Easy Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip Bars

Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip Bars

Make some sweets for your sweetie! These Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip Bars are a deliciously easy Valentine’s Day  dessert. It starts with a red velvet boxed cake mix and is topped a creamy homemade buttercream frosting. Inside the bars are little bits of white chocolate chips. So, they not only taste amazing, they look so darn pretty too!

Cake mix flavors

Like the recipe but don’t care for red velvet? That is what is great about using a boxed cake mix as a base.

You can use whatever cake mix flavor you love. All the cake mix flavors will work with this! And the buttercream frosting? Outrageously good!

Ingredients:
for the bars:
1 box red velvet cake mix
1 stick unsalted butter (1/2 cup), softened to room temp.
2 eggs
1 cup white chocolate chips
pink or pastel sprinkles

for the buttercream frosting:
1 stick unsalted butter (1/2 cup), softened to room temp.
2 cups powdered sugar
1-2 tbsp milk
2-3 drops pink gel food color
Directions:

Spray an 8×8 inch pan with nonstick cooking spray or line with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 350f degrees. Mix together box cake, butter, and eggs with a hand mixer, then fold in chocolate chips.Spread prepared mix into baking dish (batter will be thick). Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until top is firm. Let cool completely before icing.

To make frosting, beat together butter, powdered sugar, and milk until thick and creamy. Take out ½ cup of it, and mix with pink gel coloring.

Once bars are cooled, spread white frosting out in a thick layer on top. Drop 4-5 spoonfuls of prepared pink icing all over your surface, and then using a butter knife, swirl all around to give a marbled look.

Cut into squares before serving.

Enjoy!

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Easy Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip Bars

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

The Easy Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip Bars with homemade buttercream frosting start with a boxed cake mix. Perfect for Valentine's Day!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Red Velvet Bars

Servings: 9

Calories: 380 kcal

Author: Brandie @ The Country Cook

Ingredients

for the bars:

• 1 box red velvet cake mix
• 1 stick unsalted butter (1/2 cup), softened to room temp.
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• pink or pastel sprinkles

for the buttercream frosting:

• 1 stick unsalted butter (1/2 cup), softened to room temp.
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1-2 tbsp milk
• 2-3 drops pink gel food color

Instructions

1. Spray an 8x8 inch pan with nonstick cooking spray or line with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 350f degrees. Mix together box cake, butter, and eggs with a hand mixer, then fold in chocolate chips.

2. Spread batter into prepared dish (batter will be thick). Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until top is firm. Let cool completely before icing.

3. To make frosting, beat together butter, powdered sugar, and milk until thick and creamy. Take out ½ cup of it, and mix with pink gel coloring.
4. Once bars are cooled, spread white frosting out in a thick layer on top. Drop 4-5 spoonfuls of prepared pink icing all over your surface, and then using a butter knife, swirl all around to give a marbled look.
5. Cut into squares before serving.

Nutrition Facts

Easy Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip Bars

Amount Per Serving

Calories 380 Calories from Fat 126

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 14g 22%

Saturated Fat 5g 25%

Cholesterol 40mg 13%

Sodium 429mg 18%

Potassium 229mg 7%

Total Carbohydrates 60g 20%

Dietary Fiber 1g 4%

Sugars 43g

Protein 5g 10%

Vitamin A 1.2%

Vitamin C 0.1%

Calcium 11.9%

Iron 13.2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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