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Chocolate Brownie Icing

This 5-ingredient brownie icing recipe is rich and chocolatey, and so easy to make. It stirs together in just minutes for a thick and glossy glaze. The perfect finishing touch for your favorite homemade brownie recipes or to dress up a boxed brownie mix.
Prep Time5 minutes
Total Time5 minutes
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
Calories: 43kcal
Author: Cara Lanz

Ingredients

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 3 tablespoons dark cocoa powder
  • ½ teaspoon espresso powder, optional
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3-5 tablespoons unsweetened almond milk, milk, or water

Instructions

  • Combine powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and espresso powder in a medium bowl. Stir to remove any lumps. You can also sift them together.
  • Add the vanilla extract, then the almond milk. Start with 2 tablespoons of milk and add more, a little bit at a time, until it reaches your desired consistency.
  • Frost your cooled pan of brownies with this delicious chocolate icing recipe. It will harden as it sets.
  • This recipe makes enough creamy chocolate glaze to frost an 8x8 or 9x9 pan of brownies. Double the recipe for a 9 x 13 pan of brownies.

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Notes

Sift or stir the dry ingredients together before adding the wet ingredients to get rid of lumps. 
Add the milk a little bit at a time. It doesn’t take much to go from not enough to too much. 
Is your brownie Icing too thin? If you add too much milk and your chocolate glaze is too thin, just add more powdered sugar until you reach the right consistency.

Nutrition

Calories: 43kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 5mg | Potassium: 21mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg