Chocolate and mint are a classic combination this time of year, and fortunately these brownies couldn’t be any easier to make. Besides how could you not love chunks of cookies in a brownie! The cookies I used for these brownies were Trader Joe’s Candy Cane Joe Joe’s (which are amazing, by the way). I assume mint Oreo’s, or whatever your favorite brand, would work just great. The cookies make these brownies so dangerously delicious, they will be a welcome addition to any holiday treat plate!
Mint Cookies ‘n Cream Brownies
Yields: 36 brownies
Ingredients
- BROWNIE:
- ½ cup light butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1½ cups chocolate syrup
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 12 mint cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, quartered
- Cooking spray
- MINT CREAM:
- ½ cup light butter, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons skim milk
- ½ teaspoon mint extract
- 3 mint cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, well-crushed
- additional chopped cookies for topping, as desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 13x9-inch baking pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in chocolate syrup until well blended.
- Fold in flour, mixing just until blended. Fold in chopped cookies.
- Pour mixture into prepared baking pan. Bake 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack.
- Once cooled, frost with Mint Cream (recipe below) and cut into squares.
- In a medium bowl, cream butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy. Add mint extract and then gradually add milk, beating until desired consistency is achieved. Mix in crushed cookies.
- Spread over cooled brownies and top with additional chopped cookies, as desired.
Adapted from Taste of Home
