Brownies made fun!! Turn your basic brownie mix into fun Acorn Brownie Pops! These are so easy to make and the kids love them! Follow our steps to make these fun autumn themes brown cake pops.
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Acorn Brownie Pops
As a novice baker, I’ve learned a few tips and tricks along the way. You should always use your stand-up mixer to whip egg whites. You don’t need all the fancy kitchen gadgets (I’m looking at you funny egg yolk separator bulb-thingy).
Note on replacing oil with applesauce
One more note about baking with applesauce – If you regularly make cake pops, you’ve seen yellow sticks. The yellow stick are caused by the oil used in baking your cake. If you replace the oil with applesauce, your yellow stick problem will go away.
Thanks to Mussleman’s Unsweetened Applesauce, I learned that you can swap out the oil in cookies, cakes, muffins, quick bread and brownies and replace it with applesauce for a fraction of the calories.
So I gave it a try. I swapped out my oil for applesauce to make some boxed brownies and the they were really, really good! I found them to be a bit more cake like, but over all they had a nice crumb, a crispy top, and a soft center.
Brownie batter from scratch
If you prefer making your own brownie batter for these cute acorn cake pops, follow this basic brownie recipe.
Cake Pop tools
For an uniform result, it’s best to use a cake pop baking pan. This way, your acorn cake pops will all be nice and identical.
When it comes to your batter, feel free to make a bunch of acorns or simply make some brownies, too. Split the batter in half and make both. Of course, I saved all those calories IN the brownies, so I decided to add them back on top 🙂 In the form of lots and lots of frosting.
You love Cake Pops? Check out one of our other cake pop recipes.
Fun Acorn Brownie Pops, light
Ingredients
For the Brownies
- 1 box 19 oz of your favorite Brownie Mix or make Brownies from scratch
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 Tbls water
- 1 egg
For the Acorns
- Peanut Butter Candy Melts
- Dark Chocolate Candy Melts
- Chocolate Sprinkles
- Chocolate Candy or Pretzel Stick
For the Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 3 tblsp milk
Instructions
- Mix the brownie mix, unsweetened applesauce, water and egg until combined. Transfer into the brownie pop mold and bake ad directed (350 for 20 minutes).
- Bake the remainder of the mix in a cupcake pan.
- Cool the brownies completely.
- Melt the peanut butter and chocolate candy melts in the microwave following the directions. Do not overheat. Stir the mixture to make sure that it is smooth and completely melted. Dip the rounded end of the “pop” into the peanut butter, shake off the excess coating and then insert a lollipop stick either at an angle or right up the middle. Stand the pops up to dry letting the peanut butter harden before dipping it into the chocolate.
- Use the lollipop stick as a handle to dip the top of the acorn into the dark chocolate. Holding the pop upside down, shake off the excess coating then sprinkle on some chocolate sprinkles and add a little stem. Stand up to dry.
- Cream the butter in a stand up mixer. Alternate adding the milk and powdered sugar and cocoa powder. Whip it until it’s smooth and creamy. Pipe some on to each brownie, add some festive sprinkles and serve.
- Refrigerate the frosted brownie 4 hours if you are going to stand the pop in the brownie.
Nutrition
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate.
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