These delicious mint chocolate donuts are full of flavor. Our easy baked donut recipe is perfect for your next gathering. Enjoy this delightful treat!
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I don’t know what it is about winter weather, but it always makes me crave mint. And while I enjoy peppermint during the holiday season, cool spearmint is a flavor I can eat throughout the entire winter season – especially when it’s combined with chocolate. That’s why these delicious mint chocolate donuts are my favorite way to start my day during the cold winter months.
Donuts really are a fantastic way to treat yourself, no matter what time of year it is. But making traditional donuts at home can be difficult and a little messy. Not only do you have to mix up a messy batter, but you also have to fry them in hot oil.
But not these easy baked donuts! All you need is a mixing bowl and a donut pan to instantly have delicious mint chocolate donuts for breakfast – or a sweet snack in the middle of the afternoon. Our easy baked donut recipe is super simple to make.
Ingredients for Chocolate Mint Donuts
To make these minty donuts you'll need:
- melted butter
- egg
- milk
- mint extract
- all purpose flour
- white sugar
- cocoa pwder
- baking powder + baking soda
- salt
- powdered sugar
- andes mints
How to Make Mint Chocolate Donuts
With the creamy glaze and chocolate candy on top, these donuts look complicated. But they really are simple to make.
- Mix together the batter
- Spoon or pipe the batter into the donut baking pans, filling each donut cup two-thirds of the way full of batter to ensure your donuts are nice and fluffy.
- Bake the donuts in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes.
- To make the glaze, whisk together the powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and milk until a smooth glaze forms.
- Dip each donut in the glaze, then top with chopped chocolate mint candy.
How to Store Mint Chocolate Donuts:
Storing: You can store these donuts for up to 3 days in an airtight container at room temperature or up to 5 days in the refrigerator
Freezing: You can freeze mint donuts recipe for up to 3 months in an airtight container. I recommend freezing them without the glaze/topping. Thaw completely before enjoying.
Substitutions for this Chocolate Baked Donut Recipe:
Butter: Butter is essential to this recipe. We haven't tried it with dairy free butter but it might work!
Sugar: We don't recommend substituting white sugar unless you have to, but White sugar can be used interchangeably with brown sugar. You can add 1 teaspoon of molasses to white sugar to make brown sugar. Check out this post on Sugar Substitutes for Baking for other ideas.
All Purpose Flour: We don't recommend substituting the flour, but you can check out this article on Cake Flour vs. All-Purpose Flour or Substitutions for All-Purpose Flour
Baking Powder: Baking powder is essential for this recipe. Do NOT substitute with baking soda.
Baking Soda: Baking soda is essential for this recipe. Do not substitute with baking powder.
Eggs: We don't recommend substituting eggs, but you can read this article on Egg Substitutions for Baking if you need to substitute. Try it at your own risk!
Milk: You can substitute milk with half and half, low fat milk or non dairy milk.
Mint Extract: Helps to add flavor, we don't recommend substituting.
Tips for making Mint Donuts:
Make sure your donuts are completely cool before topping them with the glaze. If you the donuts are still warm, the glaze will melt off the top and make a big mess!
For easy clean up: Lay parchment paper or wax paper underneath a cooling wrap to catch any excess glaze that drips!
For frosting the donuts: You can frost the donuts in 2 ways:
- Dip the donuts. For a smooth finish, dip the top of each donut in the glaze, then place it back on to wire cooling rack to set.
- Spread the glaze. If you want a more rustic look, spoon the glaze over the top each donut and spread it with the flat side of the spoon. This will create drips on the sides of the donut, so be sure your donuts are resting on a wire rack with a piece of wax or parchment paper underneath to catch the drips.
Other chocolate dessert recipes:
Mint Chocolate Donut Recipe
Ingredients
Chocolate Donut Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1 egg
- ½ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon mint extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Donut Glaze Ingredients
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ cup milk
- ½ cup Andes mints chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare two donut pans by greasing with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl mix together melted butter, milk, egg and mint extract until combined.
- Add flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt to the butter/milk mixture. Mix until combined.
- Spoon or pipe the batter into the donut pan, filling each cavity around ⅔ of the way full.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes. The donuts are done when they bounce back after being touched.
- After the donuts have cooled for 10 minutes in the pan, place them on a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
- To make the glaze, whisk together the powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and milk until a smooth glaze forms.
- Dip each donut in the glaze, then top with chopped chocolate mint candy.
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