Mini Chocolate Donuts dipped in a sweet vanilla glaze. These cute one-bite donuts are baked, so you feel less guilty while consuming and it allows for minimal hassle in the kitchen! The batter is made up of simple, everyday ingredients and comes together quite quickly.
Over the last couple months, I've become a huge fan of oven-baked donuts. They're so simple to put together and the creation combinations out there are endless.
Since I'm the biggest chocolate fan, I knew I had to create a chocolate donut ASAP to share with you. These chocolate donuts require one bowl, comes together super quick, and creates approximately 30 mini donuts.
If you don't want to make mini donuts, feel free to use a regular donut pan! When the donuts are fresh out of the oven, they are generously dipped in a sweet glaze made from powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla.
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Why you'll love this recipe
- Simple to put together: This is a one bowl recipe with easy
- Oven-baked; no frying mess
- Quick to whip up; 15 minutes and you've got donuts!
Key Ingredients
Full recipe and ingredients are in the recipe card below. Feel free to scroll through this section to view what ingredients we're using and recipe variation ideas!
- Milk: Having milk at room temperature maximizes baking results. I use 3.25% milk, but any kind of milk works. Water is a good substitute if you don't have any.
- Egg: Having an egg at room temperature helps it mix into the batter better.
- White sugar: Mainly used for sweetening. This is the one I use. The bond between sugar and water locks in moisture so the donuts remains nice and soft.
- Oil: Any kind of oil works in this recipe; I recommend canola, sunflower, or vegetable. Melted butter may be substituted.
- All purpose flour: Weigh the flour to get the most accurate results. If you don’t have a scale, spoon gently into a measuring cup. Scrap any excess off, and make sure the top of the cup of flour is flat before adding it into the bowl.
- Cocoa powder: Good quality cocoa powder is important. Unsweetened cocoa powder is the best for baking, and it helps balance the sugars out. This my holy grail unsweetened cocoa powder. It's affordable and high quality!
- Baking soda: A leavening agent that is used to help the donuts rise in the oven. Do not substitute for baking powder; these are two different things.
- Vanilla: A simple vanilla extract is used for this. There's a difference between vanilla extract and vanilla bean paste so be careful!
- Icing sugar: Also known as powdered sugar. It's a soft sugar that dissolves easily and will be used for the glaze. Different than white sugar.
Recipe Variation Ideas
- Instead of a glaze, use cinnamon and sugar! Kind of like my Mini Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Donuts
- Dip the tops in melted chocolate and top off with sprinkles.
- Use melted butter instead of oil.
- If using oil, try melted coconut oil! Baking game changer.
- Make old-fashioned donuts...no glaze!
- Try using a regular sized donut pan (Add a few minutes of baking in the oven with this option)
Step-By-Step Instructions
Here is how to make and bake these mini chocolate glazed donuts. You will need a mini donut baking pan, a large mixing bowl, a spatula, and a whisk.
Step 1 - In a large mixing bowl, whisk the wet ingredients together. This is the egg, milk, oil, and vanilla. Mix until everything is well combined
Step 2 - Now it's time to whisk in the dry ingredients. This is the flour, white sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, and baking soda. I recommend switching over to a spatula, and lightly folding the ingredients until a soft batter forms.
Step 3 - Transfer batter into a piping bag or ziplock with the corner cut. In a prepared mini donut pan, fill each donut about 1/2 full. I highly recommend this donut pan.
Step 4 - Bake at 350°F for 6-8 minutes. You'll know the donuts are ready when you touch it and it 'bounces' or 'springs' back in the pan.
Step 5 - While the donuts are baking, make the glaze. Combine icing sugar, vanilla, and milk in a bowl and mix until no lumps from the sugar are showing. With glaze, you can add more or less milk until your desired consistency is created.
Step 6 - While the donuts are still warm, dip into the glaze and place onto a cooling rack. I recommend placing parchment paper underneath the cooling rack to catch any excess glaze drip from the donuts. You may also double glaze the donuts, once the first layer has set.
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Mini Chocolate Glazed Donuts
Ingredients
Chocolate Donuts
- 1/2 cup milk room temperature
- 2 tsps vanilla
- 2 tbsp oil or melted butter
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 5 tbsp milk*
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a bowl, whisk together egg, oil, milk, and vanilla.1/2 cup milk, 2 tsps vanilla, 2 tbsp oil, 1 egg
- Once well combined, add in cocoa powder, white sugar, flour, and baking soda. Continue mixing with a spatula until a chocolate batter forms.1/3 cup white sugar, 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, 1/4 tsp baking soda
- Pour chocolate batter into a piping bag or ziplock with the corner cut, and fill each donut cup 1/2 full. Don’t get crazy with this – the batter will rise quite a bit during baking!
- Bake for 6-8 minutes or until the top springs back when touched.
- To make the glaze, combine vanilla, milk, and icing sugar into a bowl and whisk until there are no lumps showing.1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tsp vanilla, 5 tbsp milk*
- While the donuts are still warm, dip and transfer onto a cooling rack until the glaze has set. You may dip again if desired, but this is optional.
Amy says
When do you use the 1/3 cup of sugar?
Ania says
Hi Amy! The 1/3 cup of sugar is added when the dry ingredients are being added in.
CW says
These were pretty good, but they pretty much just tasted like muffin tops with glaze on top. And I feel like there should’ve only been one teaspoon of vanilla in the glaze as opposed to two. I also followed the instructions of only filling up the donut cups half way full, and they came out too thin. When I filled them up more on the second batch, the size was more adequate and they still maintained the hole in the middle. Additionally, I think there could’ve been less cocoa powder as the taste was very strong. (At least for me.) Maybe I’ll try making these again one day with all the tweaks I just mentioned and hope for a better result.
Ania says
Hi CW! Thanks so much for your comment, I appreciate it! I prefer a thinner glaze (I'm not much of a glaze person haha) and a richer chocolate flavour, but I understand everyone is different so I would definitely adjust it as you mentioned for your next batch. Have a wonderful day! 🙂