Description
Fudgy dark cocoa brownies with chopped York Peppermint Patties baked inside and whole patties melted on top. An easy chocolate-mint recipe kids can help make.
Ingredients
Scale
- ¾ cup Hershey’s Cocoa, Special Dark 100% Cacao
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¾ cup butter, divided into two parts
- ½ cup hot water
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ cups King Arthur unbleached flour
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp salt
- 12 York Peppermint Pattys, roughly chopped
- 6 York Peppermint Pattys, whole
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 12” baking pan.
- Melt butter.
- Stir together cocoa, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Add butter and mix well.
- Add hot water and vanilla. Stir until combined and uniform.
- Add sugar and eggs. Stir until combined.
- Add flour and stir until combined.
- Spread half of the mixture into the greased baking pan.
- Place chopped peppermint pattys evenly over the mixture. Try to be sure there’s no contact between candy and sides of the pan.
- Spread remaining batter over the peppermint pattys.
- Bake approximately 30 minutes. Remove from oven and place whole pattys on top. Return immediately to oven for approximately 10 min.
- Let cool until room temperature before slicing into squares.
- Carefully remove with a metal spatula. Inevitably, some of the chopped candy will melt onto the bottom of the pan, but a little patience will allow for successful removal.
- Serve with a glass of milk… or a bit of scotch or sherry for the grown-ups.
- Prep Time: About 20 minutes
- Cook Time: About 40 minutes (30 minutes, then 10 minutes with the whole patties on top)
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 brownie
- Calories: Approximately 645 calories per brownie