My favorite holiday treat is without a doubt Ghirardelli peppermint bark. Have you tried it? It is amazing! My oldest (who loves anything and everything mint) and I were eating a piece of peppermint bark the other day when he suggested that we use it to bake with. It inspired me to create a Triple Chocolate Peppermint Brownies recipe.
These are way too addicting, I had to stop myself from eating the entire pan. Chocolate and peppermint are one of the best holiday flavors! We love to use candy canes to stir our hot cocoa and now we have a new treat to make on those cold winter days.
Triple Chocolate Peppermint Brownies
Ingredients
- 1 package Ghirardelli Brownie Mix
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp peppermint extract
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips; melted optional
- 1/2 Andes Peppermint Crunch baking chips optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Prepare baking pan by lightly greasing or lining with parchment paper.
- Combine water, oil, and egg in a mixing bowl. Add brownie mix and peppermint extract; stir until fully combined. Spread into pan.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes.
- Once brownies have cooled drizzle with white chocolate and sprinkle peppermint crunch baking chips on top.
For this recipe I used the Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate Brownie Mix found at Costco. I love, love, love this brownie mix! By the way I actually tried two versions of this recipe and decided this was the best one. In my first attempt at peppermint brownies I sprinkled chopped Hershey’s candy cane kisses on top. They melted right on top of the brownies creating a sweet coating. I found that they were a little too decadent and overpowered the brownies. So my next best option was to drizzle the melted white chocolate chips on top with a piping bag then add the peppermint crunch. I really like the peppermint crunch because it doesn’t melt easily like the kisses did but its also not hard like candy canes.
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Okay, I need to quit looking at all of these recipes and go eat! My stomach is growling! Your triple chocolate brownies would be fantastic as is but then when you add peppermints that takes it to a whole new level!
YUM! These look dee-lish, Crystal :)
Oooo!! Love peppermint & chocolate….why can’t we do this all year round?? Thanks for the awesome recipe :)
Those looks fantastic Crystal!!!!
Peppermint and brownies are great together! Looks beautiful, you definitely perfected that shot!
Thanks, Lyuba! :)
I have been using those peppermint crunch pieces like crazy this year! These brownies are so absolutely awesome looking!!!
Yummo! I love chocolate and peppermint combined. I’m going to have to try these out. Megan
My daughter just saw this pic and started screaming! I guess we are making them:) If you have a sec this weekend, I would love for you to share at Get Schooled Saturday! https://too-much-time.com/2012/11/get-schooled-saturday-50.html
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Kim @ Too Much Time On My Hands
Is there anything you can’t do, Crystal?! Seriously! Mmmm…these look amazing! XO
Oh my goodness! These so look good! I don’t know if I could stop eating them either!
Stopped by from Tater Tots and Jello. These brownies look delicious. I would love to have you add them to my Our Favorite Things Link Party. https://mylifesatreasure.blogspot.com/2012/12/our-favorite-things-link-party-25.html
Have a great week.
Oh my goodness, these look deadly…but totally worth it!!
I gained five pounds just reading this! Awesome! Found you thru Nifty Thrifty things. Thanks for posting!
These are gorgeous!! And seriously, I could inhale peppermint bark!! Ghiardelli and Dove are my favorites every Christmas :)
Oh yum! Love using peppermint in my holiday baking :)
Just tweeted! Your brownies look delicious and so do a lot of the recipes linked up :) Pinning too!
These look delicious!!! And BEAUTIFUL!!! My trendy tuesday party is going on right now, would love to have you link up!! https://www.sweetlittlegals.com/2012/12/trendy-tuesday-15.html
These sound fantastic! I used peppermint bark to bake with this week too, but I bet it’s amazing in brownies! Definitely need to try this!
I’m so addicted the that peppermint bark! I hide it from my family! If I made these gorgeous brownies, I’d hide these too!
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