Halloween Donuts
Dress up your dessert on Halloween with this recipe for Frosted Chocolate Donuts. Dipped in holiday-dyed glazes and decorated with sprinkles, these fluffy baked donuts are so fun to make for fall.
Equipment
- Donut pan
Ingredients
Chocolate Donuts
- 1 cup all-purpose flour unbleached
- 1/4 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder 100% cacao
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1/3 cup milk room temperature
- 1/4 cup Greek yogurt room temperature
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter melted
- 1 tsp vanilla pure
Glaze
- 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar packed
- 1 Tbsp corn syrup
- 1 Tbsp unsalted butter melted
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla pure
- 1/2 tsp red food coloring gel divided
- 1/4 tsp yellow food coloring gel
- 1/4 tsp blue food coloring gel
- decorative sprinkles
Instructions
Chocolate Donuts
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease donut pan and set aside.
- Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and brown sugar together in a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl, whisk egg, milk, yogurt, melted butter and vanilla until combined.
- Carefully add wet ingredients to dry, stirring with a wooden spoon until just combined. Take care to avoid overmixing. Note: Batter will be thick.
- Pipe batter into donut pan, evenly distributing between the 6 cavities.
- Bake for 9 minutes. Donuts are done when tops spring back when pressed by a fingertip.
- Cool donuts in pan for 3 minutes then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
Glaze
- In a medium bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, corn syrup, melted butter, milk and vanilla until smooth and lump free. Note: glaze will be thick.
- Divide batter evenly between two bowls: one for orange glaze and one for purple glaze
- For orange glaze: add 1/4 teaspoon of red food gel and 1/4 teaspoon of yellow food gel and stir until combined.
- For purple glaze: add 1/4 teaspoon of red food gel and 1/4 teaspoon of blue food gel and stir until combined.
Assembly
- Dip donuts tops into glaze then decorate with sprinkles.
Store
- Donuts taste best the day they are made but can be covered and stored at room temperature up to 2 days.