Halloween Graveyard Brownies are a fun and spooky dessert to serve at parties. Whether you're throwing a small party, bringing them to the classroom, or enjoying them with your family while watching spooky movies, graveyard brownies will be a total hit! All you need is a box of brownie mix and edible tombstone decor.
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Halloween is one of our favorite holidays for making all kinds of fun foods and spooky treats. We love making cheesy mummy hot dogs to fuel our trick-or-treating, and coming back home for a dessert of chocolate zombie cupcakes, dark unicorn cupcakes or chocolate graveyard pudding.
These graveyard brownies are so simple and are sure to be loved by anyone who gets a piece. This recipe is a great one for kids to help make. All you need to do is mix the brownie batter, bake it in the oven and decorate with skeleton and tombstone candy. It's perfect for kids of all ages to help make and eat.
Ingredients and Supplies Needed
You need just a few ingredients to make these graveyard brownies:
- Chocolate brownie mix: plus the ingredients on the box, usually egg and oil. Or feel free to use any homemade brownie recipe.
- Graveyard decorating kid: I use this kit from Wilton. You can also use Milano cookies as the tombstone and black decorating gel writing.
Instructions
- Follow the instructions on the brownie mix package to make the brownies. Mix the batter, pour into a parchment lined pan, and bake for the time indicated. Allow brownies to cool for 20 minutes before removing them from the pan. To easily remove the brownies, pull them up and out by the parchment paper.
- Transfer the brownies to a serving plate and slice into 12 pieces.
- On each tombstone, write a phrase and insert 1 tombstone into each brownie slice. Arrange the edible bones and other candy chosen as desired.
Tombstone Phrase Ideas
- R.I.P
- S.O.S
- Get Me Outta Here!
- Just Sleepin'
- No Time for Rest!
- Don't Leave Me Here!
- I'll Be Back!
- Help Me Out!
- Please Don't Go!
More Graveyard Decoration Ideas
In addition to the candy bones, add more Halloween candy decor like:
- Candy corn
- Candy pumpkins
- Gummy worms or skulls
- Candy flowers or flower bouquets made from frosting to give the creepy graveyard look a little happiness
How To Store
Store your graveyard brownies at room temperature for up to 3 days. They will be taste freshest the day they are made. Leftover brownies can be frozen (without the candy) for up to 6 months.
Recipe
Graveyard Brownies
Equipment
- baking pan
- large mixing bowl
- whisk
Ingredients
- 1 package chocolate brownie mix
- edible tombstone decorating kit, or Milano cookies and black writing gel
Instructions
- Follow the instructions on the brownie mix package to make the brownies. Mix the batter, pour into a parchment lined pan, and bake for the time indicated. Allow brownies to cool for 20 minutes before removing them from the pan. Transfer the brownies to a serving plate and slice into 12 pieces.
- On each tombstone, write a phrase and insert 1 tombstone into each brownie slice. Arrange the edible bones and other candy chosen as desired.
LaKita says
These little graveyard brownies are so cute and festive. Love how simple they are to make and such a kid-friendly recipe!
Veronika says
Such a fun idea! Pinning for later to make these with my nieces! They LOVE brownies and these look super fudgy and delicious.
Cathleen says
I am obsessed with these brownies!! I brought them to my work and they were such a hit, thanks so much for sharing 🙂
Loreto and Nicoletta says
These are brilliant. What a great Halloween idea. Tasty to. Love the art work. Well done, put a smile on our faces!
Thanks for sharing!
Amanda says
So cute! Love the idea of making these for the kiddos this year! Amazon has a lot of Halloween edible decorations so I'll be ordering and making these!
Jessica says
Very creative! This post has so many good spooky treat ideas, I love it! And great tip on getting decorating "kits" for certain holidays, who knew?!
Maddy says
My kids loved helping to make these brownies, but they had more fun sharing them with their freinds!
Leslie says
Of course they make an edible tombstone kit..haha! What a festive dessert idea that everyone will love!
Ashley says
What a fun idea. I can't believe how cute these are!! My 3 year old would love decorating these 🙂
Amanda says
These turned out so fun for Halloween! I made them for a Halloween party, and everyone couldn't stop talking about how cute they were. Really fun to decorate too!