Peppermint-topped Brownies

Ingredients

• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 3 eggs
• ½ cup cocoa powder
• ½ pound semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 10 tablespoon butter, plus more for pan
• + 5 more ingredients
• • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 6 ounces good-quality bittersweet chocolate, broken into large chunks
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 80 hard, round, red-and-white peppermint swirl candies (17 oz.; see Notes)

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Butter a 9- by 13-in. baking pan. In a medium saucepan, stir butter and bittersweet chocolate over very low heat with a heatproof rubber spatula until just melted (do not let simmer or boil). Remove from heat and let cool slightly, about 5 minutes. 2. In a large bowl, whi...

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