Chocolate Mint Brownie
Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate or Chocolate Mint Brownies
I have been making some version of this recipe for decades.
When i went away to college, the first two quarters i ate in the college cafeteria. The food was not as abysmal as some cafeterias, and i must have gained about 30 pounds the first quarter, and began my long battle with overweight, which i still have not completely won. One of the contributors was the chocolate chocolate chocolate brownies: chocolate brownies with chocolate chips and chocolate icing. So i am not telling you to add all the optional chocolate in this recipe. I am just saying it is really tasty.
I actually prefer the mint version, without the cocoa in the icing.
Use the best cocoa and chocolate you can afford.
Makes 8 servings
Preparation about 45 minutes
Can be made ahead
Freezes well
1 ½ c. whole wheat flour
1 ½ t. baking powder
½ t. baking soda
½ t. salt (optional)
½ c. unsweetened cocoa
¾ c. vegan sugar
1/3 c. cashew, walnut, or other nut butter (not peanut butter)
1 c. vegan milk
1 t. vanilla extract
1 t. peppermint extract (optional)
½ c. chopped walnuts (optional)
½ c. vegan chocolate chips or chopped chocolate bar
Preheat the oven to 350°.
Mix the dry ingredients. Mix in the nut butter. A mixer makes this easy.
Add the wet ingredients.
Mix in the optional chocolate and walnuts.
Bake in a lightly oiled 8 x 8 inch square baking pan for about 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Be sure you haven’t stuck the toothpick in a chocolate chip.
Cool slightly.
Ice with:
1 c. powdered sugar
6 t. unsweetened cocoa or 1 c. chocolate chips or chocolate bar, melted (optional)
1 t. vanilla extract
½ t. peppermint extract (optional)
1 T. vegan milk
Mix the chocolate and the sugar, add the rest. Add a little more vegan milk if you want the icing thinner.
Spread on the cooled brownies and cut into eighths.
This version was adapted from the incomparable Sarah Kramer’s Garden of Vegan.
Nutritional information – not guaranteed to be accurate:
Oil to grease pan was not included.
Per serving – without chocolate, walnuts or chocolate in the icing: 302 calories/7.8 g protein (10.3%)/6.4 g fat (19.1%)
Per serving – with walnuts and chocolate chips: 421 calories/9.9 g protein (9.4%)/15.2 g fat (32.5%)
Per serving – with all the options: 429 calories/10.6 g protein (9.9%)/15.6 g fat (32.7%)