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Make some Olympic Gold Medal Hand Pies to get yourself in the mood for the Olympics!

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I hope you all had a wonderful Fourth of July! We had a relaxing, easy day filled with swimming, barbecue, and guacamole. And a delish new drink I can’t wait to share with you soon!

America’s birthday might be over…but the Olympics are around the corner! Now, I’m not a sports person. You know that. But I love the summer Olympics. When I was a kid, Nadia was my favorite movie everrrr. Like, I watched it constantly. I practically had it memorized.All of my friends loved it too. At least, I thought they did, because I made them watch it with me.

Brownie Batter Hand Pies

One of my favorite playtime activities was spreading out a blue tarp on my front lawn and practicing the floor routine. I would become Nadia…except that all I could do was a cartwheel. I seem to remember making my friends wear their bathing suits while doing all of this play. Which may have made them hate me…since our front lawn was literally at the busiest four-way stop in town. Gymnastics used to be the only sport I thought was worth it’s weight in Olympic gold. Now, as an adult, I appreciate more of the sports. Like swimming. For the eye candy, of course.

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When thinking of an Olympic themed treat, my mind of course went to the gold medal; the symbol of success at the Games. {Okay, side note: I will also never hear “The Games” and think of the Olympics anymore…am I right?} And hand pies go so well with medals. I mean, they’re round. Super perfect fit! I was going to fill them with lemon curd or pie filling. Then I saw this post by Hayley and was intrigued. And then of course, there was brownie batter week…and my mind was made up.

The medals needed a strap, of course. I used Air Heads to mold some. You can use any colors…but I thought red and blue would be perfect.You know, to root for America. But if you’re, say, Canadian…you could just use red.

Use Airheads to mold a strap for a Gold Medal Hand Pie.

Just watching the gymnastic trials has gotten me in the mood. I wish I could set up a tarp and pretend to be Nadia.

But then I’d probably break something.

Instead I’ll just sit and eat gold medals.

Way easier.

Olympic Gold Medal Brownie Batter Hand Pies - this easy hand pie recipe is filled with brownie batter and then decorated like a gold medal! Use gold edible spray to paint the "medals" and airheads to make the straps!

collage of hand pies decorated like olympic gold medals

Olympic Gold Medal Brownie Batter Hand Pies

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Olympic Gold Medal Brownie Batter Hand Pies are hand pies that look like Olympic medals and are filled with brownie batter!
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Yield 12 pies
Serving Size 1 serving

Ingredients
 

  • 1 cup brownie mix dry
  • 1 tablspoon water
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 box refrigerated pie crust 2 crusts
  • Cherry and Blue Raspberry Airheads from a pack of mini Airheads
  • 1 package CandiQuik Candy Coating
  • Edible gold spray

Instructions

  • To Make Hand Pies: Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Unroll pie crusts and cut small circles, re-rolling pie crust as necessary. (Depending in the size of cookie cutter, you will get about 24 circles per crust.)
  • Mix brownie mix, water, and oil. Spoon ½ teaspoon of mix on 24 circles. Wet the edges of the pie crust and top with remaining circles. Pinch closed with the tines of a fork.
  • Bake on a parchment lined cookie sheet for about 8-10 minutes. Cool completely.
  • To make the medals: Once hand pies are cool, melt your CandiQuik according to package directions. Dip each hand pie in the melts, covering completely. Tap off excess and place on a wax paper lined cookie sheet. Chill or freeze to harden. Once the candy is hardened, spray with edible gold spray. Chill to dry.
  • To make necklace: Cut each Airhead into three strips. (If you are using regular sized Airheads, cut them in half first, so you get six strips.)
  • Heat one red and one blue strip in the microwave for 5 seconds. While warm, roll/stretch them to the desired length.
  • Overlap the two colors slightly and roll with a rolling pin to seal them together. Repeat with two more strips and then press the two strips together to make a necklace.
  • Place a small spoonful of white candy melts on the end of the necklace. Press a hand pie to the melted candy and hold until it sticks. Let dry before serving. Keep chilled, or they will stick.

Recipe Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 172kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 116mg | Potassium: 14mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 0.1IU | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 1mg
Nutritional information not guaranteed to be accurate
Course Dessert
Cuisine American

This post is proudly a part of the Olympic Party Roundup by Miss Candiquik!

Last Updated on March 9, 2024



Dorothy Kern

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  1. Oh my GOODNESS!!! This is FABULOUS!!!!!!! Love the idea! YUM!

    You should totally come back over at The DIY Dreamer and share this at From Dream To Reality 🙂

  2. We love watching the Olympics too! There are so many amazing human interest stories. I wathced the Gymnastics Trials last weeekend also.

    Cute recipe idea to celebrate the Olympics, Dorothy!

    1. Jordan was super excited there is a Jordyn gymnast. 🙂 Thanks Robyn! Have a great weekend!

  3. Those are the cutest brownie hand pies ever!!! How cute and creative are you!!! AND I loved watching Nadia when I was younger!!! Now I can’t find that movie anywhere;-( I need to get on the ball and make sure my dvr is set to record some gymnastics fun. I would totally break something too if I tried anything, so how bout I come on over and we just watch together:-)

  4. OMG these are freaking adorable Dorothy! And i love your nail polish! I think Hayley had her nails like that for the 4th too! 🙂

  5. That’s so gorgeous! Thanks for the invite, will definitely join your party next week!

  6. So I have been off-line for almost a week now, but with a break at work I get to log on and find these (ssshh don’t tell my boss!) What a way to come back online! These look soo good, and recently I’m a little crazy over hand pies! Who would have ever thought about brownie batter hand pies?! Well, obviously someone more creative than me!! Thanks for sharing and making my day a little better!!

  7. OMG, Dorothy, these are SO incredible! Definitely perfect for the Olympics and perfect food for rooting them on! The more crust, brownie batter and candy to eat while watching them all stress out majorly or see guys in swim suits. I think we should have our own hosting party just for that, don’t you?!