Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cookies
 |
Two red velvet recipes in two days? Are you dreaming? Am I?
Nah. I’m just learning to love red velvet! It’s not that I used to dislike it, it’s just that I used to not know it existed. Sad but true: I was a married woman before I ever had my first taste of red velvet cake.
I’m making up for lost time here.
Not sure if y’all remember my gooey butter chocolate chip cookies, but those things went sorta crazy on Pinterest. People seem to have a thing for the words “gooey butter” and I can’t say I blame them. So, I reworked the recipe and turned it into a decadent treat perfect for Valentine’s Day!
Print
SaveRed Velvet Gooey Butter Cookies
Ingredients:
1 box Red Velvet cake mix
8 ounces cream cheese
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup white chocolate chips
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Beat together the cream cheese and butter until well combined. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Add the cake mix and beat until well combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Roll tablespoonfuls of dough into balls and place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes or until the top is set, but the center is still gooey.
Cool on a wire rack.
I hope you’ll stop by tomorrow for an AMAZING giveaway! In the meantime, you can pop over and enter to win a $50 gift card right here.
|
I’m with you on red velvet – I thought I didn’t like it, but that was purely a result of the armadillo cake on steel magnolias. Now I love it! These cookies look amazing.
I am not usually a red velvet fan, but girlfriend, you make everything look so delicious! Between the donuts yesterday and the cookies today I’m rethinking my status on red velvet. Just to be sure though, can you mail me some of these cookies? mmmkay???
Loving me some red velvet!
This looks sinful in a good way!
I love Red Velvet ANYHING! Steel Magnolias is one of my hubs favorite movies (I know, right?)…he’s always asking for a “Steel-Magnolias-Red-Velvet-Armadillo-Cake”. I have yet to make one.
I wish I could snag a big bite right now. They look so moist and good!
I am going to make these for valentines day for the girls at work.. Cant wait
Red velvet is AMAZING!! I am always trying to find new ways to make something red velvet( I live in a place that doesn’t know what red velvet is
Very sad for me)
I will definitely be trying these and the donuts!!
Thse are so festive. I admit I love cake mix cookies.
Hmmm, they look delish! I’ve been a long time lover of anything Red Velvet and the cake is my son’s favorite.
Thanks for sharing!
Pat
I never thought I liked red velvet either. I mean if I’m going to eat a sort of kind of chocolate…why bother? Then I tried cake mix cookies and I’m hooked. I love how puffy yours are too!!!
I’m a red velvet fiend! It is surely going to be one of the tiers on my wedding cake. Along with carrot. And anything I can put cream cheese frosting on.
These cookies look awesome!
OMGOODNESS!!
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with back-to-back Red Velvet recipes at all!
The more Red Velvet recipes I find…… the sweeter life is. *^_^*
These cookies look so uber yummy, I will be making some soon.
The problem is will I be sharing them………mwhahahah!!
Why oh why have I never had a gooey butter anything? I’m ashamed to call myself a dessert blogger!
These are so pretty, Karly! I have to say, cake mix cookies are some of my favorite.
I LOVE this variation on a gooey butter cookie. I really wish my baking supplies weren’t packed in boxes so I could make some!
Ok, let me preface this by saying I’ve got a Zucchini Triple Chip Spice cake on my side board made with a box of spice cake mix (I love the Cake Mix Doctor®!) so I’m not trash talking the red velvet cake mix in any way shape form . . . but . . .
I wonder if I could make my own red velvet using shredded beets in the mixture? I’ve got a beet crust pizza coming out on Friday, and the crust color is so phenomenal it makes me wonder if I could do it in a cookie form as well.
Either way, the cookies look absolutely delicious and would make an excellent Valentine’s dessert (after some fresh mozzarella on beet crust pizza, perhaps?). Thanks!
i just made today some red velvet treats, guess it’s that time of the year, but your cookies clearly put mine to shame. They look and sound gorgeous Karly!
Can I substitute something besides the cream cheese? Can you taste the cream cheese?
Karly — February 1st, 2013 @ 11:04 am
Hi Danielle!
These a riff on the standard gooey butter cake which is full of cream cheese. You can definitely taste it in these.
There are lots of other cake mix cookie recipes out there if you don’t like cream cheese, but I don’t think substituting it in this would work out well.
So yummy looking – going to make these this weekend. I have a ton of kisses I want to use up — just wondering if I could plant a kiss on the top of this and call it cute!!! What do you think??
Karly — February 1st, 2013 @ 4:01 pm
Absolutely! You might even chill the dough for a couple of hours before baking. That will help them not spread as much so you’ll have a nice little poof of a cookie to stick your kiss in.
Making them now Karly, And put some ‘hugs’ (the white ones) kisses on it. Did as you suggested and put in the fridge for a bit. They turned out AWESOME!!! Look so good. I took a picture and would send it to you but don’t know where to do that! But it’s a good look for v-tines!!! And the cookie is totally yummie and oh so easy to make. Thank you!
Karly — February 2nd, 2013 @ 1:37 pm
Oh, good! Glad they turned out! You can share a photo on my facebook if you want to! http://www.facebook.com/bunsinmyoven
These were awesome. I gave one to a friend who isn’t a fan of homemade cookies or red velvet in general, and she LOVED them. They’re almost all gone. Thanks for the recipe I will definitely be making these again!
My daughter made these red velvet cookies yesterday. We were going to bring them to a super bowl party. However, they are so ridiculously delicious that we kept them home! OMG! Seriously the best cookies I’ve had in a while. I’ve added this recipe to the family binder of “keepers”. Thank you!
Do you use 1/2 cup of solid or melted butter?
Karly — February 5th, 2013 @ 12:32 pm
Room temperature butter!
Talk about a great cookie! I made these today for my co-workers and they were a big hit. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
I don’t have cake mix, so can I make home made red velvet and then add what you have??
Karly — February 8th, 2013 @ 9:41 pm
Probably not. This recipe uses the dry mix, not an actual cake.
Cream cheese, room temp or out of the fridge????
Getting ready to make them don’t wanna mess it up
These were lovely – thank you! Such a fun Valentine’s Day treat!
Found these on Pinterest and decided to make them on Valentine’s Day for my husband and I. They turned out great! We can’t stop eating them. Thank you for the recipe!
My daughter was allergic to chocolate as a child and even though she grew out of the allergy she doesn’t like the taste of chocolate????. Though she LOVES white chocolate and red velvet ????. So needless to say that this recipe is perfect ????. I can’ t wait to make it for her. Thanks for posting it.????
My daughter was allergic to chocolate as a child and even though she grew out of the allergy she doesn’t like the taste of chocolate????. Though she LOVES white chocolate and red velvet ????. So needless to say that this recipe is perfect ????. I can’ t wait to make it for her. Thanks for posting it.????
How many cookies does this make? They look delish!
Should cream cheese be at room temp, too?
Karly — March 27th, 2013 @ 8:37 am
I don’t bring it to room temperature, but I use a stand mixer when making these. If you’re not, you might want to bring it down to room temp.
So delish! I am just making my foray into the world of baking. These were simple to make and tasted delish! So moist and gooey! Thanks for sharing this recipe. Definitely a keeper! I will be following your blogposts as I continue to hone my baking skills (and make my boyfriend a happy camper)!
hello im interested in baking these for my friends, i would like to know how long will this cookies lasts in room temperature, kept in airtight container? should i fridge them to make them last longer? i thought of sending this gorgeous by mail. thank you so much ?
Karly — May 20th, 2013 @ 1:04 pm
Hi Lilith!
These were stored at room temperature for about a week for me and were still great! I had another reader ship the chocolate chip version of these cookies (very similar recipe) and they shipped and held up great!
Enjoy!
Hi, I have a similar question to the one above. Will they be alright stored in an airtight container? I’d like to send them to Afghanistan, but only if they’ll withstand the trip. Thank you!
Karly — May 20th, 2013 @ 1:05 pm
Hi Lara!
These were stored at room temperature for about a week for me and were still great! I had another reader ship the chocolate chip version of these cookies (very similar recipe) and they shipped and held up great!
Enjoy!