Close
Ingredients
| salted butter: 1/2 cup (no substitutes) |
| unsweetened cocoa powder (sifted): 1/3 cup |
| granulated sugar: 1/4 cup |
| eggs: 1 (beaten) |
| graham cracker crumbs: 1 3/4 cups |
| flaked coconut meat: 3/4 cup |
| walnuts (chopped): 1/2 cup |
| salted butter: 1/3 cup (softened) |
| powdered sugar (unsifted): 2 cups |
| 2% milk: 3 Tbl |
| peppermint extract: 1 tsp |
| green food coloring (optional) |
| semisweet chocolate chips (chips): 2/3 cup |
| salted butter: 2 Tbl |
Midnight Mint Bars
Credit: Food.com
User rating:
-
Prep Time
30 min -
Cook Time
60 min -
Servings
36 serving(s)
Tags
- In a heavy saucepan, heat the butter, cocoa and sugar over low heat until sugar is dissolved, stirring often.
- Remove from the heat.
- Stir in a small amount of hot mixture into egg; return all to pan.
- Cook and stir until mixture coats a metal spoon and reaches 160.
- Remove from heat.
- Stir in cracker crumbs, coconut and walnuts.
- Press into a buttered 9 inch square pan; set aside.
- For filling, in a small mixing bowl, beat butter, confectioners sugar, milk and extract until smooth.
- Tint with food coloring if desired.
- Spread evenly over bottom layer; set aside.
- For topping, in a heavy saucepan, melt chocolate chips and butter over low heat until blended and smooth, stirring often.
- Remove from heat.
- Cool to room temperature, about 10 minutes.
- Spread over filling.
- Cover and refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.
- Cut into bars.
- Store in the refrigerator.