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                           Chocolate Mint Dessert
 
 Recipe By     : Marni Tuttle <tuttle@ug.cs.dal.ca>
 Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Desserts
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
                         Cake:
    1      c             All-purpose flour
    1      c             Sugar
      1/2  c             butter or Margarine, softened
    4                    Eggs
    1 1/2  c             (16-oz. can) Hershey’s Syrup
                         Mint Cream Center:
    2      cups          powdered sugar
      1/2  cup           softened butter or margarine
    2      tablespoons   green creme de menthe or see substitute
                         Creme de Menthe Substitute:
    3      drops         green food color
    1      tablespoon    water
    1      teaspoon      mint extract
                         Chocolate Glaze:
    6      tablespoons   butter or margarine
    1      cup           Hershey’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
 
   Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan. In
   large mixer bowl, combine flour, sugar, butter, eggs and syrup; beat
   until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or
   until top springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool
   completely in pan on wire rack. Spread MINT CREAM CENTER on cake.
   Cover; refrigerate. Pour CHOCOLATE GLAZE over chilled dessert. Cover;
   refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving. Cover; refrigerate
   leftover dessert. About 12 servings.
 
   MINT CREAM CENTER: In small mixer bowl, combine powdered sugar, butter
   or margarine, and creme de menthe or substitute; beat until smooth.
 
   CHOCOLATE GLAZE: In small saucepan over very low heat, melt 6 butter or
   margarine and Chocolate Chips. Remove from heat; stir until smooth. Cool
   slightly. 
 
   Chocolate Mint Triangles: Cut dessert into about twelve 3-inch squares;
   cut each square diagonally into halves. About 24 triangles. 
 
   Double Chocolate Mint Dessert Hershey’s Mint Chocolate Chips may be
   substituted for Hershey’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips in Chocolate
   Topping. Omit creme de menthe in Mint Cream Center.
 
   Hershey’s is a registered trademark of Hershey Foods Corporation .
   Recipe may be reprinted courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens.
 
   From: Dan Klepach                     Date: 13 Nov 95
 
                    
 
 
 
 
 
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