Leprechaun Hat Brownie Bites (Printable Copy)

Fudgy brownie bites adorned with chocolate-coated marshmallows and festive green icing for a fun treat.

# What You Need:

→ Brownie Bites

01 - 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
02 - 1 cup granulated sugar
03 - 2 large eggs
04 - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
05 - 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
06 - 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
07 - 1/4 teaspoon salt
08 - 1/4 teaspoon baking powder

→ Decoration

09 - 24 large marshmallows
10 - 1 cup dark or semisweet chocolate chips
11 - 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
12 - 24 thin round chocolate wafer cookies
13 - Green icing, store-bought or homemade
14 - Gold sprinkles or edible glitter, optional

# How to Make:

01 - Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a mini muffin pan or line with mini cupcake liners.
02 - In a mixing bowl, whisk melted butter and sugar until combined. Add eggs and vanilla extract; mix until well incorporated.
03 - Sift cocoa powder, flour, salt, and baking powder into the wet mixture. Stir until just combined, avoiding overmixing.
04 - Spoon batter evenly into the mini muffin pan, filling each cup approximately 2/3 full.
05 - Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean. Cool completely in the pan.
06 - In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips with 2 tablespoons butter in 30-second intervals, stirring between each interval until smooth.
07 - Insert a toothpick into each marshmallow. Dip marshmallows into melted chocolate, coating completely. Allow excess chocolate to drip off.
08 - Place each chocolate-dipped marshmallow on top of a chocolate wafer cookie to form the hat shape. Allow chocolate to set until firm.
09 - Remove brownie bites from pan. Pipe a band of green icing around the base of each marshmallow hat. Add gold sprinkles to represent the buckle.
10 - Place each Leprechaun Hat on top of a brownie bite. Gently press to adhere. Remove toothpicks carefully.

# Expert Advice:

01 -
  • They're impossible to mess up, which means even kitchen disasters taste like pure chocolate joy.
  • Kids will actually help you make them, and they'll be too busy decorating to ask for snacks.
02 -
  • Marshmallows vary wildly in freshness; stale ones shred and fall apart the second you dip them, so check the bag date.
  • The toothpick through the marshmallow is the difference between success and chocolate-covered chaos—I tried without one once and ended up with melted fingers.
03 -
  • If your green icing is too thick to pipe, warm it slightly or thin it with a few drops of water so it flows smoothly into that hat band.
  • Room temperature ingredients mix more evenly—eggs especially make a difference in how creamy the batter becomes before you add the dry stuff.
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