Candy Cane Brownie Recipe + Winners Announced!

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I did a lot of baking this weekend. I’m not really sure what to do with the abundance of sugar cookies, chocolate mousse pie and purty brownies in my kitchen right now. I made several recipes to bring to an ugly sweater party (which you already saw if you follow me on Snapchat – @MaryMacKensie) and to try out the SPLENDA® Sugar Blend, found at Walmart.

These festive candy cane brownies were my favorite of the bunch. The following recipe is a less sugar, more Christmas spirit version of this one. I substituted 1/2 cup SPLENDA® Sugar Blend for the 1 cup of sugar the recipe called for, and you couldn’t tell the difference!

Preheat oven to 350 and grease/flour an 8-inch brownie pan. Melt the butter and mix all brownie ingredients in a medium sized bowl. Spread evenly into the prepared pan, and bake for about 25 minutes. While the brownies are baking, combine all icing ingredients except the mints and beat until smooth. Here’s the fun part: throw the mints into a plastic bag and go crazy. Crush ’em up good! Spread icing onto the brownies as soon as they come out of the oven (it’s pretty thick from the butter and powdered sugar), then sprinkle the crushed mints on top for a final Christmassy touch.

I’m pretty psyched about the holidays, guys. Be prepared for an onslaught of sweet Christmas treats in the new few weeks. There’s something about this season that makes me want to feed everyone!

Check out some other lovely recipes here, and be sure to go to Walmart (aisle A8 shown above) to get your SPLENDA® products. Enter the giveaway below for a chance to win a $500 Walmart gift card!

 Giveaway: J&J Holiday Baking with Splenda

PS: The winners of the #PLUCKYtoNOTHIN Instagram challenge have been picked! It was a tough decision, but the GRAND prize winner is THIS lovely lady, and the two runners up are here and here – go send them some congratulatory love. We will be contacting the winners shortly. THANK YOU to everyone who participated! You all rock and I wish I could send smiley poo pinatas to every single one of you. xo