Hocus Pocus Spellbook Brownies

Hocus Pocus Spellbook Brownies

Ingredients

• ½ unsalted butter
• ¾ C sugar
• 3 tsp vanilla
• 2 large eggs room temp
• ¾ C unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ C flour
• 1-2 TBSP instant coffee granules
• 1 container black cookie icing
• 1 container of large candy eyes
• 1 disposable piping bag with number 2 tip

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line an 8x8 baking dish with parchment paper.
3. In a standing mixer cream together the butter, sugar, vanilla, and eggs in a medium bowl.
4. Add the cocoa powder, flour and coffee granules, beating until combined with the butter mixture.
5. Spread the batter into the prepped baking dish.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
7. Remove the brownies from the oven and allow them to fully cool.
8. Once completely cooled cut into bars.
9. Decorating Directions
10. Squeeze the black cookie icing into the piping bag
11. Pipe a dollop of the icing onto the back of an eye
12. Place eye onto the middle of the brownie along the side like shown in the image
13. Pipe a black circle around the eye
14. Pipe a zig zag down one side of brownie
15. Pipe a line straight down next to the zig zag
16. Pipe stitches across the line
17. Pipe half circle on the corners of the bar
18. Allow icing to dry for an hour
19. Enjoy!

This article and recipe adapted from this site : https://www.craftymorning.com/