It has been sooooo hot here that I couldn't bear to turn on the oven last week so I skipped the Tuesdays with Dorie's Tarte Noire. This morning I got up bright and early so that I was melting chocolate for this week's pick, Brrrr-ownies, by 8:00 am.Chocolate is such a wonderful food by itself that I'm reluctant to add something to it unless I'm positive that it will be an enhancement. I like mint with chocolate, and I was optimistic that York Peppermint Patties would make already wonderful brownies even better.
The first time I made these I couldn't find any York Peppermint Pattie Bites so I cut up the regular-sized patties. I'd say that that wasn't a huge success. We ate all of the brownies, of course, but I wanted to try them again with the bite-sized mints. Unfortunately, we couldn't find them anywhere. Rich did find York Peppermint Pieces which are sort of M&Ms with a mint filling. I must admit to being skeptical of the color: in my mind, the only blue things that should go into my mouth are blueberries!
But I baked them up and let them cool before I turned them out onto a board.
The bottom looked like a Renoir painting!
I'm not sure that the brownies are better with the mint, but they are tasty.
I agree. Too hot to be turning on the oven. I didn't even notice the recipe called for bites so I just used the regular patties. Wonder how much difference that made. Your M & M idea looks good.
ReplyDeleteI hear you about the heat and baking! I did a ton of TWD baking all on one cool morning. Gotta get in when you can during the summer. The bottom of the brownies is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI wondered how the blue bits would work. I just gave some York's a rough chop and mixed them in, delicious!
ReplyDeleteGreat looking brownies!
ReplyDeleteYou are the second blogger who used the York pieces. Love the "painting"!
ReplyDeletetoo cute!!! love the splash of color.
ReplyDeleteThose look fun! :) Love that they turned out like a painting. Thanks for baking with me this week!
ReplyDeleteI'm kind of picky about what I add to chocolate too. I love those colorful brownies. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteWow! I used those too but did not get the painted effect--it looks so cool!
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