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Frosted Football Brownies

Published: Sep 9, 2015 · Modified: Sep 5, 2018 by Allison · 19 Comments

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Football brownies – Brownies decorated like a football using chocolate and vanilla frosting. Use your favorite brownie recipe as the base. No cookie cutter needed! VIDEO BELOW!

Football shaped brownies on top of green M&M\'s.

It’s here! College football has begun, and the NFL season kicks off tomorrow! Are you planning to watch your favorite team with friends? Go tailgating? Relax at home? I thought you might want to sweeten up your football season with brownies. And not just any brownies – Football Brownies! Aren’t they adorable?!

Football shaped brownies on top of green M&M\'s.

How to Make Football Brownies

  • Bake your favorite batch of brownies. They can be boxed, homemade or store bought.
  • Cut the brownies into squares, and cut two corners off the squares to make a hexagon (no cookie cutter needed).
  • Frost the brownies with swirls of chocolate frosting, then pipe on vanilla frosting for laces.

Football shaped brownies on top of green M&M\'s.

Super Bowl Dessert Idea

These brownies are perfect all football season long – and don’t forget to whip them up for your Super Bowl party. These are the perfect Super Bowl dessert – fun, festive, and delicious! Bring these brownies along to all your favorite games this season. Go Giants!

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Football shaped brownies on top of green M&M's.

Frosted Football Brownies

Brownies decorated to look like a football using chocolate and vanilla buttercream frosting. Use your favorite brownie recipe as the base. No cookie cutter needed!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 9 -12
Calories: 258kcal
Author: Allison - Celebrating Sweets

Ingredients

  • One 8x8 or 9x9 pan of brownies, baked and cooled, homemade or boxed
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 3 cups powdered sugar, plus more if needed
  • 3-4 tablespoons milk, divided
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted if lumpy

Instructions

  • With a hand mixer, or a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter until smooth and creamy. Gradually add the powdered sugar. Once all powdered sugar has been added, beat in 2 tablespoons milk and vanilla. Remove a generous ¼ cup of frosting (to be used for the laces).
  • To the remaining frosting, add cocoa powder and 1 tablespoon milk. Beat on medium speed for about a minute. Add more milk if needed. The frosting should be smooth and able to hold its shape.
  • Place chocolate frosting in a piping bag fitted with a small star attachment. Place white frosting in a separate piping bag with the end snipped just enough to create your desired thickness of laces.
  • Cut the brownies into squares, and then cut off a little bit from two opposite corners to form a hexagon (or you can leave the brownies in a square).
  • Pipe the chocolate frosting in a zig-zag pattern to form a diamond shape. Pipe white laces onto the chocolate frosting.

Video

Notes

Frosting design inspired by The Baker Chick

Nutrition

Calories: 258kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 9mg | Potassium: 72mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 39g | Vitamin A: 315IU | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 0.7mg

Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.

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  1. Jaren (Diary of a Recipe Collector)

    January 18, 2016 at 3:08 pm

    These are so cute!!

    Reply
  2. Lane & Holly @ With Two Spoons

    September 07, 2016 at 9:28 pm

    These are so darling! What a fun thing for a football party!

    Reply
  3. Megan @ MegUnprocessed

    September 08, 2016 at 5:46 pm

    Kids of all ages love these. So creative!

    Reply
  4. Rebecca

    January 11, 2017 at 8:28 pm

    5 stars
    I love these football brownies! They look absolutely beautiful placed on top of a green candy layer! Are those green jelly beans or what did you use?

    Reply
    • Celebrating Sweets

      January 12, 2017 at 10:00 am

      Hi, Rebecca. Thank you! Those are green (mint) M&M’s. Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  5. sue | theviewfromgreatisland

    September 03, 2017 at 8:53 am

    These are the cutest (and most delicious!) football snacks I’ve seen, they might even entice me to actually sit through a game!

    Reply
  6. Luci's Morsels

    September 03, 2017 at 9:16 am

    5 stars
    These are so cute and look delicious! I know some football fans who wouldn’t mind if I whipped up a batch of these! I have too try these this fall.

    Reply
  7. Ginny McMeans

    September 03, 2017 at 10:32 am

    5 stars
    These are so cute. We’re having a football party next weekend and there will be kids there too. Making these!

    Reply
  8. Amy @ The Cook Report

    September 03, 2017 at 11:02 am

    5 stars
    Such a fun idea! These look awesome

    Reply
  9. Dahn

    September 03, 2017 at 11:39 am

    5 stars
    What a great weekend for football brownies, these are so cute

    Reply
  10. Dannii

    September 03, 2017 at 11:41 am

    5 stars
    How cute are these! They look pretty simple to make too, which is always a bonus.

    Reply
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