Brownies decorated like a football using chocolate and vanilla frosting. Use your favorite brownie recipe as the base. No cookie cutter needed!
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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.](https://celebratingsweets.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Frosted-Football-Brownies-1.jpg)
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.
- Serve on top of green candies. I use mint M&M’s.
![Football shaped brownies on top of green M&M\'s.](https://celebratingsweets.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Frosted-Football-Brownies-2.jpg)
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.
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Recipe
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Frosted Football Brownies
Ingredients
- One 8×8 pan of brownies, baked and cooled
- 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
- green M&M's, optional, for serving
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.
- Serve on top of green M&M's, if desired.
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Nutrition
Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.
Jaren (Diary of a Recipe Collector)
These are so cute!!
Lane & Holly @ With Two Spoons
These are so darling! What a fun thing for a football party!
Megan @ MegUnprocessed
Kids of all ages love these. So creative!
Rebecca
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?
Celebrating Sweets
Hi, Rebecca. Thank you! Those are green (mint) M&M’s. Thanks for stopping by!
sue | theviewfromgreatisland
These are the cutest (and most delicious!) football snacks I’ve seen, they might even entice me to actually sit through a game!
Luci's Morsels
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.
Ginny McMeans
These are so cute. We’re having a football party next weekend and there will be kids there too. Making these!
Amy @ The Cook Report
Such a fun idea! These look awesome
Dahn
What a great weekend for football brownies, these are so cute
Dannii
How cute are these! They look pretty simple to make too, which is always a bonus.