Mouth Watering Brownies
These are for serious chocolate lovers, as they will take your very breath away!

preheat your oven @ 325 F and butter pan, then dust lightly with flour.  Next crush 3 (5 3/4") candy canes in a plastic bag and set aside.

Here's what you'll need.
 4 oz. York peppermint pattie, chopped 1/4 cup chocolate chips, for melting.
Basic Brownie Batter.-.-.
1 stick of unsalted butter, plus what you'll need to prepare your baking pan with.
8 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
3 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup all purpose flour, plus extra for dusting pan.
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa.  I used Hershey's and it worked great.  Nestles works equally well.
 In a heat proof bowl, over a pot of simmering water, melt chocolate and butter, stir until melted and smooth. Add York peppermint patties and repeat process of stirring. Remove  bowl from heat and set aside to cool.
In a large bowl lightly beat together sugars, eggs, vanilla, and salt until combined, stir in the cooled chocolate mixture, add flour and cocoa and stir until just combined.  Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 25-28 minutes or until pic inserted comes out with a few moist crumbs attached.  Cool Brownies 20-30 minutes, meanwhile, melt chocolate chip morsels by 30 second increaments so as not to burn the chocolate, and stir in between so they melt quicker.., then pour over brownies and smooth out with back of spoon, sprinkle with peppermint candy canes, and mini marshmellows (if using)  Enjoy!!