After Eight Brownies Recipe #AfterEightBakes

After Eights are such an iconic part of the Christmas festivities. We've always loved the yummy mint chocolate thins after our Christmas dinner. We've even played the game where you put one on your forehead and, without using your hands, have to get it into your mouth! But this year I've used them in a new way as an ingredient in some festive #AfterEightBakes.

After Eight kindly sent me a 300g box and some baking ingredients, challenging me to create a family dessert. I have made After Eight Brownies, a rich, chewy chocolate brownie with a layer of melted, minty After Eights running through the centre.

After Eight Brownies

Ingredients

150g Dark Chocolate

125g Butter

100g Self-Raising Flower

2 Free Range Eggs

200g Light Brown Sugar

1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence

300g After Eight Mints

Method

Put the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water and stir until melted.

Allow to cool.

Whisk the eggs and sugar using an electric whisk until thick and foamy.

Stir the melted chocolate mix into the egg mix and add vanilla essence.

Sieve in the flour and fold in.

Pour half the brownie batter into a tin (12"  x 9 ") and top with a layer of After Eight mints.

Pop into a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees for about 25 minutes.

It is ready when the top looks papery and a cocktail stick comes out sticky but not wet.

Sprinkle with icing sugar and cut into squares when it has cooled.