So Yummy
December is full of so many exciting celebrations, it can almost be hard to keep track. Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, my birthday — there is never a dull moment. But we tend to look past the most important holiday of the entire month: National Brownie Day.
Brownies are definitely one of my favorite desserts, but I rarely ever make them at home. If they’re around, I’ll eat them, but I won’t go out of my way to get them. However, once I learned that National Brownie Day is right around the corner, it was a sign that I just had to make some.
I didn’t want to dump a box of brownie mix in a bowl and be done. So instead, I did dump boxed mix in a bowl, but I added my own flair. I made two different batches of peppermint brownies, because, y’know, holidays. And they look and taste just like Christmas, which is all I’ve ever wanted in a brownie.
So Yummy
In one batch, I randomly placed whole peppermint Hershey’s Kisses into the brownie batter just before baking. In the other, I melted a handful of the Kisses and swirled that into the batter before pouring it in the pan. If you want to make the swirls show up on the top of the brownies, I’d give the melted Kisses a bit of red food coloring before mixing it in. I didn’t do that for mine (since I was really unsure of how it’d turn out anyways), and the swirls didn’t keep the delicate color they had before baking.
So Yummy
Once the brownies were done baking and cooling, it was time for the frosting. The batch with the whole Kisses got a lighter vanilla frosting with crushed candy canes mixed in (crushing candy canes with a rolling pin is perfect for releasing any holiday frustrations). And the melted Kisses batch had the same vanilla frosting mixed with some leftover melted Hershey’s Kisses, red food coloring, and crushed candy cane pieces.
So Yummy
Here’s a super helpful tip: The absolute best way to get all of the gooey brownie batter out of the bowl is by using a spoonula. You read that right.
So Yummy
So Yummy
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