Chocolate Chocolate and MORE Chocolate!

How many of you are in need of a dessert recipe to bring along Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? Well, I'm your girl! I have the best  and most simple mint brownies with chocolate icing, Chocolate Crinkle Cookies, and 7 layer bars... your choice! Oh, and that's if you are not bringing the Cranberry cake that was on my other post ( that cake is AMAZING!)

Anyways... I have been so busy in the kitchen take a look :)

Enjoy! xoxo


Chocolate Crinkles

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Ingredients

1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
Directions

In a medium bowl, mix together cocoa, white sugar, and vegetable oil. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the cocoa mixture. Cover dough, and chill for at least 4 hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Roll dough into one inch balls. I like to use a number 50 size scoop. Coat each ball in confectioners' sugar before placing onto prepared cookie sheets.
Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Let stand on the cookie sheet for a minute before transferring to wire racks to cool.

scoop out your cookie dough

give it a roll in powdered sugar

on the cookie sheet and in the oven

Mint Brownies

 bliss n tell


1 box brownie mix ( prepared as directed on the back of the box)
1 cup Andes  Creme de Menthe baking chips


heat oven to 350 and mix together all ingredients needed for brownies ( eggs, oil and water) add 1 cup of the Andes baking chips and mix together.. bake as directed in a 13x9x2 pan. Mine take 22 minutes

Cool for at least an hour.

Frosting:

1/2 cup butter melted
1/3 cup cocoa
2 cups sifted confectioner's sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 T. milk

Combine butter, cocoa, powdered sugar,vanilla and milk in a large mixing bowl and beat until smooth.

Frost brownies and garnish with extra baking chips or Shaved Andes mints.

5 layer bars


Paula Deen

• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup butterscotch morsels
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels
• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
• 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine graham cracker crumbs and melted butter. Press into bottom of a 9 by 13-inch baking dish. Sprinkle remaining ingredients of mix over crumb mixture. Pour sweetened condensed milk over the layers. Bake for 30 minutes. Allow to cool and cut into bars.