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Homemade Baked Frosted Chocolate Donuts. I recreated a sweet donut that we all grew up eating! These yummy chocolate frosted donuts are so much better than store-bought and simple to make too! They’re baked with Greek yogurt and maple syrup to sweeten just slightly. Each donut is then dipped into a creamy chocolate glaze that melts in your mouth. These frosted chocolate doughnuts are totally delicious, fun to make, and even better to enjoy!
I always love to end the week with something sweet, so I’m excited to share these donuts! Everyone’s had a frosted chocolate donut from the store. I’m picturing the donuts in the white and blue box, the ones from Entenmann’s! I feel like they were such a childhood staple. Even though it was only on rare occasions that my mom would buy them, they were always such a nice surprise for my brothers and me!
One of my favorite things to do in the kitchen is to recreate treats I enjoyed as a kid! I always have so much fun with these recipes!
These donuts took no effort at all! They’re so easy to mix up, and they come out much better than anything from a box – promise.
Plus, you can double up on the delicious chocolate glaze when you make these donuts at home! I always felt like donuts from the store were lacking in the glaze. Making them at home easily solves those issues!
Of course, these are much healthier too! They’re made with Greek yogurt and very little sugar, and you can even use whole wheat flour! We all adore a healthier homemade treat!
Here are the details
Ingredients
- Salted butter
- Maple syrup
- Greek yogurt
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose or whole wheat flour
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Mini chocolate chips
- Avocado oil – or you can use melted butter if needed
Special Tools
For this donut recipe, you’ll need a donut pan to bake the donuts since they are non-fried. If you do not have a donut pan, I recommend using a mini muffin pan or regular muffin pan.
Steps
Step 1: make the batter
I wanted to do my best to make these donuts healthier. First, I start with some brown butter. Then I add a touch of maple syrup to lightly sweeten the donut.
From here, mix the eggs with Greek yogurt and vanilla.
For the flour, I like to use all-purpose or whole wheat flour. If you use whole wheat, the donuts will be a little more dense, which is honestly still delicious—just different!
You could also use a gluten-free flour blend if needed.
Step 2: bake
Once the batter is ready to go, bake it up in a doughnut pan. If you don’t have a doughnut pan, make doughnut holes using either a regular muffin pan or a mini muffin pan. Either option works just the same, but be sure to really grease the pan before adding the batter. This is a stickier batter, so greasing the pans is essential.
Bake the donuts for 8-10 minutes. They bake up really fast! Then, let them cool.
Step 3: the frosting
The frosting makes the donuts YUMMY! Just chocolate chips and oil melted together. Easy peasy!
It’s delicious and leaves you with chocolatey fingers.
Step 4: frost each donut
Once the donuts have baked, I like to let them cool completely, then dip them into the warm frosting. Let the chocolate harden, and then enjoy!
Each bite is filled with sweet, fluffy cake and extra fudgy chocolate frosting.
Looking for other baked doughnuts? Here are my favorites:
Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts with Cinnamon Maple Glaze
Baked Blueberry Cinnamon Sugar Doughnuts
Lastly, if you make these Homemade Baked Frosted Chocolate Donuts, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
Homemade Baked Frosted Chocolate Donuts
Servings: 12
Calories Per Serving: 152 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons salted butter
- 1/3 cup maple syrup or honey
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 350° F. Grease a 6-cup doughnut pan or 12-cup muffin pan with melted butter.2. Add 4 tablespoons butter to a pot set over medium heat. Allow the butter to brown lightly until it smells toasted, 2-3 minutes. Remove from the heat.3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the brown butter, maple syrup, yogurt, eggs, and vanilla until combined. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, and mix until just combined. 4. Divide the batter evenly among the prepared pan, filling 1/2-2/3 of the way full. Bake 10-12 minutes, until just set. Remove and let cool 5 minutes, then run a knife around the edges to release and invert the pan.5. Meanwhile, make the glaze/frosting. Microwave the chocolate chips and oil on 30-second intervals, stirring after each, until melted and smooth.6. Dip or drizzle the doughnuts into the glaze. Let the chocolate set or quickly chill in the freezer until set.
This post was originally published on March 28, 2025
Wanted to try to make healthier donuts for my kiddos— and this recipe didn’t disappoint. Definitely not a baker over here but the recipe was fairly easy to follow for this novice baker! The dough was really sticky (I attribute this to the Fage Greek yogurt I used) but the taste was good. I also filled the donut tray too much… and got less overall donuts than what the recipe says. Trial & error for next time! Overall I’d make them again! Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Hi Brittany,
Wonderful! Thank you so much for making this recipe and your comment, so glad it was a winner! Have the best weekend:)
Do you have recommendations to make this an actual chocolate donut? Would love to try a true chocolate donut version of these!
Hey Dana,
Thanks so much! I would recommend this recipe:
https://fett-weg.today/baked-chocolate-fudge-glazed-doughnuts/%3C/a%3E%3Cbr /> I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions! xx
Absolutely loved these donuts! My pans made 9. In addition to the chocolate glaze I made your cinnamon maple glaze from your apple cider donut recipe and I put blueberries in a few and used a lemon glaze on them.
Love to hear this, Rebecca! Thanks so much for making these donuts and making them your own:) Have a great week! xx
Your donut recipe came out perfect! I’m a novice but determined baker, and this was a great way to make donuts at home and avoid all the artificial ingredients in store-bought sweets. Will absolutely make them again.
Hey Colleen,
Fantastic!! I am so glad to hear this recipe was a winner, thanks for making it and your comment! x
Hi Tieghan,
I made these donuts over the weekend, and they were a huge hit. Really soft and delicious, and plenty sweet. I mean… they are completely coated in chocolate. What’s not to love? 😊
Hey Mel,
Happy Tuesday!! Thanks for giving this recipe a try, so glad to hear it turned out nicely for you!
My family loved these, thank you! ☺️
Hey Kristi,
Yay!! So glad to hear your family enjoyed these donuts, thanks so much for making them:) Happy Monday! x
These were very plain. I made the recipe exactly except for the chocolate. I wish they had had more flavor. Maybe something sweet.
Hi Anne,
So sorry to hear these were so bland for you. If there is anything that I can help with, please let me know! xx
These were so good, and it was fun to make donuts at home! Great idea! ☺️
Yay!! Thanks a lot, Marina!! I am so glad to hear these donuts were a hit, thanks a bunch for making them! xx
My batter after being mixed up looked like a cookie dough. I had to spoon it in globs into the donut pan. Not accurate measurements for sure. Disappointed. I’ll have cookie donuts when they get out of the oven. Wish I could post a pic of my batter.
Hi Jenny,
That sounds about right, this batter is a good one to put in a plastic bag to pipe into the molds. I hope they are yummy!
These were so good, and I even got my picky teenagers to participate in the creation. 😁 They were really soft, moist and cake-like. Not dry at all. I think the Greek yogurt had something to do with that. Another HBH hit!
Thanks so much, Michelle! Love to hear you enjoyed this recipe, thanks for trying it! Have the best week:)