Best Homemade Red Velvet Brownies

These decadent Red Velvet Brownies are the best!  Made from scratch, these vibrant red velvet brownies are super fudgy, with rich chocolate flavor, perfect for Valentine's Day and more!

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I love how lovely these red velvet, milk-chocolate based brownies make these brownies pop with red gorgeous color that we cannot ignore!  Plus we love the chocolate flavor that comes through each swooning bite of deliciousness! Seriously irresistible!

These Homemade Red Velvet Brownies Are Completely Over the Top!

I go crazy when brownies are baking in the oven, ESPECIALLY when it's red velvet brownies!  These red velvet lovelies are perfect to serve for Valentine's Day or anytime you get the urge for a different kind of brownie twist!

These homemade red velvet brownies are made with highest quality ingredients like Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate Baking Chips, Ghirardelli 100% Unsweetened Cocoa Powder and Land O'Lakes Unsalted Butter.  The butter and chocolate melted together gives these brownies that glossy,  crackly sheen on top that we simply adore.  Yum!

Plus, when you add cream cheese frosting, there is no other better match than red velvet brownies with cream cheese frosting!

It's hands down a love match made in heaven and these are a Valentine's Day sweet treat sure to get some attention!

Ingredients You Need 

Red Velvet Brownies Recipe

• unsalted butter 
• Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate Chips
• eggs 
• granulated sugar
• brown sugar
• salt
• vanilla extract
• red food coloring
• all purpose flour
• baking powder
• Ghirardelli unsweetened cocoa powder

Cream Cheese Frosting

• cream cheese 
• unsalted butter
• salt
• vanilla extract
• confectioners sugar

How to Make The Best Red Velvet Brownies with Cream Cheese Frosting! 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line a 9x13 baking pan with foil and very lightly grease the foil with vegetable shortening, like crisco.
3. Melt milk chocolate and butter in microwave until melted or use a small saucepan, melt the butter over your lowest setting, then add the milk chocolate chips stirring constantly with a small whisk until melted and smooth. Turn off heat and let set.
4. In a large mixing bowl, add the eggs, vanilla and sugars together and whisk together. Then whisk in the red food coloring.
5. Next, whisk in the cooled down melted chocolate mixture into the egg/sugar mixture until combined and smooth. Make sure the melted butter isn't hot, so it doesn't curdle the eggs when you add it.
6. Add flour, baking powder, salt  and cocoa powder together and stir together with a silicone spatula until mixture is completely combined.
7. Pour and spread out evenly into your prepared baking pan.
8. Bake 40 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean and transfer pan to cooling rack and let cool for 15 minutes.
9. Refrigerate, covered until cooled to frost or let brownies come to room temperature before frosting.
10. Makes 12 large or 24 smaller brownies for 9x13 pan.

You can make these brownies in an 8x8, 9x9 or 9x13 pan.  Just adjust the servings in the recipe card below.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1. Place cream cheese, butter, vanilla, salt, confectioner's sugar and cream/milk in mixing bowl. Using a mixer, beat on medium high until well combined. Mix until smooth and creamy.
2. Frost brownies.
3. Place back in fridge until ready and let them come to room temperature about 30 minutes before serving. 

More Festive Decorating Ideas!

If you want to get really festive, you can also cut out brownie hearts by using a heart-shaped cookie cutter after the brownies have been well chilled for nice cut outs.

To make them more festive, place a dark or milk chocolate heart-shaped Dove candy in the center. Add Valentine sprinkles or even drizzle with melted chocolate.

Storing Brownies

Can be stored up to 2 weeks in sealed container.

Fudgy red velvet brownies and cream cheese together is such a decadent sweet treat!  Take these to the holiday party!  Everyone will love this red velvet brownies recipe!! Kiss! Kiss!

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• Red Velvet Cake Donuts with Cream Cheese Frosting
• Easy Dreamy Red Velvet Cream Cheese Poke Cake
• Valentine Red Velvet Party Blast Cookie Pie
• Red Velvet Luv Truffles
• Red Velvet Cake Donuts with Cream Cheese Frosting (Of course)
• "American Beauty" Retro Red Velvet Cake
• Chocolate Covered Hazelnut Cheesecake Bites
• 7 Layer Red Velvet Bars
• Red Velvet Tuxedo Brownies
• Ultimate Trash Brownies

I adapted this recipe from this cookbook, Extreme Brownies by Connie Weis.