Chocolate Breakfast Donuts

Chocolate breakfast donuts that are soft cake on the inside, with a chocolate glaze on top! These baked donuts are gluten free, dairy free, egg free and easy to bake within 30 minutes. The perfect dessert for breakfast!

Having chocolate breakfast donuts for breakfast is a great idea, especially this healthy version. My chocolate baked donuts are full of healthy ingredients that are organic and gluten-free. And while they are healthier, they are a traditional baked chocolate donut, so if you want a donut recipe that is even more healthy, try my Chocolate frosted donuts with sprinkles that uses pumpkin puree or sweet potato instead of eggs and oil, and less sugar.

Either recipe however will boost your  mood, help you feel full and energize you through your busy day.

What Do They Taste Like?

Baked donuts are cake-like, not airy like fried donuts. And yet they are a lighter than pound cake.  Depending on the cocoa powder brand you use, they can taste deeply chocolatey, close to devil's food cake.

And the glossy chocolate top is only 2 ingredients, milk and chocolate chips. Again, choose a quality dark chocolate to ensure the frosting has the benefits of chocolate, including fiber and magnesium , full of mood-boosting nutrients.

Ingredients

Flour. Use gluten free baking flour or all purpose flour.
Sugar. Organic cane sugar tastes better than ordinary cane sugar.
Cocoa. Unsweetened.
Milk. I used dairy free almond milk.
Oil. I used olive oil.
Coffee, Vanilla. For flavorings.

See the recipe card at the bottom for full information on ingredients and quantities.

Steps to Make Breakfast Donuts

For more detail, visit the complete and printable recipe at the bottom of this post, but here are general steps.

1. Mix dry ingredients in a small bowl. Mix wet ingredients in a large bowl.

2. Combine dry with wet, mix or blend, but don't over combine or the cakey donut will be chewy because of the release of gluten.

3. Pour the batter into a plastic sandwich bag with tip cut off or fill a piping bag without a frosting tip.

4. Pipe the batter into the donut pans, bake for 10 minutes at 400 F.  Cool, glaze, eat.

You need a donut pan, although in a pinch you can just use the batter in mini-cupcake pans with paper liners to make donut holes. Just reduce cooking time.

Recipe Tips

1. Do they store?

Yes, feel free to store them unfrosted 3-4 days in a sealed container in the refrigerator, or freeze them covered for 3 months.

2. Can you swap flours?

You can certainly use an all purpose flour, but you might have to tweak the moisture depending on the brand. You want to achieve the batter texture you see in my prep shot above.

3. Can I Fry these donuts?

I don't think so. I have never made a fried donut so I am unfamiliar with the steps.

3. Does the donut rise well?

Yes, pretty well. You can see in my bite shot the fluffy cake-like texture. Here I used the gluten-free flour I spoke of, but the version I made with all purpose flour was even fluffier!

More Healthy Donuts

• Mini Chocolate Donuts
• Chocolate Frosted Donuts
• Apple Cider Donuts
• Chocolate Protein Donuts (chickpeas)

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