BYU Mint Brownies
BYU Mint Brownies are a rich brownie dessert with creamy mint frosting and chocolate topping. The original recipe is made famous by the BYU creamery.
MINT CHOCOLATE BROWNIES
My husband John played football for Brigham Young University several years ago. BYU gave the football players around $35 a week on their student cards to buy food on campus or at the local Creamery store. The Creamery had a burger and shake joint on one half of the store and grocery store on the other half.
The deal was they had to spend their money by Saturday night or it was wiped clean off their card. So every Saturday night the Creamery was full of football players trying to use the last of their money. Sometimes John would just buy burgers for everyone that was with us or we would buy $30 worth of these BYU brownies sitting in the bakery case to take back to our apartment and eat while we hung out.
In Utah, these are the famous BYU mint brownies. I had to post them because they are GREEN and have a mild mint flavor. They are rich fudgy brownies. One will do ya. I just changed a couple of things in the original BYU mint brownies recipe: I used butter instead of margarine and pecans instead of walnuts. They brought back a lot of memories…
BYU Mint Brownies
BYU Mint Brownies are a rich brownie dessert with creamy mint frosting and chocolate topping. The original recipe is made famous by the BYU creamery.
Ingredients
Brownies:
- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 2 Tablespoons honey
- 4 eggs
- 2 cup white sugar
- 1 3/4 cup flour
- 1/2 Tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Frosting:
- 10 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 4 â…” cups powdered sugar
- 2 Tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup milk
- dash of salt
Mint Icing
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1-2 drops green food coloring
Chocolate Frosting:
- 1/3 cup cocoa
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter and mix in cocoa. Allow to cool. Add honey, eggs, sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well. Add nuts. Pour batter into a greased or parchment paper lined 9-by-13 baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Cool completely.
- Prepare frosting: In a medium bowl, beat butter, powdered sugar, corn syrup, milk, and salt on low-speed until combined. Beat until fluffy. Add more milk as needed until frosting is thinner than cake frosting. We will now divide the frosting in half and make one mint and one chocolate. Take half of the frosting out and place in another bowl for the mint frosting. The frosting remaining in the bowl will be the chocolate frosting.Mint frosting: Stir in the peppermint extract and green dye by hand or with a mixture. Spread mint icing over brownies. Place brownies in the freezer for a short time to stiffen the icing (very important step). Remove from the freezer and carefully add a layer of chocolate frosting.
- For the Chocolate Frosting: Add cocoa. Mix until smooth. Spread chocolate icing over mint frosting. Refrigerate until firm. Cut into squares and serve.
Love your blog and love those byu mint brownies!!
Jeez. These look absolutely fantastic! I have had bad experiences working with chocolate and have avoided it, but I might have to give it another try. And what is this amazing Creamery place?
I am heading to BYU in the fall! My family loves your blog! I would love to have the green pans to take with me.:)
MMMMM, these look yummy. This stoneware set also looks yummy! 🙂
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Hooray for give aways!! I love your recipes, we just tried your chicken pot pie & LOVED it.
Oh, I’d love to be entered for the give away!!! I just painted my kitchen that exact color over my husbands spring break last week! Here’s my email: trueblond_athotmaildotcom
I LOVE your blog!!!
Can I still enter the contest even though I never went to BYU?! 😉 Because my 16 yr. old baking dishes need to be replaced!
I’m a new fan of your blog, thanks for the yummy recipes and great giveaway!
My husband has been trying to find a mint brownie recipe. (Actually, he has one but I don’t like it so I think I’ll give him yours to try. 😉 …Or maybe I should just stick to my diet.)
And those dishes would be perfect!
Those brownies look amazing. Can’t wait to try them!
Those mint brownies look delicious. I am going to have to make them ASAP! Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day!
I love your blog! Sometimes when I’m not sure what to make for dinner/treat I will check your blog for ideas. Thanks, Ellen
I love brownies and I love mint so BROWNIES + MINT = FANTASTIC
Thanks for your blog, my husband is happy I found you. ha ha
Amber
aka “Bizzy”
Oh my! My mouth is watering after skimming down the scrumptious pictures of all your yummy recipes! So excited to follow your blog- just found it! Thanks!
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Thank you! My MIL makes Mint Brownies all of the time! Yum!
I love your blog! Great recipes! These casserole dishes are so nice and I love the color! Thank you. [email protected]
those look super yummy!!! Bookmarked the recipe!
I am really enjoying your blog 🙂
Wowsa Christie! Bet ya never knew just how may followers you had till you gave stuff away! LOVE IT!
And I love when someone says “Have you tried Christie’s (fill in the blank) yet?” You’re famous and I knew you back when soaping fountains was our idea of good clean fun….
Love your blog. Thanks for the recipes and the giveaways!
Those brownies look delicious, I’ll have to try them soon!
Yum, those brownies look heavenly… and beautiful! Please enter me in the drawing! Love the color of those dishes…
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Those brownies look DELISH!!! Yuuuumm!!! And the kiwi baker set is totally my color! LOVE IT!!! You have a great blog here…fab recipes! Anne
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Saw the photo of your brownies on Tastespotting and followed it to your post. I’m in Canada, I don’t suppose your giveaway extends to your neighbour up north?? 🙂 (Somehow I’m assuming you’re in the US.)
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The brownies look divine. I remember them from my BYU days:)
BYU mint brownies at home?! My waistline is in trouble! 🙂
Love those brownies…can’t wait to make them! And love all the other recipes I’ve tried from your blog so far 🙂 Thanks!
I love mint brownies and feel like having it right away:) Mint and chocolate is a mindblowing combination… and I absolutely love it:)
LOVE LOVE LOVE your blog!! Thanks for keeping it up!! 🙂
Mint brownies…mmmmmmm! Those sound so good. I love the pretty green casserole dishes too!
I love your blog! My friend told me about it a couple days ago, and I literally sat on my computer for hours looking at all your recipes!
The brownies look amazing, I am excited to try them 🙂
I also love the baking dishes, I would be so excited if I won!
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