Frankenstein Brownies for Halloween

Boo! Happy Halloween! Celebrate with these Frankenstein themed brownies- or Frankenbrownies! Super easy to make, super cute and of course, super delicious.

It’s 10 pm on a Wednesday night. My desk is cluttered with a loose papers, sticky notes, dirty dishes and a candy bar wrapper.

My eyes are literally ready to close.

I have a math test tomorrow.

Yet I sit in front of my computer screen writing a blog post about Frankenbrownies because Halloween is this Friday and that’s exciting.

I made and photographed these the morning before I left for Istanbul. Originally I had wanted to do brownie pops- but we don’t get candy melts here, and dying white chocolate was a nightmare because it began to cease up. When it did, I had tried to save the chocolate by adding hot heavy cream. It looked like green slime.

But I wasn’t not going to give up.

I threw together a loose vanilla icing, the same kind I made for my sugar cookies recipe with a little bit of melted butter, powdered sugar, milk and vanilla. The green blended in beautifully, and these brownies looked more or less the way I had hoped they would.

I have two brownie recipes you could use- one is my Cadbury Creme Egg brownies (just omit the added Creme Eggs, fondant and ganache) which I highly recommend for this recipe because they are chewy and fudgy.  The other are some super fudgy brownies which also work beautifully, but I prefer to have those dark, dense and rich as is without icing. You could also use store-bought brownies or your favorite variety.

For the hair, I used chocolate jimmies which are quite easily available in supermarkets. I made my own chocolate eyes out of M&M’s (chocolate chips are also a possibility) and white chocolate; however, it is possible to use store-bought candy eyes if you find some. Colored M&M’s made up the bolts on the sides of the brownies, which can be substituted with gumdrops or Twizzlers cut into chunks- or any candy you find suitable.

To add some character, I used dark chocolate to create the facial expression- eyebrows and smile. Squiggly lines all the way. Finally, for a slightly gory touch, I used red decorating gel. You could easily dye some frosting red, or  for a bloody effect, some condensed milk or corn syrup.

These are incredibly simple to make yet very, very cute- not to dark and bloody like halloween desserts can be- just right. Plus Frankenstein is a masterpiece. How can you not create a dessert version?

While I’d love to be Frankenstein for this year’s Halloween festivities, the make-up tutorials I found were far too difficult for me to execute. Instead, I ordered a zombie kit which I plan to use- hopefully with success. Halloween all the way, people.

So I’ll have to settle for these Frankenstein brownies instead. The perfect Halloween baked treat, and ideal dessert for a Halloween party.

Frankenstein Brownies for Halloween

Celebrate with these Frankenstein themed brownies- or Frankenbrownies! Super easy to make, super cute and of course, super delicious.

Yield: 16 brownies

Prep: 15 minutes minutes

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Ingredients

For the candy eyes:

• 32 brown M&Ms
• 2 oz white chocolate, melted (in a ziplock/piping bag with the end snipped off)

For the brownies:

• 1 batch of 9×9 brownies cut into 16 rectangles
• 3/4 cup white frosting, any kind you like
• green food coloring, I used both, neon green and regular green
• 32 brown M&Ms
• 32 colored M&Ms
• Chocolate jimmies
• 2 oz bittersweet chocolate, melted (in a ziplock/piping bag with the end snipped off)
• Red decorating gel/icing

Instructions

To make the eyes:

• Line a tray with parchment paper and pipe 32 small dollops (about 1/4 tsp) of white chocolate, a little bit apart.
• In the center of each dollop, place a brown M&M, (logo side down).
• Place the tray in the freezer for 5-10 minutes or until the chocolate has hardened.

To decorate the brownies:

• Dye the icing with the desired shade of green.
• Spread evenly on top of the brownies- runny icing like mine should drip down the sides. Let the icing sit for several minutes just to firm up slightly if thin.
• Place 2 candy eyes on each brownie around a little less than 1/2 way from the top.
• Sprinkle the jimmies above the eyes.
• Place the M&M’s or gumdrops on either side of the brownie on the same line as the eyes- this is where drippy icing is useful (watch video for clearer instructions).
• Using the melted bittersweet chocolate, draw in the mouth and eyebrows- I like to do squiggly lines for the mouth.
• Finish the brownies by drawing scars using the red decorating gel or icing. Do this by drawing a straight line and then cutting through with smaller perpendicular lines.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: brownies, Chocolate, Holiday recipes

Looking for more easy treats for Halloween? Try these Halloween cupcakes, Halloween fudge, or DIY Halloween candy pops!