Chocolate Mint Brownies with Mint Frosting
Packed full of mini chocolate chips, pecans and hot fudge ice cream topping these brownies have it all. Add a mint frosting and chopped mint m & m's, fantastic!
Servings 8 servings
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup Hershey's cocoa
- 2/3 cup butter, melted and divided
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped mint m & m's, plus extra for garnish
- 1/3 cup chopped pecans
- 2 Tablespoons chocolate fudge ice cream topping
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 3 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1/4 cup milk, add 1 tablespoon at a time until reach desired consistency
- few drops of green food coloring
- chopped mint m & m's
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350º Grease a 13 x 9 x 2 baking dish.
- Stir together cocoa and baking soda in large bowl, slowly stir in 1/3 cup melted butter. Add water; stir until mixture thickens. Add sugar, eggs, and remaining 1/3 cup melted butter. Stir until smooth. Add flour, extract and salt; combine until well blended. Stir in mini chocolate chips, mint candies, pecans and chocolate topping.
- Spread into prepared pan.
- Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. Do not over bake. Cool pan on wire rack.
- When cool, frost with mint frosting.
- Make mint frosting.
- Cream butter, add confectioners sugar and beat.
- Stir in extract and milk.
- Mix until mixture is smooth and creamy.
- Add green food coloring, if desired, beat until reached desired color.
- Spread on cooled brownies.
- Garnish with chopped mint m & m's.