The best brownie frosting recipe!
Brownies are one of our favorite desserts in this house! It’s such an easy and fun recipe to make. I love that it’s an simple and yummy one to make with kids too.
I’m sure you all know and love the classic book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. That book has been a favorite of mine for so many years. Can you believe it’s been around for 30 years now!? And they have so many other fun books in the If You Give series. You can find all those here. And now the mouse is back in the new book If You Give a Mouse a Brownie by the #1 New York best-selling team Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond. With its spare, rhythmic text and circular tale, this book is perfect for beginning readers and is a fun story for all kids. This book just came out on October 18th. I’m so glad I have a copy now of both of these books!
My boys were super excited to read these books. My oldest was more than happy to read these books to his younger brother. They thought the books were so funny! They both knew after we were going to make brownies and they couldn’t wait!
They were eager to get baking!
My cute little bakers!
We decided it would be fun to frost the brownies so after it cooled we topped it with the best brownie frosting ever! (Recipe below!) I’ve worked on perfecting this recipe over the years and I have to say it’s perfect! It’s super simple. Just butter, powdered sugar, a little milk, vanilla and pinch of salt but don’t be fooled by the simplicity of the ingredients. It’s amazing! Everyone will fight to lick the bowl!
We added chocolate chips to our batter (chocolate chunks are also a favorite of mine to add to brownies) and these were some of the best brownies ever! If you want to make homemade brownies try my all-time favorite homemade brownie recipe.
Brownie Frosting
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter (softened)
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-3 tablespoons whole milk or cream
Instructions
- Using a stand mixer or handheld mixer, mix together the butter, cocoa and salt until smooth. Then add in the powdered sugar and beat on low. Add in the vanilla and 1 tablespoon of milk. Add more milk ½ tablespoon at a time if needed for desired consistency. Mix for 1-2 minutes longer, until smooth and fluffy.
- Spread evenly on brownies. (This frosting is enough to frost an 8x8 pan of brownies.)
The nutrition facts provided are calculated using a third-party tool and are estimates only. Actual nutritional content may vary based on the ingredients and brands you use, as well as portion sizes. For accurate results, please consult a registered dietitian or nutritionist.
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GIVEAWAY! (Now Closed)
My kids and I had so much fun reading If You Give a Mouse a Brownie and making brownies together. It made for such a fun activity. And you can also download the Mouse and Friends Activity Guide for even more fun!
One of you will win:
- If You Give a Mouse a Brownie
- Plus Baking Essentials for your mini-chef!
Simply fill out the Rafflecopter below! Comment letting me know which book is your favorite in the If You Give… Book series or which book you’d like to read next!
(Winner will be e-mailed and have 24 hours to respond or another winner will be picked.)
Must be 18 years or older and live in the United States.
Thanks HarperCollins for sending me a copy and providing the prize pack!
I loved these books as a kid. My son would love if you give a pig a party because he loves pigs currently!
We love cats, so our favorite would be If You Give a Cat a Cupcake.
If you give a dog a Donut
The first book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie , is my favorite.
So far, we love If You GIve a Dog a Donut. 🙂
My favorite is If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.
Love the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
I love the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. All of them sound amazing to read with our little one!
We own most of them. I like the Pig and the Pancake.
I love these books! I’d love to have If You Give a Mouse a Brownie. If You Give a Dog a Donut and If You Give a Cat a Cupcake look so fun too!
We like If You Take a Mouse to School!
You always have the cutest giveaways! I loved these books when I was younger but I haven’t introduced them to Julia yet – I know she’ll like them too & she loves helping me bake =)
Thanks Melissa! Yeah, these books are perfect for reading with little ones then baking! 🙂 I’m going to read the other ones with my kids and bake with them for fun activities.
We bought a pack of these books once – our boys like the if you give a cat a cupcake most!
We have the if you take a mouse to the movies. Very cute!
We love If You Take a Mouse To School 🙂
We love all of the books, especially If you give a cat a cupcake!
My favorite is if you give a moose a muffin. Yum to those brownies!!!
I love If You Give a Moose a Muffin. That was actually the first one of all of these books that I read as a child.
That’s awesome! I need to read that one again.
I would like to read this book next it looks super cute The Best Mouse Cookie.
If you Give a Moose a Muffin was my son’s favorite book growing up — I must have read this to him at least 1000 times. I would like to read If you Give a Pig a Party to my grandson.
Aww! That’s so awesome. I love when my kids find a book they really love.
My kids and I love “If you Give a Moose a Muffin”!
We love “If You Give a Moose a Muffin”, and haven’t read the Dog one yet. Definitely will check it out at the library this week!
We haven’t heard of if you give a mouse Brownie….I think we’d love to read this one!
If you give a cat a cupcake is really cute. 🙂
I liked if you give a moose a muffin
My kids like If You Give A Dog A Donut
Oh I love all these books, but especially “If You Give A Moose A Muffin” 🙂
I love a classic, If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
My daughter loves If You Give A Mouse A Cookie the best.
My favorite book is If you take a mouse to the movies!
My favorite is If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.
I love these books! I would love to read the If you Give a Mouse a Brownie next! I read these to my daughter and she loves them!
My favorite book is if you give a mouse a cookie.
My favorite is If You Give a Moose a Muffin!
Love the original book best.
We love them all…looking forward to reading this one!
If you give a mouse a cookie!!!
The first book, ‘If You Give a Mouse a Cookie…’ is actually the only one my kids have read. The library has some of the others, but they always seem to be checked out.
The kids love the If you give a mouse a cookie
My older kids are grown so I’ve only read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, but my youngest loves books and might like a different one.
We love books and brownies in our home!
My girls are obsessed with cats and want every kitten they see. So I like the If You Give a Cat a Cupcake.
We would love to read If you give a mouse a brownie…while eating yummmy brownies! 🙂
I like The Best Mouse Cookie for my grandson.
I like If You Give a Pig a Pancake!
We like the book If you give a pig a Party
I have never read any of these books but If i gave a cat a cupcake sounds like it would appeal the most to my daughter but they all sound great
If you take a mouse to school.
Thank you for the chance this recipe looks amazing!!!
If you give a cat a cupcake would be my choice 😉
I like The Best Mouse Cookie book.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is the best!
If you give a mouse a cookie is my favorite book.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is such a great book my kids had it when they were small.
My daughter always loved If You Give a Moose a Muffin!
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
If You Give a Dog a Donut
I would love to read “If You Take a Mouse to the Movies.” It looks super cute! kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you.
If you give a pig a pancake, only because my granddaughter always wants pancakes when she stays the weekend.
The original is my favorite, if you give a mouse a cookie, I also adore the give a moose a muffin
I would love to read, Give a dog a donut. My granddaughter would love any of these books!
I’d like to read if you give a pig a pancake next.
The orginial book is the best “If you give a Mouse a Cookie.”
I like if you give a moose a muffin
I would love to read If You Give A Dog A Donut.
We have If you give a Mouse a Cookie book, so the brownie book looks cute. I’m sure my girls would like them.
My boys liked If you give a moose a muffin.
My boys like If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
These books are the best ever. I often find myself quoting them in real life situations and my not-mom friends have no idea what I’m talking about. If you give a moose a muffin or if you give a pig a pancake are two of the best in the series – next to the original.
If You Give a Moose a Muffin looks like a cute book to read next.
Oh we love them all, but I think our favorite is If You Give a Moose a Muffin! He pickes that one for our bedtime story alot!
i didnt even know about the give a cat a cupcake one! how adorable!!
The book I like – Its time for school Mouse.
We love If You Give A Mouse A Cookie! We read it almost every night, it’s a big favorite with all three of my kiddo’s!
Merry Christmas Mouse so adorable, my grandchildren will love it.
great giveaway!
The brownie frosting recipe sounds really good. I normally don’t frost my brownies but I will now!
Thank you! We love this frosting so much! Enjoy!
If you give a mouse a brownie is the one I want to read next. It looks cute.
If You Give A Mouse a Cookie will always be my favorite!
We would read If You Give You Dog A Donut.
My favorite is Merry Christmas, Mouse!! Thanks for a great giveaway!
I love the if you give a moose a muffin
I love the original if you give a mouse a cookie book.
Our favorite would be If You Give a Cat a Cupcake.
My grandchildren would like to read “If You Give a Dog a Donut”.
I love If You Give a Pig a Pancake
My favorite is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… I have read this book to all four of my kids and they all look love it. We still pull it out she ready it at least once a week.
We want to read If You Take a Mouse to the Movies: A Special Christmas Edition
We love If you Give a Mouse a Cookie!
I love If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. I read it as a child and now read it to my children.
If you give a Mouse a Cookie is my favorite. I have not seen the Brownie one. Think trip to the library is in order.
My daughter loves to read “If you give a mouse a cookie” book!
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie , is my favorite.
My favorite is If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.
I LOVE If You Give a Pig a Pancake…probably because it was the first book in this series that I ever read to my own children!
My daughter has all these books except this one which she saw the other day in Barnes and Nobles, along with the tumbler and went nuts over. We told her to add it to her wish list for Santa. I really can not say which is the favorite because we love them all so much. They are really creative and fun to read.
Our favorite is If you give a moose a muffin!
We love them all, but the If you Give a Moose a Muffin is our all time fave!
We love them all! Our favorite is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie!
If you Give a Moose a Muffin is also super adorable!
I need to get my hands on this book! I am obsessed with brownies after all. I love the original.
I love If You Give a Mouse a Cookie!
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake. is our favorite one thanks