Gluten Free Mint Chocolate Fudge Brownies

🧂 Ingredients

• 3/4 cup cocoa
• 1 1/4 cups butter

  melted (2 1/2 sticks)
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 cups gluten free flour

  (I used Cup4Cup) or use regular flour
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup walnuts

  or pecans, chopped (measure after chopping)
• 20 oz. bag Mint Fudge Flavored Baking Chunks

  (like Andes Mints) (two 10-ounce bags)
• 6 tbsp. butter
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 dash sea salt
• 6 tbsp. half-and-half

  or whole milk

Instructions

• 1 Melt butter in mixing bowl.
• 2 Add cocoa and stir or whisk.
• 3 Add eggs and granulated sugar and mix until thoroughly combined.
• 4 Stir in flour, nuts and 1 ½ bags of the mint fudge flavored baking chunks.
• 5 Grease and flour a 9×13" baking dish.
• 6 Spread batter into prepared baking dish.
• 7 Sprinkle remaining ½ bag of mint fudge flavored baking chunks on top.
• 8 Bake at 350° for 45-55 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out
  clean.
• 9 Spread Chocolate Fudge icing over top of brownies as soon as they come out of
  the oven.
• 10 Allow brownies to cool about 15-20 minutes before cutting or storing.
• 11 Cook butter and cocoa in small sauce pan for 1-2 minutes on medium heat.
• 12 Remove from burner.
• 13 Add powdered sugar and half-and-half and whisk to combine.
• 14 Then add a dash of salt and vanilla.
• 15 Spread fudge icing over brownies working quickly so frosting stays smooth and
  doesn’t harden too fast.

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