This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie was chosen by Karen of Welcome to our Crazy Blessed Life: brrrr-ownies! The inclusion of mint, in the form of York Peppermint Patties, makes these brownies extra special. As flavor combinations go, chocolate and mint is right up there for me with chocolate and peanut butter so I had high hopes for these brownies.
I confess that when it comes to brownies, the ones from the box taste just as good to me as most homemade recipes. That said, I generally make them from scratch instead of buying the mix because it’s so easy. This recipe was no different – melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler, then whisk in sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, flour and salt. Finally, the peppermint patties are chopped into little bits and folded into the batter before baking. I was careful to chop mine quite small thanks to some tips from the other bakers (one of the advantages to baking at the last minute, you get to benefit from everyone elses’ experiences!) who’d had some trouble with their brownies. I’d lined my pan with aluminum foil, which I sprayed generously with cooking spray, and I had no trouble getting my brownies out of the pan or off of the foil. They cut easily too and smelled amazing!! The mint was very fragrant!
The minute they were cool, I tried a brownie. My first thought upon taking a bite – “wow, these are really, really rich.” They were even too rich for me to have a second, which is saying a lot because I really love brownies. I gave most of them away to my friend (Shane doesn’t like mint, otherwise I’d have shared with him as rich chocolate treats are definitely his cup of tea), but I haven’t been able to touch base yet and get her thoughts. Hopefully she and her coworkers enjoyed them. Big thanks to Karen for hosting this week! She will share the recipe on her blog today or, alternatively, you can find it on page 103 of Baking: From My Home to Yours.
Also, I want to thank those of you who sent luck and positive thoughts to Shane at his race this past weekend. He did incredibly well and I’m hoping to find time to share photos and more information on Wednesday 🙂
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These brownies and photos look absolutely AMAZING!! I love the title of this post haha. I can’t get over the presentation of these brownies. Lovely.
Your brownies are gorgeous!!!! Nicely done!
Good idea to add real mint to your picture. Why didn’t I think of that? Yours look WAY better than they tasted. Too rich for me too!
Look at all of those bits of mint! These look wonderful!! I’m sure your friend and her coworkers loved them, too. Congrats to Shane! :o)
Sorry these weren’t quite your cup of tea, Tracey. I like how you styled the top picture. Can’t wait to hear more about Shane’s race!
Yours look fantastic – good thinking to make the patties into small bits. I also found these a bit rich for my taste – a little greasy, even. But you can’t beat mint and chocolate together (well, you can, with peanut butter and chocolate…).
i found them pretty fudgey at first bite, too. i love your photos- great idea to stack with parchment paper. 🙂
Your brownies look fantastic!
These look wonderful Tracey! Mint and chocolate are a match made in heaven, I think Shane needs to get with the program 😉
They were very rich, but I guess that just happens to be my cup of tea because these brownies were fab!!
I thought these were excellent. But I was able to eat more than one piece!
Your brownies look awesome! I love the visible pieces of mint. My kids really liked these ones
Your photography is just stunning. The brownies are jumping out of my computer screen at me! Hope your friend enjoyed them! I liked these a lot!
Mint from your herbs? It looks so nice parked next to that brownie, sort of spiffs it all up elevating it from snack food to possible elegant dessert food. They look great.
Your brownies look great! I can actually SEE the chunks of peppermint patty!
Beautiful pictures and I love that you added fresh mint to the photo. 🙂 These were much better than I expected them to be.
Giving away brownies?!? That says it all. They look terrific, like everything else you make!
I’m so glad Shane did well! Sorry I haven’t checked in but I’ve fallen into a deep hole with work.
Love love love the mint leaves! I agree – so many people at work say the boxed kind are better…. huh??? Oh well – these look fabulous – love the white chunks!!!
Yum! They look very moist and fudgy! I agree, I like chocolate + mint too ever since I tried those After Eight mint many years ago :o)
great photos!
Your brownies look amazing. I really need to practice my food photo skills. Glad these turned out so well for you. Thanks for baking with me this week!
Your photos are absolutely beautiful this week. I secretly like brownies from a mix, too. I’m glad to hear the triathlon went well.
Your brownies look amazing! I loved these.
Your brownies look picture perfect Tracey. I’m the worst brownie maker. My SMS ones for this week didn’t cut well. I think maybe I dudn’t let them cool enough but I couldn’t resist the chocolate any more. hehe
Gorgeous photos–wow!
Chocolate and mint, a classic!
Mint in brownies reminds of a baking failure I had when I was a young child. I made these 3 layered brownies I would always make, except I decided to get creative and added mint extract to the middle layer of whipping cream/powd. sugar. I added way too much mint and the brownies tasted like toothpaste. A definite betty crapper moment.
incredible pictures of the brownies. They look so delicious.
Glad Shane did well in the race. Death Valley next. LOL
Yum… These brownies look great. I love rich brownies and the mint sounds perfect!
These brownies look very delicious, and those white minty patties look good.
Soooo good! They look wonderful:)