Desserts

Chocolate Mint Bars

Ingredients:

Bottom Chocolate Layer:

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • ½ cup softened butter
  • ½ cup semi-sweet dark chocolate
  • ¼ cup flour
  • ½ teaspoon peppermint extract/essence
  • 1 pinch of salt

Middle Mint Layer:

  • 2 cups icing sugar
  • ¾ cup softened butter
  • 1 teaspoon peppermint extract/essence
  • 2 drops green food gel

Chocolate Glaze:

  • ½ cup melted semi-sweet dark chocolate
  • 3 tablespoons melted butter

Instructions:

Bottom Chocolate Layer:

  • Add 1 cup powdered sugar and ½ cup softened butter in a bowl and whisk them with a hand beater until a creamy consistency appears.
  • Add 3 eggs one by one with a pause for blending them. Mix ½ teaspoon of peppermint extract or essence to it.
  • Melt ½ cup of semi-sweet dark chocolate on a double boiler or in the microwave with 5-second intervals for mixing. If you skip the mixing, the chocolate may burn.
  • Pour the melted chocolate into sugar, butter, and egg mixture.
  • Strain ¼ cup of flour along with a pinch of salt. Salt enhances the chocolate flavor.
  • Gently fold the flour into the chocolate batter. Avoid over mixing.
  • Grease a 9×9 pan with oil. Place a butter paper in it and pour the batter into it.
  • Preheat oven at 375 F for 15 minutes.
  • Place the pan in the oven for 20-25 minutes.
  • Let it cool for 10 to 20 minutes.
  • Place in the freezer for 30 minutes.

Middle Mint Layer:

  • Add 2 cups of icing sugar with ¾ cup of melted butter and 1 teaspoon of peppermint extract/essence. Whisk them with a hand beater.
  • The butter-cream will turn pale white.
  • Add 2 drops of green food gel and mix thoroughly with a spatula.
  • Cover the bottom layer with this mint layer. Make sure that the bottom layer is cold.

Chocolate Glaze:

  • Mix ½ cup melted semi-sweet dark chocolate and 3 tablespoons of melted butter. Let it cool for a while and pour on the middle layer.
  • Refrigerate the chocolate mint bars for 30 minutes, take them out and cut into small rectangles to serve.