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Christmas Brownies are rich, fudgy, homemade chocolate brownies topped with red and green M&Ms and festive Christmas sprinkles! Made with both melted butter, baking chocolate, and cocoa powder, they’re extremely chocolatey with a gooey center. It’s so fun to decorate these for the holidays and the bars are easy to add to cookie platters.
I’m a sucker for good and fudgy brownies and I firmly believe that brownies belong on your Christmas cookie platters, right alongside sugar cookies and snowballs. If you’ve been around Crazy for Crust for awhile, you know I have a thing for adding M&Ms and sprinkles to just about everything (hello, Santa’s Favorite Cookies). I love I can take my perfect brownie recipe and turn them into something more fun!
I’ve made a LOT of brownies over the years, and my biggest rule is they should be fudgy, not cakey. This is why I skip using baking soda or baking powder and I use 4 whole eggs: to keep those gooey centers. Pull these out of the oven when the toothpick test 2-inches from the side of the pan comes out with a few crumbs and use a plastic knife to cut them cleanly!
Christmas Brownie Ingredients
- Sugar: I always use granulated sugar – and a lot of it – to make brownies!
- Cocoa Powder: I use unsweetened cocoa powder (natural) but you can also use Dutch Process Cocoa.
- Baking Chocolate: Use unsweetened baking chocolate for best results (this is found in the baking aisle).
- Unsalted Butter: If you don’t have unsalted butter, you can use salted and remove the salt from the recipe. Melting the butter helps bloom the cocoa and bring out all the flavor.
- Candies: Red and Green M&Ms and sprinkles are the best mix ins!
- Use a metal pan for best results
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Dorothy’s Expert Brownie Tips
- You can omit or add any Christmas candy that you would like – omit the sprinkles and use more M&Ms if you want.
- Swap my recipe for a box brownie mix for ease.
- Cut your brownies with a plastic knife – the brownie won’t stick to it!
- Want even more chocolate? Add some chocolate buttercream or cooked chocolate frosting for an even richer recipe.
- Looking for Christmas Tree Brownies? I have those too, in brownie bite form!
Christmas Brownies Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 cup (2260 unsalted butter
- 4 ounces (113g) unsweetened baking chocolate coarsely chopped
- 2 cups (400g) granulated sugar
- ¼ cup (20g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ⅓ cups (162g) all-purpose flour
- ½ cup Christmas M&Ms
- ¼ cup Christmas Sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9×13″ pan with foil and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
- Melt butter and baking chocolate in a large bowl. Heat it on high power for 1 minute then stir, heating in additional 30 second increments until melted and smooth.
- Stir in sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt, and cocoa and stir until combined. Stir in flour.
- Pour brownie batter into prepared baking pan. Sprinkle with sprinkles and M&Ms. Bake for 25-35 minutes until a toothpick along the edge comes out with just a few crumbs. This results in very fudgy gooey brownies. Cool before slicing into bars.
Notes
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature or freeze for several months.
Nutrition
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How to Make Christmas Brownies
- Melt butter and chocolate in a large bowl. You can also brown the butter if you want to make brown butter brownies!
- Stir in sugar then eggs, then vanilla and salt. Stir in flour and you’ll have a thick brownie mixture.
- Top the brownies in a foil or parchment lined pan with candy and sprinkles. Use your favorites!
Dorothy I have made several of your recipes and my family loves them!! Burnt butter chocolate chip cookies oatmeal cookies and more. All so good! I’m gonna try these Christmas brownies next.