Description

This Santa Hat Dessert Board recipe idea is a festive and eye-catching holiday platter, perfect for Christmas parties or cozy movie nights. Creating a sweet charcuterie grazing board is a fantastic way to delight kids at holiday parties, while also captivating the adults!

Ingredients

Christmas Popcorn

2 cups popped popcorn

1 cup chex cereal

1 cup mini marshmallow

1/2 cup white melting wafers

1/4 cup red/green M&Ms

Red and Green sanding sugar

Brownie Christmas Trees and Santa Hats

Premade 9 x 9 pan of brownies (cooled)

1 stick unsalted butter (room temp)

2 cups of powdered sugar

2 Tbsp heavy cream

Red & green food coloring

1/4 cup mini M&Ms

3 piping bags and tips

Additional Ingredients to fill in the board

Strawberries

Raspberries

Grapes

Mini Marshmallows

Red and Green M&Ms

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Instructions

To make the Christmas popcorn line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. Add the popcorn, cereal and marshmallows into a large bowl to combine. Melt the wafers according to package directions and drizzle onto the popcorn mixture. Spread the mixture out onto the baking sheet. Sprinkle with red and green sanding sugar and allow to cool.
Transfer to your serving dish and add the M&Ms on top.
To make the brownies trees and Santa hats, cut the brownies into triangles according to the picture.*
Next make the frosting by adding the butter to a large mixing bowl. With a hand or stand mixture, beat on medium speed for 1 minute. Slowly add the powdered sugar and heavy cream. Pause to scrape the bowl and continue to mix until a smooth and fluffy frosting has formed.
Divide the frosting into 3 different bowls. Add green food coloring in one, red food coloring to another and leave the last one as is. Mix the frostings and add them each to their own piping bags.
Pipe half the brownies as Christmas trees and add the mini M&Ms to decorate the tree. Decorate the other half as Santa hats with the red and white frosting.
Assemble the board with the popcorn in the middle and Santa hats and Christmas trees on the corners. Fill in the empty space with grapes, strawberries, raspberries, marshmallows and red and green M&Ms.

Notes

Additional notes:

There is no cook time entered because each brownie mix will have a different cook time, bake according to the directions on the package.

There will be excess brownies not cut into perfect triangles. You should have 10 perfectly cut triangles.

You will need a piping bag and tips to decorate the brownies.

Prep Time: 25 minutes
Category: Dessert
Method: Oven Baked
Cuisine: American