Brrr-ownies with York Peppermint Patty Pieces
For this week's
Tuesdays with Dorie selection, Karen of
Welcome to our Crazy Blessed Life selected
Brrr-ownies of Dorie's book,
Baking: From My Home to Yours.
I misread the instructions and picked up Peppermint Pattie Pieces instead of bites or the full-size patties. How did the Peppermint Patty grow into such an empire of products? Anyway, the pieces are like little M&Ms and are blue and white (or, in my World Cup speak, Argentina...Yes, I'm suffering from withdrawals from the Cup).
Chopping these suckers up can only be described as "Shooting candies all over the kitchen." People, they move, they move on their own. Eventually, I had to grab them individually and chop them, then threw them into the batter.
The verdict? I really wish I had the bites because that would have much more minty flavor. I love mint and the pieces don't have much. I mean, the insides aren't even "mint" color - it is brown and chocolately. As if.
So, I'll try these again with the proper ingredients.
Thanks for picking this one Karen! Be sure to check out the other Tuesdays with Dorie bakers!
P.S. Don't forget to enter my Amazon gift card giveaway...as I head to my 40th birthday. Tuesday, July 13th is the last day to enter!
Recipe:
Find it on Karen's blog
or page 103 of Dorie's book, Baking: From My Home to Yours.
So cute! Love the look of these. :) Yum!
ReplyDeleteThey look great! Never heard of the bites!
ReplyDeleteI made the Brrr-ownies once and my co-workers and I all agreed--they tasted like toothpaste! I actually like mint-flavoured toothpaste (I used to eat it out of the tube as a kid), but it was a bit much, even for me.
ReplyDeleteIt's the only Dorie Greenspan recipe I've tried that wasn't a resounding success.
Love the addition to these brownies--sounds great!
ReplyDeleteI almost bought these, but then picked up the wrong bag and bought the big ones instead. Too bad they don't have red in there too - 'cool' patriotic brrrrrrrrrrownies.
ReplyDeleteMine didn't photograph nearly as well as yours.
I have seen those pieces in the store, but never tried them because what I like about Peppermint Patties is the actual minty filling. I bet chopping them was really fun.
ReplyDeleteThey look festive- too bad they weren't your favorite!
I 'misread' the recipe as well, using the bites. Only I didn't chop them up; just through them in whole. They actually turned out fine.
ReplyDeleteThey do look beautifully fudgy though!
ReplyDeletethey look yum. My 5 y/o loves loves mint so may need to try these. Love the blue/white in them too!
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I can just picture you shooting these all over the kitchen. :) They look quite festive. Thanks for baking with me this week!
ReplyDeletewow awesome idea and presentation! I love the blue - had to do a double take... "is that BLue i see" lol
ReplyDeletei have never noticed york pieces before. the blue and white speckled look is pretty cool though!
ReplyDeleteThe brownies look great!
ReplyDeletehahaha!!! I laughed so hard when I visualized you trying to chop those candies and them shooting all over the kitchen. I love the colors in these but I'm sorry they weren't as minty as you wanted.
ReplyDeleteThe blue and white pieces are so fun looking! Though I can imagine chopping them up individually must have been a bit of an aggravating experience.
ReplyDeleteI will say that the blue does look a bit odd. Still, as long as they taste good!
ReplyDeleteoooh, sorry they weren't minty enough. They look very Jackson Pollock :) cool!
ReplyDeleteWaaaaat? I used the York pieces too and I had no idea this wasn't what I was supposed to buy until I read your post! I did think it was a little odd that they were blue... Oh jeez I need to start reading the recipes more carefully! I still thought they were delicious though. And I thought the pieces were addicting on their own! Glad I didn't try to chop them up!
ReplyDeleteI used the little pieces, too, but I wouldn't have dreamed of chopping them up. They were so slippery! You should get a medal for that TWD effort, girl!
ReplyDeleteThose look really cool! I'm pretty amazed that you chopped the pieces, sounds like you had fun. =) I had a helper to cut up my peppermint patties, which was nice.
ReplyDeleteThey may not have been as minty as you wnated them but they sure do look pretty with all those blue flecks.
ReplyDeleteI love that you did those with the day glo pieces. Brightens them up a bit ;)
ReplyDeleteHad NO idea there were Peppermint Pieces? How convenient - no chopping! Love the looks of these - so colorful and festive! I used Camp Fire Mints (hopefully someone's enjoying Camp).
ReplyDeleteI used Junior Mints. The tops of your brownies look perfect!
ReplyDeleteLove the image of you shooting candies all over the kitchen while trying to chop them up. Sounds just like something I would do. Love the blue and white though - They look great!
ReplyDeleteWOW! I've never seen peppermint pieces before! I love the way they colour your brownies blue - they look so good!
ReplyDeleteThose are SO COOL!! Love the blue and white! Too bad they were lacking in mint for you. I happened to love theser brownies much more than i expected!
ReplyDeleteI debated between the pieces and the patties! Guess you'll have to make them again to try out the other variation. :)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, my husband would think he'd died and gone to heaven - brownies and York patties are two of his favorite things!
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