Easy Christmas Brownies

These easy Christmas brownies are my go-to festive bake when I want something fun, chocolatey and totally stress free. We’re talking soft, fudgy, chocolate packed brownies topped with cute buttercream decorations – Santa hats, Christmas trees, and even Rudolph himself! With an easy brownie base (thanks to using this Epic Brownie Mix) and simple piping, this is the perfect Christmas bake for kids, beginners, or anyone who wants festive treats without spending hours in the kitchen.

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What Makes These Christmas Brownies Easy To Make?

For starters, this recipe uses the Epic Double Choc Brownie Mix, which does all the heavy lifting on the ingredient front. No weighing, no faffing, no last-minute supermarket dash for cocoa powder. Simply tip the mix into a bowl, add melted butter and eggs, and you’ve got a double chocolate brownie batter ready in minutes. They bake quickly too, which means you can spend less time making the brownies and more time on the fun bit: turning them into your cute, festive Christmas designs. And if piping buttercream feels like more effort than you fancy (or you’re baking with little helpers), you can simply spread the buttercream on top instead. Or, pop the buttercream into zip lock sandwich bags, snip off the corner, and voilà: instant no fuss piping bags.

Your Ingredients List

• Epic Double Choc Brownie Mix: Everything you need in one bottle: flour, cocoa powder, golden caster sugar and chocolate chunks. Making these Christmas brownies rich, chocolatey and super easy.
• Unsalted butter (melted): Adds richness and gives the brownies a fudgy texture.
• Eggs: Provides structure, moisture and richness.
• Salted butter: Gives the buttercream a creamy, rich flavour and whips up light and fluffy. Salted butter helps balance the overall sweetness of the brownies.
• Icing sugar: Sweetens and thickens the buttercream for that classic fluffy texture.
• Milk: Loosens the buttercream slightly, making it smooth and easy to pipe or spread.
• Cocoa powder: Mixed with a splash of hot water to turn part of the buttercream chocolatey for the reindeer brownies.
• Red & green food colouring: For the Christmas tree brownies and Santa hat brownies. Gel food colouring works best for mixing the brightest colour without affecting the consistency of the buttercream. I used Sugarflair Red Extra and Colour Splash Leaf Green.
• Decorative bits and bobs: chocolate beans, candy canes, pretzels, edible eyes, mini marshmallows.

RECIPE NOTES

TASTE

Deep, chocolatey, and indulgent. Every bite has that comforting brownie richness.

TEXTURE

Fudgy in the centre, slightly chewy on the edges, and topped with smooth, creamy buttercream.

SKILL

Anyone can make these Christmas brownies – using the Epic Double Choc Brownie Mix makes the base super easy!

SERVES

Makes 6 generous brownie slices. Or feel free to slice into 8 smaller slices for more portions.

How To Make Easy Christmas Brownies

Step 1: Prep and Bake the Brownies

Right, apron on. Mix the Epic Double Choc Brownie Mix with melted butter and two eggs until smooth. Then spread into a lined 8-inch round baking tin and bake at 170°C fan until the top looks set (no wet mixture). 15-18 minutes is usually perfect, you want that lovely wobble in the middle, as the brownies will continue to firm up while cooling. Let the brownies cool at room temperature for 30 minutes, then pop them in the fridge for 2 hours to cool completely and set. Meanwhile, you can get the buttercream prepped.

Step 2: Mix Up The Buttercream

Once you’ve mixed up your plain buttercream, it’s time to make those colours pop! First, scoop out 3 tablespoons of white buttercream and set aside. Now, split the remaining buttercream evenly between three bowls. Mix cocoa powder and hot water into the first bowl for the chocolate buttercream. Add red food colouring to the second bowl and mix until the colour is even. Repeat with the final bowl of buttercream and green food colouring. Now let’s fill the piping bags:

• For the Santa hat brownies: fit a piping bag with a round piping nozzle. Scoop the red buttercream inside. Scoop the white buttercream into a piping bag (no nozzle needed) and snip of the tip to make a 1cm hole.
• For the Christmas Tree brownies: fit a piping bag with a closed star nozzle. Scoop the green buttercream inside.
• For the Reindeer brownies: fit a piping bag with a petal nozzle. Scoop the chocolate buttercream inside.

No piping bags or nozzles? No probs! Either use a ziplock bag with the corner snipped off. Or just spread the buttercream on instead – easy peasy Christmas brownies in no time!

Step 3: Gather Your Decorations

You don’t need anything fancy, just a few cute decorations will bring each brownie character to life. For the Christmas tree brownies, you’ll want some colourful sprinkles or chocolate beans to dot over your green buttercream trees. The star sprinkle for the top of the tree looks super cute too! For the Santa hat brownies, grab mini marshmallows for the little bobbles and some white sprinkles or edible snow for the fluffy trim. And for the reindeer brownies, you’ll need pretzels for ears, edible eyes, and a blob of red buttercream for Rudolph’s nose. Lay everything out before you start piping and you’ll be decorating like an pro!

Step 4: Slice and Decorate Your Easy Christmas Brownies

Right, your brownie is baked, cooled, and ready for its festive glow up! First things first, slice it into 6 triangles. The easiest way is to cut the round brownie in half, then make two diagonal criss-cross cuts. Grab some candy canes, snap them in half and stick them into the sides of the brownies for little sticks. Now let’s decorate:

Christmas Tree Brownies 🎄

These are so cute and honestly the easiest to decorate. Starting from the round base, pipe blobs of green buttercream and pull the piping bag upward to create a tree-like effect. Then dot on your decorations like you’re hanging teeny-tiny baubles and finish by placing a star at the top.

Santa Hat Brownies 🎅🏼

Pipe blobs of white buttercream along the bottom edge for the fluffy trim. Scatter over some white sprinkles, edible snow or coconut for a bit of texture. Pipe a swirl of red buttercream in the middle, then add a blob of white buttercream at the top. Finish with a mini marshmallow for the Santa hat bobble!

Reindeer Brownies 🦌

Possibly the crowd favourite. Pipe a generous overlapping swirl of chocolate buttercream, starting from the base and moving towards to the point. Add two edible eyes so your little reindeer can see where it’s going, then press in two pretzel pieces at the top for ears. Lastly, finish with a bold Rudolph red nose (a blob of red buttercream or even a red M&M if you have one to hand).

And that’s it, your easy Christmas brownies are ready to steal the show. Enjoy!

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Easy Christmas Brownies

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Prep: 45 minutes minutes

Cook: 15 minutes minutes

Total: 1 hour hour

Servings: 6 brownies

Equipment

• 1 8-inch round springform baking tin
• 4 Piping bags
• Petal piping nozzle For the Reindeer brownies
• Round piping nozzle For the Santa hat brownies
• Small star piping nozzle For the Santa hat fluff
• Closed star piping nozzle For the Christmas tree brownies

Ingredients

For the brownies:

• 1 bottle Epic Snax Double Choc Brownie Mix available in Tesco Extra and Tesco Superstores
• 100 grams Unsalted butter melted
• 2 medium Eggs room temperature

For the buttercream:

• 250 grams Salted butter soft at room temperature
• 450 grams Icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons Milk
• 2 tablespoons Cocoa powder
• Green food colouring I used Colour Splash Leaf Green
• Red food colouring I used Sugarflair Red Extra

For the Christmas decorations:

• 3 Mini marshmallows for the Santa hat brownies
• 1 tablespoon Colourful chocolate beans for the Christmas tree brownies
• 6 Candy canes to stick into the brownies
• 6 Pretzels for the reindeer brownies
• Edible eyes for the reindeer brownies

Instructions

Start by baking the brownies:

• Preheat the oven to 170℃ fan / 190℃ conventional. Grease and line the base of an 8-inch round springform baking tin.
• Pour the contents of the Epic Snax Double Choc Brownie bottle into a mixing bowl. Add the melted butter and eggs.
  1 bottle Epic Snax Double Choc Brownie Mix, 100 grams Unsalted butter, 2 medium Eggs
  
• Mix everything together until well combined.
  
• Spread the mixture into the baking tin, smoothing out the top.
  
• Bake for 15 minutes, or until risen and set on top. Remove and leave to cool at room temperature for 30 minutes. Then pop the tin in the fridge for 2 hours to set and firm up.
  

Prep the buttercream:

• Beat the butter, icing sugar and milk with an electric mixer until light, soft and fluffy.
  250 grams Salted butter, 450 grams Icing sugar, 2 tablespoons Milk
  
• Scoop 3 tablespoons of plain white buttercream into a piping bag and snip off the tip to make a 1cm hole.
• Divide the remaining buttercream evenly between 3 bowls. Dye one red using food colouring, dye one green using food colouring, and flavour the third chocolate by mixing in the cocoa powder with a splash of hot water.
  2 tablespoons Cocoa powder, Green food colouring, Red food colouring
  
• Scoop the red buttercream into a piping bag fitted with a medium-sized round nozzle.

  Scoop the green buttercream into a piping bag fitted with a medium-sized closed-star nozzle.

  Scoop the chocolate buttercream into a piping bag fitted with a medium-sized petal nozzle.
  

Time to decorate:

• Carefully remove the brownies from the baking tin and peel of the baking paper on the bottom. It helps to use an offset spatula to release the metal base from underneath the brownies.
• Cut the brownies into 6 triangles. Snap the candy canes so they're roughly 3cm in length, then gently push them into the side of the brownies.
  6 Candy canes
  
• For the Santa hat brownies: pipe blobs of white buttercream along the bottom and a blob at the top for the fluff. Scatter over white sprinkles or edible snow to add some texture. Pipe a swirl of red buttercream in the middle. Finish by adding a mini marshmallow at the top for the Santa hat bobble.
  3 Mini marshmallows
  
• For the Christmas tree brownies: Starting at the bottom of the brownie, pipe layered dots of buttercream, pulling the piping bag upwards to create a tree-like effect. Decorate with the Epic Snax Choc Crunch sprinkles.
  1 tablespoon Colourful chocolate beans
  
• For the reindeer brownies: Pipe a swirl of chocolate buttercream. Pipe a blob of red buttercream on top for Rudolph’s nose. Finish by adding pretzels for the ears and edible eyes.
  6 Pretzels, Edible eyes
  

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