These Chocolate Peppermint Donuts are the perfect holiday treat! Rich and chocolatey donuts are topped with a sweet peppermint glaze and sprinkled with crushed candy canes. Moist, delicious, and so easy to make, these baked donuts make the best breakfast or dessert for Christmas!
After you’re officially on turkey overload and may still be eating those leftovers, it’s time to switch gears.
I’m thinking something with chocolate…and peppermint. After all, that’s pretty much my favorite combo come the holiday season. And once Thanksgiving has officially come and gone, I think it’s safe to break out the holiday recipes. Agreed?
Christmas is my favorite holiday and I just love the hustle and bustle of the season!
The movies (if you remember, I’ve been watching those cheesy Hallmark movies for a few now), the music, the decorations (and the tree!), the presents, family, friends, and food. I love it all! Even the cold weather seems to be fitting this time of year, though it can promptly end on January 2nd, please!
Once my house is decorated for the season and the hot chocolate and movies have been on repeat, I’m giddy with excitement. I may be an adult, but I feel like I appreciate Christmas a lot more now than I did when I was younger.
And baking…I love holiday baking! I’ve been testing holiday recipes since the end of the summer and I can’t wait to share my latest (and greatest) recipe with you. It’s chocolatey, pepperminty, and oh-so delicious!
I realize that Chocolate Peppermint Donuts aren’t necessarily a new thing, but for me, it’s been on my holiday recipe bucket list for some time now. And I finally conquered this treat, friends!
What Makes These Chocolate Peppermint Donuts So Great
- The donut bakes up tender, moist, and full of rich chocolate flavor.
- The peppermint glaze is creamy and sweet, with a touch of peppermint, and crushed candy canes on top.
- These Christmas donuts are a breeze to whip up! Within a half an hour, you can have the donuts made, baked, and ready to be cooled.
The base of the donut is from my Baked Oreo Donuts. You just can’t go wrong with chocolate. Am I right?
And with the hint of peppermint and crushed candy canes on top, it’s a fun and festive way to devour these donuts!
Cooking Tips
- If you don’t have non-stick cooking spray on hand, you can use oil or butter to grease the donut pans.
- Add a light dusting of flour onto the non-stick spray to make the donuts even easier to get out.
- Be careful when dipping the donuts into the glaze as you might lose hold of the donut! If you can’t stick it in halfway without losing it, you can also just spoon a little glaze on top of the donut and spread it around with a butter knife.
Variations
- Replace half of the white flour with whole wheat flour to add a little extra fiber to these donuts!
- Add half a cup of mini chocolate chips to the donut batter to give a little extra chocolatey goodness to these donuts!
- Sprinkle crushed spearmint candies to the top to get festive Christmas colors!
How To Make Christmas Donuts
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray two 6-count donut pans with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the egg, milk, coconut oil, and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Slowly pour the wet ingredients into the flour mixture, stirring until just combined. The batter will be very thick.
- Spoon the mixture into a large ziplock bag and cut the top of the bottom corner. Pipe the mixture into the prepared donut pans and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until donuts are slightly firm.
- Remove the pans from the oven and cool completely before adding the glaze.
- To make the glaze, whisk together powdered sugar, whipping cream, peppermint extract, and salt in a bowl until smooth.
- Take each donut and dunk it halfway into the glaze, then sprinkle with crushed candy canes. Enjoy!
So if you’re on the hunt for that perfect holiday sweet treat, these Chocolate Peppermint Donuts are sure to please those holiday guests and hungry kiddos!
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Looking for more peppermint desserts? I’ve got you covered!
- Frosted Peppermint Brownies
- Vanilla Cupcakes with Peppermint Frosting
- No-Bake Peppermint Bark Cheesecake
- White Chocolate Peppermint Scones
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Chocolate Peppermint Donuts
Ingredients
Chocolate donut
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup packed light brown sugar
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup milk any kind (I used 2%)
- ¼ cup melted coconut oil
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Peppermint glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ⅓ cup heavy whipping cream
- ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
- Pinch of salt
- 3/4 cup crushed candy canes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly spray two 6-count donut pans with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the egg, milk, coconut oil, and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Slowly pour the wet ingredients into the flour mixture, stirring until just combined. Batter will be very thick.
- Spoon mixture into a large ziplock bag and cut tip of bottom corner. Pipe mixture into prepared donut pans.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until donuts are slightly firm.
- Remove from oven and cool completely before adding glaze.
- To make the glaze, whisk powdered sugar, whipping cream, peppermint extract, and salt until smooth.
- Take each donut and dunk halfway into glaze, then sprinkle with crushed candy canes.
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