Decadent Red Velvet Brownies

Red velvet brownies topped with marshmallows, a rich chocolate frosting, and then more brownie chunks on top- a truly decadent (and WORTH-IT) dessert!

I hope you came here today looking for the BEST Christmas dessert for your holiday cookie platters. This brownie is the most perfectly indulgent holiday recipe!

The brownie base is thick and rich, topped with a crisping chocolate frosting that reminds me of my favorite Texas sheetcake icing, then loaded with fluffy marchmallows and MORE borwnie?! Seriously-  To be totally basic… “I can’t even!!!!”

These brownies come from my friend Deborah of the blog Taste and Tell. She wrote The Red Velvet Lover’s Cookbook, and I simply cannot get enough of it! After making her Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cookies, and her Red Velvet Cookies with White Chocolate Chips I finally decided to share these brownies with you. Don’t get me wrong- the cookies were amazing! I brought them to a cookie exchange with the intention of holding a few back to photograph and share with you…but well you know what they say about good intentions.

Don’t you love it when a recipe turns out exactly like the picture in the cookbook? Filled with over 50 mouth-watering images you won’t know where to start with Deborah’s book. What a perfect gift for the Red Velvet lover in your life!

Decadent Red Velvet Brownies

Yield: 20 brownies

Decadent red velvet brownies topped with marshmallows, a rich chocolate frosting, and then more brownie chunks on top.

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Ingredients

For the brownies:

• ▢ 3 cups all-purpose flour
• ▢ 1 Tbsp natural unsweetened cocoa powder
• ▢ 1½ tsp baking powder
• ▢ 1 tsp table salt
• ▢ ½ tsp baking soda
• ▢ 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter, melted
• ▢ 3 cups packed brown sugar
• ▢ 3 large eggs
• ▢ 2 Tbsp red liquid food coloring
• ▢ 2 tsp vanilla extract

For the topping:

• ▢ 4 cups miniature marshmallows
• ▢ 4 Tbsp ½ stick unsalted butter
• ▢ 3 Tbsp natural unsweetened cocoa powder
• ▢ 3 Tbsp milk
• ▢ 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
• ▢ ½ tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

 

• To make the brownies: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray an 8-inch square baking dish and a 9 x 13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• Whisk the flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a bowl to combine.
• Stir the melted butter and brown sugar in a large bowl to combine. Stir in the eggs. Stir in the red food coloring and vanilla. Stir in the dry ingredients. Pour 1 cup of the batter into the 8-inch square baking dish and the remaining batter into the 9 x 13-inch baking dish.
• Bake until a tester inserted in the center of the brownies comes out clean, 20 to 23 minutes for the smaller pan and 40 to 45 minutes for the larger pan. Cool completely on racks. Remove the brownies from the smaller pan and cut into ½-inch cubes. Set aside.
• To make the topping: Scatter the marshmallows over the top of the cooled brownies in the larger pan.
• Heat the butter, cocoa, and milk in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until the butter is melted. Whisk in the confectioners’ sugar, and then stir in the vanilla. Pour the frosting evenly over the marshmallows. Sprinkle the reserved brownie cubes over the top.
• Allow the topping to cool completely before cutting the brownies into 20 pieces. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

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