Strawberry Brownies Recipe

Strawberry Brownies Recipe: How to make easy strawberry brownies with a strawberry cake mix and just a few simple ingredients for the perfect dessert that may just become one of your new favorite easy brownie recipes!

An Easy Cake Mix Dessert Recipe

Using only a few ingredients, like our cake mix lemon brownies and our red velvet brownies, this easy dessert recipe for strawberry brownies uses different amounts of ingredients with the cake mix, so it creates more of a dense, ooey-gooey texture, rather than a light and airy cake-like texture! Add on the easy, creamy frosting and they’ll be a hit!

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• An Easy Cake Mix Dessert Recipe
• Why You’ll Love This Recipe
• Recipe FAQs
• Ingredients for Strawberry Brownies
• Variations
• Pro Tips
• How to Make Strawberry Brownies
• How Long to Bake the Strawberry Brownies
• Strawberry Brownie Frosting
• How to Store Strawberry Brownies
• More Brownie Recipes
• More Strawberry Recipes
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I honestly don’t know which one I love more. These strawberry cheesecake cookies, strawberry crunch cheesecake, or these strawberry brownies!

When it comes to deciding on which strawberry dessert to make, I guess it just depends on what I have on hand… a strawberry cake mix for these or dried strawberries for the cookies! It’s hard not to fall in love with this adorable cherry chip cake recipe!

Hi Fantabulosity readers. It's Meg again from Meg's Everyday Indulgence bringing you one of my favorite strawberry desserts!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• It uses a cake mix: This easy dessert recipe is made with a cake mix! Cake mixes can speed up the process in many recipes and cut down on the ingredients needed. I also used a cake mix to make these strawberry cookies!
• Strawberry flavor: Strawberry lovers may find that this is one of their new favorite recipes as it’s filled with strawberry flavor. If you like strawberry cake flavor, then you’ll love the flavor of these.
• Brownie texture: Some ask if these are more like “cake” since the recipe uses a cake mix. It’s not! When you use the ingredients in the recipe card below (not on the back of the cake mix box) they turn out dense and in more of a texture like a brownie than cake.

Recipe FAQs

Ingredients for Strawberry Brownies

Here are notes about some of the key ingredients for this recipe. See the FULL RECIPE CARD at the bottom of this post for all of the ingredient amounts and instructions.

• Box strawberry cake mix (with pudding mix in the mix!!)- We use and recommend Pillsbury for these brownies based on testing other brands and readers leaving details in the comments about what has worked and not worked. But even if you don’t use Pillsbury, make sure you get a cake mix that has pudding in the mix! This makes such a big difference, and I’ve tried cake mixes that don’t have pudding in the mix, and this does not turn out the same!
• Oil – You can use vegetable or canola oil for this recipe. You may also try coconut or avocado oil, although I have not tested these yet.
• Vanilla extract – pure vanilla extract is recommended.
• Strawberry preserves (or jam) – The brand I recommend is Bonne Maman strawberry preserves as it gives this recipe the ultimate flavor and rich strawberry taste in the frosting.
• Milk – Whole, 2% or skim will work, as well as heavy cream or half and half.
• Cream Cheese – not pictured and not required. Since making these brownies over and over, I’ve tested and tried different methods. I’ve found that I love adding cream cheese to the frosting but it’s not required, and the frosting is still delicious without the cream cheese.

Variations

These brownies are great on their own or jazzed up with the simple strawberry frosting. But if you're feeling extra fancy, here are some more fun mix-in ideas and toppings:

• White chocolate chips
• Dark chocolate chips (We used semi-sweet chocolate chips in this chocolate brownie recipe.)
• Sprinkles
• Freeze-dried strawberries on top or pulverized and mixed into the batter
• Chocolate Frosting: If you’re looking for a different type of frosting recipe, you’ll love this chocolate buttercream frosting that would create a chocolate-covered strawberry flavor.

How to Make Strawberry Brownies

Start by making the batter. In a large bowl, pour in the strawberry cake mix. (Image 1)

Next, pour in the 2 large eggs and oil and mix strawberry cake mix in with the wet ingredients. (Images 2 & 3)

The batter will be thick, so keep at it until the ingredients come together. Press the batter into a greased 8×8 square baking pan (Image 4). We have found that a glass baking dish works better.) You can also line the baking pan with parchment paper for best results.

How Long to Bake the Strawberry Brownies

Bake for 18-22 minutes, until just cooked through. You want a thick, dense texture like a brownie, and overcooking will create a more cake-like texture.

Let cool completely before adding frosting.

Strawberry Brownie Frosting

The simple glaze is optional but adds a whole other dimension to the strawberry brownies so I recommend it.

While the brownies are baking, or afterward, you can whisk together the powdered sugar, strawberry jam, cream cheese (optional), and milk until you reach a thick consistency. (Images 5 & 6)

Pour glaze over the cooled brownies and then cut in to small pieces.

Not only does the glaze add more sweetness to the brownies but it also provides another pop of strawberry flavor.

How to Store Strawberry Brownies

Because of the frosting, these brownies will easily stick together. Because of this, you should store them in a single layer in an airtight container.

You can also layer parchment paper between layers if you need to stack them. Just be aware some of the frosting may stick as it doesn't harden.

If you make the frosting for these brownies, it’s best to store it in the refrigerator since it contains milk and jam. However, if you make them without frosting, they can be stored in an airtight container on the counter.

The brownies are best when consumed within 4 days.

TIP: I don't recommend adding fresh strawberries to this recipe. Why? Fresh strawberries contain lots of water, and as they bake, they release that water, which negatively affects the texture of the finished product.

More Brownie Recipes

If you’re a brownie lover, in any flavor, then these banana pudding brownies and these butterscotch brownies, will win you over for sure!

More Strawberry Recipes

But if you love strawberries in general, then you’ll also love this strawberry crumble, these strawberry shortcake cookies, and this stuffed strawberry cream cheese french toast for breakfast! Or for a no-bake dessert, this strawberry icebox cake is a hit during the summer months.

They would make a festive dessert for Valentine's Day, Easter, baby showers, and girls’ nights. When would you serve these delicious strawberry brownies?

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Original published: February 2021
Photos updated and republished: March 2025

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