Description
Deliciously gooey red velvet brownies topped with creamy frosting and chocolate hearts.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box red velvet cake mix
- 1/2 cup canola oil or melted butter
- 1 large egg
- 2 Tablespoons water (if needed)
- 1 cup white or chocolate chips (optional)
- 2 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar (more if needed)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 2–3 tablespoons almond milk or milk (more if needed)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/8–1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup good quality dark chocolate (chopped for sprinkling)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8×8 inch pan with non-stick spray or line with parchment paper.
- Add cake mix, oil/butter, and egg into a bowl and mix well until smooth. Fold in chocolate chips if desired.
- Pour cake mix brownies into pan and smooth out so it is even across the pan and cooks evenly. Bake for about 20-23 minutes or until edges are just slightly browned and middle is barely firm. Be sure not to overcook or they will be dry, we want gooey!
- Leave brownies in pan until they are completely cooled, before cutting or frosting.
- Using a mixer, beat butter, confectioners’ sugar and vanilla until mixed well. Add some milk to make it creamy. We will add cocoa powder later.
- Divide frosting in half and frost one half of brownies with vanilla frosting, as thick or as thin as you want.
- To the remaining vanilla frosting, add cocoa powder and whip together, adding milk if needed.
- Frost the other half of brownies.
- For a modern twist, make some chocolate hearts by melting white chocolate and dark chocolate separately. Place in a ziploc bag, snip the corner, and pipe some hearts on some parchment paper until firm in fridge or freezer. Place the chocolate hearts on top of cut brownies.
- Store remaining brownies in an airtight container in refrigerator.
Notes
- Using salted butter? You can omit adding salt.
- Adjust almond milk for desired frosting consistency.
- Store brownies properly to maintain freshness.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 23 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 brownie
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 40mg