Nice Reindeer Brownies

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I beloved holiday-themed treats to a greater extent than than anything. Any vacation – Valentine’s Day, Easter, Fourth of July, Halloween… I but intend making vacation treats is thence fun. And there’s but something thence particular nearly Christmas treats.

Last year, you lot may think that I made Christmas tree brownies for National Brownie Day, which is Dec 8. They were a amount crowd pleaser! Everyone wanted one!

This yr I wanted to exercise the same concept except amongst reindeer instead of Christmas trees! 

The commencement measuring inward making the process is of course of report preparing the brownies! It is really rare that I piece of job a box mix for anything, but inward this illustration you lot should definitely piece of job a box mix. The argue beingness is that you’re already going to decorate these brownies thence why exercise fifty-fifty to a greater extent than piece of job for yourself? 

This Ghirardelli mix is my absolute favorite. But I e'er Dr. it upwards past times substituting the H2O for milk too the fossil oil for Challenge butter.  The brownies volition gustation thence much richer! 

Also, to exercise the triangle shape of the reindeer, I recommend baking the brownies inward a circular cake pan. The cake pan I used is ix inches inward diameter. If you lot exercise non direct hold a circular cake pan, you lot tin for sure piece of job the pan amongst which you lot commonly bake brownies. You but may direct hold around scraps leftover later cutting the triangles.

Now, let’s speak nearly decorating the reindeer. For the antlers I used big twist pretzels, snapped inward half. The eyes are brownish M&Ms, too the olfactory organ is a mini vanilla wafer amongst a ruby M&M on top.

The “glue” that keeps everything inward house is vanilla buttercream frosting.  This was the alone means I could intend of to adhere the reindeers’ facial features. If you lot honour an easier way, become for it! Also, continue inward mind, vanilla buttercream is delicious too you lot tin piece of job leftovers to spread on graham crackers.

So in that place you lot direct hold it! That’s all it takes to build the most adorable vacation brownies ever!

Also, think this month Challenge Dairy has partnered with UNICEF to struggle the childhood malnutrition crisis amongst their sweat called “Pin a Recipe, Feed a Child." Through Dec 31, 2016, if you lot pivot a recipe from the “2016 Pin a Recipe, Feed a Child” Pinterest board, Challenge volition donate a repast to UNICEF for a kid inward need.

Reindeer Brownies

Yield: Makes 8 brownies

Ingredients

For the brownies

• 1 (18 ounce) box of brownie mix
• 1/3 cup Challenge butter, melted
• 1/3 loving cup milk
• 1 egg

For the buttercream frosting

• 1/2 cup Challenge butter, room temperature
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 heavy whipping cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

For the decorations

• Large pretzel twists
• Brown M&Ms (or chocolate chips)
• Vanilla wafers
• Red M&Ms

Directions

For the brownies

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit
2. Line 9-inch cake pan amongst aluminum foil too spray amongst nonstick baking spray; laid aside.
3. Mix the milk, butter, too egg inward bowl. Add the brownie mix too stir until good blended.
4. Spread mix into cake pan too bake for forty minutes.
5. Remove from oven too allow cool completely.
6. Once cooled, elevator aluminum foil out of pan too cutting into 8 triangles. 

For the buttercream frosting

1. Beat softened butter on medium speed for nearly ii minutes until smoothen too creamy.
2. Add powdered sugar, cream, vanilla extract, too tabular array salt too mix until combined
3. Increase mixer to high speed too musical rhythm out for three amount minutes.
4. Add to a greater extent than powdered carbohydrate if frosting is also sparse or to a greater extent than cream if frosting is also thick.
5. Decorate brownies past times using frosting to adhere the eyes too olfactory organ to the brownie. Stick 1/2 pretzel twist into each side of brownie for antlers