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For the Horde – DIY World of Warcraft Brownies

I noes I haven’t updated my blog in a few months more than a year, but I’ve been busy working at a small, local news startup. Since one of my New Year’s resolutions was to be a more diligent blogger, I thought I would start this year off with a *whiz-bang*, non-technical post!

(I guess it’s pretty ironic that I’m posting this in January August, huh? )

Last December, I was invited to a Christmas Party. Not your standard-fare holiday party, mind you, but a “World of Warcraft Guild” Christmas Party. Wanting to bring something unique to the potluck, I ended up making “For The Horde Brownies”… and this is a blog detailing the experience.

›› Setup

• Your favorite brownie mix/recipe
• Powdered sugar
• Print out of the For the Horde pdf
• X-Acto knife (or scissors)

›› Baking the brownies

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no baker. While there are those that profess it as their passion, I see it purely as a means to an end. With that said, you can use <insert your favorite brownie mix here> to make the brownies or if you’re feeling exceptionally adventurous, maybe use one of these recipes. Whatever your poison, just make sure it appears edible – enough to trick your guests with; kind of like this.

›› Preparing the Horde symbol

While baking your magical brownies, print out the enclosed Horde pdf. You’ll want to make a few copies to practice your X-Acto skills on. Of course, if your scissor-fu is amazing, feel free to wield those instead. (It took me two tries with the X-Acto to get it just right). After you’ve finished removing the Horde symbol, it should resemble the following:

›› For the Horde!

After you have a cut out of the Horde symbol, you can use the powdered sugar to apply the symbol to your brownies. If you mess up, like I did, fret not.

Your final product should end up looking something like the following:

Voila!

›› Credits

As usual, I must give props where props are due.

People I owe a soul to

• @sarakata for the wonderful idea (and baking the brownies)
• @pwnies for the magical Horde svg image file
• @mirthlab for creating the Horde pdf file
• Last but not least, all the smarties on the Illlist who gave me a myriad of suggestions on how to accomplish this

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