Mini Pumpkin Spice Halloween Donuts
These festive mini donuts are soft, pumpkin-spiced, and topped with a rich dark chocolate glaze and Halloween sprinkles. Baked instead of fried, they’re quick, easy, and perfect for Halloween breakfast, parties, or sweet fall treats!
Ingredients
Mini Pumpkin Spice Donuts
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie filling
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup neural oil or melted butter
Chocolate Glaze and Decorations
- 1 cup dark chocolate candy melts or semiwseet chips
- 2-3 tsp coconut oil or other neutral oil
- 1-2 tsp milk only if using chocolate chips and not candy melts
- Halloween sprinkles orange, black, purple or whatever color you like
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Lightly grease a mini donut pan.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice.
- In another bowl, whisk together the sugar, pumpkin purée, milk, yogurt, egg, vanilla, and melted butter/oil until smooth.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined—don’t overmix.
- Put pumpkin donut batter in a piping bag with no tip (or a plain round tip) and pipe the batter into the donut pan, filling each cavity about 3/4 full. Alternatively, you can spoon the batter in, but it gets pretty tricky with mini donuts.
- Bake for 8–10 minutes, or until the donuts spring back when lightly touched and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool for a few minutes in the pan, then transfer to a wire rack. After mini donuts have cooled completely, start on the chocolate glaze.
- If using chocolate candy melts, melt them according to the package instructions. Add a bit of oil to them and mix it in really well to create a texture and consistency that’s a little easier to work with.
- If using chocolate chips, melt the chocolate chips and oil together in 20-second intervals, stirring after each, until smooth. If needed, stir in a splash of milk to thin the glaze to your desired consistency.
- Dip the top of each donut into the chocolate glaze, letting any excess drip off.
- While the glaze is still wet, sprinkle with your favorite Halloween sprinkles
- Let the glaze set for about 10 minutes, or pop the donuts in the fridge to speed things up.