These Red Velvet Cookie Bars will cure a sweet tooth! They’re loaded with cookie dough bites, Oreo cookies, and cookies & cream candy bars!
Red Velvet Bars
I have had a major sweet tooth for the past few days, and it really sucks when you are trying to behave diet-wise! While I have been doing pretty well with not giving in, I could not resist any longer! Now, I have tried different fruit to satisfy the sweet craving but let’s be honest, when you want a cookie, fruit is just not the same!!
These Red Velvet Cookie Bars really hit the spot in that regard. I kept thinking about cookies and seeing all things red velvet, and it just made me want to put them together! Technically, I vowed I would make something but only have a little taste of it, ya know, for quality control purposes! But I did eat one tiny little red velvet bar square. Just a little one!
And here’s the thing, I’m good for now. That little piece was just enough to make me feel like I wasn’t depriving myself of something! I hope you enjoy these bars as much as my family and I did!
Cookie Lovers’ Red Velvet Bars: Ingredients & Substitutions
For this Cookie Lovers’ Red Velvet Bars recipe, you will need …
Ingredients
- red velvet cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil – generally, this is what you’ll need to make the dough. Be sure to read the instructions on the box!!
- oreo cookies, chocolate chip cookie dough bites, cookies ‘n’ creme bars – all chopped and broken up into pieces. These will be your oh-so-delicious toppings.
- sweetened condensed milk – another topping that gives the bars an additional bit of sweetness.
How to make Cookie Lovers’ Red Velvet Bars
First, prep your supplies. Preheat your oven to 350°F and line a 9×13-inch baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil, allowing the edges to overhang slightly. (This will make it easier to get the bars out later!!) Spray the baking sheet lightly with cooking spray and set it aside.
Second, mix your dough. Place the cake mix, oil, and eggs in a large bowl and mix with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until it’s well combined. With clean hands, press the dough evenly into the prepared pan.
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Third, bake your bars and add the toppings. Bake the dough for 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and immediately top with Oreo cookies, cookies ‘n’ creme bars, and the chocolate chip cookie dough bites. Drizzle the sweetened condensed milk over the top, evenly covering the bars.
Finally, bake your bars a second time and enjoy! Return the pan to the oven and bake for an additional 12-15 minutes. After that, allow the bars to cool on a wired rack completely before removing them from the pan to serve. Cut them into squares, and chow down!!
Cookie Lovers’ Red Velvet Bars: FAQs
This should make 24 bars, more or less!
All in all, it’s 40 minutes in total. 15 minutes of that is prep, and 25 minutes of that is actual cooking time. Easy-peasy!
Yes and yes!! If you’d prefer to use something homemade, or change up the recipe to vanilla, chocolate, etc., feel free. It should all still work out.
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Red Velvet Cookie Bars
Equipment
- Silicone Pot Holder Trivet Mats – Hot Pads Spoon Rest, Multipurpose Trivet for Hot Dishers Heat Resistant Food Grade Silicone Set of 4
Ingredients
- 1 box Red Velvet cake mix 15.25 – 18.25 oz
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs slightly beaten
- 10 OREO cookies coarsely chopped
- 8 snack-size Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme Bars broken into pieces
- 1 box Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites 4 oz.
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk 14 oz.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9×13-inch baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil, allowing the edges to overhang slightly. (This will make it easier to get the bars out.) Spray lightly with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Place the cake mix, oil, and eggs in a large bowl and mix with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until well combined. With clean hands, press the dough evenly into the prepared pan.
- Bake the dough for 10 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven and immediately top with OREO cookies, cookies 'n' creme bars, and the chocolate chip cookie dough bites. Drizzle the sweetened condensed milk over the top, evenly covering the bars.
- Return the pan to the oven and bake for an additional 12-15 minutes.
- Allow the bars to cool on a wired rack completely before removing the bars from the pan to serve. Cut into squares.
Notes
- Feel free to use a homemade red velvet cake mix … or change up the recipe to vanilla, chocolate, etc. It should all still work out fine.
Nutrition
Please note that the nutritional information listed on this page is an estimation based on the products I used. Ingredients and nutritional information can vary significantly between brands. Always be sure to read labels. Please verify that a recipe fits your needs before using it. Nutrition info may contain errors, so please verify it independently. Likewise, recipes may contain errors, so please use your common sense when following them.
Originally published on February 9, 2016. Updated on December 14, 2022.
I need to make these pronto ! And I have been craving something red velvet for weeks now !
What a great idea for a cookie bar! All those goodies with red velvet cake mix, yum!
Oh MAN! These look divine…I love all the different cookies!