Scott's Recipe

Brownies - Halloween Broomstick

Category: Brownies, Candies, Cookies & Fudge

4 squares unsweetened baking chocolate
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup flour
2 1/2 cups cold milk
2 packs (4 serving size) Jello Vanilla flavor instant pudding & pie filling
yellow and red food coloring


1. Heat oven to 350 degrees (325 degrees for glass baking dish). Grease bottom and sides of a 13x9 baking pan.
2. Microwave chocolate and butter in large microwave bowl on high for 2 minutes. Stir until chocolate is completely melted.
3. Stir sugar into chocolate. Mix in eggs. Blend in flour. Spread into pan.
4. Bake 35 minutes. Remove from oven. Immediately poke holes to bottom of brownies 1" apart with a round wooden spoon handle.
5. Pour cold milk into large bowl, add pudding mixes. Beat with a wire whisk for 1 minute. Stir in 2 drops of yellow and 4 drops of red food coloring until orange. Quickly pour 1/2 of mixture into brownie holes. Let remaining pudding stand to thicken slightly. Swirl over top. Add dollop of cool whip topping if desired.
6. Refrigerate 1 hour.