Description
Chocolate-packed fudgy football brownies elevate game day desserts with irresistible charm. Rich chocolate treats score big at tailgate parties, delighting sports fans and sweet lovers alike.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup (2 sticks/226 g) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 ½ cups (300 g) granulated sugar
- 1 cup (220 g) brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup (125 g) all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips (optional)
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup white icing or royal icing
- 1 piping bag or resealable bag with a small tip cut off
Instructions
- Mixture Preparation: Melt butter and blend with sugars until achieving a silky, glossy texture in a mixing bowl, creating a rich foundational base.
- Wet Ingredient Integration: Whisk eggs and vanilla extract into the butter-sugar mixture, ensuring a light, homogeneous emulsion that appears smooth and airy.
- Dry Ingredient Combination: Delicately sift cocoa powder, flour, salt, and baking powder into the wet ingredients, folding gently to maintain batter’s airiness while preventing overmixing.
- Chocolate Enhancement: Fold chocolate chips throughout the batter, distributing them evenly to intensify the dessert’s chocolate profile.
- Baking Process: Pour batter into a parchment-lined rectangular pan, smoothing the surface with a spatula, then bake in a preheated oven at 350°F for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick reveals minimal moist crumbs.
- Cooling and Shaping: Allow brownies to cool completely at room temperature, then carefully cut into distinctive football shapes using a cookie cutter or precise knife.
- Decorative Finishing: Pipe white royal icing with intricate lace details across each football-shaped brownie, allowing the decorative elements to dry and set before serving these game-day themed treats.
Notes
- Prevent Overmixing: Stir dry ingredients gently to maintain the brownies’ dense, fudgy texture and avoid tough, rubbery results.
- Chocolate Chip Distribution: Fold chocolate chips evenly to ensure consistent chocolate flavor in every bite and prevent clumping.
- Precise Baking Time: Watch closely during the 30-35 minute baking window; a toothpick with minimal moist crumbs indicates perfect doneness without overbaking.
- Cooling Technique: Allow brownies to cool completely at room temperature to set the structure and develop a rich, intense chocolate flavor profile.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 15
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 21 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 32 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg