Need a pretty dessert to feed a crowd? Impress your guests with delicious little brownie bites with homemade frosting!
From time to time I am asked to make dessert for a large group…such a church or school event, or large party. Although I love making desserts totally from scratch, time is not always on my side! I like to have a few ideas up my sleeve that are pretty, delicious, and easy to make for large events.
If you start with high quality, store bought brownie bites and dress them up with a selection of delicious homemade frostings, you can easily make dessert for a crowd! I used delicious brownies from Sugar Bowl Bakery, available at Costco and many local grocery stores.
If you need to brush up on your piping skills, feel free to reference my post on How to Frost Cupcakes, which includes a quick video, and shows which piping tips produce which final look.
Which of these tasty little brownies would you chose first… raspberry, vanilla, mocha or mint?
Disclosure – I was provided products from Sugar Bowl Bakery for dessert for my daughter’s school auction. I only work with companies I love and promote products I truly use.
How to Make Homemade Buttercream Frosting
Homemade Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
- 12 Tablespoons unsalted butter 1 1/2 sticks, room temperature
- 4 oz cream cheese 1/2 package, cold
- 4 cups powdered sugar
Vanilla option
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 Tablespoons heavy cream or 1 Tablespoon milk
- fondant flowers and/or sprinkles garnish
Mocha option
- 2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons espresso powder dissolved into 2 tablespoons of hot water
- garnish chocolate covered coffee beans garnish
Raspberry option
- 3-4 Tablespoons raspberry jam preferably 100% fruit spread
- fresh raspberries garnish
Mint option
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream or 1 tablespoon milk
- green food coloring
- chopped chocolate mint candies garnish - such as Andes mints
Instructions
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter until smooth.
- Add the cream cheese and beat until fully incorporated and smooth.
- While slowly blending, add 1-2 cups powdered sugar.
- Add liquid and flavoring ingredients based on your flavor choices below, and blend.
- Add remaining powdered sugar, and beat until all ingredients are well incorporated, and frosting is fluffy (20-30 seconds).
Havn’t tried it, but it looks delicious!
Hi girls…I need your help!!!… I try made the frosting but is a really desaster…when i combine the butter and cream cheese they will separate… I try a lot of times,step by step and the butter is a Room temp, what I did wrong :'(…
Definitely saving this. I love how easy it is to switch up the flavor. Craving the raspberry right now!
This is such a cute idea Glory! So many pretty colors and flavors… And as a huge brownie fiend, I’d definitely need to sample every single one. 😉
Cute! I’m going to try your s’mores marshmallow frosting with these and garnish with crunched up graham crackers for a bonfire/cookout this weekend! Do you think they’ll be okay since the event is mostly outdoors? Temps expected to be around 80 degrees…
Yum! These look awesome and I bet they taste just as great! Thanks for the idea, my kids have bake sales x 3 each school year and sometimes more. This will help me out! Love you!
~Cecilia
Oh, we have been doing this for years now! Different decorations for different seasons, my daughter frosts & takes them to school all the time for a treat!
What an awesome selection of flavors! Thank you so much for these! Pinning,,, 🙂