St. Patty's Day Minty Brownies

For this week's dessert for the Dykema household, I found this scrumptious version of minty brownies! Mr. D and I are HUGE fans of anything mint (including Thin Mints! - which we have so far been able to avoid bringing into the house). In celebration of that huge feat, I decided this was pretty much close to being like Thin Mints...just in the brownie form! With a little green food dye, it was perfect for tomorrow's lucky holiday!

Shopping List

1 box of chocolate cake mix

4 eggs

1 stick melted butter

1 box of powdered sugar (about 4 cups)

8 oz package of cream cheese, softened
2 teaspoons peppermint extract
green food coloring
1 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease (I use Pam) one 9x13 inch pan.  Set aside.

In a mixing bowl, combine cake mix, 2 eggs and melted butter.  Spread in bottom of pan to form your "crust" layer.

In a second bowl, beat with an electric mixer, powdered sugar, 2 more eggs and cream cheese until smooth.   Beat in your extract and 2 or 3 drops of food coloring.  Finally, stir in your chocolate chips.

 Spread cream cheese mixture on top of crust mixture.

Bake 35-40 minutes until edges are brown and center set (it will still be slightly wobbly in the middle).

Cool on counter 30 minutes, then refrigerate 2 hours up to 2 days.

Slice into bars and serve.

I'm telling you...you will kiss me...which is okay every though I'm not Irish.