Mint Chocolate Chip Brownies

I know what you're thinking – brownies again!?! I know, I know… well my mom came to visit Monday and she requested brownies; since I aim to please, I decided we had to make some. My mom loves anything with mint and chocolate and just happened to have brought some mint chocolate chips along with her - hint, hint huh? I went with my go to brownie recipe and added in the chips, it was only a small tweak, but a noticeable difference. Mom got a little chip happy and dumped in 3/4 of the bag, so these brownies turned out extra fudgy, which in my opinion is always a good thing. So grab a glass of milk and snuggle up with one (or two) of these delicious, chocolatey squares; enjoy and happy baking!

Ingredients:

1/2 c sugar
1/4 c butter, melted
1 tbs water
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1/2 c cocoa powder
3/4 c flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 oz. mint chocolate chips, we used Hershey's

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350º and prepare an 8"x8" baking pan with spray. In a large bowl combine the sugar, butter, vanilla, egg and water, stir to combine. In a separate bowl whisk together the cocoa, flour, baking powder and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet until just combined, fold in the chocolate chips and transfer the batter to the pan. Bake for 18-20 minutes, remove from the oven and cool completely, slice and serve.


Yields 9-12 brownies