Halloween Push It Up Brownie Pops Food

HALLOWEEN MUMMY BROWNIE POPS

Steps:

• Make and bake brownie mix as directed on box for cakelike brownies, using water, oil and eggs. Cool. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. In small bowl, mix frosting and peanut butter until blended. Crumble brownies into large bowl, discarding edges; stir in peanut-buttery candy. Add frosting mixture; mix well. Shape into 1-inch balls; place on cookie sheet. Refrigerate until firm.
• Reserve 1 cup melted candy. Dip tip of 1 lollipop stick about 1/2 inch into remaining melted candy and insert stick into 1 brownie ball no more than halfway. Repeat. Return to cookie sheet. Refrigerate 30 minutes. Remove from refrigerator a few at a time. Dip balls in melted candy; tap off excess. Let stand until set.
• Spoon reserved melted candy into resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag. Cut off small corner of bag; squeeze bag to pipe crisscross patterns onto balls to look like mummy. Immediately attach candy eyes. Poke opposite end of stick into foam block. Let stand until set.

DARK CHOCOLATE BROWNIE POPS

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat.
• Sift together the sugar, cocoa, flour and salt. Drizzle in the melted butter while still hot, add the vanilla and stir until combined. Use a small cookie scoop to scoop out 20 portions and use your hands to roll them into neat balls. Press a lollipop stick into each ball. Place on the prepared baking sheet and let cool at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Melt the chocolate wafers in a microwave or double boiler and let cool slightly. Dip each pop into the chocolate. Lightly tap the stick on the side of the bowl so the chocolate sheets around the sides and drips off. Sprinkle over the chocolate jimmies. Place the sticks in the florist foam and allow the pops to set 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.