Baked Vegan Chocolate Donuts Recipe
One of my proudest baking moments was the day I first made these chocolate donuts! They are so soft and moist, and can you believe it – they’re made with simple dairy free vegan ingredients!! Seriously, they’re going to blow your mind, I’m telling you now. In NYC, there’s a bakery called Dun-Well that sells the most amazing vegan donuts (add it to your must visit list – it’s in Brooklyn!). My family is not vegan (at all) but hands down they’re our favorite donuts. This got me to thinking… how the heck do they do it? So I made these chocolate donuts! Yes, this recipe is vegan but it doesn’t require any hard-to-find fancy ingredients. Simply whip the batter up in 1 bowl, bake in a donut pan and finish them off with sweet chocolate frosting. They’re so easy to make! This recipe makes 6 chocolate donuts. You can easily double the ingredients if you want to make a full dozen. Want more baked donut recipes? Try my Baked Sugar Donuts, Baked Strawberry Donuts, Glazed Carrot Cake Donuts and Chocolate Chip Donuts.
Ingredients for Vegan Chocolate Donuts
Vegan donut ingredients are pretty similar to making regular donuts. I promise that you don’t need fancy ingredients- you know what I mean, pricey or hard to find. Everything can be found at your local grocery store.
all-purpose flour white sugar cocoa powder baking soda salt vegetable oil vanilla extract unsweetened almond milk (I’ve also made these with oat milk and they turned out well!) powdered sugar dairy free butter (we use Earth Balance)
How To Bake Chocolate Donuts
Mix the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Stir in the wet ingredients until a smooth batter is formed. Evenly pour the batter into the greased donut pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Make the chocolate frosting in a bowl which is a mixture of powdered sugar, dairy free butter, almond milk, cocoa powder and vanilla. Let donuts cool completely before removing them from the pan and adding the frosting.
Storing chocolate donuts
Store chocolate donuts at room temperature, covering them with plastic wrap (careful to not stick to the frosting) or lid. My tip is that I place a large bowl (upside down) on top of the plate of donuts, making my own lid! You can also store in the refrigerator but I do think they dry out a little bit, and since this recipe only makes 6 donuts, you probably will have them finished in a few days!
Can these be made gluten free?
Since making these, this question has come up often in the comments. Yes, you can make these into gluten free donuts! Simply swap out the all purpose flour for a gluten free 1:1 flour blend. Pin for later:
