Hocus Pocus Brownie Bites
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These spooky, spell-binding Hocus Pocus Cosmic Brownie Bites are so perfect for all your Halloween Party Fun and frightful movie nights! Hocus Pocus Halloween Brownies! I put a spell on you and now you’re mine, you devilish chocolate brownie bites!
How enchanting are these fun, ominous sweet treats? Check out our Easy Cosmic Chocolate Cookies and these fun Frankenstein & Bride Brownies too!
Why These Hocus Pocus Brownies Are Perfect for Halloween!
We basically transformed super-easy, homemade cosmic brownies into brownie bites and decorated them with bewitching orange, green and purple frosting and mini rainbow chocolate chips with homemade and shortcut options too!
These easy one-bowl, homemade Halloween brownie bites are perfectly fudgy and quick to make when you’re in the mood for chocolate! This is a no-brainer for me–I’m always in the mood for chocolate and brownies! Aren’t you?
The nostalgic vanilla buttercream on top with the rainbow chocolate chips makes these Halloween brownies irresistibly magical! The frosting is a simple vanilla buttercream that’s fast and easy to make. It has plenty of vanilla flavor, is creamy, and tastes amazing!
The rainbow chocolate chips make these treats whimsical and fun! You can use any kind of Halloween sprinkles, decorations or mini m&m’s.
If you don’t have the rainbow chocolate chips or add your favorite Halloween witch candy in the center! It’s all good no matter how you top off these fun Hocus Pocus spellbook brownies!
Hocus Pocus Halloween Brownies, Frosting & Shortcut Options
These Halloween cosmic brownie bites will be a hit with the kids as well as the adults and we have recipe ingredient shortcuts to share with you if you want to simplify. But, if you make them homemade, I’m going to say they taste better, for sure!
It doesn’t take that much effort to make these fudgy brownies. All you need is one bowl, no mixer, and you’ll have these mini brownies in the oven in no time. They are just as fast as using a boxed brownie mix
The homemade frosting does require a mixer, and it’s so easy to make. But if you’re one of those who just aren’t feeling it, just buy a tub of fluffy vanilla frosting 
About Hocus Pocus – The Movie!
The movie has been around for nearly 30 years, amassing a fanbase so strong that many travel to Salem, Massachusetts just to see some of the places where the movie was filmed. If you’re a super Hocus Pocus fan, see how and what the actors have been up to since and how much they have changed.
Once you’re all caught up, get spine-chilling ready for the sequel, Hocus Pocus 2, which is set to stream on Disney + this fall. It’s gonna be a scream! Now let’s make some brownies to celebrate with one of our favorite Halloween Movies!
Ingredients You Need for Hocus Pocus Cosmic Brownie Bites
Hocus Pocus Brownie Bites
- unsalted butter, melted
- granulated sugar
- unsweetened cocoa powder
– use Special Dark cocoa powder
for moody chocolate brownies or use regular Dutch cocoa powder or a combo of both!
- salt
- vanilla extract
- eggs
- all purpose flour
- mini chocolate chips
Or Make Shortcut Brownies – Use your favorite Brownie Mix + ingredients
For Homemade Cosmic Frosting & Toppings
- unsalted butter, softened
- confectioners’ sugar
- vanilla extract
- milk of choice
- Food coloring gel for frosting, I used yellow/green, purple and orange
- Rainbow chocolate chips or sprinkles of choice
Or Make Shortcut Frosting – Buy a tub of vanilla frosting + food color gels
How to Make Hocus Pocus Brownie Bites
Halloween Brownies Bites
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and spray a mini cupcake tin or silicone mini cupcake pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Melt the butter in the microwave until melted. Once melted, add the sugar, cocoa power and salt and mix until smooth.
- Add the vanilla and eggs and combine. Add the flour and chocolate chips until no more flour is visible.
- Using a spoon or tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop the brownie mixture into the mini cupcake tins and bake for 13-15 minutes. There should be a total of 24.
- If necessary, run a knife along the edge of the brownies to lift it out of the pan and let cool on a cooling rack before frosting.
For Shortcut Brownies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- It’s simple. Just make your favorite brownie mix and mix according to ingredients needed. Continue with steps 4 & 5.
How to Make Frosting and Decorating
Homemade Vanilla Frosting
- Using mixer, beat the butter to cream it, about 2 minutes or until smooth and fluffy.
- Add the confectioners’ sugar, vanilla, and milk and beat until very fluffy. Depending on the stiffness and consistency of the frosting, and how you prefer it, add more milk to thin it. If you add too much, you can add some more confectioners’ sugar.
- Divide the frosting into 3 different bowls and add orange, purple and yellow/green color to make the colored frostings.
- Add the frosting to the brownies in a smooth, even layer or pipe frosting on top of brownies by adding frosting to ziplock bags and snip corners to pipe on top of brownies. I do this step and then I use the back of a spoon and even it out a little.
- Add rainbow chocolate chips. Let frosting set a few minutes before serving.
For Frosting Shortcut
- Buy a tub of vanilla frosting and divide the frosting into 3 different bowls and add orange, purple and yellow/green color to make the colored frostings. Continue with steps 4 & 5.
Hocus Pocus Brownie Bites Photo Tutorial
Make the brownies for Halloween! Make the frosting and abracadabra! Yumminess and easy to make treats!
Halloween Brownies Bites
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and spray a mini cupcake tin or silicone mini cupcake pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Melt the butter in the microwave until melted. Once melted, add the sugar, cocoa power and salt and mix until smooth.
- Add the vanilla and eggs and combine. Add the flour and chocolate chips until no more flour is visible.
- Using a spoon or tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop the brownie mixture into the mini cupcake tins and bake in prepared pan for 13-15 minutes. There should be a total of 24.
- If necessary, run a knife along the edge of the brownies to lift it out of the pan and let cool on a cooling rack before frosting.
For Shortcut Brownies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- It’s simple. Just make your favorite brownie mix and mix according to ingredients needed. Continue with steps 4 & 5.
Homemade Vanilla Frosting
- In a large mixing bowl, using mixer, beat the butter to cream it, about 2 minutes or until smooth and fluffy.
- Add the confectioners’ sugar, vanilla, and milk and beat until very fluffy. Depending on the stiffness and consistency of the frosting, and how you prefer it, add more milk to thin it. If you add too much, you can add some more confectioners’ sugar.
- Divide the frosting into 3 different bowls and add orange, purple and yellow/green color to make the colored frostings.
- Add the frosting to the brownies in a smooth, even layer or pipe frosting on top of brownies by adding frosting to ziplock bags and snip corners to pipe on top of brownies. I do this step and then I use the back of a spoon and even it out a little.
- Add rainbow chocolate chips. Let frosting set a few minutes before serving.
For Frosting Shortcut
- Buy a tub of vanilla frosting and divide the frosting into 3 different bowls and add orange, purple and yellow/green color to make the colored frostings. Continue with steps 4 & 5.
Food Coloring Tips
- These Americolor Soft Gel Paste Kits
are water-based gels and they are the best in my opinion. They’re super concentrated, so you don’t need to use a whole lot to get rich colors when you add them to your frosting.
- These gel pastes do not affect the taste or consistency of your buttercream, and they come in pretty much every color you could imagine.
- You can also get a basic gel paste set
and mix colors, which is what I did when it came to the green color. I used yellow and green to get a bright neon green color that is associated with Halloween!
- Start Out Small – Once you have the amount of buttercream measured out, the best way to approach coloring buttercream is start with a small amount of gel to see what color you end up with and go from there. The more buttercream you have, the more drops you’ll need to use to intensify or darken the color. Because of this, always start with a tiny bit of gel unless you want a super dark color to begin with.
- Allow Time for Colors to Deepen – Not only does the color get richer and richer the more color gel you add, it’s also important to know that these colors will actually darken a little more over time.
- If you need to lighten a color – add more vanilla frosting.
More Hocus Pocus Brownie Bites Toppings and Icing Ideas
- Another fun idea you could go for is substituting the buttercream icing for the cookie icing and coloring it with the food coloring gels. You can buy it or make it homemade.
- No rainbow chocolate chips? Add mini m&m’s
or add your favorite Halloween witch candy in the center! It’s all good no matter how you top off these fun hocus pocus book brownies!
Storing Hocus Pocus Brownie Bites
- These Cosmic Brownie Bites for Halloween can be stored in airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days or in the fridge for up to 1 week.
This Halloween, why not bake your own Hocus Pocus Brownies? Not only are they simple to make, but they are sure to be a hit with treats seekers of all ages. With a few ingredients and a little bit of your time, you can whip up a delicious, spooky Halloween dessert that will make your friends and family scream with delight. Halloween never tasted so good!
Whether you make these Halloween brownie bites from scratch or use the easy shortcuts, either way, your goblins, witches and vamps will be happily haunted and satisfied!
Time for the bewitching Halloween season to make the Hocus Pocus Brownie Bites!
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More Brownie Recipes & Fun Desserts for Celebrating!
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- Harvest Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars
- Pumpkin Oreo Truffles
- 10 Halloween Party Desserts
- Cherry Cheesecake Swirl Brownies
- Wicked Good Halloween Brownie Pizza
- Heavenly Chocolate Peanut Butter Marshmallow Squares
- Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cheesecake Bites
- Luscious Banana Cream Delight
- Ultimate Trash Brownies
- Easy Brownie Truffles
Hocus Pocus Brownie Bites
Ingredients
Homemade Hocus Pocus Brownie Bites
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
Or Make Shortcut Brownies - Use your favorite Brownie Mix + ingredients
Homemade Cosmic Frosting & Toppings
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar sifted; plus more if necessary for frosting consistency
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons milk or as necessary for consistency
- Food coloring gel for frosting I used yellow/green, purple and orange
- Rainbow chocolate chips or sprinkles of choice
Or Make Shortcut Frosting - Buy a tub of vanilla frosting + food color gels
Instructions
How to Make Hocus Pocus Brownie Bites
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and spray a mini cupcake tin or silicone mini cupcake pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Melt the butter in the microwave until melted. Once melted, add the sugar, cocoa power and salt and mix until smooth.
- Add the vanilla and eggs and combine. Add the flour and chocolate chips until no more flour is visible.
- Using a spoon or tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop the brownie mixture into the mini cupcake tins and bake for 13-15 minutes. There should be a total of 24.
- If necessary, run a knife along the edge of the brownies to lift it out of the pan and let cool on a cooling rack before frosting.
For Shortcut Brownies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- It's simple. Just make your favorite brownie mix and mix according to ingredients needed. Continue with steps 4 & 5.
Homemade Vanilla Frosting
- Using mixer, beat the butter to cream it, about 2 minutes or until smooth and fluffy.
- Add the confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and milk and beat until very fluffy. Depending on the stiffness and consistency of the frosting, and how you prefer it, add more milk to thin it. If you add too much, you can add some more confectioners' sugar.
- Divide the frosting into 3 different bowls and add orange, purple and yellow/green color to make the colored frostings.
- Add the frosting to the brownies in a smooth, even layer or pipe frosting on top of brownies by adding frosting to ziplock bags and snip corners to pipe on top of brownies. I do this step and then I use the back of a spoon and even it out a little.
- Add rainbow chocolate chips. Let frosting set a few minutes before serving.
For Frosting Shortcut
- Buy a tub of vanilla frosting and divide the frosting into 3 different bowls and add orange, purple and yellow/green color to make the colored frostings. Continue with steps 4 & 5.
