If you like strawberries – this is the dessert for you! These strawberry brownies have strawberries in the brownie batter, a strawberry glaze and strawberries on top! Booyah – come to strawberry town!
I was inspired by my favorite local cupcakes – the strawberry cupcakes from Abby Girl Sweets. The thing I love about them is the chunks of real strawberry you get in every bite! So when I made strawberry brownies – you’re getting strawberry flavor in every bite!
Ingredients for the Strawberriest Strawberry Brownies recipe
These chewy brownies are a delicious strawberry dessert recipe and they take little more than a box of cake mix and strawberries – how easy!
- Strawberry Cake Mix
- You don’t have to use strawberry but I figure let’s go all in. Vanilla/White/Yellow flavor of cake mix would also work!
- Vegetable Oil (or canola oil)
- Large Eggs
- Diced Strawberries
Ingredients for the Easy Brownie Glaze
- Powdered sugar
- Smashed strawberries
- Vanilla
How to Make Strawberry Brownies using Cake Mix?
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line 8×8 square baking pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil. Lightly spray with cooking spray.
- This step is important because you’ll want to remove the brownies from the pan to glaze them – so the parchment makes it easy to lift them right out!
- Mix strawberry cake mix, oil, and eggs using a hand mixer in a large bowl
- Fold in strawberries. Press cake mix dough into the bottom of the prepared pan. (This batter has a very thick texture!! It’s not a pourable batter!)
- Bake brownies for 20 to 25 minutes. Check their doneness with a toothpick to make sure it comes out clean.
- Allow brownies to cool for 10 minutes; lift carefully from pan using ends of parchment to lift.
- For the frosting, stir together powdered sugar with the smashed strawberries (and extract if using) until smooth. It should be pourable but not watery.
- You could also use strawberry jam instead of smashed berries
- Pour glaze over brownies, spreading to edges so that glaze will drip down sides.
- Allow brownies to cool and glaze to set before cutting into squares.
These Strawberry Cake Mix Brownies were a perfect use for the fresh strawberries I just purchased. Every bite was strawberrylicious! So fresh and a perfect summer dessert. They are a fairly cakey brownie but do stay together. I warmed up the brownies before serving them to make that glaze even more gooey! Yum!
How do I store leftover strawberry brownies?
Yes – be sure to use an airtight container. I like these glass meal prep containers – I use them for everything because they go from fridge to freezer to microwave so easily!
Other delicious summer desserts
Summer is my favorite time of year for cooking – because there are so many fresh fruits and vegetables plentiful. Farmers markets are my favorite weekend stop! If you’re looking for other delicious fruit-filled desserts – I have you covered. Here are a few of my favorites:
More Strawberry Recipes
The Strawberriest Strawberry Brownies
Ingredients
- 1 box strawberry cake mix
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups diced strawberries
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup smashed strawberries
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line 8×8 pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil. Lightly spray with cooking spray.
- Combine cake mix, oil, and eggs with a hand mixer
- Fold in strawberries. Press cake mix dough into the bottom of the prepared pan. (It's very thick!! It's not a pourable batter)
- Bake brownies for 20 to 25 minutes.
- Allow brownies to cool for 10 minutes; lift carefully from pan using ends of parchment to lift.
- For the glaze, mix powdered sugar with the smashed strawberries (and extract if using) until smooth. It should be pourable but not watery.
- Pour glaze over brownies, spreading to edges so that glaze will drip down sides.
- Allow brownies to cool and glaze to set before cutting into squares.
Notes
- 8″ pans yield thicker brownies; 9″ pans yield thinner ones.
- Batter will be very thick; use a good mixer to mix and spatula to spread.
- Refrigerate baked and glazed brownies for an hour or so before cutting, and they will cut easier.
CE Gilbert says
It doesn’t say what to do with the two cups of strawberries.
FoodHussy says
Updated – fold in after you mix cake, eggs and oil together.
Mia Riggs says
I made this recipe, exactly as it states. An 8×8 pan makes very thick brownies, in which 20-25 minutes was not enough time for brownies to cook completely. Next time I will use 9×13 pan.
FoodHussy says
Baking times can vary slightly based on location, oven, etc. The pan I used is an “off size” and is about 7×10 so very similar in space to 8×8. Thanks for trying – I hope you liked them.