These chocolate glazed donut bites are a healthy, baked donut recipe. No donut pan required.
I’m pretty sure I’m the only person left in this world without a donut pan. Admittedly, I don’t get out much. Or, at least “out” to places that would have donut pans, but the only place I’ve seen one in the last year was Sur la Table in the Ferry Building in San Francisco, 2,500+ miles from home. Shoving it in my carry-on did cross my mind for about 5 seconds but so did buying a Le Creuset dutch oven that was 35% off so that’s not saying much.
Needless to say, I am still donut pan-less.
However, I finally got sick of not having donuts.
So, I made it work.
Donut bites…AKA: mini muffins with chocolate glaze and sprinkles on top.
Clearly, this is exactly what I needed to make after 4 days away from home last week, not working out for 5 days and a drawer full of fresh CSA produce.
It’s fine though, I found out a Crossfit opened 2 miles down the road this weekend and these are {healthy} muffins donuts. Chocolate protein glaze and all.
Not quite Dunkin’, but they’ll do. The hole in the middle is overrated anyway.
Chocolate Glazed Donut Bites
Ingredients
For the Donuts
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup spelt flour
- 1/4 cup almond meal
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 3-4 tablespoons milk
- 1/4 cup plain greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon melted coconut oil
- sprinkles
For the Chocolate Glaze
- 1/2 scoop, 2 tablespoons chocolate whey protein powder
- 1 tablespoon dark unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons plain greek yogurt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 tablespoon milk
- 5 drops liquid stevia
Instructions
For the Donut Bites
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a mini muffin pan.
- Combine all the dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
- Whisk together wet ingredients using 3 tablespoons milk in a separate small bowl.
- Pour wet into dry and combine with a spatula. If too dry, add additional tablespoon of milk. Batter will be thick, like a muffin consistency.
- Spoon batter into mini muffin pan, filled 3/4 of the way in each.
- Bake for 7-8 minutes.
- Remove donut bites from pan and cool on a wire rack.
For the Chocolate Glaze
- Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and mix together with a spoon until smooth.
- Once donut bites are completely cooled, dip tops into icing and top with sprinkles.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Gina Matsoukas is an AP syndicated writer. She is the founder, photographer and recipe developer of Running to the Kitchen — a food website focused on providing healthy, wholesome recipes using fresh and seasonal ingredients. Her work has been featured in numerous media outlets both digital and print, including MSN, Huffington post, Buzzfeed, Women’s Health and Food Network.
Love the glaze! Great idea to add protein powder!
These look delish! I actually have a doughnut pan (I got it from Amazon) but it’s going to have to be neglected in favour of doughnut bites ;) Do you happen to know whether I can substitute anything for the chocolate protein powder in the frosting? I don’t have any.
you could probably just do more cocoa powder in place of the protein powder.
Ta very much! I’d hoped that would be the case, but having not done much baking with protein powder I wasn’t sure whether it had a particular function that cocoa powder couldn’t replicate. Looking forward to making these morsels of yum now ;)
I don’t have a donut pan either, I don’t have the space for specialty pans. This is such a great idea. Would never guessed all those healthy ingredients were in these delicious looking donuts.
Haha, I also remain sadly donut pan-less. These look delicious anyway!
You are my savior! (sorry, I’m a little intense for a first time comment) I don’t have a donut pan either and i pretty much always want donuts. This has been a big conundrum in my life… Until now. And you just blew my mind with the whole healthy donut thing. Awesome.
Haha, no worries. This just made my night ;) I hope you try them!
I’ll take these donuts in muffin form or not..they look so delicious and super dangerous with how tiny they are ;)
Woah! Healthy and donut in the same sentence? Not to mention the fact that these look so stinkin’ cute. I’ll take uh…three dozen? Yum!
i’ll take donuts any way i can get ’em – hole or no hole! these look delicious!
These kind of posts make me want to raid my pantry and eat all the sweets in the world. They look so good!!!!!
totally agree! That hole in the middle is WAY overrated. Why would you put a hole in something so good??? I just don’t get it. :)