Peppermint Patty Brownies

These are brownies with York Peppermint Patties in them and they are so mintlicious!  Yes, I did just make up a word,  mint + delicious = mintlicious.  I've previously made Thin Mint Brownies and they were a hit too.  I made these peppermint patty brownies over the weekend for a BBQ and an afternoon of watching Michigan football.  In case you were wondering, Michigan won!   It was a big win for Michigan because they had lost to Michigan State since 2007!  How crazy is that?  These Peppermint Patty Brownies made the win extra special!  Enjoy!

Peppermint Patty Brownies

Printable Recipe

Ingredients

1 box brownie mix (I used Market Pantry 19.8 ounces fudge brownie mix.)

½ cup vegetable oil

2 eggs

¼ cup water

12 peppermint patties, unwrapped

½ cup mini chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease a 13x9 inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.

In a large bowl, mix brownie mix, oil, eggs and water to make a brownie batter.

Pour half the batter into the baking dish.

Top evenly with peppermint patties.

Pour remaining batter over the peppermint patties.  Use a spatula to spread batter evenly.

Sprinkle chocolate chips on top.

Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Makes 12 large brownies. (Hint:  Cut with a plastic knife.)

Easy Black Bean Brownies

The first time I ever had black bean brownies was when my friend Wendy made them for my birthday.  They were surprisingly delicious!  The brownies were moist and fudgy!  I had no idea you could use black beans in brownies.  Wendy got the recipe from Skinnytaste - a great food blog which I now follow.  I can't wait to try other recipes from Skinnytaste.  What I love about this recipe is that you only need 2 ingredients.  My favorite brownie mix is by Ghirardelli but all I had was the Market Pantry Fudge brownie mix that I got at Target recently, but they still came out great.  I had made these brownies last night for my other best friend Cindy's graduation party today, but during my rush this morning when leaving my place, I forgot them!  I am currently petsitting for my brother and his wife's 2 dogs, so I have 4 dogs during this long Memorial weekend.  Maybe I'll have to try to make another batch of brownies today...

 Tino is hiding under the tree...while Buddy and Tango are sunning themselves :)

Here is Ellie with Tango sniffing around the yard...they both chased a bird that flew over them too!

Ingredients

19.8 ounces package brownie mix

15.5 ounces can black beans

 

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease baking dish.

Drain can of black beans and rinse well until water runs clear. 

Put black beans back in the can and fill with water to top of can.

 

Put black beans and water in a food processer (or blender) and pulse until beans are pureed and smooth.

 

In a bowl, stir together brownie mix and pureed black beans until mixed well.

 

Pour brownie batter into greased baking dish (I used a 14x9 in baking dish).

 

Bake brownies according to your package directions.  I baked mine for 28 minutes. 

 

To cut warm brownies easily, use a plastic knife.  Cool and serve.  I was able to cut 24 brownies.

 So good!

Thin Mint Brownies

I have been wanting to make thin mint brownies for awhile now and since I bought a box (ok...I bought like 3 boxes girl scout cookies) not too long ago outside the local Petsmart.  Normally I see the girl scouts sell cookies outside the local grocery stores, but not this time!   

I have to confess that I did use a boxed brownie mix but you could use your favorite basic brownie recipe instead.   I've seen several different recipes for thin mint brownies and most chop up the thin mints, but I decided to leave them whole.  Minty, fudgy, caramelly, and chocolatey thin mint brownies!  Make them now, you won't regret it, I promise :P

Ingredients

1 package of brownie mix (I used Ghirardelli’s Caramel Turtle brownie mix.)

1 egg

1/3 cup vegetable oil

¼ cup water

14 thin mint cookies (I used 1 sleeve of cookies with 1 extra to eat!)

 

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.   Grease a baking pan with cooking spray.  I used a 9”x9” baking pan.  Combine egg, oil, and water in a mixing bowl and blend well.   Add in brownie mix.  Pour half the brownie batter into prepared pan.  Place thin mint cookies in rows over the brownie batter in the pan.   Pour remaining half of brownie batter over the rows of cookies.  Spread evenly.  Since my brownie mix came with a pouch of caramel, I cut a corner of the pouch and squeezed lines of caramel over the top of the brownie batter.   I created a caramel patter by pulling a knife gently through the surface of the batter and caramel.  Bake 30 to 40 minutes.  Cool completely in pan before cutting. 

Yields 16  brownies.