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Nothing screams ‘Valentine’s Day!’ quite like red velvet treats! To give you some baking inspiration this year we’re dipping into our Red Velvet Oreo Valentines Day Cookie Bars recipe down below. We’ll feature step-by-step instructions for making these irresistible bar cookies for your friends and family, (or maybe lover!) to enjoy.
Red Velvet Oreo Valentines Day Cookie Bars Recipe
In just under a couple hours you can whip up some fun and flavorful Red Velvet Oreo Valentine’s Day Cookie Bars that will seriously go down like hotcakes! Follow our step-by-step recipe down below to make something special for you and your Cupid’s to enjoy.
These Cookie Bars are DANGEROUSLY delicious!
These bar cookies will get you going more than Cupid’s arrow straight to the heart! Seriously, I’m talking cream cheese icing over a smooth and delicious red velvet cookie topped with crumbled oreo, chocolate chips and sprinkles.
Valentine’s Day isn’t just for lover’s, it’s an amatuer baker’s dream come true!
Serve them up on a plate sliced into bars for maximum enjoyment. These are perfect for a Valentine’s Day party, potluck or even as a gift themself! Pair a container of these up with a Valentine’s Day card for a delicious and thoughtful treat that’s hard to turn down.
What Makes These Cookie Bars so Irresistible
Sweet cream butter, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla turn these into something absolutely incredible! You end up with a cookie base that’s the perfect consistency, chewy yet substantial enough to support the cream cheese frosting and toppings as well.
What’s going to surprise you the most is how the oreos are worked right into the dough itself! Packed full of flavor, these little cookie bars are a hit in the making.
Check out our recipe below including a list of ingredients as well as step-by-step instructions for making your very own at home!
Prep time 15 minutes
Bake time 25 minutes
Total time 40 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 ¼ C flour
- ¼ C Hershey Cocoa powder
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 1 ½ C Sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp red gel food coloring
- 16 oreos, chopped into small pieces
Red Velvet Oreo Valentines Day Cookie Bars
Nothing screams ‘Valentine’s Day!’ quite like red velvet treats! To give you some baking inspiration this year we’re dipping into our Red Velvet Oreo Valentines Day Cookie Bars recipe down below. We’ll feature step-by-step instructions for making these irresistible bar cookies for your friends and family, (or maybe lover!) to enjoy.
Ingredients
- 3 ¼ C flour
- ¼ C Hershey Cocoa powder
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 1 ½ C Sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp red gel food coloring
- 16 oreos, chopped into small pieces
- 1 - 8oz cream cheese, softened
- ½ C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 3 ½ C Powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 5 tbsp Heavy whipping cream
- 1 C Valentines Day Sprinkles
- ½ C chopped oreos
Instructions
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper
- Using a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder
- Using a large bowl and hand mixer, cream together the butter and
- powdered sugar until light and fluffy
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla until combined
- Beat in the red food coloring
- Gradually beat in the dry ingredients until combined
- Fold in half of the oreos into the dough
- Press dough into the pan and sprinkle the remaining oreos on top
- Bake for about 20 - 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
- Allow to cool completely
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Using a standing mixer, beat together until creamy the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and heavy whipping cream until creamy and stiff peaks.
- Spread the frosting evenly onto the bars
- Sprinkle the Valentines Days sprinkles and chopped oreos onto the frosting
- Cut into bars and enjoy!
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 – 8oz cream cheese, softened
- ½ C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 3 ½ C Powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 5 tbsp Heavy whipping cream
- 1 C Valentines Day Sprinkles
- ½ C chopped oreos
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 9×13 baking dish with parchment paper
- Using a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder
- Using a large bowl and hand mixer, cream together the butter and
- powdered sugar until light and fluffy
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla until combined
- Beat in the red food coloring
- Gradually beat in the dry ingredients until combined
- Fold in half of the oreos into the dough
- Press dough into the pan and sprinkle the remaining oreos on top
- Bake for about 20 – 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
- Allow to cool completely
Cream cheese frosting
- Using a standing mixer, beat together until creamy the cream cheese,
butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and heavy whipping cream until creamy
and stiff peaks. - Spread the frosting evenly onto the bars
- Sprinkle the Valentines Days sprinkles and chopped oreos onto the frosting
Cut into bars and enjoy!
