Good-for-You Baked Chocolate Donuts (Whole Wheat)

Healthy and homemade Baked Chocolate Donuts made with whole wheat flour and greek yogurt, and topped with a rich chocolate glaze. With no sugar at all, this delicious dessert is actually good for you!

I had such a hard time putting together this recipe, let’s not even talk about it!

Chocolate donuts were always the plan, but I really wanted to make a healthier version, so it was either Whole Wheat or Almond Flour.

To be honest, I wish I had picked the almond flour because there’s so many recipes here on Instagram for those, Whole Wheat not so much. Did some research online and found a couple of recipes to adapt, but it was a struggle.

Those things failed quite bad the first time. A bit too dark – and this is coming from someone who’s a total sucker for dark chocolate baked goods – and kinda dense as well instead of fluffy and light.

Round 2 was okay but Round 3 – which I really didn’t mind having to do – clear success!

What ingredients make these Chocolate Cake Donuts Healthy?

• Almond/Cashew Milk + White Vinegar/Lemon Juice – This is basically a non dairy replacement for buttermilk. Just stir the 2 together and let it form for about 10 minutes.
  You could also use a cashew milk to make it nut-free.
• Whole Wheat Pastry Flour – Whole gains are better! White Whole Wheat works great too.
• Raw Cacao Powder – This is unsweetened and just pure rich chocolate. I use the one from Kiva. P.S. If you use my code (HAYLS.KITCHEN15OFF), you can get some for 15% off.
  Unsweetened Cocoa Powder is a good alternative.
• Baking Powder – This gives the rise in these doughnuts since there’s no yeast.
• Salt – Just a bit, but you can even skip it to be honest.
• Stevia Sweetener – This powdered sweetener not only makes the doughnuts sugar free, but also low in calories.
• Egg – Light fluffiness need.
• Greek Yogurt – Adds some moisture in there since the flour absorbs a fair bit, and also gives the donuts a protein bump. For a non-dairy option, use coconut yogurt.
• Melted Butter or Coconut Oil – A very very little bit, so these are actually quite low fat!
• Vanilla Extract – Probably an essential with any chocolate baked good right?

An easy sugar free chocolate glaze or frosting

Just 3 ingredients here:

• Cacao Powder or Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• Almond Milk
• Vanilla Extract
• Stevia Sweetener

Whisk them all in a shallow bowl, dunk the cooled donuts in, and place them on a wire rack. 

It’s a pretty thick icing so you won’t really have any mess.

Can I keep these baked chocolate whole wheat donuts?

You can keep anything 🙂 I myself had these for about 6 days.

If you plan to finish them within a day or 2, leave them in a covered airtight container on the countertop.

For a little longer, 5-6 days in the fridge – airtight container again – and they should still be good.

Do I need a Donut Pan?

I used a silicon donut pan here – my first time using silicon bakeware actually – because I heard it’s easier to take the baked goods out of it. And, yes, it really was. No greasing required.

If you have a regular metal donut pan, be sure to grease it. And If you want to get crafty, you can even try something with parchment paper.

But no donut pan?

Use a muffin tin! 

2 options here:

1. Make little balls of parchment paper or foil, place them in the middle of the muffin cavity, and then spread the batter around it.
2. Cut a piece of foil, place it on top of your index finger, and fold down and up the sides to make a donut cavity. Then grease the inside of that and place it in your muffin tin. Here’s what it should look like:

Some tips for getting light and fluffy doughnuts:

• Let the dairy-free “buttermilk” form for the entire 10 minutes. You don’t want to rush this.
• Use your brand’s conversion chart for the stevia to get the right sugar equivalent. Not all sweeteners are the same. Some are also a blend of stevia and erythritol so the conversion for those would be a lot different.
• Do not over-mix the batter. Too much gluten will develop because of the wheat flour and you’re doing to have something really dense in the end.
• Be sure to grease the donut pan if it isn’t silicon.
• Let the donuts cool completely before frosting them.

More Healthy Whole Wheat baked goods?

• Whole & Healthy Chocolate Avocado Bread
• White Chocolate Chip Dark Chocolate Zucchini Bread
• Best Ever Protein Powder & Yogurt Banana Bread
• Best Darn (Healthy) Carrot Cake with Protein Yogurt Frosting

Good-for-You Baked Chocolate Donuts (Whole Wheat)

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Prep Time12 minutes mins

Cook Time12 minutes mins

Total Time24 minutes mins

Servings: 6 donuts (3” wide, 1” high)

Calories: 123kcal

Course: Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Healthy and homemade Baked Chocolate Donuts made with whole wheat flour and greek yogurt, and topped with a rich chocolate glaze. With no sugar at all, this delicious dessert is actually good for you!

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup Almond Milk
• 1 tsp Lemon Juice, or White Vinegar
• 1 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour, or White Whole Wheat Flour
• 2½ Tbsp Cacao Powder, or Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• 1¾ tsp Baking Powder
• ⅛ tsp Salt
• Stevia Sweetener, ⅓ cup sugar worth (Use your brand’s Conversion Chart)
• 1 Egg
• ⅓ cup Greek Yogurt, about 66g
• 1 Tbsp Butter, Melted, or Coconut Oil
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Glaze:

• 2 Tbsp Cacao Powder, or Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• 2 Tbsp Almond Milk
• ¼ tsp Vanilla Extract
• Stevia Sweetener, 4 tsp sugar worth (Use your brand’s Conversion Chart)

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350°F and spray a donut pan with cooking spray to grease.
• Stir together almond milk and vinegar in a jar and let sit 10 minutes so the milk can go “sour” and form “buttermilk”.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, cocoa/cacao powder, baking powder and salt.
• In another bowl, whisk together buttermilk, sweetener, egg, melted butter and vanilla.
• Add wet ingredients to dry, and mix until just combined.
• Divide mixture evenly among donut pan cavities, filling about ⅔-¾ way up.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the donut comes out clean. Mine were done at 11 minutes.
• Let cool for 5 minutes and remove from pan. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool.

Glaze:

• In a shallow bowl, stir together ingredients for the glaze.
• Dip top of donuts in glaze, set down, and sprinkle toppings as you please!

Notes

Storage:

• Room temperature: 2-3 days in an airtight container.
• Fridge: 1 week in an airtight container.

Product Recommendations:

• Kiva Cacao Powder
  • Use code HAYLS.KITCHEN15OFF for 15% off your order
• Kiva Organic Stevia Powder
  • Use code HAYLS.KITCHEN15OFF for 15% off your order

Nutrition:

• Servings: 6 donuts (3” wide, 1” high) | Serving size: 1 donut
• Calories: 123kcal
• Fat: 3.7g | Saturated fat: 1.9g
• Carbohydrates: 18.7g | Fiber: 4.2g | Sugar: 0.3g
• Protein: 5.4g