Tag: chocolate

Dessert to Share: Perfectly Peppermint Brownies

Find the original recipe here!

I didn’t make it exactly the same, but this recipe was my foundation. I didn’t have enough peppermint patties, so I substituted in some crushed mint candy canes. I also added a bit of extra butter, flour, and vanilla extract.

These brownies are delicious, and if you have extra Christmas candy, it’s a bonus! This is going to be our dessert for the Superbowl tomorrow, and for Josh’s birthday early next week. The brownies are a perfect mix of cake and fudge textues, and the pockets of gooey mint are delicious.

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare a 13 x 9 baking dish.
  2. Mix together 3/4 cups cocoa powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, and 5 Tbsp of melted butter. Add 1/2 cup very hot water, stir till thick. Add 2 cups of sugar, 2 eggs, and another 5 Tbsp of melted butter, stir. Add 1 1/2 cup flour, and 2 tsp of vanilla extract. Stir till combined.
  3. Chop up 14 peppermint patties, or 8 peppermint patties and crush 5 candy canes. Fold these into the dough, or gently pulse your stand mixer. Transfer into prepared baking dish and bake for 35-45 minute till skewer comes out clean.
  4. Let cool for 10 minutes. Add powdered sugar or icing as desired.
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Dessert Bars: Chocolate Chip Cherry, and Orange Dream

Everyone seemed to really enjoy the last time I made a review post. So, today I made 2 dessert bars. I admit I did mess with the recipe for the orange dream bars, but you’ll see when you get there! Enjoy!

Chocolate Chip Cherry Bars

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These bars were delicious! The cherries added a light flavor that made these bars so much fancier than just normal chocolate chip bars. I cooked these bars for the recommended 27 minutes, and they were very good, but after cutting them open noticed they were still a bit doughy in the thicker parts. I also like cookies that way though. So, if you want them completely cooked, give them the extra 5 minutes. I highly recommend these if you like chocolate chip cookies and are looking for a twist! I used left over strained maraschino cherries from Christmas and they worked perfectly.

Orange Dream Bars

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Don’t let it’s appearance fool you! This is a DELICIOUS orange bar, and the only reason it turned out so weird is because I chose not to follow directions (my bad). The ingredients for the custard are absolutely perfect and the refreshing flavor of orange made me feel like it was summer. For this recipe, I also used up our left over oranges from Christmas, and so it was perfect! I halved 3 oranges and that was more than enough orange juice and zest for the recipe.

How I messed up the recipe: So, I don’t really like crusts on things. I find pie crusts and the like, rather bland and the texture unappealing. So, whenever I make a dessert recipe with a crust, I like to try and substitute in a graham cracker crust. So, for this recipe, I made a graham cracker crust by mixing 1 1/2 cups of graham cracker crumbs with 1/2 cup of butter (1 stick) mixed it, then patted it into the foil lined 9×13 pan. I then poured the orange custard over top and baked it for an extra 3 minutes (26 minutes total). This came out perfect! And though the “crust” was no longer existent, the flavors were amazing! Graham crackers, butter, and orange taste so good together! So, I would make this recipe again, but next time, I would cook the custard first till it is cooked fully, let it cool, then cover it with the graham cracker crust and make it an Upside-Down Orange Dream Bar!

Thanks again for reading!

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