Fun Chocolate Sprinkle Donuts
These Fun Chocolate Sprinkle Donuts make the most fun breakfast or party goodies and they’re easy to mix up since they’re baked instead of fried! These mini chocolate donuts are perfect for Halloween and when chocolate treats are on the radar!
Servings: 12 Servings
Calories:
Ingredients
Chocolate Donuts
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder for extra dark, use black cocoa or Hershey’s Special Dark cocoa
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup milk of choice
- ¼ cup Greek yogurt or sour cream
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract or chocolate extract
- Optional: ½ teaspoon espresso powder
Chocolate Glaze
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate or dark chocolate chips
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Sprinkles
- Edible eyes
Instructions
Chocolate Donuts
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray or grease a donut pan with oil or non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl whisk egg with sugar until well combined. Add milk, yogurt, melted butter and vanilla extract, and whisk until combined. Pour into the flour mixture and mix until just combined. The batter will be thick.
- Fill donut cavities with batter ¾ way full using a spoon or a piping bag. Cut a corner off the bottom of the bag and pipe the batter into each donut cup.
- Bake for 9–10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the donuts comes out clean. Allow to cool for 5 minutes in pan, then remove donuts from pan and transfer to a wire rack. Allow to cool completely before glazing.
Chocolate Glaze
- Melt the chocolate, heavy cream, and butter gently in the microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring in between until smooth. Dip the tops of the donuts into the chocolate glaze and then top with sprinkles and eyeballs, and place on a cooling rack to set.
- Donuts are best eaten the same day or keep them for up to 1 week in the refrigerator.
Notes
- If hole of donut is covered up, stick a straw or a spoon handle into the middle of the donut to make the hole visible.
- This recipe makes 12 mini donuts or 6 regular sized donuts. Double recipe for 12 regular sized donuts.