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Stacked sliced red velvet brownies on a white plate.
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Easy Red Velvet Brownies

Red Velvet Brownies are decadent fudgy brownies with a bright and beautiful red velvet color and taste! Perfect for Valentine's Day treat, Christmas dessert, or any day of the year!
Author: Nikki Lee
Servings: 24 servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

Red Velvet Brownies

  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 ounce red food coloring
  • 1 teaspoon white vinegar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • teaspoon kosher salt

Cream Cheese Icing

  • 8 ounces block cream cheese room temperature
  • ½ cup butter room temperature (1 stick)
  • 3 to 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Red Velvet Brownies

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9 x 13 baking pan with nonstick spray. You can also line with parchment paper, allowing some to hang over the long side of the dish to easily remove brownies (spray paper as well) if desired.
  • In a small bowl, beat eggs together. Set aside.
  • In a large microwave-safe bowl, melt butter in 30-second increments until melted. Stir in sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, salt, food coloring, and vinegar until combined. Whisk in the eggs and then fold in the flour until completely incorporated, but do not overmix.
  • Pour batter into prepared baking pan and bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out mostly clean. Allow brownies to cool completely before icing and/or cutting.

Cream Cheese Icing

  • Beat together the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla and continue to beat until creamy. Frost the cooled brownies.

Notes

Storage:

  • If you are not icing the brownies they can be stored at room temperature for 3 days.
  • If icing they need to be stored in the refrigerator. Iced or uniced brownies can be store in the refrigerator for up to 6 days.

Freezing:

Brownies will freeze well for up to 2 months.
  • Double wrap these red velvet brownies with freezer safe wrap, or single wrap and place in a freezer safe zip bag. Brownies may be frozen whole or in individual slices.
  • Allow to thaw in the refrigerator overnight.

Nutrition

Serving: 1each | Calories: 166kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 107mg | Potassium: 39mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 236IU | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg