Mint Chocolate Chip Brownies (Paleo + GF)

Name: Mint Chocolate Chip Brownies (Paleo + GF)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 16 brownies
Ingredients: ½ cup + 2 tablespoons (4.5 oz or 130g coconut oil); 1¼ cups coconut sugar; ¾ cups plus 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (2.5 oz or 70g); ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 large eggs; ½ cup almond flour (2 oz.); ¾ cup coconut cream; ½ cup fresh spinach; 2 tablespoons maple syrup; ½ teaspoon mint extract; 1 ounce dark chocolate (chopped finely); ¼ cup coconut oil; ¼ cup cocoa powder; 2 tablespoons maple syrup; ⅛ teaspoon mint extract

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These Mint Chocolate Chip Brownies are rich and fudgy with a mint chocolate chip topping! This irresistible dessert is gluten-free, refined sugar-free + Paleo-friendly, and you’ll never guess healthy ingredient they contain.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!! Are you doing anything fun to celebrate…or eating any festive green treats?! I sure hope so – and if you haven’t planned anything yet, I’m providing a holiday-centric recipe just in time for you to enjoy (or maybe late, depending on how you look at it).

Either way, these Mint Chocolate Chip Brownies are nothing short of outstanding whether they’re made for a celebration or just any old day…but they will make said any-old-day seem way more spectacular than usual. And the best part? They’re super secretly healthy.

My lovely roommate Ally tried one of these brownies before I gave her the rundown about them and remarked to me about how much she absolutely loved them. I excitedly asked her to guess what was in the minty filling to make them green. She guessed a slew of unhealthy things (to my delight), and only finally guessed when I told her it was the last thing she would probably ever guess/want in her brownies: spinach.

Yup! These brownies have spinach in them. Not enough that you taste spinach with your brownies, but enough to make the mint chocolate chip filling turn that pretty minty green color. I promise, if Ally didn’t guess, you’ll never know :)

Even though these Mint Chocolate Chip Brownies have a few different components, each part comes together fast and a few of the ingredients are used multiple times.

The chocolate brownies are incredibly rich and fudgy, which is just how I like my brownies to be. They’re made with cocoa powder, not melted chocolate, so the brownie batter comes together super quickly. Err on the side of under-baking rather than over-baking – a gooey brownie is always better than a dry one!

The creamy mint chocolate chip filling is made with coconut cream, maple syrup, mint extract, and as mentioned, some fresh spinach for color. All the ingredients are blended until smooth, and then dark chocolate is pulsed in to make the “chip” part of mint chocolate chip. The filling is spread all over the cooled brownies. Then, a quick mix of coconut oil, cocoa powder, maple syrup, and mint extract is poured over the mint filling – it hardens into a smooth and melty chocolate layer!

I’ve been eating one of these brownies to satisfy my chocolate craving pretty much every night since I made them and it’s going to be a sad day when they’re finally gone. Now get baking – you’ve got to eat your veggies! ;) Enjoy!

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