Santa Brownies
These festive brownies will be Santa’s and your next favorite treat! Adored with his strawberry festive hat, and full of rich chocolate decadence, homemade whipped cream and a delightful cream cheese frosting, it’ll make you feel holly jolly instantly!
Servings: 12 Servings
Ingredients
- 19 oz Ghirardelli Fudge Brownie mix
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- ¼ cup water
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ cups whipping cream
- ¾ cup powdered sugar divided
- 2 teaspoon vanilla divided
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 6 strawberries leaves trimmed off and halved
- Christmas Sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Spray a muffin or brownie pan with non-stick spray or butter. In a medium bowl, combine brownie mix, oil, water and egg just until combined. Fill the prepared pan evenly and bake 20-25 minutes or just until cooked through.
- For the whipped cream, in a large bowl, whip whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla with a hand mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form.
- In another medium bowl, whip cream cheese, vanilla and powdered sugar with a hand mixer on high speed until smooth. Fold in all but ¾ cup of the whipped cream.
- Once the brownies have cooled, spread desired amount of cream cheese frosting on each and flatten the top. To each brownie, add 1 strawberry half, flat side down. Fill a piping bag with a star tip (or a ziploc bag) with the remaining whipped cream. Accentuate the strawberry like Santa’s hat, 1 dollop at the top and 4-5 dollops along the bottom flat of the strawberry. Add sprinkles if desired.
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