Thin Mint & Andes Dark Chocolate Brownies!
Tantalize your taste-buds with these moist, dense, fudgy, dark chocolate brownies graciously loaded with Girl Scout Thin Mints and Andes Candy Mints. 'WoW' factor included!
Servings: 12 Servings
Calories:
Ingredients
Homemade Brownies or Use a Brownie Mix
- ¾ cup + 2 Tablespoons baking unsweetened cocoa
- ⅔ cup unsalted butter melted, divided
- ½ cup boiling water
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 20-30 Andes Mint Candies or Andes Mint baking chips chopped & divided into two groups (about 1 cup total)
- 1 sleeve of Girl Scout Thin Mints chopped into small cookie bits, divided into two groups
Chocolate Frosting & Toppings
- 1 -2 tubs Chocolate Fudge frosting 1 tub for 8x8 or 9x9 pan of brownies/2 tubs for 9x13 pan brownies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Make brownies with store-bought brownie mix or make homemade brownies. Homemade recipe is for 9x13 pan, but boxed brownies can be made either 8x8, 9x9 or 9x13 and bake according to directions. Grease pan and set aside.
- For homemade brownies - In a large bowl, add cocoa and baking soda, blend, then add 1/3 cup of the melted butter and mix well.
- Add boiling water and stir until well blended.
- Stir in sugar, eggs, vanilla and remaining 1/3 cup melted butter.
- Add flour, baking soda and salt and mix until combined.
- Pour the batter into a greased baking pan and add ½ of the Andes Mints and Thin Mints and mini chocolate chips (optional) into brownie mixture and mix together until combined with batter.
- Pour batter into a greased into baking pan and bake for 35-40 minutes (or as box directions say) or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Don't overbake!
- Let brownies cool before frosting.
Chocolate Frosting & Toppings
- Frost brownies with 1 or 2 tubs of chocolate frosting (1 tub for 8x8 or 9x9 pan of brownies/2 tubs for 9x13 pan brownies) and top with Andes baking chips and thin mint cookie bits.
Notes
Keep brownies sealed in ziploc bag or airtight container. Keep refrigerated to keep longer.