Chocolate-Mint Brownie Cake Bars

Ingredients

• 1 Cup All-Purpose Flour
• 1 Cup Sugar
• 1/2 Cup Butter or Margarine, Softened
• 4 Eggs
• 1 1/2 Cups (16 oz. can) Hershey’s Syrup

Mint Cream Layer:

• 2 Cups Confectioners Sugar
• 1/2 Cup Butter or Margarine, Softened
• 1 Tablespoon Water
• 1/2 Teaspoon Mint Extract
• 3 Drops Green Food Coloring

Chocolate Topping:

• 6 Tablespoons Butter or Margarine
• 1 Cup Hershey’s Mint Chocolate Chips or Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

• Heat oven to 350°. Grease rectangular 13×9 inch pan.

• In large mixer bowl, beat flour, sugar, butter, eggs and syrup until smooth. Pour into prepared pan; bake 25 to 30 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched. (Top may still appear wet.) Cool completely in the pan. Spread Mint Cream Layer on cake (see below); chill. Pour Chocolate Topping over dessert (see below). Cover; chill.

• In a small mixer bowl, combine confectioners sugar, butter, water, mint extract and green food coloring; beat until smooth.

• In a small microwave-proof bowl, melt butter and chocolate chips on High for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or just until chips are melted and mixture is smooth when stirred.