With the remaining buttercream, add green food coloring until it achieves desired vibrant green color. plain white buttercream frosting for piping the lines. Prepare buttercream frosting (recipe below), and set aside about 1/2 c. Prepare the brownies according to the package instructions for a 9×13 pan. You know what a cinch it is to make brownies from a box, and it took me about 15 minutes in total to make the buttercream, frost the brownies, and pipe on the football field!ġ. These are so simple I feel that I must put those words in quotes. Instead of traditional chocolate frosting, I stuck with vanilla because I felt like the green color of the ‘field’ would pop a lot more if the frosting didn’t have cocoa powder in it! For future reference, I will definitely be remembering that brownies with vanilla buttercream are sensational. But seriously, how often do you have a brownie with vanilla buttercream? Me? Never. Chocolate frosting, or mint, or chocolate mint, or cream cheese. It occurred to me as I was frosting these brownies that I’ve never had a brownie in my life with a vanilla buttercream on top. If you want even more of a time-saver, buy a can of frosting and this will truly make this the easiest treat ever. It was just a basic vanilla buttercream! Don’t get me wrong, it’s delicious! But it’s simple. That said, there is nothing particularly special about the frosting I made for these brownies. Even if I make other shortcuts, I like to make a frosting from scratch.
I’m a firm believer in homemade frosting though. I do not turn up my nose at box brownies, that’s for sure, and these are solid evidence that box brownies don’t suck.
I bought the Hershey’s kind that has the pouch of Hershey syrup you pour into the batter? Holy deliciousness. But I gotta tell you, they are really good. Like I said, these are just brownies made from a mix. The Hail Mary play is cool, right? That’s what this is all about. In the interest of full disclosure, they are just a box brownie mix. And I call this a ‘recipe’ in the loosest sense of the word! I wanted these to be more about the fun decoration on top then about the brownies. I think these brownies will round out the few recipes I had planned for Super Bowl snacking. Super easy football field and Hail Mary decorated brownies! These are a simple and festive snack, perfect for game days and the Super Bowl!
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