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Super easy mint chocolate brownies

December 2, 2010 by Emily Hill 17 Comments

And I mean SUPER easy. I whipped these up last night to give to a neighbor who rescued us from a very snowy driveway and very slick drive to middle school. (Thank you, Kelli!) After gifting her a plate and then dropping off one to the brother of Madison’s friend who always gives her a ride home from school, just enough remained in the pan to give the rest of us a nice minty, chocolaty fix. Delish!

These would make quick, easy, tasty additions to your holiday neighbor plates. If you’d rather not do any baking when it comes to brownies, try these bite-size brownies with peppermint frosting we made last year. If you want some more yummy ideas, check out the treat round-up I threw together a couple years ago.

Of course we have other favorites like Mexican wedding cookies, Golden Grahams S’mores Bars and chocolate caramel pretzel bites. (Take mini pretzel twists, lay flat on a cookie sheet, put one Rolo on top of each one and place in 350 oven for 3 to 5 minutes until chocolate is slightly melted. Remove from oven and gently press a second mini pretzel twist on top, flattening the Rolo between the twists.)

Back to the easy mint chocolate brownies. Good thing I snapped a photo because they were gone in less than five minutes!

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Easy Mint Chocolate Brownies
1 box of your favorite chocolate brownie mix plus eggs, oil and water called for in the recipe
1 package Andes Crème de Menthe baking chips

Mix and bake brownies according to package directions. Remove from oven. Immediately pour chips onto hot brownies and let sit for a minute or two. Use a spatula to spread the melted chips until the ooey gooey mess covers the entire pan of brownies. Let cool and serve. Or put on a fancy holiday plate and take to the neighbors who came over with their snow blower so you could get your car into the garage.

What’s your favorite treat to give/get during the holidays?

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  1. Mindy Gledhill

    December 2, 2010 at 12:14 am

    I love you for posting this recipe. From one mint brownie lover to another.

    Reply
    • Emily

      December 2, 2010 at 12:35 am

      You might not love me when you start craving them at 12:34am in the morning and immediately make plans to bake another batch ASAP (and eat at least half the pan).

      Reply
  2. Kristina P.

    December 2, 2010 at 9:16 am

    I make a cookie that is very similar to these. You are right, so easy! And delicious!

    Reply
    • Emily

      December 2, 2010 at 9:29 am

      I’ve made those too! They use a single Andes mint wafer, right? And the cookie is a chocolate cookie. SO delicious!

      Reply
  3. Susie's Homemade

    December 2, 2010 at 11:23 am

    Those look yummy! My favorite things to give are cookies.

    Reply
    • Emily

      December 2, 2010 at 11:35 am

      Ooooh, those cookie recipes look so yummy! I love peanut butter blossoms and Nathan loves lemon bars!

      Reply
  4. Camille

    December 2, 2010 at 3:27 pm

    oh, I’m going to try these with my Triple Chocolate Ghirardelli brownie mix!! Which reminds me… I need to take something over to my home teacher for doing the same thing to my snowy walkways on Sunday! thanks for the recipe/reminder! What a good friend u r! :)

    Reply
    • Emily

      December 2, 2010 at 10:28 pm

      Oh, that would be divine to make it with that mix! I simply used a regular ol’ lame mix I had in food storage. I better sample yours to see just how much better they are!

      Reply
  5. Steph

    December 2, 2010 at 3:58 pm

    You should find my address on the internet and deliver some of these to me.

    Reply
    • Emily

      December 2, 2010 at 10:32 pm

      I know your address. I know exactly where you live because I stalk you, remember?

      Reply
  6. evonne

    December 2, 2010 at 11:16 pm

    I have done these A.LOT. and I love them.

    Too bad my husband decided to go on a stupid diet.

    WTC.

    Reply
    • Emily

      December 3, 2010 at 12:40 am

      Diets are stupid. You can’t eat any of the good stuff.

      Reply
  7. annie valentine

    December 3, 2010 at 12:35 am

    Great. You had to go and give Kristina another great recipe to torture me with.

    Reply
    • Emily

      December 3, 2010 at 12:40 am

      I wish Kristina would torture me with more of those Oreo truffle balls.

      Reply
      • annie valentine

        December 3, 2010 at 12:59 am

        Just downed my fourth. I. Hate. Her.

        Reply
  8. Lindy

    December 4, 2010 at 1:10 am

    Matt and Miranda LOVE mint brownies and I never make them because i ‘ve never had an easy recipe. I’ll have to give these a try. They look amazing!

    Reply
    • Emily

      December 4, 2010 at 1:13 am

      And then you will have to bring some to my house…

      Reply

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