Name: Christmas Tree Brownies
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12 trees
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 18 oz box brownie mix plus ingredients on box; 16 oz can white frosting; Blue and green liquid food coloring; Decorative sprinkles and nonpareils; Small star sprinkles; Candy canes or pretzel sticks

Christmas Tree Brownies

These adorable Christmas Tree Brownies are so easy to make with the help of a box mix and a can of frosting. While these brownies shaped like little Christmas trees are really geared toward kids, don’t be surprised if you catch the adults sneaking some!

Total 40 minutes

Serves 12 trees

Desserts

American

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CHRISTMAS TREE BROWNIES more

Christmas Tree Brownies

Get all the compliments when you display these darling little Christmas tree shaped brownies on your holiday dessert table.

close up of brownis decorated like christmas trees

Ingredients you will need:

This recipe calls for a box of brownie mix that you have already prepared, so don’t forget the ingredients on the back of the box!

ingredients for brownie trees

18 oz box brownie mix (plus ingredients on box)
16 oz can white frosting
Blue and green liquid food coloring
Decorative sprinkles and nonpareils
Small star sprinkles
Candy canes or pretzel sticks

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Helpful baking tools:

Square baking pan
Aluminum foil
Chef’s knife
Cutting board

Kitchen Tips:

It’s best to line your baking pan with aluminum foil then spray it with cooking spray. Allow excess foil to hang over the edges of the pan. This will give you handles to lift out the brownies with.
If your brownies are sticky, run the knife blade under hot tape water in between each cut. If you are still having trouble, refrigerate the brownies for a few hours to make them easier to cut.

several tree shaped brownies

How to Make Christmas Tree Brownies

Mix and bake brownies in a square pan according to the instructions on the back of the box. Allow them to cool about five minutes in the pan then lift out with foil handles. Allow to cool completely.

brownie pan with paper triangles on top

1. Remove brownies from the foil and cut into triangles. We cut out paper triangles measuring 2.5 inches wide at the base and 2.5 inches tall.

NOTE this triangle measurement is for an 8×8 baking pan and may need slight adjustment for a 9×9.

decorating a brownie

Snap the candy canes into 1.5″ long pieces, or you can use pretzel sticks. If you do use pretzels, use two side by side since they are small. Press the broken end of the candy cane into the bottom of the brownie triangles.
Separate the frosting into three separate bowls. Tint two of the bowls of frosting with food coloring (blue and green). Fill sandwich sized zipper bags with each color of frosting. Seal and snip off the corner of each bag to make a piping hole.
Decorate the brownies with the colored frostings and various sprinkles and stars.

close up of blue frosting on brownie tree