I’ve always wondered…
What if I added cocoa powder to my peppermint toothpaste?
Mint-chocolate toothpaste?
Or black teeth?! 😕
Or maybe toothpaste so yummy it’d be difficult to not eat in mass quantities, straight from the tube. Perhaps it’s a very good thing my toothpaste is just plain peppermint and I keep the cocoa where it belongs: in the kitchen! Yesterday, I used it to make brownies:
I made this secretly-healthy recipe: Thin Mint Brownies.
Mmmmmm they were good!! Much better than chocolate toothpaste. Oh yes. For your convenience, here’s the recipe again:
Raw Thin Mint Brownies
- 1 cup walnuts (120g)
- 1 and 1/3 cups pitted dates (230 grams) (I highly recommend Sunmaid, because they’re softer.)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 5 tablespoons cocoa powder
- A few drops pure peppermint extract (depending on how minty you want them… Start with less; you can always add more.)
- Optional: for even more chocolate flavor, add chocolate chips. Or add cacao nibs.
- Optional: tiny dash of salt (I always add this and recommend it.)
Raw Brownies Recipe: Combine all ingredients, using a food processor. (No need to blend the dates first; I just blend everything all at once. But if you use a Magic Bullet, you might want to do it in batches. I’ve not tried this in a regular blender and therefore can’t vouch for it.)Form into brownies or balls or bars… or even cookie-cuttered shapes!
Edit: by popular demand, I’ve added Thin Mint Brownies Nutrition Information.
Also, I think my photography has improved a ton from last year’s photos.
After publishing that post, more than one person told me the brownies looked like… well, something not very appetizing. And I had to agree; the original photos didn’t do justice to how absolutely delicious these brownies taste! Even though it was a very overcast day yesterday, hopefully I managed to do a better job this time. Sure couldn’t have done worse!
Do you have a favorite toothpaste?
Weird question, I know. But I really do love my toothpaste. (No, not to eat. Don’t worry.) I use Jason’s Powersmile, and it is scary-powerful. Your mouth feels like it’s on fire… in a good way, if that makes sense. Cavities and bad breath would be terrified to stick around in the presence of this toothpaste.
These look so good and thanks for reposting them. Forgot about them!
I’m use Jason powersmile too! I hate foamy toothpaste though, and Jason is bordering on too much foam right now, so I’m in the market for something with ZERO foam. Hehe. Any suggestions? Toothpaste foam is definitely on my top 3 grossest things list. One time I used my friends crest… That was traumatic! Ugh!
Haha I actually like foamy toothpaste, so I’ll recommend one I detested: Kiss My Face! No foaminess at all!
Straight baking soda! I use that every so often for some extra scrubbiness.
If you want no-foam, go with Tooth Soap. I use the Mint flavor one with Xylitol from roseofsharonacres.com. It doesn’t foam much at all. Totally healthy for your teeth, unlike most traditional toothpastes! Go check it out!
Hahaha I never saw those first pictures! These are, in fact, much prettier 🙂
This reminds me of when I worked at a summer camp and every once in a while they made peppermint frosted brownies and all the girls called them toothpaste brownies!
These look so good! I clicked on your other post and you’re right, the pictures look a lot nicer her! Looks delicious.
Green Apple flavored toothpaste by Green Beaver. Its a Canadian company.
The brownies look delish. Going to get some mint extract and try them.
Thanks!!
I like Jason’s Powersmile a lot too. I got a new kind of toothpaste recently and I hate it. It doesn’t foam up, like the way children’s toothpaste doesn’t. I CAN’T STAND that!
Mint is one of the tastes I hate the most. Once somebody gave me one of those fancy After Eight thin mints and I decided to try it but I only managed to chew twice before spitting it. I don’t know how people eat them at all (yeah, I know, it is a matter of taste). I love chocolate but in my opinion mint ruins it completely. So you”ll never see me buy mint toothpaste. I don’t have a favorite but I’ve tried pretty much all the fruit flavors available. Now I’m using pear.
toms of main cinnamint non-fluoride toothpaste, with a few drops of colloidal silver on the brush– for toothpaste i prefer the cinnamon to mint
SO, I totally understand what you mean about toothpaste! When I come home from school my mom always has that gel-type stuff that I feel like I just brushed with straight sugar! Colgate advanced whitening keeps my whites pearly 🙂 But a side note, I just got my first jars of Artisana coconut butter and cocoa bliss and I just wanted to say how THANKFUL I am you introduced me to this! It is absolutely amazing and I have to stop myself from eating my the spoonful (melted of course!). Just made your Coconut banana butter and am proud to say my sweet potatoes are much happier too 🙂
Keep up the awesome work!!! You’re inspiring!