My Baked Chocolate Peppermint Donuts are a mix of healthy and sinful: gluten free, low sugar, cocoa-rich donuts that are baked, not fried…then dipped in rich chocolate and topped with peppermint bark pieces! Now THIS is how breakfast is done.
Well I’m doing everything I thought I wouldn’t be doing this week.
My husband came home and asked if I wanted to go get a Christmas tree. Ummm let me think about HECK YES!
I think he’s in super sweet mode at the moment. That “please let this distract us from the fact that you’re STILL pregnant” mode. I appreciate that so much…since all I think about all day long is the bump.
Anyways, so we put up a Christmas tree and we’re waiting for the branches to drop a bit so we can decorate it. And we hung up the stockings…THREE of them. Blows my mind. And I put away all of the fall décor…
I scrapbooked, I did laundry, mopped the floors twice, made a grocery list…
I binge watched Dawson’s Creek during the day and settled in for the new season of Married at First Sight at night [OMG if you watch this show, please let me know because I’m obsessed with it].
And I made these super amazingly tasty Baked Chocolate Peppermint Donuts!
You guys! You HAVE to make these donuts! They taste like decadent chocolate peppermint cake but really the ingredients are pretty clean. I love that they’re baked, very low in sugar, flavored with antioxidant-rich pure cocoa powder and a hint of peppermint extract…and then bathed in dark chocolate and those irresistible Andes Peppermint Crunch pieces.
If you see those Andes Peppermint Crunch pieces in the baking aisle (pretty sure every store sells them…and no, this is not an ad for them), buy multiple bags. You won’t regret it!
These donuts are a fun breakfast, but I also love them as a little snack or a playful dessert. I’m tempted to make them for all of my friends because they make me so happy. You’ll love them, I promise.
Holiday baking? Try this Maple Pear Cake!
Want more donuts? These are another favorite of mine!
Healthier donuts? I’m in. And chocolate and peppermint is my favorite combo!
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Gluten-free. Baked. Peppermint. Now if only I had all the ingredients in my kitchen because the rest of the house is still asleep (!)
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Yay!! Move over pumpkin.. it’s time for peppermint and gingerbread to shine!! Can’t wait to try these
Ive been craving donuts!
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Girl. These donuts. I’m obsessed, and I cannot wait to go home to a kitchen where I can bake them!! I hope that sweet baby comes and meets you soon!
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I love making donuts! I’ll have to give theses a try, thanks for the idea!
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These looks so delicious! I’d eat them for breakfast, snack, and dessert
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