Extremely low calorie and no fat Oreo Protein Donuts with chocolate protein powder, a lot of egg whites, and no oil or butter! These glazed cookies and cream protein donuts have the spot on Oreo flavor and make the best anabolic donuts recipe!

I legit just finished eating 2 of these cookies and cream protein donuts as part of my breakfast and oh were they rich?!

The actual proper black cocoa chocolate donut flavor and the creamy glaze – it was just magical like a proper Oreo.

They also turned out just so supremely soft, I cannot! When I bit into the first one it seemed a little too fudgy and I actually considered switching up the recipe to make it a little more dry. But on day 2 and 3, I realized they were just perfect!

But the best part about these though, is that they’re extremely low calorie protein donuts, and low fat too! There’s no oil or butter or anything needed here, and they just make the perfect post workout meal.

Ingredients For Oreo Protein Donuts

These Oreo flavored gourmet protein donuts are actually extremely healthy, made with no oil or butter, and extra protein powder, egg whites and applesauce!

Here’s what you need:

Flour – I recommend whole wheat pastry, regular all purpose flour or 1:1 gluten-free baking flour.
Chocolate Protein Powder needed for a high protein donut and also replaces most of the ‘sugar’.
I used a whey-caesin blend protein powder from Quest Nutrition for this recipe.
Be sure to use a chocolate protein powder sweetened with stevia or monk fruit if you want a proper sugar free protein donut recipe.
Unflavored Protein Powder to replace some of the flour. I recommend the one from KOS.
Black Cacao Powder or Black Cocoa Powder; This is the one I used.
Another recommendation is this one from The Cocoa Trader.
Coconut Flour
Baking Powder
Unsweetened Applesauce – Makes these low fat protein donuts since it replaces the oil and butter usually needed.
Unsweetened Almond Milk
Egg Whites – Drops the fat and added cholesterol. Make sure they’re at room temperature though.
Non-fat Greek Yogurt – Room temperature again

For the Low Fat Cookies and Cream Glazed Protein Donuts

Non-fat Greek Yogurt
Vanilla Protein Powder; I used the one from Quest Nutrition here as well.
Oreo Cookies – Oreo Thins are good here, but if you want a sugar-free version, try Catalina Crunch.

How to make Cookies and Cream Protein Donuts

These baked protein doughnuts are super easy to make even though they might look a bit fancy.

Preheat oven to 350°F and grease 10 cavities of a donut pan

Whisk the wet ingredients in a bowl: Applesauce, egg whites, yogurt and milk.

Whisk together all the dry ingredients in a bowl: flour, chocolate protein powder, black cocoa powder, unflavored protein powder and baking powder.

Add wet mix to dry and fold gently to combine. Don’t over-mix or donuts will be tough because of protein powder.

Use a spoon or piping bag to divide the mix among donut cavities, filling about ⅔ – ¾ the way up.

Bake at for 15-18 minutes – tester inserted should come out dry

For glazed donuts!

Let the donuts cool a bit before you glaze them, so the chocolate sticks on well.

Mix Greek yogurt and vanilla protein powder in a bowl.

Spread frosting on donuts and set them on a cooling rack – the dry side down.
Top baked anabolic donuts with chopped up crushed Oreos or sandwich cookies

Tips for the perfect Anabolic Donuts Recipe

Grease the donut pan if it isn’t silicon.

Use room temperature egg whites, yogurt and milk;
This is so the wet ingredients and dry ingredients can mix well.

Don’t over-mix the batter!
Make sure you gently fold the dry mix into the wet to combine them.
If you over-mix it, the protein powder – will make it tough, dense and gummy.

Make sure your mixture has enough moisture in it. Protein powder is quite absorbent and if the wet ingredients are too little, the donuts will be dry! The mix should be like a slightly thick, gooey brownie batter.

Taste the batter and see if you need some extra sweetener. I’d recommend using stevia powder to maintain the consistency of the batter and have sugar free protein donuts.

Let the protein doughnuts cool completely before spreading the frosting on them.

How to store Black Cocoa Protein Powder Donuts

These black cocoa protein donuts keep well at room temperature, in the fridge or freezer.

Chocolate protein cake donuts keep at room temperature on the countertop for 2 days (in an airtight container) without the glaze.

Glazed cookies and cream protein donuts keep for 5 days in the fridge; An airtight container again.

For a freezer friendly option, freeze the protein powder donuts individually on a baking sheet and then transfer them to freezer safe zipper bags. They should keep up to 2 months.

Thaw the donuts to room temperature and warm them in the microwave when it’s time to eat

Alternatives for Low Calorie Oreo Donuts

Flour: All purpose flour, 1:1 Gluten Free Baking or Whole Wheat Pastry Flour work well here, with the same amount by weight.
Black Cocoa: Regular unsweetened cocoa or raw cacao
Greek Yogurt: Coconut Yogurt
Applesauce: Mashed banana or pumpkin puree
Almond Milk: Any other milk
1:1 Zero Calorie Sugar Replacement: Regular confectioners sugar or coconut sugar (this won’t be sugar free though, and also higher in calories)

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