With this easy donuts recipe, you can make fun and spooky monster donuts at home. Perfect for Halloween parties, these colorful treats are a hit with kids and adults alike.
Halloween Monster Donuts are a wickedly fun treat combining deep, rich cocoa with spooky and playful decorations. Each donut is a soft, moist ring of chocolatey goodness, perfectly baked for a tender bite that just melts in your mouth. But the real treat is in the decorations – each donut is transformed into a ghoulish little monster, bursting with flavor. Bright, eerie vanilla glaze adds a striking contrast to the chocolate base, and candy eyeballs make them look delightfully devilish. These will steal the show at any Halloween gathering.
Homemade Monster Donuts Recipe for Halloween Treats
This simple recipe makes soft, decadent baked chocolate donuts. They’re great for breakfast, an easy Halloween dessert, or Halloween parties—no frying is required and they’re ready in under an hour.
This is an excellent recipe to make with your children or grandchildren, as it is a simple treat. The kids will enjoy decorating the monster donuts! These are fun Halloween treats.
If Halloween is your favorite holiday, you are probably looking for new snacks, fun ideas, delicious treats, and Halloween party ideas. These delicious monster eye donuts are easy to make and will be a huge hit on your Halloween party table.
Happy Halloween!
Tips and tricks for making these Homemade Monster Donuts:
● Why do we put cocoa powder in the pan before baking? There are two reasons for this: the first is that it helps to remove the donuts from the pan. The second reason is that cooking spray can leave a yellowish film on baked goods. This is very noticeable on chocolate. The cocoa powder helps hide that.
● Make sure your donuts are completely cool before topping with the glaze. Otherwise, the glaze will melt right off.
● If you have difficulty spooning the batter properly into the pan, use a piping bag. It can really cut down on the mess.
● These Halloween donuts are made with chocolate. If you want a plain donut, try this donut recipe for cinnamon sugar donuts. You can color (click here to learn how to make colored sugar) the cinnamon sugar, or leave it off and use the glaze and decorating ideas. Or, use your favorite donuts recipes and then glaze and decorate.
● Use small candy corn pieces and give your monsters some candy corn teeth!
● Use candy melts in Halloween colors by drizzling melted chocolate over the glaze.
● If you have plain, store-bought donuts, you can spooky them up by making the glaze and decorating.
● This recipe uses purple, green, and orange food coloring. You can use different colors if that appeals. Make a black frosting glaze! Blue icing! Any fun colors will work.
● For my UK and Australian friends: confectioners’ sugar is icing sugar (powdered sugar, 10x).
● Butter in Baking: Essential Tips for Perfect Baked Goods
● How to make vanilla extract
● Store leftovers at room temperature for up to 3 days. The glaze and candy eyeballs will weep at this point.
● You can freeze the donuts but the glaze, eyeballs and sprinkles cannot be frozen. The color will weep onto the donuts the minute that it thaws. If you want you can make the donuts up to (and including) step 5. Cool the donuts and place in an airtight container and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw at room temperature when you are ready to serve and decorate with the glaze once thawed.
You might also enjoy these Halloween breakfast recipes:
● Easy Jack-O’-Lantern Waffles Recipe
● Monster Waffles Recipe | Easy to Make for Halloween
These Halloween recipes are spooktacular! Try these spooky treats, you’ll like them!
● Easy Cauldron Cakes Recipe | How to Make
● Hairy Monster Cookies Recipe
● Killer Cupcakes Recipe | Slay Your Taste Buds
Homemade Monster Donuts Recipe for Halloween Treats Ingredients:
For the Chocolate Donuts:
● 2¼ cups All-purpose Flour
● ½ cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder (plus a little extra for the pan)
● 2/3 cup Granulated Sugar
● 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
● ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
● ¼ teaspoon Salt
● 1¼ cups Whole Milk
● 1 large Egg
● 4 Tablespoons Butter, melted
● 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
For the Glaze and Decorations:
● 2 cups Confectioners’ Sugar
● 3 Tablespoons Milk
● 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
● ½ teaspoon Purple Food Coloring
● ½ teaspoon Green Food Coloring
● ½ teaspoon Orange Food Coloring
● Candy Eyeballs
● Halloween Sprinkles
Homemade Monster Donuts Mise en Place:
● Donut Pan
● Non-stick Cooking Spray
● Measuring Cup
● Measuring Spoons
● Whisk
● Rubber Spatula
● Large Mixing Bowl
● Medium Mixing Bowl
● Small Mixing Bowls
● Wire Baking Rack (Cooking Rack, Baking Rack, Wire Rack)
Homemade Monster Donuts Recipe for Halloween Treats Directions:
1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Spray a donuts pan with cooking spray and then sprinkle that with cocoa powder.
3. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt all together. Set aside for a second.
4. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk the milk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla extract together.
5. Add the wet mixture to the dry ingredients. Whisk to combine them.
6. Spoon the batter into your prepared pan, filling each donut cavity about 75% full.
7. Bake for 10 minutes in a preheated 350°F oven.
8. Remove the cake from the oven and cool in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring it to a rack to cool completely.
9. Once cool, make the glaze.
10. Whisk together the confectioners’ sugar, milk, and vanilla extract in a medium bowl.
11. Divide the glaze into three small mixing bowls (use different bowls for each color).
12. Add green food coloring to one bowl, purple food coloring to the second bowl, and orange food coloring to the third bowl. Stir to mix the food coloring. If you want the color to be deeper, add an additional ¼ teaspoon of food coloring until you achieve the color you wish to achieve.
13. Dip the top of each donut into the glaze, coating the entire top. Give it a shake to remove any excess glaze.
14. Add eyeballs and sprinkles to the top of the wet glaze immediately. You don’t want the glaze to set before you add your decorations.
15. Allow the glazed and decorated donuts to set for 10-15 minutes to allow the glaze to harden before serving.
16. Store leftovers at room temperature for up to three (3) days. At this point, the glaze and candy eyeballs will weep.
Homemade Monster Donuts Recipe for Halloween Treats
Homemade Monster Donuts Recipe for Halloween Treats. With this easy donuts recipe, you can make fun and spooky monster donuts at home. Perfect for Halloween parties, these colorful treats are a hit with kids and adults alike.
Ingredients
For the Chocolate Donuts:
- 2¼ cups All-purpose Flour
- ½ cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder (plus a little extra for the pan)
- 2/3 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 1¼ cups Whole Milk
- 1 large Egg
- 4 Tablespoons Butter, melted
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
For the Glaze and Decorations:
- 2 cups Confectioners' Sugar
- 3 Tablespoons Milk
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ½ teaspoon Purple Food Coloring
- ½ teaspoon Green Food Coloring
- ½ teaspoon Orange Food Coloring
- Candy Eyeballs
- Halloween Sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Spray a donut pan with cooking spray and then sprinkle that with cocoa powder.
- In a large bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt all together. Set aside for a second.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk the milk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla extract together.
- Add the wet mixture to the dry ingredients. Whisk to combine them.
- Spoon the batter into your prepared pan, filling each donut cavity about 75% full.
- Bake for 10 minutes in a preheated 350°F oven.
- Remove the cake from the oven and cool in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring it to a rack to cool completely.
- Once cool, make the glaze.
- Whisk together the confectioners' sugar, milk, and vanilla extract in a medium bowl.
- Divide the glaze into three small mixing bowls (use different bowls for each color).
- Add green food coloring to one bowl, purple food coloring to the second bowl, and orange food coloring to the third bowl. Stir to mix the food coloring. If you want the color to be deeper, add an additional ¼ teaspoon of food coloring until you achieve the color you wish to achieve.
- Dip the top of each donut into the glaze, coating the entire top. Give it a shake to remove any excess glaze.
- Add eyeballs and sprinkles to the top of the wet glaze immediately. You don’t want the glaze to set before you add your decorations.
- Allow the glazed and decorated donuts to set for 10-15 minutes to allow the glaze to harden before serving.
- Store leftovers at room temperature for up to three (3) days. At this point, the glaze and candy eyeballs will weep.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 278Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 161mgCarbohydrates: 52gFiber: 1gSugar: 31gProtein: 5g
Note: for exact nutritional information, consult your dietitian. All nutritional information provided is simply a guideline.
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