{"id":1954,"date":"2011-12-19T02:51:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T19:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1954"},"modified":"2015-07-16T12:56:44","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T16:56:44","slug":"santa-hat-brownies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/santa-hat-brownies\/","title":{"rendered":"santa hat brownies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been spotting\u00a0 a variety of these sweet Santa hat desserts on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ericasweettooth.com\/2009\/12\/santa-hat-brownie-bites.html\" target=\"_blank\">many different blogs<\/a> &amp; couldn&#8217;t resist making them myself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/santa-hat11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1958\" title=\"santa hat brownies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/santa-hat11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/santa-hat11.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/santa-hat11-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You really can make these as easy or difficult as you wish&#8230; like buying pre-made brownie bites &amp; frosting or baking the brownies &amp; whipping up your own frosting.\u00a0 It all depends on your taste buds &amp; timeline.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/santa-hat2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1957\" title=\"santa hat brownies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/santa-hat2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/santa-hat2.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/santa-hat2-75x300.jpg 75w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/santa-hat2-256x1024.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I make a cream cheese frosting because it tastes so dog-gone good with strawberries &amp; brownies, but it is a bit more slippery than other frosting styles &amp; doesn&#8217;t travel the best.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Frosting recipe for a single batch of hats:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1\/4 cup butter<\/p>\n<p>4 oz cream cheese<\/p>\n<p>1\/8 cup sour cream<\/p>\n<p>1 1\/2 cups powdered sugar<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 teaspoon vanilla<\/p>\n<p><em>*also if you have any left over frosting &#8211; it makes a great dip for pretzels<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/santa-hat3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1959\" title=\"santa hat brownies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/santa-hat3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"889\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/santa-hat3.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/santa-hat3-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I served up these cuties at 2 different gatherings this weekend &amp; they were a hit at both.\u00a0 Festive, fun &amp; fantastic tasting!\u00a0 I think Santa would approve ;-)<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Like delicious recipes that are clever &amp; cute?\u00a0 We love finding &amp; sharing fun treats. 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