I’ve been experimenting the past few months with putting hot cocoa mix in recipes in place of cocoa or other forms of chocolate. I have to say, the results have been extremely tasty. There were Hot Cocoa Cookies, Hot Cocoa Cupcakes and Hot Cocoa Brownie Bowls With Hot Cocoa Mousse. Today I want to share with you Hot Cocoa Donuts With Marshmallow Frosting & Chocolate Glaze…
You may have had hot chocolate with your donuts, but have you had it in your donuts? These are kind of crazy. Crazy delicious. And you should make them.
You could make these in a donut pan as I did or in the Babycakes Donut Maker. You can see step by step photos of how I make my donuts, both ways, in this post.
I used the Chocolate Donut Recipe from Babycakes, and simply replaced the cocoa powder with hot chocolate mix. It will create a donut that is lighter in color with a wonderful hot chocolate flavor.
With baked donuts, I find that they can dry out pretty quickly. The best solution I have found is to make a very thin glaze with water or milk, powdered sugar and vanilla and give them all a good coating while they are still warm. Not only does this add a delicious sweetness, but it also helps seal them and keep them moist.
I’m not terribly specific about when I make it – about a cup of powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon of vanilla and 2 TSBP of water/milk – you can mix by hand or with a mixer. You want a runny consistency as you aren’t frosting the donut with this, just giving it a dunk. I drop mine in, flip them over with a fork and then sit on a wire rack with wax paper or foil below to catch the drippings. After this I let them set for a bit (even overnight).
You could stop right here or you can take these to another level. Marshmallow frosting? Yes please! I followed a recipe from Kraft for Marshmallow Creme Frosting using their Marshmallow Creme. I topped each donut with a layer of frosting. As you can see this is a bit drippy and messy, so I recommend a wire rack with something underneath it to catch the drips.
And once again you could stop here, call it good and dig in. But this is a baking blog and it’s just more fun to make the most of recipes. So it’s time for a chocolate glaze.
For the glaze, I found a recipe from Heather Cristo Cooks that looked quick, simple and delicious. It calls for four ounces of chocolate, and I’ll be darned if I know how much of a giant Trader Joe’s chocolate bar that is.
(If you want a glaze recipe that doesn’t include corn syrup, this one looks good – corn syrup will provide a glaze with more of a glossy shine).
The folks at OXO (one of my favorite brands – their products rock and clearly they include actual bakers and cooks in their product development) recently sent me an OXO Digital Food Scale with a pull out display. This made it quick and easy to measure out the right amount of chocolate.
The pull out display is great if you have a large bowl that you are using on the scale, allowing you to actually see the display without it hiding under the bowl.
I combined my heavy cream and chocolate in a microwave safe measuring cup and heated for 30 seconds, stirred, heated another 30 seconds stirred again and then added my corn syrup.
Each donut got a quick dip in the chocolate glaze, and then a good shake of Kraft Jet Puffed Mallow Bits.
This recipe is a keeper.
I highly recommend making these. Asap.
Enjoy!
Hot Chocolate Donut Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup hot chocolate mix use just the powder mix, do not make the cocoa
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cups buttermilk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Stir dry ingredients together in mixing bowl. Add egg, buttermilk, vegetable oil and vanilla. Using a mixer on medium speed, blend until smooth.
- Fill each cooking reservoir with about 2 tablespoons of batter.
- Bake about 4 to 5 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into donut comes out clean.
- Optional: Top with glaze or coat with powdered sugar, as desired.
Notes
Nutrition
Disclaimer
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
M says
Hi there! (I think my previous comment didnt post!) I am new to donut baking and am loving everything about this recipe!!! Your pics are making my mouth water… Was wondering if you share with me your recipe for the donut dough? I followed your links/referenced recipes and found the marshmallow and the glaze part. Would really love to make these nie that the weather is getting colder! Thanks a ton…
Cheers
Christi Johnstone says
Hi M, I used the recipe on the Babycakes website, as mentioned in the post, but it looks like they’ve since taken it off their website. This post was from back in 2012, so unfortunately I don’t remember what the recipe included. It does say in the post that I replaced the cocoa powder in the recipe with hot cocoa mix, which could be done in any chocolate donut recipe. I have a new chocolate donut recipe coming up on the site soon, and will try to get this one updated in the next few months.
M says
PS – I do have the Kraft Marshmallow recipe and found the chocolate glaze one you referenced, but I would love your help with the donut dough part!
Thanks again! Craving these like CRAZY!
Cheers
M says
Hi there! I am new to making donuts and this fun recipe sounds perfect for the coming colder weather. Could you help me with finding a suitable recipe to mimic what you made? I think I might lose my mind if I can’t make these!!!
Cheers – Fellow Chocolate Donut Lover
Christi Johnstone says
M – good news, I dug through my files and did have the original recipe, so I have updated the post to include it. Enjoy!
Susan Johnson McFeggan says
Truely disappointed in this post. I really wanted to make these for the grandkids and read the entire post only to find no recipe and the link to babycakes was to purchace the electrice mini donut maker not the recipe. This should not be allowed. To have people read through countless paragraphs and pictures and have a ton of pop up ads interrupt you is insane.
Christi Johnstone says
Well Susan, it’s a nine year old blog post and I think the issue you have is with the fact that the company that makes the donut maker, which is where the recipe was that I linked to, took the recipe off their site at some point and now only display a product page. Had you not been rude, I actually would have worked to track down the recipe for you, but I’m going to pass on that now. Good luck.