Sno Ball Brownies
Fans of Hostess Sno Balls will love these Sno Ball Brownies! Dense chocolatey brownies covered in marshmallow and pink coconut — pretty to look at and so good to eat!
Have you ever been to a Hostess Thrift Store?
They were always one of my favorite places to go. The name is rather unfortunate, as it insinuates used food items. In reality, it’s just lots of junk food that is near it’s expiration date.
Hostess Thrift Shops were always tiny, PACKED, and smelled like the bread aisle of the supermarket times forty-eight. And there was junk food everywhere.
It was a little overwhelming, but in the best way possible.
Also? Everything was super cheap. Fried pies and Zingers and Twinkies and…Sno Balls.
There is just something incredibly happy about a Sno Ball. I think it’s the pink coconut.
Why did anyone decide the coconut needed to be pink, I wonder?
Regardless, I’m fairly certain that the pink dye made it taste better.
I loved going to the Hostess Thrift Store and just looking at all the junk food. Such a happy place, to be surrounded by carbs and sugar. It’s kind of like how I imagine Heaven, but add unicorns and also that popcorn they have at Target.
Because of my obsession with all things junk food (I’m exhausting my cake options one version at a time), I decided to make some Hostess Sno Ball Brownies.
They make sense, don’t you think?
Sometimes life just needs some chocolate, marshmallow, and pink coconut. And I’m perfectly okay with that.
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Ingredients
- 1 stick salted butter (I use Challenge Butter), melted
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup flour
- 3 (1.55 oz) milk chocolate bars, melted in the microwave (I'm not trying to tell you your business, but I used Hershey bars)
- 7 oz jar marshmallow fluff or creme
- 2/3 cup sweetened, shredded coconut
- 1 drop pink food coloring
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Line an 8x8 square pan with foil and spray with nonstick baking spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk butter and cocoa powder together until cocoa is dissolved and mixture is thick. Stir in sugar until combined. Stir in eggs, mixing until combined. Add vanilla. Add flour, stirring just until no white streaks remain in batter. Fold in melted candy bars.
- Pour batter in prepared pan and spread evenly. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with fudgy crumbs, but not raw batter. Let cool slightly, about 20 minutes.
- While you wait, combine coconut, cornstarch and pink coloring in a food processor or blender. Pulse several times until coconut is more finely shredded and pink.
- Spoon marshmallow creme/fluff over the top of the warm brownies and let it sit for a few minutes -- the warm brownies will soften the marshmallow, making it easier to spread. Spread marshmallow evenly over the brownies, then sprinkle the coconut over the surface, pressing gently with your hands.
- Refrigerate brownies until cool and firm. Keep uneaten brownies in the refrigerator so the marshmallow does not melt.
These are such a fun twist on the typical brownie — melted chocolate bars give them an extra fudgy consistency, and using milk chocolate keeps them from tasting super dark or bitter.
Enjoy and have a great day!
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I used to load up at the Hostess store, so much fun! Love these brownies, I need a batch soon!
Major confession time: I have never been to a Hostess store ( we didn’t have them growing up in Canada) AND I have also not eaten a sno ball brownie (again, I blame Canada) Clearly I have been deprived of life and I need to eat 20 of these to make up for it right? Pinned!
Who doesn’t love a brownie in the summer time? But these aren’t just another brownie! That topping looks amazing!
Oh yah!! These wouldn’t make it long in my house. Love the pink!!!
Love the pink!
Clearly my day needs brownies topped with marshmallow and pink coconut! These are so awesome looking!!!!
Have I ever been to a Hostess store? Girl, my aunt used to work at one. You just imagine how awesome that was.
Love these brownies!
I used to walk past a Hostess Thrift Store every weekday while I was walking to work. You are so right about the bread smell!! My mom used to put the fruit pies in the freezer and then eating a frozen pie was like a pastry/fruit/popsicle kind-of snack.
I never met a brownie that I didn’t love – these look perfect!
OMG you had me at Sno-ball. Those are my faaaaave Hostess treats! That pink coconut! <3 Sign me up!
I have been craving brownies lately – in fact, we smashed a bag of brownie bark in about 2 hours last week. These Sno Ball Brownies look fantastic and of course, I love anything pink!
OMG, Sno Balls were like my most favorite thing ever! My friends and I would walk to our neighborhood Hostess Thrift Shop and I would ALWAYS buy hostess cupcakes and sno balls. So good….
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These look fantastic…I can’t wait to make them. But when do you add the sugar. I didn’t see it added and I sure don’t want to ruin these. Thank you.
I loved the Hostess Bakery. Ours had a wheel you could spin at checkout and what it landed on you got for free. I’m making these brownies for girls night tonight.
You forgot to list when to add the sugar. I forgot it and aded it at the end. I hope it turns out okay. I’m sure it will. They look yummy.
I live in Australia we don’t buy our butter in sticks as it states in the recipe so what would the weight equivalent be? Cheers
These brownies look amazing:) I’m hosting a ladies only backyard bbq party and these will definitely make an appearance on the sweets table. Pink!!
Just a tip, all the cream filled hostess cakes use a marshmallow fluff plus butter mixture. To do at home it’s one 7 ounce jar of marshmallow fluff and one softened unsalted stick of butter. No need to wait to melt the marshmallow and the taste is right on.
I can’t wait to try them!
TRSH, one Stick Butter is 113,5 g
i will bake these “pink babies” for my daughter and her friends
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WOW…..WOW…..THESE WERE INCREDIABLE!!!!!! THE BROWNIE IS FUDGY. THE SNOWBALL TOPPING TASTE JUST LIKE THE HOSTESS SNOWBALLS…LOVE THIS RECIPE..ITS A SURE KEEPER..THANKS SO MUCH
Thank you for actually making the recipe and leaving a review!!
I had to scroll a long time for this!!
So many commenters on so many food blogs, gush and rave about the recipe before they even try it which is 100% useless!!
Hi Kristan, I have made your snowball brownies twice now. The first time I decided to make them with no food coloring to simulate real snow. Yesterday I made them again with pink food coloring. Both times they tasted great! I love the used of the melted hershey bars in the brownie batter. The one question I have for you is how do you keep the marshmallow fluff frosting from running and spreading? I thought that I could prevent this from happening by refrigerating the brownies, but this only seemed to make the marshmallow fluff frosting spread more. Any tips? Thanks
I made these today, and they were just awesome! I didn’t change a thing, and I will be making these again. They were so moist and delicious!
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