Mummy Brownies (Because Swanky I Am Not)
Happy Halloween my friends! It’s time to welcome the neighborhood kids to the door and I am armed with two giant bags of candy and some ridiculous treats for Ivy and her brother to boot. Now, could I be a grown-up and give you some amazing cocktail recipe to make for your swanky Halloween party? I could… but I’m not going to, because I am not swanky. I am the opposite of swanky.
I am that kid-friendly mama who makes brownies, drizzles melted white chocolate in squiggly lines, sticks on candy eyeballs and calls them mummies. I don’t know if Martha Stewart would approve — but I don’t invite Martha Stewart to my house, so we’re fine.
Yes, my kids are adult-sized humans. Yes, they drive and have jobs and can file taxes. And yet… nobody — and I repeat nobody — resists a fudgy brownie dressed like a mummy. We see those eyeballs and we melt into children again. It’s science.
So go ahead and nosh one (or more) with a mug of hot chocolate while you fill those candy bags. It’s cozy season and we are going to make the most of it.
🎃 Mummy Brownies
You Need:
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1 pan of brownies — boxed, homemade, whatever your soul has energy for
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~½ cup white chocolate chips (or white candy melts)
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Candy eyeballs (the sillier the better)
Make Them:
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Bake your brownies. Let them cool fully (I know, rude, but if you ice hot brownies it’s chaos).
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Cut into whatever size squares your conscience allows.
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Melt white chocolate chips in the microwave in 15–20 second bursts, stirring between each.
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Drizzle the melted white chocolate over the brownies in zig-zag “mummy wrap” lines.
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Press 2 candy eyes on each while the chocolate is still soft.
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Try not to cackle with delight at how easy and adorable this was.
Serve with hot chocolate, hand out candy, judge costumes, and live your best cozy, non-swanky, brownie-mummy life.
Happy Halloween — long live cozy baking season.
Easy Mummy Brownies
Ingredients
Method
- Bake the brownies. Prepare and bake your favorite brownies according to the recipe or package directions. Allow them to cool completely before decorating. I know. Rude. But melted chocolate on warm brownies is chaos, and not the cute Halloween kind.
- Cut the brownies. Remove the cooled brownies from the pan and cut them into 12–16 squares or rectangles—or whatever size your conscience allows.
- Melt the white chocolate. Place the white chocolate chips or candy melts in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in 15–20 second intervals, stirring well after each, until smooth and completely melted.
- Make the mummy wraps. Using a spoon or piping bag, drizzle the melted white chocolate back and forth over each brownie in irregular zigzag lines to create the mummy’s bandages. Don’t aim for perfection. Mummies have been dead for several thousand years. Their wrapping can be a little wonky.
- Add the eyes. While the white chocolate is still soft, gently press two candy eyeballs onto each brownie.
- Allow the chocolate to set before serving.
- Stand back and admire the fact that approximately five minutes of effort turned regular brownies into ridiculously cute little mummies. Cackling with delight is optional but encouraged.
