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Grasshopper Brownies

By Justin Burke

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Grasshopper brownies on green and ivory plates
Photo by Brian Samuels

This recipe gives you a decadent chocolate brownie with a sweet, minty topping complemented by a rich dark chocolate ganache and mini chocolate chips for added texture. During summers as a kid, I couldn’t get enough of Schwan’s Silvermint bars (now Yelloh!)—­those mint ice cream bars coated in rich chocolate were my ultimate treat. Even in high school, I’d jazz up boxed brownies with crushed mints on top for that extra minty kick. To this day, if Andes mints are offered after a meal at a restaurant, you can bet I’m grabbing a handful on the way out. Chocolate and mint speak to my soul.

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