I have a confession. I have never liked Brownie Frosting. Until now! Pair it with the Best Brownie Recipe and you will be in heaven!
Secret Ingredient Frosting
I made some From-Scratch Brownie Mix this week. I just decided that my brownies deserved a little decadence. I opted to add honey to a basic chocolate frosting recipe and loved the results!
Why Is This Frosting Specifically for Brownies?
Let me tell you why this is the perfect frosting specifically for brownies.
- It’s soft, but ‘crusts’ ever so slightly after sitting out. The texture and consistency are natural and pure.
- It is complementary. It adds to the overall flavor combination, not making one or the other the star of the show.
- It is made to be applied to warm brownies, meaning that it locks in the moisture of the brownie itself and creates this seamless transition of velvety smoothness to a chewy gooey brownie.
Why is it “Brownie” Frosting?
By far my favorite way to enjoy this frosting is on brownies. When you have an ooey gooey brownie with a sweet chocolate frosting melting into every nook and cranny, it’s just magic. Be sure to add it to my Double Fudge Brownies, too!
Minute Frosting
Not only is the brownie frosting perfectly delicious, but it is also fast and easy. Take about a minute to come together and spreads easily over cooled brownies. I have added it to brownies right out of the oven before, and while that tastes AMAZING, it doesn’t look as pretty. If you want to tackle that delicious option, double the recipe and use half immediately then the other half after the brownies are cool.
I think it’s safe to say that I am officially converted into a fan of frosting on brownies! Hope you are too. 🙂
More Frostings
Brownie Frosting
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (125 g) confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons whole milk, or heavy cream
Instructions
- In a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, or using a hand mixer, combine room temperature butter, cocoa, honey, vanilla, and confectioners sugar.
- Turn mixer on low and let it combine ingredients for about 30 seconds.
- Slowly add milk, one tablespoon at a time, until you reach desired consistency. You may not need all 3 tablespoons, you may need 1 more, it can vary from season to season and kitchen to kitchen.
- Spread over warm brownies.
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I’ve never liked frosted brownies either, probably because I like fudgey brownies. My husband however likes frosted so we usually end up with twice as many as we need.
Haha, need 😉
Frosted if the brownies are all staying the pan and eaten at home or an event. Not frosted if they are going in a lunch or otherwise packaged. I can’t stand to lick frosting off the plastic bag! At least, not in public! I think I might make a half and half batch, some to go and some to stay!
I like brownies both frosted and un-frosted, but from the looks of this frosting, that just might change!! Thanks for posting this, Amanda…you might have started something 🙂
This could work as a cake frosting, right? I’m thinking on a white cake…..
Absolutely!
Hi Amanda!
You are my FAVORITE go to – for great sweet recipes! I’ve added honey and even corn syrup before to my butter cream frosting’s. It helps especially in piping fine lines,etc. One thing I’ll say about the honey, for those who don’t like it’s flavor. Try looking for Meadow Foam honey! It’s the best flavor you’ll find! Sweet, smells and tastes like chocolate! You can find it in the Pacific Northwest (Salem, Oregon) at the Flying Bee Ranch. BTW – frosting on brownies… Need I say more? Absolutely! It’s perfection.
I love this suggestion Angie… thank you!!
OMG, where is my spoon!
Thank you for sharing the frosting recipe. It looks delicious and I can’t wait to try it. Do you have a good brownie recipe that you could share too?
Frosting, most definitely. I am a full fledged chocoholic.
Hi Amanda,
Do you have a favorite homemade brownie recipe that you use? The brownie that is pictured with the frosting looks so good!
Thanks, Debbie
https://iambaker.net/homemade-brownie-mix/ 🙂
I’ve tried the brownies with frosting, before years ago at a bakery when I was a kid. I make them for myself & my children when they were small & now I make them for my grandbabies.