Super Bowl Week: Mint Chocolate Brownies – Slashfood
Well, we missed Super Bowl Week, but it’s not like I even knew who was playing or where (“I’ll take the…uh…Rangers by…uh…a wicket!”). Fortunately, Sarah held onto this recipe and we had everything in the house necessary for this recipe except the semi-sweet chocolate bars. We picked up some Sarotti high-cocoa content (76%!) from Edeka on Saturday and that appears to have done the trick. Our don’t look nearly as nifty as Martha’s (linked to above), but the flavor is amazing. I don’t see any risk of these becoming habit-forming because of their sheer potency.
Note: those gooey spots in the middle aren’t raw pockets of batter — that’s the layer of melted peppermint patties providing the minty goodness.
Mint Chocolate Brownies
8 tablespoons (1 stick, 100 g) unsalted butter, plus more for pan
8 ounces (226 g) semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped (we used 76% cocoa Sarotti)
1 cup (210 g) sugar (we used a tiny bit less)
3/4 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
1/2 cup (69 g) all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
1/4 cup (40 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
25 small (1 1/2 inch) peppermint patties1
Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Line an 8-inch square baking pan with aluminum foil, leaving an overhang on all sides; butter foil. Set aside.
Place chocolate and butter in a medium heatproof bowl set over (not in) a saucepan of gently simmering water. Stir occasionally just until melted, 4 to 5 minutes.
Remove from heat. Whisk in sugar and salt until smooth; whisk in eggs. Gently whisk in flour and cocoa powder just until smooth (do not overmix).
Spread 1/3 of batter in prepared pan. Arrange peppermint patties on batter in a single layer, leaving a narrow border on all sides. Top with remaining batter, and smooth surface. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs attached, 45 to 55 minutes.
Cool completely in pan. Use foil to lift from pan; peel off foil and discard. Cut into 16 squares (4 rows by 4 rows).
- known here as “Pfefferminztaler” — or 1 1/2 Ritter Sport Pfefferminz bricks works nicely here, too. [↩]
You know, these are pretty freakin’ chocolaty and rich. So much so that you could probably slightly decrease the amount of chocolate or cocoa or the darkness of the chocolate and it would be fine.
Oh my those look delicious.
And I second your comment on the superbowl. I was surprised to hear it had happened. I had forgotten (repressed?) the fact that such an event still existed at all.
Of course Martha’s look better, but we all have to learn with life’s disappointments.
A fellow American came over to my desk some Monday in January, threw his hands over his ears and yelled
that taste delicious even just a look.
By the way — these work just as well with Ritter Sport Pfefferminz Tafeln instead of the peppermint patties. They’re MUCH easier to find (for us).