Chocolate-Glazed Biscuit Donuts
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In less than 30 minutes and with only 6 ingredients, you can make bakery-worthy Chocolate Glazed Donuts using our favorite donut hack: canned biscuit dough! These chocolate dipped donuts are the perfect sweet treat for a lazy weekend morning or for a quick dessert anytime the mood for donuts strikes.
Biscuit Donuts with Chocolate Glaze Recipe
Today’s Chocolate Glazed Donut recipe is our tenth and final recipe in our series of quick and easy biscuit donuts. We’ve shared everything from donut holes to filled powdered sugar donuts, but it wanted to end this series on a classic.
(You can see the full list of the other 9 biscuit donut recipes below.)
These easy chocolate-glazed donuts are golden and lightly crispy on the outside, light, airy and chewy on the inside, with a glossy chocolate glaze that has that perfect, gentle crunch when you bite into it but melts the minute it hits your tongue.
While biscuit donuts are not as sweet as more time-intensive, brioche-style donuts, I prefer the balance of sweetness of these fried donuts with their sweet chocolate topping.
If you want an even sweeter treat, you can use this method of making chocolate-glazed donuts to make a filled donut. Just don’t cut out the center of the donut and after frying, fill with Nutella, pastry cream or another sweet filling. Then top with the chocolate glaze and serve for a decadent donut that gives you the best of both worlds.
Variations on Chocolate-Glazed Donuts:
- bake the donuts instead of frying (Heat oven to 350F, brush the unbaked donuts with butter before baking for 8-10 minutes.)
- use the air fryer (Heat to 350F, add 1 Tablespoon of oil to the airfryer and place the donuts inside – spray with a bit extra oil, if desired. Bake for 5 minutes.)
- garnish with sprinkles, crushed cookies, crushed freeze-dried fruits, etc.
- coat the full donut in the chocolate glaze (you will need to triple the glaze recipe for this)
- fill the donuts with a sweet filling by following the directions just above
- make chocolate cake donuts by baking chocolate cake mix in a donut pan and then topping with our homemade chocolate glaze
Tips for the best biscuit donuts:
- enjoy within 2 days – this will be easy because they will disappear quickly!
- stretch the donut before frying and make the donut hole wider to get the best shape and prevent them from being too thick
- keep oil temperature at 350F – use a candy thermometer to keep an eye on the temperature. Too low and they will soak up the oil, too high and they will burn or overcook on the outside while not fully cooking on the inside
- store at room temperature in an airtight container (if you store in the fridge, the glaze will soften at room temperature)
Can I air-fry these donuts instead of frying? Yes, heat the air fryer to 350F, add 1 Tablespoon of oil to the airfryer and place the cut donuts inside – spray with a bit extra oil, if desired. Bake for 5-8 minutes.
How do I store leftover donuts? Store leftover donut in an airtight container at room temperature for 2 days. If keeping them longer, refrigerate for up to 5 days (however this will soften the vanilla glaze). The donut glaze texture is best within the first day or two as it tends to soften with time. If you want to keep these for longer, you can swap the vanilla glaze for a dip in vanilla candy melts.
Can I freeze the donuts? Yes, however I don’t recommend freezing the donuts with the glaze as I don’t think the glaze will thaw nicely. If you want to freeze the unglazed donuts, allow them to cool completely after frying. Store in a freezer-safe bag or your favorite freezer containers for up to two months. (This set of freezer containers is a crazy bargain.)
Ingredients for Chocolate Dipped Donuts
Scroll down to the printable recipe card for full measurements.
Tip: you will need approximately 4 cups of oil to fry the donut holes, but the amount will differ based on the size of your dutch oven or whatever you are using to fry them. You want at least 3-4″ of depth. You can use peanut, canola or vegetable oil.
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- Heavy stockpot or Dutch Oven <– highly recommended for even cooking and seamlessly transferring recipes from the stove to the oven – or for deep-frying, like with this recipe
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
- Cutting Board
- Small Circle Cookie Cutter
- Spider Strainer
How to Make Biscuit Donuts with Chocolate Glaze
Place a cooling rack over a baking tray and set aside.
Place your frying oil in a dutch oven over medium heat. Use a candy thermometer to ensure you bring the oil to 350F.
Cut out the center of each biscuit and then stretch the biscuit a bit to make the hole and biscuit donut wider – approximately by 1/2″.
Once oil is hot, fry each donut individually for about 1 minute per side, until golden brown.
Set each fried donut on the cooling rack to allow excess oil to drip off.
Once all donuts have been fried, turn off the heat for the oil.
Sift the powdered sugar and cocoa powder into a large bowl. Whisk together.
Whisk in the milk, vanilla extract and salt.
Dip each donut into the chocolate glaze, then place back on the cooling rack until glaze is set, about 30 minutes.
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Chocolate Glazed Biscuit Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 can Pre-made Biscuits
- 1 1/2 cups Powdered Icing Sugar
- 2 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
- 2 Tablespoons Milk
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- Place a cooling rack over a baking tray and set aside.
- Place your frying oil in a dutch oven over medium heat. Use a candy thermometer to ensure you bring the oil to 350F.
- Cut out the center of each biscuit and then stretch the biscuit a bit to make the hole and biscuit donut wider - approximately by 1/2".
- Once oil is hot, fry each donut individually for about 1 minute per side, until golden brown.
- Set each fried donut on the cooling rack to allow excess oil to drip off.
- Once all donuts have been fried, turn off the heat for the oil.
- Sift the powdered sugar and cocoa powder into a large bowl. Whisk together.
- Whisk in the milk, vanilla extract and salt.
- Dip each donut into the chocolate glaze, then place back on the cooling rack until glaze is set, about 30 minutes.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
10Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 92Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 142mgCarbohydrates: 20gFiber: 0gSugar: 16gProtein: 1g
Sugar, Spice and Glitter uses an auto-generate nutrition calculator. Nutrition information isn’t always accurate unless analyzed in a scientific lab, so these should be considered more of a guideline than medical information.
I hope your family loves this easy chocolate-glazed biscuit donut recipe as much as mine did!
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