Best Homemade Red Velvet Brownies
Bake the best homemade red velvet brownies with fudgy texture, bakery‑style flavor, and optional cream cheese frosting for celebrations.
Servings: 18 Servings
Calories:
Ingredients
Red Velvet Brownies
- 2 ¼ sticks unsalted butter cut into chunks
- 3 ½ cups Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate Chips
- 5 large eggs room temp
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 ¼ cups packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
- 2 tablespoons red food coloring
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons Ghirardelli unsweetened cocoa powder
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 or 3 cups confectioners sugar
- 1-2 tablespoons heavy cream or milk of choice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a 9x13 baking pan with foil or parchment paper and very lightly grease.
- 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 to cool.
- In a large mixing bowl, add the eggs, vanilla and sugars together and whisk together. Then whisk in the red food coloring.
- 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.
- Add flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa powder together and stir together with a silicone spatula until mixture is completely combined.
- Bake 35-40 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean and transfer pan to cooling rack and let cool for 15 minutes.
- Refrigerate, covered until cooled to frost or let brownies come to room temperature before frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 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.
Notes
How Many Brownies Does This Recipe Make?
Whether you’re baking mini red velvet brownies, classic squares, or jumbo bakery‑style bars, here’s a quick guide to help you plan your batch.- Mini Brownies (Mini Muffin Tin) — About 24–30 mini brownies, depending on how full you fill each cavity.
- Regular Brownies (9×13 Pan) — About 24 regular brownies when cut into standard 2×2‑inch squares.
- Jumbo Brownies (9×13 Pan) — About 12 jumbo bakery‑style brownies when cut into large 3×3‑inch squares.