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How To Make Peppermint Candy Cane Brownies
Bring the spirit of Christmas to your dinner table with these candy cane brownies. They’re layered with crunchy candy for a refreshing bite!
Serves:
Ingredients
For Brownie:
- 1¼cupsflour
- ½tspbaking powder
- ¼tspsalt
- 4ozunsweetened chocolate
- 1cupunsalted butter
- 4eggs
- 2cupssugar
- 1tspvanilla
For Mint Frosting:
- 2cupspowdered sugar
- ¼cupbutter,softened
- 1tsppeppermint extract
- 1½tbspmilk
- 2dropsred food coloring
For Chocolate Ganache:
- 6ozsemisweet chocolate chips
- 6tbspbutter
For Peppermint Topping:
- ½cupcandy canes,crushed
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9×13-inch with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. Set aside.
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In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
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Chop the unsweetened chocolate and add it to a microwave safe bowl. Add the butter and microwave 30 seconds at a time stirring in between until melted and smooth. Set aside.
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In a stand mixer, beat the eggs, sugar, and vanilla for 2 minutes. Slowly add the melted chocolate until incorporated and add the flour mixture. Mix until just combined and pour into the 9×13 inch pan.
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Bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
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Let brownies completely cool on a wire rack and put in the fridge to chill.
Mint Frosting:
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Beat together powdered sugar, butter, peppermint extract, milk and red food coloring until fluffy.
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Spread evenly over the top of the brownie layer and put in the fridge to chill.
Chocolate Ganache:
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In a microwave-safe bowl, add the chocolate chips and butter. Cook in 30-second intervals and stir until melted. Spread evenly over the mint frosting layer.
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Sprinkle the crushed candy canes on top and chill until the chocolate has hardened.
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Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 495.55kcal
- Fat: 28.39g
- Saturated Fat: 17.36g
- Trans Fat: 0.76g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 8.00g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.22g
- Carbohydrates: 59.91g
- Fiber: 2.39g
- Sugar: 48.61g
- Protein: 4.29g
- Cholesterol: 89.85mg
- Sodium: 70.33mg
- Calcium: 38.02mg
- Potassium: 151.43mg
- Iron: 2.08mg
- Vitamin A: 175.64µg
- Vitamin C: 0.01mg
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