These Rudolph Brownies with Reese’s nose are the perfect sweet treat for any Christmas party. Kids, teens, and adults will love these easy-to-make brownies.
Rudolph Brownies
When I entertain for the holidays, I like to set out fun treats for the kids like a Santa Cheese Board, Blonde Brownie Santa Hats, and Christmas Light Cookies. Of course these holiday festive foods aren’t just for the kids. Teens and adults love these delicious and festive holiday brownies, too.
Most of the time, I am not a huge dessert fan. That being said, brownies are one of my sweet tooth addictions. I love a good brownie. Add delicious hot chocolate with a brownie, and I’m all in. This brownie is no exception. With a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup for the brownie nose, this brownie has a delicious peanut butter and chocolate combination. Even though it is not a brownie made from scratch, it did not last long on the counter.
Here’s What You’ll Love about Making These Rudolph Brownies
- Easy – This recipe is easy-peasy and made with a boxed milk chocolate brownie mix.
- Crowd Pleaser: I don’t know many people who can turn down a chocolate brownie. I think your guests will love and devour these cute reindeer brownies.
Ingredients for Making Rudolph Brownies
- Milk Chocolate Brownie Mix Plus Ingredients in the box typically include an egg, oil, and water.
- Chocolate Frosting – I used pre-made chocolate frosting that I found in the baking aisle.
- Candy eyes
- Red M&Ms
- Mini Pretzel Twists—Have lots of extras. These twists do not tend to break precisely as you need them to each time, so you’ll need some extras on hand.
- Mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Equipment Needed
Pie Pans
Parchment Paper
Pizza Cutter or Long Serrated Knife
How to Make Rudolph Brownies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Mix the brownie mix with brownie ingredients to make a brownie batter
- Line two pie pans with parchment paper
- Divide the batter evenly between the two pie pans
- Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Check for doneness
- Let the brownies completely cool before lifting them.
- Once cooled, lift the parchment paper out of the pie pans and set them on your workspace.
- Pull the parchment paper away from the brownies
- Frost the brownies
- Cut the brownies into eight slices like a pie
- Break mini twists to make deer antlers
- Insert pretzel antlers into the two corners of the brownie slices
- Add candy eyes
- Push a mini Reese’s peanut butter cup onto the frosting in the narrow corner of the brownie for the nose
- Add a dab of frosting onto the red M&M and press the M&M to the center of the Reese’s cups
Pro Tip
Apply spray grease to the knife before cutting into your brownies
Flavor Variations
More Chocolate – Add chocolate chips to the batter for an extra chocolatey brownie
Nutty – Add nuts to the brownies for a crunchy texture
Peppermint Brownies – Add one teaspoon of peppermint extract and crushed soft peppermints to the batter
What to Serve With these holiday brownies
These holiday brownies would be great served alongside slow-cooker hot chocolate like this rich and creamy slow-cooker hot chocolate or this amazing white hot chocolate
Serve other Christmas desserts like Christmas Lasagna, Christmas Tree Brownies, Rudolph Christmas Bark, Chocolate Dipped Candy Canes and Rolo Pretzel Rudolph Noses.
Serve these brownies next to holiday appetizers like Grape Jelly Meatballs, Cream Cheese and Mushroom Party Ryes, and Warm artichoke dip.
Make Ahead and Storage
You can make these Rudolph brownies a day in advance. Keep brownies covered in an airtight container at room temperature.
Serving Size
This recipe serves sixteen people
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How to Make Easy Rudolph Brownies
Equipment
- 2 pie pans
- parchment paper
Ingredients
- 1 Milk Chocolate Brownie Mix
- Ingredients listed on the brownie box, which usually include eggs, oil, and water
- 1 cup Chocolate Frosting I used pre-made chocolate frosting that I found in the baking aisle
- 32 Candy eyes
- 16 Red M&Ms
- 1 cup Mini Pretzel Twists Have lots of extras. These twists do not tend to break exactly as you need them to each time, so you'll need some extras on hand.
- 16 Mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Mix the brownie mix with brownie ingredients to make a brownie batter
- Line two pie pans with parchment paper
- Divide the batter evenly between the two pie pans
- Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
- Let the brownies completely cool before lifting them.
- Once cooled, lift the parchment paper out of the pie pans and set them on your workspace
- Pull the parchment paper away from the brownies
- Frost the brownies
- Cut the brownies into eight slices like a pie (Tip: Apple spray grease to your knife before cutting into brownies)
- Break mini twists to make deer antlers
- Insert the broken mini-twist antlers into the two corners of the brownie slices
- Add candy eyes
- In the narrow corner of the brownie, push a mini Reese's peanut butter cup onto the frosting for the nose
- Add a dab of frosting onto red M&Ms and add those to the center of the Reese's cups
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