A simple brownie mix or your favorite homemade recipe along with icing and ghoulish garnishes get everyone's attention with the cookie dirt with tombstone eerie sayings.
If you're not fond of baking but need something to put a smile on kids and young at heart, these will do the trick with a great treat.
These easy Tombstone Halloween Brownies are the perfect fun and spooky using Milano cookies to complete these easy graveyard tombstone creations.
Just check out all our easy decorating ideas to make the perfect Halloween party dessert.
If you love brownies like we do try our Oreo Stuffed Brownies or our Peanut Butter Ritz Cracker Stuffed Brownies both are simple to make and two others to add to your list of must-makes.
You may also like to try our Halloween Sweet and Savory Ideas for trick or treats to go along with making these Tombstone Brownies.
This recipe was fun to improvise, easy to make, and semi-homemade using any brownie mix just scroll down to our printable recipe card, and check out our fun tips and suggestions.
Easy Step By Step
- preheat the oven
- prepare and grease a brownie mix, add to the pan, and bake according to package instructions
- pipe inscription phrases on the cookies while they bake
- cool the brownies completely and lightly frost then sprinkle with cookie crumbs
- decorate
- see suggestions and instructions in the printable card at the end of this post
Halloween Phrase Inscription Ideas and Phrases
- R.I.P
- See You Soon
- Dreamin' of You!
- I See You!
- Here Lies (add name)
- Get Me Outta Here!
- Coming For You!
- No Time for Rest!
- Don't Leave Me Here!
- I'll Be Back!
- Help Me!
- Please Don't Go!
Tips
- always preheat the oven
- use disposable pans for no cleanup
- do not over-bake
- for easy removal use parchment paper in the baking pan or cooking sprays
- for nut lovers or chocolate add around 1/2 cup to the batter before baking
- use the toothpick method to ensure they are done
- cool completely before decorating
- use any kind of cookies that resemble a tombstone
- for a quick brownie, just buy them in the bakery plain and decorate them
Halloween Haunting Garnish Ideas and Frosting Suggestions for Brownies
- chocolate sandwich cookies made into crumbs for dirt
- candy bones, eyes
- colorful chocolate-coated candy
- chopped candy bars
- candy corn
- candy skulls
- gummy worms
- brown sugar for sand
- tint white frosting navy blue for water or red for blood
- tinted green coconut for grass
- making ghosts with mini marshmallows for the plate
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Graveyard Tombstone Halloween Brownies
Make your graveyard with Halloween decorations, it's super easy to create an eery centerpiece using local dollar store Halloween items.
Webs, spiders, skulls, and other creepy accents will be a hit building your graveyard and the brownie tombstones will be the life of the party!
Just get creative with flavors you prefer with chocolate for extracts and frosting ideas the skies are the limit.
Halloween Brownies can even be store-bought and decorated for non-bakers and an easy shortcut to save time!
Yield: 12
Halloween Tombstone Brownies
These easy Tombstone Halloween Brownies are the perfect fun and spooky treat for a party! Brownies covered in icing, and Milano cookies for a treat!
Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 40 MinTotal time: 55 Min
Ingredients
- Brownie Shopping List:
- 1 box of any brand of brownie mix that makes around 12 brownies (or buy them premade in a bakery frosted)
- 1 can of chocolate frosting any brand (dark chocolate)
- 1 box of candy eyes, bones, or whatever you prefer
- 1 bag of candy corn Autumn assortment with pumpkins
- 1 box of Milano cookies, windmill cookies, or another shape for gravestones
- 1 package of chocolate sandwich cookies (around 8 crushed) for dirt
- disposable bags with writing tips to write icing phrases on each tombstone
- see notes for other decorating suggestions for the top
Instructions
- Directions for Brownie Mix:
- Bake the brownies to the package instructions and cool completely (for easy removal line an 8 x 8 pan with parchment paper before baking.
- While these are baked, lay out the cookies, fill the piping bag, and using a round small writing tip, add the frosting (just around 1/4 cup you won't need much) and write a Halloween phrase inscription on each one. See notes for suggestions.
- Frost the brownies lightly, then sprinkle the crushed chocolate cookie crumbs on top to look like dirt.
- Add the cookie towards the very back and insert it to stand up.
- Place the brownies on a decorative Halloween plate (or any long kind of plate) in a long row then sprinkle them with more crushed cookies to look like dirt around the plate to fill it in or add whatever other creative ideas you may have to implement a scary graveyard.
- Add candy bones and candy loose eyes for a creepy dead body and assorted candy corn for garnishes. Enjoy and have fun!
Notes
Halloween Haunting Garnish Ideas and Frosting Suggestions for Brownies
- chocolate sandwich cookies made into crumbs for dirt
- candy bones, eyes
- colorful chocolate-coated candy
- chopped candy bars
- candy corn
- candy skulls
- gummy worms
- brown sugar for sand
- tint white frosting navy blue for water or red for blood
- tinted green coconut for grass
- making ghosts with mini marshmallows for the plate
Tips
- always preheat the oven
- use disposable pans for no cleanup
- do not over-bake
- for easy removal use parchment paper in the baking pan or cooking sprays
- for nut lovers or chocolate add around 1/2 cup to the batter before baking
- use the toothpick method to ensure they are done
- cool completely before decorating
- use any kind of cookies that resemble a tombstone
- for a quick brownie, just buy them in the bakery plain and decorate them
Halloween Phrase Inscription Ideas and Phrases
- R.I.P
- See You Soon
- Dreamin' of You!
- I See You!
- Here Lies (add name)
- Get Me Outta Here!
- Coming For You!
- No Time for Rest!
- Don't Leave Me Here!
- I'll Be Back!
- Help Me!
- Please Don't Go!
Nutrition Facts
Calories
473.31Fat (grams)
14.15 gSat. Fat (grams)
4.29 gCarbs (grams)
86.44 gFiber (grams)
1.44 gNet carbs
85.01 gSugar (grams)
69.47 gProtein (grams)
2.51 gSodium (milligrams)
323.35 mgCholesterol (grams)
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Disclosure photos have been updated in 2024. Original post was in 2011.
