covered at room temperature.