Red Velvet Brownie Star Stacks

This is an easy fourth of july dessert that will be a hit with your bunch.

The base is actually a cake mix brownie recipe.

I love the fourth...or F-O-J as we call it around here. I put these brownie stacks together as an easy treat...that's also easy to transport. You can assemble at a picnic or even let your crowd assemble their own stacks. 

{It's now time to cue Neil Diamond singing America as background music in your head while you read this post}.

This starts with a cake mix {but you won't make it according the package instructions}. It also includes the cream cheese version of the Cool Whip frosting that I'm so enamored with right now. Enamored.

You'll Need:

- 1 box of red velvet cake mix {do not use the ingredient amounts on box}
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 TBSP canola oil
- 1 container Cool Whip Cream Cheese Frosting
- fresh blueberries

Combine cake mix with water, oil and egg. Stir to combine completely...it will be very thick. Spread into a prepared 9x9 pan. I like to cover my pan in foil and then spray it with the baking version of cooking spray {the kind that contains flour}. Also, I have a small 8x10 dish that I used above, only because my 9x9 was in the fridge with leftover corn casserole {leftovers in a 9x9 means nobody liked it}.

Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until baked through. 

Using a star-shaped cookie cutter, cut star shapes out of cooled brownies. {This is where that foil trick really comes in handy...just pull your cooled brownies out of the pan and peel the foil back. They're now super easy to cut}. 

I put my frosting into a Ziploc bag and cut the tip off to pipe the frosting. Frosting brownies can be a bit crummy {pun intended}, so using a bag is a lot easier and less messy. I frost the "bottom" brownies first.

Top with another brownie star. Then pipe more frosting onto the top. And add blueberries.

I think they're super fun! My boys loved them. After devouring the brownies, we they used the excess brownie scraps and dipped them straight into the cream cheese frosting. We they think that's yummy.

 To download the recipe card {prints in both 3x5 and 4x6 sizes}, click the image below:

I just had to show you the below photo...it made me laugh {and maybe gag a bit...although, I promise that tub is clean}. My new favorite place to take pics is my bathtub. The light from that window is great...and it bounces off the mirror on the wall opposite of it. We took pictures of brownies in the bathtub. And then ate them with no apologies. 

I about went green with envy when I saw Donna's awesome photo studio that she has in her house. Photo Studio|Bathtub...Potato|PotAHto.

Keeping. It. Real.

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