Red velvet chocolate chip cookie dough is layered on top of red velvet brownie batter in this delicious recipe for Red Velvet Brookies!

Move over Red Velvet Oreos… Red Velvet Brookies are the new queen of all things Red Velvet 😉

Seriously though, it’s hard to beat Red Velvet Brownie Batter topped with Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough!

Ever since I first introduced Gluten Free Nutella Brookies on the blog about a month ago, I keep thinking of other ways I can switch up the delicious brookie and turn it into a new and amazing recipe for LLB!

Enter, Valentine’s Day, enter, recipe development for red & heart-shaped dishes, enter, red velvet brookies!

They’re sweet, chocolatey goodness in the perfect shade of red for Valentine’s Day (or pretty much any day you want a delicious treat!)

Ingredients

Red Velvet Cookie Dough

• 1 ¾ cups flour
• ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ¾ cup butter (at room temperature)
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tbsp red food coloring
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• 1 tsp white vinegar
• 1 ½ cups chocolate chips

Red Velvet Brownie Batter

• 1 cup butter (at room temperature)
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 1 tbsp red food coloring
• 1 tsp white vinegar
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup cocoa
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp baking powder

Pre-heat the oven to 325°.

Prepare the cookie dough. 

Combine the flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder in a small mixing bowl and set aside.

In a large bowl mix together the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until smooth and creamy.

Combine the egg and egg yolk with the other ingredients. Add in the food coloring, vanilla and vinegar.

After the ingredients are combined well, add in the dry ingredients and mix well.

Hand mix in the chocolate chips.

Place the dough in the refrigerator, then prepare the brownie batter.

Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl.

Stir in the vanilla, eggs, red food coloring and vinegar.

Mix the cocoa, flour, salt and baking powder together in a separate bowl.

Add the cocoa flour mixture to the butter sugar mixture and blend well.

Spread the brownie batter into a 9 x 13 baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.

Remove the cookie dough from the refrigerator and spread on top.

Place in the oven to bake for 40-50 minutes.

Slice into squares and dig in!

I wrapped up some of these in cute little heart bags I picked up in the “dollar section” at Target… oh yeah, you know the section, where you must buy everything because “it’s only $1.. or $3… or $5″… $70 later, you’re like, look at all these cute random things I got that I totally love but totally didn’t need, haha, yeah that section!

Anyway, the bags came in handy to wrap these up and take them to friends so that I didn’t eat them all myself… because that totally would have happened!

What do you have planned for Valentine’s Day?

I’m heading to Arizona to visit some of my best friends. My friend Bradie will be my Valentine’s date, and we’ll be going to Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria for a heart shaped pizza, yes, those exist!  If you’re in the Phoenix, AZ area you should totally grab a heart shaped pizza from Jimmy & Joe’s (owned by my other bestie Amy & her family!)

And then I’ll probably have to bake up another batch of these Red Velvet Brookies for the ladies… because, well, they’re amazing 😉

♣ Vegetarian Option: This recipe is vegetarian.

♦ Gluten Free Option: Substitute gluten-free flour to make this recipe gluten-free.