These baked Chocolate Glazed Donut Holes can be on your table in under 30 minutes. Make a batch for the whole family to share. Just don’t forget to hide a few for yourself. They disappear fast!
With baked chocolate donuts this good, who needs a fryer? After you try these glazed donut holes, give our chocolate powdered sugar donuts a try next.
Why this Recipe Works
Bring these to your next breakfast meeting or coffee date and watch how quickly they disappear. Everyone loves Chocolate Glazed Donut Holes.
- These chocolate glazed donut holes are baked not fried.
- No splattering grease or oil burns to worry about!
- A simple two ingredient glaze sets in a crackly layer over the moist donut holes. Add sprinkles for a fun finishing touch.
- You can easily double the recipe to feed a crowd!
They’re simply irresistible! Love easy breakfast recipes? Try our homemade cheese danish!
Ingredient Notes
- Unsalted butter. Melt the butter in the microwave or on the stove before adding to the recipe. If using salted butter, use half the amount of kosher salt called for in the recipe.
- Unsweetened cocoa powder. Use a good quality cocoa for best flavor.
- Powdered sugar. Also called confectioner’s sugar, this gets dissolved with milk to make a sweet glaze to coat the baked donut holes.
- Milk. Any milk works for the glaze. Skim, fat free, whole milk—whatever you have on hand!
- TOOLS: Just a mini muffin pan is all you need. I love this one on Amazon (under $15- it’s an affiliate link). I use it for brownie bites too!
Easy Instructions
STEP 1. Make the donut batter
Mix the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Add the eggs, vanilla extract and melted butter. Beat to combine.
STEP 2. Bake the donut holes
Divide the batter into a greased mini muffin tin. Fill each muffin cup about half way.
Bake for 7 to 9 minutes.
STEP 3. Add glaze
Once the donut holes are cooled, whisk together the powdered sugar and milk until smooth.
Dip the top of each donut hole into the glaze. Place dipped donut holes on a sheet of parchment paper to catch the excess glaze dripping off the sides.
Let the chocolate glazed donut holes set for about 10 minutes. Eat and enjoy!
Tips and Tricks
- Baked Glazed Donuts are best eaten fresh! Do not put them in a container to store. The glaze will get sticky. If you need to store them, put pieces of parchment paper between layers.
- The glaze will drip down the sides of the donut hole after dipping. To make clean up easier, place parchment paper under the bowl of glaze as you dip.
- Freeze donut holes BEFORE adding the glaze for best results.
Recipe FAQs
I don’t recommend baking these more than a few hours in advance. Like most donuts, they really taste best when they’re fresh from the oven.
Yes, you can use a donut pan to make donuts instead of donut holes. You will need more baking time and will (obviously) yield fewer individual servings.
Make sure to spray the muffin tin cups really well with baking spray. You can also rub the inside of a butter wrapper over each tin to grease it.
This recipe yields about 36 donut holes. The size of your muffin tin and how full you fill each cup may affect how many you get.
More Breakfast Ideas
- Jelly Filled Donut Holes, use your favorite jam or preserve in these sweet bites!
- This is my FAVORITE breakfast cake: Cream Cheese Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Streusel
- No breakfast is complete in my house until a steaming hot coffee is served…with my favorite homemade French Vanilla creamer!
- Apple Cider Donuts
- Kringle Recipe
- Veggie Quiche
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Chocolate Glazed Donut Holes
Ingredients
For the Donut holes:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted
For the Glaze:
- 2 cup powdered sugar
- 3 Tablespoons milk
Instructions
- For the donuts, mix flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Add in eggs, milk, vanilla and butter. Beat for 2-3 minutes.
- Spray mini muffin pan with baking spray. Fill each muffin cup about 1/2 full and bake in a 325 degree oven for about 7-9 minutes.
- Remove and cool in pan about 10 minutes, then cool completely on wire rack.
- For the glaze, whisk together the powdered sugar and milk until smooth. Dip each donut hole top into the glaze and place on parchment paper. Repeat until all donut holes are dipped. Glaze will run down the sides, so there is no need to dip entire thing (unless you want to of course). Allow to set, about 10 minutes. ENJOY.
Notes
- Donuts are best eaten fresh. The glaze will get translucent (and sticky) if placed in airtight container.
- The glaze will drip down the sides of the donut hole after dipping. To make clean up easier, place parchment paper under the bowl of glaze as you dip.
- Freeze donut holes BEFORE adding the glaze for best results.
Nutrition
Perfect bites of donut heaven! This Chocolate Glazed Donut Holes recipe will have everyone racing to the breakfast table.
These little guys are just downright addicting to sum it up! We love them!
So delicious!
These are really addictive. I think I like them even better than the fried version.
My daughter and I loved making these, so delish!
Hi Aimee ;
Do you have a recipe for vanilla donuts? rolled in sugar
Thank Rosalie
5 star
Hi Aimee. Was scrambling for a treat for hubby and thought of You! Again, in the oven, but mine also take much longer than 7 to 9 minutes. About 12 to 15 minutes