Healthy (kind of ) Chocolate Mint Brownies

Name: Healthy (kind of ) Chocolate Mint Brownies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 16 brownies
Ingredients: cooking spray; 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine; 32 creamy chocolate-covered mint candies (such as Junior Mints, about 3 ounces); 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon baking soda; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 2/3 cup sugar; 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa; 1 large egg; 1 large egg white

Submitted by spatchcock

"YUMMMM!!! Made these this weekend for fun. Found it online...somewhere, when I was printing out tons of recipes for things like this last weekend. Hope you like them!"

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photo by GaylaJ

Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 10
Yields:: 16 brownies

ingredients

cooking spray
¹⁄₄ cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
32 creamy chocolate-covered mint candies (such as Junior Mints, about 3 ounces)
1 cup all-purpose flour
¹⁄₄ teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₈ teaspoon salt
²⁄₃ cup sugar
¹⁄₃ cup unsweetened cocoa
1 large egg
1 large egg white

directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Coat bottom of an 8 inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
Combine butter and mints in a 2 cup glass measure; microwave at HIGH 30 seconds or until soft.
Stir until smooth, and set aside.
Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup, and level with a knife.
Combine flour, soda, and salt in a bowl.
Combine sugar, cocoa, egg, and egg white in a large bowl; beat at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended.
Add mint mixture; beat well.
Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until blended.
Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean; cool completely on a wire rack.
NOTE: Two large (1. 5 ounce) mints or 6 miniature chocolate-covered peppermint patties (such as York) may be substituted for 32 junior mints.

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Reviews

i modified this recipe slightly but they turned out quite well. i made them into brownie bites by putting them in a 24 hole mini muffin pan. i also had fun sized chocolates left over from a box of favourites so i left out the mints and halved the chocolate instead which were really yummy. i baked them for 10 mins and they did turn out kinda cakeish but still thought they tasted good :) great healthier alternative to fatty, sugary brownies and good way to use up mints or chocolates haha

chocolatechick7
These sounded great, but I was disappointed. I had to bake mine several minutes longer than recommended to get anything close to a 'clean' toothpick. Mine came out more cake-like than brownie-like. I expected more of a minty-chocolate taste than I got. Mine was just subtly minty and not really chocolatey at all. Just not what I expected.

courtneywestendorf
Well, I don't know how healthy these are, but I DO know they are delicious. :) They are rich, fudgy, and minty---loved the mint flavor! I followed the directions as written, except I mixed them by hand rather than using a mixer, and baked them a couple of minutes longer. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

GaylaJ