36 Decadent Red Velvet Dessert Recipes

If red velvet’s flavor isn’t rich enough for you, try this recipe with chocolate ganache. This three-layered cake is fluffy, tender, and elegant enough to present at a party.

This take on M&M cookies uses 4 ingredients and takes just 30 minutes to make. If you’re making this snack for Valentine’s day, use the M&M’s Cupid’s Mix. To turn this into a patriotic treat for the Fourth of July, simply use blue candies instead.

These cookies have cream cheese on the inside, not the outside. The result is a snack that’s less messy when eaten, but is just as tasty.

This party treat provides an unexpected burst of flavor. You can dip them in whatever you’d like, and the possibilities for toppings are endless!

Thick and heavy pound cake filled with delicious and rich red velvet flavors. 

These donuts can easily be made from a red velvet cake mix. To change the color of your cream cheese glaze, simply add some food coloring to it!

Here’s another cake mix recipe! Your cookie dough won’t be as dry as a typical dough, but that won’t lengthen your baking time.

Sugar cookies are a classic holiday treat. To spice them up for Valentine’s Day, place white peanut butter hearts in the center of each cookie.

To get your cookies to bake into a cup shape, simply place the dough into a muffin tin and press them with a spoon once they’re baked. The cinnamon in this recipe is optional, but it adds a fun twist to normal red velvet cookies.

You can make this cake in a pressure cooker! Once it’s “baked,” drizzle your delicious cream cheese glaze on top.

These donuts aren’t just gluten-free – they’re dairy-free, too! To make an allergy-friendly glaze, use dairy-free milk and LORANN allergy-free oil. 

Four distinct layers, one of which is red velvet-ey deliciousness surrounded by all the rich chocolate flavor you could ever want.

How is this recipe different from the red velvet sugar cookies in #11? This version uses brown sugar and does not use cocoa powder. It also makes 36 cookies, whereas the other recipe only yields 6. 

These gluten-free and low-carb cookies have cream cheese in the center. You’ll be pressing your thumb into each cookie, so make sure your hands are extra clean before doing so!

To create hot chocolate mugs out of cookies, make cookie cups and stick a pretzel to the side. The “hot chocolate” is chocolate ganache with marshmallows!

Red Velvet Cake Truffles are the ultimate Valentine's Day treat to make you fall head over heels for them.

Instead of using cake mix or food coloring, this float uses pomegranate juice and chocolate syrup to give it a deep red color. It may still be a guilty pleasure, but it’s loaded with antioxidants! 

Just as chocolate works well with peppermint, so does red velvet. Serve these bite-sized treats at a Christmas party, Valentine’s Day event, or even on Memorial Day.

While this cocktail uses vodka and liqueur, it can also be made to be non-alcoholic. Your kids won’t want to miss out on this tasty drink!

You don’t just have to use your skillet on the stovetop! To make this cookie cake, use a skillet as your baking tin. 

These classy cakes are perfectly portioned, but you’ll have a hard time resisting more! If you’re making these for Valentine’s Day, top them with some heart-shaped sprinkles.

In addition to cream cheese frosting, these donuts also have a crumble topping. Alternatively, you can simply drizzle the frosting onto each donut.

This take on chocolate-covered strawberries are even better than the classic version! To add the red velvet flavor, dip each strawberry in a red velvet cake mix after they’ve been dipped in the chocolate.

These dream bars get their red velvet flavor from cake mix and their cherry flavor from a cherry pie filling. The servings are heavy and filling, so you’ll likely only need to make one per person. 

Red Velvet Cookies that taste just like red velvet cupcakes, except in cookie form.

What could make cinnamon buns even better? Adding red velvet and cream cheese icing, of course! To incorporate these into a full meal, serve them with bacon and eggs.

Introduce your family to red velvet bread, a variation they’ve likely never seen before. To keep it simpler, leave out the red food coloring to make a chocolate bread with cream cheese.

These cookie dough bars have a pink crust, and they’re topped with white chocolate ganache. You’ll need 26 Oreos for the crust, so make sure you have a full package!

The ice cream and cookie dough in this dessert are both dyed red, making this a great treat for a patriotic summer holiday. Whip some up for your Labor Day party!

You can make a fluffy red velvet cake for any occasion! The holes in this cake are filled with whipped topping and cream cheese, and it’s then topped with even more.

This cake is low-carb, sugar-free, grain-free, and gluten-free. With 7.1 grams of protein per serving, it’s practically guilt-free!

A red velvet milkshake consists of more than just dye! Instead of using vanilla ice cream, this milkshake recipe calls for cake batter ice cream. Top the whipped cream with heart-shaped sprinkles for Valentine’s Day!

One benefit of making your own cake mix is that you’ll always know what goes into your food. These cakelets are made completely from scratch using a homemade red velvet mix and a thick cream cheese frosting.

A classic red velvet cupcake with a velvety texture and buttery soft crumbs and topped with its best friend cream cheese frosting.

Simple yet staple making dessert bars that deliver all the delicious red velvet flavor you know and want.

Moist and chewy brownies topped with it's best-known friend - cream cheese frosting.  Almost like red velvet cake, but better when you thought it couldn't be.