Chocolate Mint Brownies
I’m closing out the minty, green, boozy week of St. Patrick’s Day recipes with these chocolate mint brownies for all of you that may be using the Thursday holiday as an excuse to celebrate all weekend long ;-) And also because this is one of the best brownie variations I have made in quite some time. I have always been a fan of chocolate and mint together. Truth be told, I really only ever went to Olive Garden for those Andes mints they’d give you with the check. Bonus if the waiter or waitress would just throw a handful on the table. Instant tip booster! I went on a Google search for some mint brownies with St. Patrick’s Day in mind and found these beauties. It’s a chewy, fudgy brownie recipe with a whole layer of peppermint patties nestled in the middle. Sublime.
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If you love the chocolate and mint combo you will absolutely go head over heels for these babies!
How did you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year?
Chocolate Mint Brownies
Ingredients
- 8 ounces (226.8 g) unsweetened chocolate
- 8 ounces (226.8 g) unsalted butter
- 5 eggs, at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) salt
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee or espresso
- 3½ cups (700 g) sugar
- 1 ⅔ cup (200 g) all-purpose flour
- 2 pounds (907.18 g) peppermint patties
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a 9 x 13-inch baking pan with foil, shiny side down. Smooth the foil then butter it lightly or coat it with nonstick spray.
- 2. Chop the chocolate and cut the butter into cubes, then warm them together in a medium bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat as soon as both are melted and smooth.
- 3. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment or by hand, whip the eggs, vanilla, salt, instant coffee, and sugar on high speed for about ten minutes until foamy and stiff.
- 4. By hand, stir in the chocolate mixture, then the flour.
- 5. Smooth half of the batter into the pan. Place a layer of peppermint patties over the chocolate, breaking them into pieces to fill in any large gaps.
- 6. Pour the rest of the batter over the patties and smooth the top.
- 7. Bake the brownies for 35 minutes, rotating the brownies midway during baking. When the brownies are done, they will have a firm crust on top but a toothpick inserted into the center should come out wet. Do not overbake the brownies.
- 8. Let the brownies cool completely, then lift them out of the pan and slice into rectangles.
- Storage: The brownies will keep at room temperature for up to three days. They can be frozen, well-wrapped, for up to two months.
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How did I miss these?! Peppermint patties are my all-time favorite candy. I have had the brownies with the mint icing on top, but never with peppermint in the middle. I just found my thigh’s new worst enemy!
Fabulous!! I have some York Peppermint Pattie lovers in my family :)
Chocolate and MInt? Bingo!!!!!
I made mint brownies last week, too! Great minds think alike? I think I need to make yours, though….they look delicious! :)
Yum! I’ve made mint brownies before but never layering like this. They look delicious through and through.
Holy fantastic! And my husband isn’t a huge fan of mint, so they’d be all for me-e!
Those look great! Mint and chocolate is my favorite combo
I saw these on David’s blog and bookmarked them to try sometime! Chocolate and mint are made for each other! Like you, I would use peppermint patties. Love them!
OMG!!! Those browines look outstanding. Mint + chocolate… That’s what i’m talkin about!! Thanks for posting.
These make me think I’m just having my favourite York Peppermint Pattie in cake form! Delicious looking.
Mint and chocolate – you are speaking my language. These look over-the-top fantastic.
Sublime is right! I really need to make these now.
There is so much mint in those brownies! I love it :)
Oh my goodness yes, I’d like one of those right now please. Chocolate and mint is my weak-in-the-knees combo!
Yum! I love any mint chocolate combo. Just wondering though, is it really 3 1/2 cups of sugar?
Hi Amber, Yep, really 3.5 cups of sugar! The chocolate is unsweetened so the sugar is what adds all of the sweetness to the recipe.
You know, I’m not even a huge mint fan, and I’m totally drooling over these. A must-make!
How perfect are these brownies, love this combo!
LOVE peppermint desserts, this one looks great :)
The recipe looks amazing and I love mint and chocolate combo’s.
I was wanting to make this but we do not have York patties here in Ireland, could you recommend anything else for the filling?! :(
I googled “homemade peppermint patties” and came up with quite a few recipes that sound yummy. Very sweet (I can hardly stand the idea of combining sweetened condensed milk and confectioners’ sugar), but I guess that’s how the originals are. So I bet you could make the peppermint part and spread between the chocolate brownie layers.
Do your own search, but here are a couple of options that look wonderful…
http://savorysweetlife.com/2010/12/peppermint-patties/
http://www.food.com/recipe/the-perfect-homemade-peppermint-patties-46451
This one sounds interesting because it’s potato-based! Very Irish, eh?
http://www.pennilessparenting.com/2011/03/homemade-peppermint-patties.html
I never thought of making my own, so I’m glad your comment prompted it!
Do you have Junior Mints in Ireland? There would be alot of little ones all over instead of a large one.Also I think they are a little softer.
I posted an answer a couple of days ago but it hasn’t appeared–maybe because I included links? My suggestion was to search for “homemade peppermint patties.” There are several recipes out there that look great! Just use the peppermint mixture as the middle filling for these brownies. It might work even better than the real thing! =)
Hi Diane, I will check the spam, if there are two or more links in a comment it automatically holds it for moderation and I wasn’t online much of the weekend. Sorry about that!
I was going to suggest the same thing as Diane – you could totally make homemade peppermint patties. In fact, in David’s post about the brownies he noted that he tripled the recipe for homemade peppermint patties in his book, The Perfect Scoop, for these brownies.
Oh Good Lord.
I seriously bookmark every brownie recipe you make to try. I need to get baking as my computer is filling up! I just love all your flavor combinations, and brownies are a favorite dessert in my home.
OH YUM! I LOVE MINT. I’m all about stuffing baked goods lately – cookies, brownies, etc – this is definitely a must-try!
I’m not a huge fan of chocolage and mint (truth be told, I almost hate it) but seeing all the chocolate/mint themed recipes this week has made me quite interested in trying it again. These might be a good starting point since if I’m too overwhelmed by mint I can just eat the brownie :), and that brownie layer looks insanely good.
YUM! I do a mint brownie with a minty layer on top of the brownies and a ganache on top, but I love the idea of putting a peppermint patty in the middle! Mmmmm . . .
These look amazing. I am crazy about chocolate and mint! Have you seen the Andes Candies morsels that they have at some stores in the chocolate chip section? You could do some really fun things with those also!
Peppermint patties are one of my favorite treats! These brownies look great!
Wow these look delicious! I love chocolate and mint combo all year round, so these are perfect!
Holy Cow!
I love chocolate and mint together!
Love the look of the peppermint patty layer and I’d definitely love this brownie!