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!
PrintRed 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
These look absolutely delicious! I drool!
These are so adorable!!
see now this is decorating even I can do!
lol
Such a cute idea! Love the red velvet mix as the Santa color! I’m afraid I would eat half of the pan of hats:-)
1. Ummm YUM!
2. you are adorable 🙂
Such a cute idea! I am a sucker for any kind of brownie, and my son will love the santa hats!
I have never seen this done before! So cute and creative and festive, Shelly!
Super cute! but how much water in the recipe?
1/2 cup 🙂
You are endlessly creative. And everything look beautiful and delicious!!!
Totally going to make these for a Christmas Party. Whenever I make RV Cake or Chocolate Brownies, I add brewed strong coffee for the water component. Adds amazing depth of flavor without tasting at all like coffee. Will be doing it for these as well. Thanks for the recipe!