This Grasshopper Brownies recipe is an especially easy recipe as it starts with a box mix for the brownies and you add the easy to make yummy mint frosting. It results in a delicious chewy chocolate delight with a subtle flavor of cool mint! It’s a match made in Heaven!
Nothing goes together like chocolate and mint! When you pair them together in an easy recipe like these Grasshopper Brownies, it is a mouthwatering delight! This is an especially easy recipe as it starts with a box mix for the brownies and you make the yummy mint frosting. Easy-peasy! You will love the delicious chewy chocolate of the brownies mixed with the subtle flavor of mint. YUM! You can serve any day, any time but these yummy brownies would be the perfect treat for St. Patrick’s day!
Looking for more fun chocolate and mint recipes? Be sure and check out our No-Churn Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream! It is another yummy delight you simply must try!
Grasshopper Brownies Recipe
Ingredients and Pan needed:
Brownie mix (family size to be made in a 13×9 inch pan)
Ingredients to bake brownies according to package directions
½ Cup Butter (Softened)
½ Cup Cream Cheese (softened)
2 ½ Cups Powdered Sugar
2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Peppermint Extract
Green food coloring
¼ Cup Mini Chocolate Chips
How to make Grasshopper Brownies:
Bake brownies according to package directions, allow to cool completely.
With an electric mixer blend together cream cheese and butter.
Add powdered sugar a little at a time, beating between additions until well incorporated.
Then, add in vanilla and peppermint extracts and continue beating.
For the final step, add in green food coloring a few drops at a time until desired color is achieved (I used about 8 drops)
Spread frosting in a thick layer on cooled brownies.
Sprinkle mini chocolate chips across the top.
Cut into 24 square pieces & serve.
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Grasshopper Brownies
This Grasshopper Brownies recipe is an especially easy recipe as it starts with a box mix for the brownies and you add the easy to make yummy mint frosting. It results in a delicious chewy chocolate delight with a subtle flavor of cool mint! It's a match made in Heaven!
Ingredients
- Brownie mix ( family size to be made in a 13x9 inch pan)
- Ingredients to bake brownies according to package directions
- ½ Cup Butter (Softened)
- ½ Cup Cream Cheese (softened)
- 2 ½ Cups Powdered Sugar
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tsp Peppermint Extract
- Green food coloring
- ¼ Cup Mini Chocolate Chips
Instructions
Bake brownies according to package directions, allow to cool completely.
With an electric mixer blend together cream cheese and butter.
Add powdered sugar a little at a time, beating between additions until well incorporated
Then, add in vanilla and peppermint extracts and continue beating.
For the final step, add in green food coloring a few drops at a time until desired color is achieved (I used about 8 drops)
Spread frosting in a thick layer on cooled brownies.
Sprinkle mini chocolate chips across the top.
Cut into 24 square pieces & serve.
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