These Red Velvet Santa Hat Brownies are so cute and festive for the holidays! Delicious red velvet cake mix brownies topped with smooth cream cheese frosting, yes please!
So these brownies…
Yeah.
Sometimes stuff is just too easy to even talk about.
And also, making brownies look like Santa Hats is basically my new favorite activity.
I mean…
And they start with a boxed cake mix.
Seriously.
And also, if you despise cake mixes and refuse to eat them, I don’t need to know.
Just saying.
But you could go check out this recipe, because I trust that girl pretty hard.
Anyway. Back to my brownies. That are also Santa Hats. Which basically spells love.
You can’t compete with love, folks.
How to Make Red Velvet Santa Hat Brownies
Start with your cake mix. CAKE MIX. Mwahahahaha…
And add just a few ingredients…
Melted butter being one of them…
Stir and add mini chocolate chips. Because brownies with chocolate chips are always better.
Bakity bake bake.
When they are cooled, you can cut them. But please, be patient. Let them cool all the way. Overnight even!
Cut them into triangles. You’re making hats, remember?
And then totally frost them.
I used my buttercream recipe…but here’s the thing, you won’t need a ton of frosting, so if you make the whole batch you will have enough leftover to frost a bunch of cupcakes…or freeze it to use some other time!
These taste as good as they are cute. Promise!
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Red Velvet Santa Hat Brownies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 24 brownies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
These Red Velvet Santa Hat Brownies are so cute and festive for the holidays! Delicious red velvet cake mix brownies topped with smooth cream cheese frosting, yes please!
Ingredients
- 1 box Red Velvet Cake Mix (I used Betty Crocker, 15.25 oz)
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- vanilla or cream cheese frosting to decorate
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Spray 9×13 liberally with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl combine cake mix, egg, melted butter and water. Stir until mixed in evenly.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Pour into pan and spread evenly. Bake for 25-30 minutes until the center is just set.
- Let cool completely.
- Cut into triangles to mimic hats.
- Frost as a hat if desired.
Notes
brownie recipe adapted from Duncan Hines
Frosting recipe found here
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 119
- Sugar: 7.9 g
- Sodium: 21.2 mg
- Fat: 9.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 9.3 g
- Protein: 1.1 g
- Cholesterol: 23 mg
I just made these for my office and family this morning. They turned out great and so cute! And those that didn’t look like perfect triangles…we’ll they were just tasty while I was decorating the others!
I made these last year for Christmas and they were a hit! Everyone loved the chocolate chips inside. These are offically on my must-bake list for the holidays.
I randomly stumbled onto your site. I just fell in love. Let’s not make this awkward.
Lovely idea. Red velvet Santa hat brownies are really cute. My kids going to love it.
Just made these as a Secret Santa treat. So excited you shared such an easy and cute treat for Christmas. They were a but crumbly when I started to cut them, which I’m sure is why you said to maybe let them cool overnight. It’s all good though cuz now I’ve got all kinds of scraps to stuff in my face. 🙂
These are too cute! I’ve been craving red velvet like crazy anyhow so here’s a perfect excuse and I know my 4 yr old will get a kick out of helping with them 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! I have actually made three batches THIS WEEK! I catered a breakfast for my husband’s office & then I got two orders for these after the breakfast because everyone loved them so much! Thanks again!! 🙂
These look Yummy!!