Chocolate Mint Brownies

Mmmmmmm.... chocolate mint brownies what a wonderful combinations, i love mint, seriously!!! Mint tea, After eigh mints, york peppermint patties, Andes mints, mint lemonade.... get the drift, i love mint. This is a great recipe and definitely one i will be making again and again and again... if you love mint, just give this recipe a whirl. I actually found this recipe on a blog and printed it out so i could try and guess what when i got all the ingredients ready , i was reading the recipes on the hershey's chocolate chips bag and found it there too!!!


Chocolate Mint Brownies
Source: The Kitchenarian
Ingredients:

Brownie Layer:1   cup   sugar
½  cup   butter, softened
4           eggs
1   cup   all-purpose flour
½  tsp   salt
2  cups  Hershey’s chocolate syrup
1 tsp      vanilla extract

Mint Layer:2 cups confectioner’s sugar
½ cup butter, softened
4 tablespoons Crème de Menthe

Chocolate Layer:6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
6 tablespoons butter


Directions:

Brownie layer: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream sugar and butter. Add eggs, flour, salt, chocolate syrup and vanilla. Pour batter into greased and floured 9 x 13 baking pan and bake for 30 minutes. Cool completely.

Mint layer: Combine confectioner’s sugar, butter and Crème de Menthe. Stir until smooth. Spread on cooled cake. Refrigerate until this layer is set.

Chocolate layer: Melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler. Stir until smooth. Let cool slightly and spread on cake. Refrigerate until this top layer is set. Cut into small squares and serve.