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Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cake Bars

Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cake Bars are the best. Chocolate lovers, this amazing dessert bar is absolutely divine! It’s filled with an ooey gooey cream cheese and powdered sugar icing-type filling. It’s layered on a base of  rich, chocolate Red Velvet and topped with luscious chocolate chips or red chocolate chips. A dusting with confectioners’ sugar finishes it off.

Double the chocolate, double delicious, double decadent, and double amazing. These wonderful dessert bars are elegant, classy, filled with Red Velvet goodness and perfect for holiday entertaining or Valentine’s Day.

I love Ooey Gooey Butter Cake and I decided I wanted to try my hand at making a Red Velvet variety. I used my basic Ooey Gooey Butter Cake recipe and switched out the regular yellow cake mix for a Red Velvet cake mix instead. I left the cream cheese filling the same except to color it with red food coloring. Then I added chocolate chips on top. Voila! Extra rich, chocolatey Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cake Bars. Oh, my!

If you’re looking for a spectacular dessert for Valentine’s Day or any other special occasion consider these wonderful bars. They’re festive, beautiful, and very tempting. These are sure to be a big hit with your family and company. No one will be able to stop at just one!


INGREDIENTS

  • 1 box Duncan Hines Red Velvet cake mix
  • 1 stick Land ‘O Lakes unsalted butter melted
  • 1 large egg
  • 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese softened
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 oz. Wilton red food coloring , or more, if a stronger red color is desired
  • 1/2 cup Nestle's Tollhouse chocolate chips or red chocolate chips
  • powdered sugar for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Mix cake mix, butter, and egg together.
  2. Press into a greased 9x13” baking pan or dish (or spray with cooking spray).
  3. Mix cream cheese, 2 eggs, powdered sugar, vanilla, and food coloring until well mixed.
  4. Spread over top of crust layer.
  5. Sprinkle chocolate chips over top.
  6. Bake at 350° for 60-75 minutes.
  7. Remove from oven.
  8. Cool completely.
  9. Sprinkle heavily with powdered sugar.
  10. Cut into bars when cool.

RECIPE NOTES
NOTE: Add 1 tsp. almond extract to cream cheese layer if you want additional flavor!

NOTE: You may want to refrigerate the bars before cutting, otherwise they are really gooey!

NOTE: Use red food coloring rather than gel if you want a redder color for the cream cheese layer.

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