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Looking for a fang-tastic treat for Halloween? Whip up these super fudgey spooky Frankenstein brownies!
It’s spooky season!! And we have one of the best brownie recipes for your Halloween party this year. A fudgey brownie with thick Oreo crust and topped with even more chopped Oreos and festive halloween candies They’re super simple and the perfect treat for a Halloween party or scary movie night with friends.
Anyone else love hosting halloween parties as much as we do?! The anticipation for making halloween-themed recipes comes from our childhood. Our mom would always throw the biggest Halloween parties with festive foods, halloween games and scary stories/movies. It was always the highlight of the year and as we have gotten older, we have loved to continue the tradition of making festive treats and watching a scary movie at home.
We are absolutely obsessed with these spooky brownies and know you will be too!
Spooky Frankenstein Brownies
How to Make Spooky Brownies
Best Way to Prep a Brownie Pan for Cooking
We swear by this this trick for prepping your brownie pan! It will make for easy removal from the pan after baking.
Start by buttering your pan with about 1 tbsp of butter and then line the bottom and edges with one piece of parchment paper. You want to make sure the parchment paper will reach above the edge of the brown.
After the brownie is baked and cooled, you can grab the parchment paper on both sides and gently lift the entire brownie sheet out of the pan to slice and serve!
Making Oreo Crust
The bottom layer of these spoon brownies is a delicious Oreo cookie crust. It just takes a couple minutes to whip together and really is what makes these brownies so decadent!
First you will want to place about 2 sleeves of Oreos into a large gallon ziplock bag. Next, seal the bag, removing as much air as you can and crush the Oreos with a rolling pin until you have small crumbs. (You can also crush the cookies in a food processor. ) Lastly, pour the crushed cookies in a bowl and thoroughly mix in your melted butter.
Key to Making the Fudgiest Brownies
Dark chocolate chips and dark cocoa powder are the secret ingredients that make these brownies rich in color and flavor.
Start by melting butter and chocolate chips in a sauce pan. Once melted, remove from heat and whisk in sugar until combined. Next whisk in your eggs one at a time and stir in the cocoa powder. Lastly, fold in the flour. Folding in the flour will make a the texture of the brownies super chewy and fudgey.
Make the Layers
Start by pouring your cookie crust into the buttered pan and pressing into an even layer on the bottom of the pan. You can either do this with the bottom of a cup or your hands. You want to make sure the crust is compact.
Next pour the cake batter over the cookie crust and gently spread with a spatula. The brownie batter will be thick but you will still be able to spread out over the pan.
Lastly, break some of the remaining oreos and sprinkle them over the top. Place the brownies in the oven and let them cook. When you remove the brownies from the oven, decorate them with fun sugar cake toppers.
Favorite Way to Decorate the Brownies
As soon as we removed the brownies from the oven, we pressed some sugar icing decorations into the brownies to make them super festive for the spooky season!
You can also decorate by drizzling with some icing and topping with some festive sprinkles. Have fun with them!
Shop the Recipe
Spooky Frankenstein Brownies
Fudgey brownies with a oreo crumble crust with a Halloween twist!
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 12 large brownies 1x
Ingredients
1 stick butter (plus 3 tbsp melted butter for Oreo cookie crust)
6 oz chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1/4 cup black cocoa powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cups, 2 tbsp flour
1 cups Oreos
1 pkg Halloween sugar cupcake toppers
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and prep a 11×9 baking pan by buttering the pan and lining the parchment paper.
- In a small saucepan over low heat, melt butter and chocolate chips. Remove sauce pan from heat until it is just melted.
- Remove from heat and whisk in sugar and eggs, one at a time. Pour into a medium bowl and mix in cocoa powder and salt. Next add in flour and fold into the batter with a spatula until the flour is fully mixed in.
- Next add Oreos to a large bag and crush with a rolling pin by rolling the rolling pin over the bag until you have a crumb consistency. Pour the crushed Oreos in a bowl and mix in 3 tbsp of melted butter into the Oreos.
- Pour the crushed Oreo cookies into the bottom of the pan and press down to make an even crust. Pour the batter over the crust and gently spread into an even layer. The batter will be into the pan and top additional chopped Oreos.
- Place in the oven and bake for 45-50 minutes until baked through. As soon as you remove from the oven, place candied Frankenstein/monster icing decorations for added decoration!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
