Easy Football Brownies (Without A Cookie Cutter) (2024)

For my annual Super bowl party, the food is always a big part of the game day festivities. Between the ribs, wings, mac and cheese and these easy football brownies, no-one leaves hungry.

When I throw my annual Super Bowl party, I like to come up with some food items that also go with the decor.

But I don’t want to spend a lot of time making them.

Which is why these football shaped brownies (or are they cookies?) are made with a boxed mix, and icing that comes in a tube.

So they’re super simple to make. You don’t even need a cookie cutter!

And they always go over well with the football crowd.

Ingredients

• brownie box mix – I used this one* with walnuts from Duncan Hines, but you can use whatever mix you want.
• cake mix ingredients – most boxed mixes use an egg, oil and water, but check your box to make sure that’s what you need.
• white icing – Icing that comes in a tube makes decorating easy. This cookie icing* works well.

How to make football Shaped Brownies (without a cookie cutter)

Prep work

Pre-heat the oven to 350℉.

Spread a sheet of parchment paper over a cookie sheet. This will prevent the brownies from spreading too thin when they bake.

Mix the batter

Since these are box mix brownies, there isn’t much to making them.

Follow the directions on the package to mix the batter. In my case, I needed to add 1 egg, ¼ cup vegetable oil and ¼ cup water.

Of course, if you have a favorite from-scratch brownie recipe, that will work, too.

Make the brownies

To make the brownies, we’re going to put them on a cookie sheet instead of baking them in a pan.

This is so they’ll be easy to shape into a football without needing a cookie cutter. (They won’t be quite as thick as regular brownies, but they still taste like them!)

To do this, use a large spoon to scoop balls of the dough onto a cookie sheet.

Space them about 2 inches apart so they have a little room to spread out.

Bake, shape and cool

Bake the brownies at 350℉ for about 20 minutes. The exact length of time will depend on how large you made them. They’re done when a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

As soon as you take them out of the oven, gently squeeze in the sides of the brownies so they are oval shaped instead of round. (Be careful not to burn your fingers!)

If you want the ends of your brownie footballs to be more pointed, you can pinch them in as well. (I don’t bother with this step).

Put the baking sheet on a wire rack and let them sit until they are completely cool.

Decorate

Finally, we need to add the “laces”. This is what will really make them look like footballs.

Use the icing tube to draw a straight line down the middle (lengthwise) of each brownie.

Then add three shorter crosswise lines to look like the laces on a football.

Other football party recipes you might like

• Super bowl party menu
• Football deviled eggs
• Spiced chicken wings
• Jello shot recipes by color

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