This is just one of our fun football-themed ideas for game day. For more ideas, check out our list of 10+ Football Crafts & Recipes For Game Day. It’s filled with fun game day desserts that you can use all football season long.

Football-Shaped Brownie Recipe

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Football-Shaped Brownie Ingredients:

• 1 18.3 oz. box of brownie mix
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 container chocolate frosting
• 2 large spoonfuls of white frosting

How To Make A Football-Shaped Brownie:

Pre-heat the oven to 350 F.

Mix the brownie mix, water, oil, and eggs together in a large bowl. Don’t overmix the batter.

Quick note: If your boxed mix calls for different amounts of water, oil, and eggs on its package instructions, then go with that.

Spray a 10-inch round cake pan with cooking spray. (You can skip this if you’re baking in a nonstick pan.)

Pour in the brownie batter into the round pan and bake for about 25 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.

Let the brownies cool to room temperature, then cover the pan in aluminum foil. Then, leave the brownies to cool overnight in the cake pan.

If you don’t have time for them to cool overnight, you want them to cool at least to room temperature or the frosting will melt and drip.

Use an icing knife to gently trace between the brownies and the side of the pan to assure the side isn’t sticking.

Flip the cake pan over onto a cutting board. Gently tap the bottom of the cake pan until the brownie comes out.

Use a sharp knife to cut a 2-inch section from the middle of the brownie.

A long flat knife gives the cleanest cuts. You could also use a pizza cutter. We don’t suggest a short or serrated knife.

Remove that section. You can eat it separately or use it for another game day treat, but we’re not going to use it for this football-shaped brownie.

Now that the section is removed, push the two remaining pieces together and you’ll form a football shape (and oval with pointed ends).

I moved the pieces onto a decorating turntable to make decorating easier, but you can put them on a regular plate or a large cookie sheet if that’s all you have.

Add the chocolate frosting to a medium bowl. Use a handheld mixer to beat the icing for about two minutes until the color lightens, it gets fluffier, and it expands in volume.

Use an icing knife to apply a crumb coat to the entire top of the brownie football.

You can skip this step, honestly, because crumb coats are usually just for cakes. Brownies generally aren’t crumbly. But, I do a crumb coat anyway because I think it helps when you’re applying the rest of the icing.

Evenly frost the entire brownie football with a thin layer of chocolate icing.

You want to go back and forth in the same direction (going from tip to tip is best). Then, go around the outside to get a sharp edge around the brownie. The decorating turntable definitely helps with this.

Add the white frosting to a piping bag with a Wilton No. 44 tip.

Pipe one line down the center of the brownie.

Pipe six shorter lines perpendicular to the center line. These will be your football laces.

Pipe a curved stripe at each end of the football.

That’s it, your football is done. So, let’s talk about those last stripes for a second. Technically, only college footballs have stripes. The NFL doesn’t use them. Why? The stripes form a circle when the football is spinning in the air, making it easier to see at night. Though the NFL does have night games, all games are played in daylight conditions. The lighting in a stadium, even for Sunday or Monday Night Football, is really bright, so players don’t need that extra help to keep track of the ball.

If you’re making this football brownie to enjoy during an NFL game, you can still make the stripes on either side. It makes it look more like a football, honestly. Plus, the chance that your guests will know that there aren’t stripes on NFL footballs is pretty slim.

Football-Shaped Brownie: Frequently Asked Questions