Mint Milano Christmas Brownies
These brownies stack rich cocoa batter over a hidden layer of Mint Milanos, then finish with piped trees for a festive look. Make Mint Milano Christmas brownies when you want bold chocolate mint flavor with simple steps.
Servings: 12 brownies
Equipment
- Baking Dish 7 x 11-Inch or Similar
- Pastry Bag with Small Star Tip
- Fine Mesh Sieve Optional
Ingredients
- ⅓ Cup cocoa powder
- 1 ½ Cups all purpose flour
- 1 ¼ Cups granulated sugar
- ¼ Teaspoon salt
- ¾ Cup unsalted butter melted
- ⅓ Cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 3 eggs
- 2 Teaspoon vanilla extract
- 16 Mint Milano cookies
- 16 Mint Truffle Hershey's Kisses
- 2 Cups frosting green buttercream
- 16 sprinkles snowflake or star
- powdered sugar optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Mix the cocoa powder flour, sugar, and salt together in a mixing bowl.
- In a microwave safe bowl combine the butter and chocolate chips. Heat in the microwave in 15 second increments until the chocolate chips and butter have melted. Mix well.
- Add the eggs, vanilla, melted chocolate, and butter mixture to the dry ingredients in the mixing bowl. Mix until combined.
- Line a baking dish with parchment paper.
- Spread about half the brownie batter into the parchment lined baking pan.
- Cover the top of the batter with a single layer of Mint Milano cookies.
- Spread the remaining batter onto the top of the Milano cookies.
- Bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
- Once cooled, remove the brownies from the baking pan. Cut the brownies into 12 even sized pieces. Optional: before cutting, slice all the rough edges off to make nice straight edges.
- Place your green frosting into a piping bag with a small star tip.
- Pipe a small glob of frosting onto the bottom of an opened Hershey's kiss. Place the Hershey's kiss frosting side down onto the center of one of your brownie squares.
- Now starting at the base of the Hershey's kiss, pipe small stars all the way around, working your way up to the very top.
- Place one small snowflake or star shaped sprinkle at the very top of the frosted tree.
- At this point they are ready to serve. For an extra special touch, dust lightly with powdered sugar to give a snowy look.
Notes
Line the pan: Parchment paper makes cooling and clean cuts easier.
Measure accurately: Spoon and level flour so the crumb stays fudgy, not cakey.
Cool fully: Decorating on a warm slab softens frosting and tips the trees.
Pipe with a star tip: Small, tight stars give crisp branches and height.
Warm the knife: A quick wipe and warm blade make smooth cuts.
Measure accurately: Spoon and level flour so the crumb stays fudgy, not cakey.
Cool fully: Decorating on a warm slab softens frosting and tips the trees.
Pipe with a star tip: Small, tight stars give crisp branches and height.
Warm the knife: A quick wipe and warm blade make smooth cuts.
Nutrition
Calories: 552kcal | Carbohydrates: 76g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 73mg | Sodium: 189mg | Potassium: 126mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 54g | Vitamin A: 428IU | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 2mg
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