Rich Chocolate Donuts

Lazy Sunday mornings or afternoon snacks pair perfectly with our Rich Chocolate Donuts!

Rich Chocolate Donuts are a tasty treat and so fun to make. Baked homemade cake like donuts are easy and there’s no cutting dough or deep frying required.

Our Rich Chocolate Donuts are truly a chocolate lover’s dream!

To make them, prepare two nonstick donut pans generously with cooking spray. Next, combine the melted butter, milk, vinegar, brewed coffee, sugars, salt, espresso powder and vanilla. Whisk then add the eggs. In a large bowl, mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and powder. Pour in the wet ingredients and stir together. Add in the chocolate chips to the thick batter.

Fill a zipper plastic bag with the batter (see our notes below for easy tips!). Pipe the batter into the prepared donut pans, filling the wells halfway. Do not fill completely, or the donuts will not retain their shape with the hole in the middle. The batter is forgiving, so after you fill the wells, you can shape the donuts with your hands, too, for that perfect round shape.

Bake the donuts, but do not overbake. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes and release onto a cooling rack. Let the donuts firm and cool completely before frosting. After the Rich Chocolate Donuts are cooled, you can simply dust with powdered sugar or glaze and decorate.

To prepare the glaze for the Rich Chocolate Donuts, set up two rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper and place cooling racks on top. Combine the butter, chocolate chips corn syrup and coffee together in a large bowl and heat until melted and silky in the microwave. Using two tablespoons, take the Rich Chocolate Donuts for a dip in the glaze. Move the donuts onto the baking sheets, sprinkle with fun toppings and let the glaze set completely before eating.

Yield: 24 small donuts

Author: Stacey Berk

Rich Chocolate Donuts are a tasty treat and so fun to make. Baked homemade cake like donuts are easy and there’s no cutting dough or deep frying required.

prep time: 20 Mcook time: 10 Mtotal time: 30 M

ingredients:

Donut Ingredients

½ cup of butter, melted
¾ cups of milk
1 teaspoon of white vinegar
¾ cup of brewed coffee
1 cup of brown sugar
¼ cup of granulated sugar
¼ teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of instant espresso powder
1 tablespoon of vanilla
2 eggs, room temperature
1 ¾ cups of all-purpose flour
2/3 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 cup of milk or semi-sweet chocolate chips

Glaze Ingredients

¼ cup of butter
1 11.5oz. bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips
¼ cup of corn syrup
¼ cup of brewed coffee, hot
Sprinkles, mini chocolate chips or chopped mint candies to decorate

instructions:

How to cook Rich Chocolate Donuts

Donuts

Prepare two nonstick donut pans generously with cooking spray. Preheat the oven to 350F.
In a medium glass bowl, combine the melted butter, milk, vinegar, brewed coffee, sugars, salt, espresso powder and vanilla. Whisk to combine, then add the eggs.
In a large bowl, mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and powder. Pour in the wet ingredients and stir together. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Fill a zipper plastic bag with the batter. Cut the corner with a scissors and pipe the batter into the prepared donut pans, filling the wells halfway. Do not fill completely, or the donuts will not retain their shape with the hole in the middle.
Bake the donuts for 10-12 minutes, rotating halfway through the bake time. Do not overbake. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes and release onto a cooling rack. Let the donuts cool completely before frosting.

Glaze

Prepare two rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper and place cooling racks on top.
In a large bowl, place the butter, chocolate chips corn syrup and coffee together and microwave in increments until melted and silky.
Using two tablespoons, dip the donuts in the glaze. Move the donuts onto the baking sheets, sprinkle with toppings and let the glaze set completely before eating.

NOTES:

• This recipe works with a standard or mini muffin pan, too! • Pro tip- to easily pipe the batter, line a tall pint glass with zipper plastic bag. The pint glass serves as a base for filling the bag. Let the zipper top hang over the glass. With a spatula, fold in the batter pressing down into one corner. The batter will fill up the lined glass. Lift the bag up creating a cone shape (pressing the batter with your hands as necessary), twist the bag and seal the edges. Cut off a small corner and pipe. • After the Rich Chocolate Donuts are cooled, you can simply dust with powdered sugar or glaze and decorate.

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