These Chocolate Covered Football Brownies would be a great Father’s Day gift. Perfect for Game Day, a sports birthday party, or just for fun. Easy to make and so delicious.
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Football Brownies
Fun Food Ideas are some of my favorite foods to make in the kitchen. Crafting with food for special occasions like game day is always fun. These football brownie pops are great along with these easy-to-make Football Pudding Cups , Chocolate Football Crescent Snack , and delicious Football Shaped Crescent Taco
What You’ll Love about these Football Brownies
- This recipe uses a box brownie mix, a nice shortcut for making this football dessert.
- Everyone loves brownies, but a brownie lollipop on a football paper straw is even better.
Ingredients
One box of Fudge Brownie Mix plus the ingredients listed on the box
Candy Chocolate Melts – Milk Chocolate or light brown
White Frosting – in a piping bag with a writing tip
Equipment Needed
Parchment Paper – I recommend using parchment paper or non-stick foil.
Football Cookie Cutter – I found a four inch football cookie cutter that is perfect for this football treat
Paper Straws – I found some football-themed paper straws online that were perfect. I also used green and white straws.
Piping Bag – with a writing tip attached
Wax Paper to lay the chocolate-covered footballs on to dry
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray the sides of the parchment-lined pan, and spray the bottom of your 9×13 baking dish with oil.
Combine your brownie mix, oil, water, and eggs recommended in a large bowl on the box. Stir until well blended. Spread into your prepared pan. Bake for about 22 – 25 minutes. Insert a wooden pick into the center of the brownies. If it comes out almost clean, they’re ready. These brownies are fudge brownies so that the toothpick might have some cooked fudge batter. As long as it is not liquid batter, it is most likely done
Lift the brownies out of the pan with parchment paper still under them. Just grab the edges of the paper and transfer the brownies to a wire rack to cool. Let them cool completely—at least one hour. If you don’t, they may be too soft and fall apart.
Transfer the parchment paper and brownies to a work surface when the brownies have cooled.
Use the cookie cutter to cut about 12 brownies. The scraps are for you and the rest of the crew.
Place paper straws into the center of each football. Transfer the football lollipops onto your wax paper on an optional small baking sheet.
Using package directions. Melt the chocolate melts. I pour my bag into a microwave-proof bowl and hit 1 minute. Stir. & pop it back in for 30 seconds.
Now, you have to work fast. The chocolate candy hardens very quickly. Spread the brown chocolate over your footballs.
Add some chocolate around the straw to secure it in place.
Carefully lift the brownies and add some chocolate to the back of the brownie, where the straw meets the brownie.
You don’t want the straw to pop through the back. You can spread chocolate across the entire back, but that is optional.
Set the brownie back down to dry.
Once the chocolate has dried and hardened, use the frosting waiting in your piping bag with a writing tip attached to make a line in the center and draw three to five laces across the line.
Optional – Add the two white curves on either side of the football.
Expert Tips
If it is a humid day and the chocolate is not drying as quickly as you would like, you can place it in the fridge for a couple of minutes to speed up the process.
Don’t skip adding chocolate around the straw and on the backside of the brownie pop. You don’t want your brownie to fall under the weight
Displaying your Brownies
I like to put filler-like rice into a container and stick my brownie pops inside.
You could also use a large Styrofoam block to push the straws into
Giving away as gifts
Place brownies into a treat bag and secure them with a ribbon when they are set.
What to Serve with these brownies
FAQs
Chocolate bark and Wilton and Sweet Tooth Fairy Meltables are great choices.
I use a glass microwave-proof bowl, and microwave chocolate melts for one minute. I like to stir the chocolates to distribute the heat a little more evenly and melt the chocolate more. If necessary, I microwave them for thirty more seconds and then stir until smooth.
Make-Ahead and Storing
You can easily make these brownies two days in advance
Store chocolate-covered football brownies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week
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Serving Size
This recipe should make about one dozen football brownies
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Printable Instructions
Football Brownie Pops
Equipment
- parchment paper I recommend using parchment paper or non-stick foil.
- football cookie cutter I found a four inch football cookie cutter that is perfect for this football treat
- paper straws - I found some football-themed paper straws online that were perfect, and also used green and white straws.
- piping bag with a writing tip attached
- wax paper to lay the chocolate-covered footballs on to dry
Ingredients
- 1 box Fudge Brownie Mix plus the ingredients listed on the box
- 11 oz. Chocolate Melts milk chocolate or light brown
- 8 oz. White Frosting
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray the sides of the parchment-lined pan, and spray the bottom of your 9×13 baking dish with oil.
- Combine your brownie mix, oil, water, and eggs recommended in a large bowl on the box. Stir until well blended. Spread into your prepared pan.
- Bake for about 22 – 25 minutes. Insert a wooden pick into the center of the brownies.
- Lift the brownies out of the pan with parchment paper still under them. Just grab the edges of the paper and transfer the brownies to a wire rack to cool. Let them cool completely—at least one hour. If you don't, they may be too soft and fall apart.
- Transfer the parchment paper and brownies to a work surface when the brownies have cooled
- Use the cookie cutter to cut about 12 brownies. The scraps are for you and the rest of the crew.Place paper straws into the center of each football. Transfer the football lollipops onto your wax paper on an optional small baking sheet.
- Melt the chocolate melts using the package directions. I pour my bag into a microwave-proof bowl and hit 1 minute. Stir. & pop it back in for 30 seconds.
- Now, you have to work fast. The chocolate candy hardens very quickly. Spread the brown chocolate over your footballs. Add some chocolate around the straw to secure it in place.
- Carefully lift the brownies and add some chocolate to the back of the brownie, where the straw meets the brownie. You don't want the straw to pop through the back. You can spread chocolate across the entire back, but that is optional.
- Set the brownie back down to dry.
- Once the chocolate has dried and hardened, use the frosting waiting in your piping bag with a writing tip attached to make a line in the center and draw three to five laces across the line.
- Optional – Add the two white curves on either side of the football.
Notes
Nutrition
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