Peppermint Christmas Brownies
Delicious, fudgy, decadent brownies, are perfect for a Christmas treat.
Ingredients
- 8 oz. unsweetened chocolate,coarsely chopped (I used Ghirardelli premium baking bar)
- 1½ cups 3 sticks of butter
- 2 ½ cups of sugar
- 6 eggs
- 2 Tsp. peppermint extract
- 1 Tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup of sweet ground chocolate and cocoa, I used Ghirardelli
- 2 bags Hershey’s Candy Cane Kisses coarsely chopped, divided
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Grease and flour a 9×13-inch glass baking dish.
- In a sauce pan over medium heat, melt the butter and the chocolate.
- In a bowl, beat the eggs and sugar with an electric mixer on a medium speed for 1 minute.
- Reduce the speed, add peppermint and vanilla extracts, the flour and beat until well incorporated, 1 more minute.
- Add the chocolate powder and keep beating.
- Add the melted butter and chocolate and mix well, 1 more minute.
- Put half of the chocolate batter in the prepared baking mold.
- Sprinkle half of the Candy Cane Kisses.
- Pour the rest of the chocolate batter.
- Bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the brownies comes out clean.
- Transfer the mold to a wire rack and sprinkle the rest of the Candy Cane Kisses.
- Let cool down completely before cutting into squares.