Mini Donuts with Chocolate Frosting
These mini donuts are super easy to make! The smooth chocolate frosting goes great with the soft, fluffy texture of the donuts.
Equipment
- Mini donut pans This recipe makes 36 mini donuts total, but you can always bake in multiple batches if you only have one pan.
Ingredients
Mini Donuts
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup milk room temperature if possible
- 1/4 cup plain yogurt room temperature. I like to use Greek yogurt
- 1 egg room temperature if possible
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup melted butter or a neutral oil like vegetable oil
Chocolate Frosting
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup milk
Instructions
Make Mini Donut Batter
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease your mini donut pans
- Mix dry ingredients: In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar.
- Mix wet ingredients: In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk, yogurt, egg, vanilla extract, and melted butter. It helps if your cold ingredients aren't freezing cold from coming out of the fridge and if your butter isn't super hot.
- Combine: Gradually add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Put your batter in a piping bag with no tip, just the very end cut off. This is optional, but I think very helpful.
- Fill the pan: Spoon or pipe the batter into the greased mini donut pans, filling each about 3/4 full.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the donuts spring back when lightly pressed. Let them cool for a few minutes in the pan, then transfer to a wire rack.
Make Chocolate Frosting
- In a small, microwavable bowl, microwave your chocolate chips and milk in 20-second intervals, stirring after each time in the microwave. Keep doing this until you have a smooth chocolate ganache. Note: I only had to microwave my chocolate chips once, but everyone's microwave is different.
- Carefully dip your mini donuts face-down in the chocolate frosting. Then, place your donuts face-up on a plate so the frosting can set.