Holiday Head Honchos (Santa and Elf Brownies)
Festive Santa and elf head brownie pops, coated in melted candy and decorated with piped icing.
Ingredients
Brownie batter (using your favorite recipe or mix)
to taste
Melted white candy (for coating the heads)
to taste
Melted green candy (for the elf hats)
to taste
Melted dark chocolate candy (for the heads)
to taste
Basic candy color set (for decorating)
1
Sugar ice cream cones (cut into 2-inch sections for the hats)
a few
Instructions
1
Bake the Brownie Cake Pops
Bake and cool the brownie cake pops in silicone molds supported by parchment paper. Unmold them; trim the bottoms if necessary to create a flat surface.
2
Coat the Heads in Candy
Coat the heads with melted candy (p. 130), repeating once it has set. Seal the bottoms with melted candy piped from trimmed parchment bags. Once set, place the heads on a cake board lined with wax paper.
3
Make the Hat Cones
Cut the cones into 2-inch sections. Place them on a cooling rack and coat them with melted candy (p. 130). Once set, place them on a cake board lined with wax paper.
4
Assemble and Decorate
Assemble and decorate the heads using melted candy piped from trimmed parchment bags. Attach the hats to the heads.
5
Pipe the Decorations
Pipe Santa's swirled moustaches, beards, hats, and pom-poms. Pipe dotted eyes and fill in the mouths. Pipe Santa's dotted nose and the elves' dotted cheeks, pull-out noses, and ears. Each serves 1.
