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
I am excited to try these tonight! Do you know if there are any altitude adjustments?
You could look on the box of cake mix.. i think they have the adjustments on there
Thanks!
Hey Shelly! I loved this idea so much that I reposted it on my blog! Check it out:
http://untetheredasacloud.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/samedi-sommaire-1-2-bienvenu-decembre/
Thanks for all the deliciousness!
Smiles and all the best,
Savannah
untetheredasacloud.wordpress.com
These are such a simple idea. I don’t know why I haven’t seen these before. Cute idea 🙂
These are absolutely adorable!!!
so simple but amazing! i’ll be making these for a holiday party on saturday!
Too cute!
How CLEVER!! WHYYYY didn’t I think of this? So simple, and cute! Love!! Now, to find an occasion to take them, so I won’t eat them all. 🙂 MERRRY CHRISTMAS!!
What a creative idea to cut the brownies in triangles to make hats. So cute!
Okay, those are too adorable. I heart cake mix. Like, I’d marry it if I could. 😉
I am SO doing these with cream cheese frosting! Love how festive they are.