Triple Chocolate Mint Brownies

I've never made mint brownies before and I've always wanted to.  I've also never made a chocolate ganache before and it was so easy!  My husband and I wanted to take some treats to some neighbors so I decided to go ahead and make these brownies.

We had a really busy day yesterday so I went for a boxed brownie mix.  I didn't have any! What?!  I always have brownie mix for times like this.  During my search I did see that I had triple chocolate fudge cake. Hmm...could I use cake mix to make brownies? Sure!  Let's give it a shot.
Spoiler: I will make brownies this way from now on.  SOOO yummy and a great texture. It was a brownie/cake texture so it held up great to the frosting and ganache.

Brownies
1 box triple chocolate fudge cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 c vegetable oil
1/2 c melt butter (1 stick)
2 tbsp water
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl -EASY!
Cooked in 9x13 pan at 350 for 25 min

This is on a sheet pan.  I doubled the recipe. I did not double the mint frosting recipe and felt it was perfect for the double brownie recipe.

Mint Frosting
1 c softened butter
3-4 cups confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)
2 tbsp heavy cream
pinch of salt
1/4 tsp mint extract
Whip sugar and butter together.  Slowly add the sugar so it doesn't cover you and the kitchen. (this may have happened to me)
Add all other ingredients until whipped to a nice fluffy texture

Chocolate ganache
1/2 c heavy ceam
9 oz chocolate chips (dark, semi-sweet or milk)  I used milk chocolate.
Warm your cream on the stove until just before boiling point.  You just want to scald it.
Pour over chocolate
Let sit for a few seconds to let the milk melt the chocolate
Mix until all chocolate is melted and you get a silky texture.

Waalaa!  Mint Brownies.  You will impress :)