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This Halloween Brownie Graveyard is a fun and edible holiday treat and a perfect holiday party centerpiece. Get the kids involved in making this cake because they will enjoy creating it because it is easier than it looks.

A graveyard made from brownie with a white chocolate skeleton and green frosting grass

I’ve been on graveyard shift all week making this Halloween brownie graveyard with candy skeletons and old tombstones, this scary edible treat will chill your bones.

This treat is no trick and is best enjoyed at home. So don’t go out alone and don’t walk by that cemetery at night because make no ‘bones’ about it, they are trying to make their move.

Over the years, Halloween has become a time for me to create fun and edible treats. I have never created anything like this cake, but my creative juices got flowing and I had so much fun designing and also in the making of this dessert.

White chocolate skeletons in a brownie grave

My husband, who is very much into Halloween and all things spooky, got involved too in the placing of the skeleton bones and creative input. This  Halloween Brownie Graveyard would make a great centerpiece for your Halloween party table, that also serves as dessert.

Making a brownie graveyard

The graves start with a large brownie made in a 9 x 13-inch (23 x 28 cm) pan. 3 graves are cut and the dirt is created with the crumbs. See below.

Once the ‘dirt’ is crumbled, it is put back into the ‘graves’. White chocolate skeletons are nestled in the dirt.

The skeletons are made by melting white chocolate and pouring into a a skeleton mold to set. The mold is very inexpensive and can be purchased from Amazon.

The headstones are Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies (which are the perfect shape) coated in a mix of powdered sugar and milk with a little black food coloring added to give an old stone look. RIP is piped in chocolate.

A closeup of the cookie headstone with RIP piped in chocolate

Green frosting is  piped around the graves to look like grass and that completes the scene. So be aware of the skeleton terror that comes from the cemetery, because the spirits are rising.

A Halloween brownie graveyard made from brownie, green frosting grass and a cookie headstone

More Spooky Halloween Sweets and Drinks

I also have a scary selection of drinks and other treats. See them all below:

Spider Cupcakes, Halloween Popcorn, Halloween Skull and Dagger Cake, Scorpion Venom Punch, Halloween Blood Orange Martini and a Spooky Screwdriver.

A closeup showing the spiderweb cupcake liner, creamy frosting and large spider decoration
3 bowls of Halloween popcorn, some orange and some black
This Halloween skull and dagger cake is a fun and spooky centerpiece that will be sure to scare any Halloween partygoers. This cake can also serve as desserts for  your guests, if they dare to eat it.
Science beakers are used as serving vessels for Halloween Scorpion Venom Punch
2 martini stemmed glasses with blood orange juice decorated with a spider web and spider
Halloween spooky screwdriver is a fun adult cocktail for everyone's favorite scary holiday with a mocktail option so no one is left out of the frightening fun. Layers of grenadine, orange juice and black colored vodka.

If you’ve made this Halloween Brownie Graveyard, leave me a comment below and let me know how it turned out.

Yield: 24

Halloween Brownie Graveyard

White chocolate skeletons in a brownie grave

This Halloween brownie graveyard, is a fun and edible centerpiece for a spook-tacular party. A large brownie has graves cut out and then decorated with headstones and scary chocolate skeletons.

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • For the brownie:
  • 1 1/2 sticks (170 grams) unsalted butter
  • 16 ounces (453 grams) semi-sweet chocolate
  • 2 cups (400 grams) granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs, room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups (296 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

For the tombstones:

  • 1 cup (200 grams) confectioners sugar
  • 4 teaspoons milk
  • Black food coloring
  • 3 oval shaped cookies
  • Semi-sweet chocolate, melted

For the skeletons:

  • 3 ounces (75 grams) white chocolate, melted
  • Skeleton bones candy mold
  • To assemble:
  • 1-16 ounce (450 gram) tub store-bought vanilla frosting
  • Green food coloring

Instructions

For the brownie:

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F/165°C.
  2. Grease a 9 x 13-inch (23 x 33 cm) glass baking dish and line with parchment paper.
  3. Using a double boiler, or heatproof bowl over saucepan of water, heat butter and chocolate over low heat until melted, stirring gently. Turn of heat when melted, but keep bowl over saucepan to keep mixture warm.
  4. Mix the sugar into the butter and chocolate.
  5. In a separate mixing bowl, lightly beat the eggs and vanilla together. Add the eggs to the chocolate mixture and stir until fully mixed. Add the flour and baking powder to the chocolate mixture and mix until you can no longer see any flour. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly with a spatula.
  6. Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted.
  7. Allow to cool completely in the pan, then remove using parchment paper to lift out.
  8. For the tombstones:
  9. In a bowl, mix the confectioners sugar with the milk until smooth.
  10. Add black food coloring (I used a toothpick to add a very small amount), in small amounts until a stone grey color is achieved.
  11. Smooth over the cookies and allow to dry on a cooling rack.

For the skeletons:

  1. Pour the melted white chocolate into the skeleton mold and refrigerate until hardened then remove from mold.

To assemble:

  1. Place brownie on a cutting board.
  2. Cut 3 graves measuring 2 1/4 x 5 inch (6 x 13 cm) in the brownie evenly spaced.
  3. Using a fork, rake out the brownie so it crumbles like soil, put into a bowl. Mound the 'soil' back into the 'graves'. Arrange skeleton parts in and around the 'graves'.
  4. Using a sharp knife, cut a small area of brownie out at the head of the graves and insert cookies into the brownie.
  5. In a mixing bowl, add the frosting and a few drops of green food coloring to achieve the desired color.
  6. Add to a piping bag using piping tip 233 and pipe 'grass' around the graves.

Nutrition Information

Yield

14

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 186Total Fat 7gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 45mgSodium 81mgCarbohydrates 26gFiber 1gSugar 10gProtein 4g

This nutrition calculation is provided by Nutronix that is only a guideline and not intended for any particular diet.

© Janette
Cuisine: American / Category: Dessert