In a large bowl, blend together the brownie mix, sour cream, eggs, vanilla extract and red food coloring. Pour the batter into prepared pan and bake according to package directions for 9×13 baking dish. The key to creating the vivid red base of these beautiful and fudgy treats is using melted white chocolate, a touch of rich cocoa powder and a generous squeeze of gel food coloring.
Red Velvet Cake While the ingredients of classic red velvet cake are the inspiration for these brownies (namely chocolate, red food coloring, and cream cheese frosting), texture is the difference-maker for these crowd-pleasing desserts. While red velvet cake is light with an even crumb, red velvet brownies typically have a more dense, fudgy. The red color in any red velvet recipe comes from food coloring.
This from-scratch recipe creates a fudge-like chocolate brownie that's delicious on its own but becomes a beautiful red color that is festive and fun when you add the food coloring. Red Food Coloring - This will give the brownies a classic red color. Although you can use liquid, gel food coloring works best! All Purpose Flour.
Before adding the food coloring, reserve 1 cup of batter. Use Aurelia at Philosophy of Yum's technique to create gorgeous chocolate swirls in your red velvet brownies. Chewy, delicious & easy Red Velvet Brownies, with or without cream cheese frosting, are a perfect Valentine's Day dessert! To make Tie Dyed Cheesecake Brownies, you'll need brownie mix* and ingredients to make them according to the package, two shades of gel food coloring**, vanilla, egg, cream cheese (check out our easy recipe for homemade cream cheese here), and sugar.
* You can absolutely make these homemade. In Levy's recipe, the white chocolate complements the bitterness of the unsweetened cocoa powder, and its light color allows the red food coloring to shine. Its abundance of fat also contributes to the rich flavor and moist texture of the brownies.
Southern, chewy red velvet brownies full of classic red velvet flavor. Light, cake.