Description
These 4th of July Brownie Bites are deliciously rich and decorated in festive colors to impress your guests during the holiday celebration.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup real, unsalted butter, melted
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 16-ounce containers of cream cheese, buttercream, or vanilla cake frosting
- Red and blue food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray mini muffin cups with nonstick cooking spray.
- Mix sugar, flour, cocoa powder, and salt together in a mixing bowl.
- Mix butter, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl; add the butter mixture to the bowl with the flour mixture and stir the batter until well mixed.
- Spoon the batter into mini muffin cups, filling them 3/4 of the way full. Let the batter sit in the cups for 10 minutes before baking.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 12-13 minutes, or until edges are brown and centers are set.
- Cool the brownie bites in the pan on a wire rack for 3 minutes, then remove from the pan to cool on the rack completely before frosting.
- While the brownie bites cool, divide the frosting into 3 bowls. Add red food coloring to one bowl, blue coloring to a second bowl, and leave the third white. Stir in the food coloring, adding more as needed, until the color is well blended and your desired shade.
- Arrange the brownie bites into 5 rows of 7 bites on a serving tray or board. Pipe the three colors of frosting onto the bites in a flag pattern.
Notes
- Ensure not to overbake the brownie bites to keep them moist.
- Use different shades of red and blue for a more vibrant look.
- These can be made a day ahead and stored in an airtight container.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 13 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 brownie bite
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 45mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg