Chocolate Chip Donuts are spectacular! They use miniature chocolate chips in the donut and are glazed with a chocolate icing. Then they're topped with sprinkles. These donuts will have you drooling from the first bite! If donuts are your preferred comfort food of choice, these are terrific for a holiday breakfast like Mother's Day or Father's Day.
1/3cupchocolate sprinklesfor garnish, optional (or use rainbow sprinkles)
Instructions
DONUTS:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Grease a standard-size donut pan (20 cavities).
In a large mixing bowl, stir granulated sugar, flour, powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
Set aside.
In a separate bowl, whisk the milk, sour cream and eggs.
Add vanilla, melted butter and canola oil and whisk until smooth.
Combine flour mixture with egg mixture and miniature chocolate chips.
Stir just until combined.
Do not overmix.
Batter will be thick.
Transfer the batter to a Zip-Lock bag with the corner snipped off.
Fill the donut cavities in the prepared pan with the batter until 2/3 full.
Bake the doughnuts for 10-15 minutes, or until puffed and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes, before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.
CHOCOLATE GLAZE:
Whisk together powdered sugar, cocoa and about 2 tablespoons cream or one tablespoon half-and-half.
Add corn syrup and stir.
Slowly add the remaining cream and half-and-half until glaze is smooth.
Once the doughnuts are cooled, dip the top of the donut in the chocolate glaze.
Set on cooling rack and sprinkle immediately with sprinkles.
Ice and sprinkle one donut at a time before doing the next one so the sprinkles will adhere
Notes
NOTE: The secret to my donuts raising so nice and high is baking them at 425° instead of 350.° The extra heat allows the donuts to raise sufficiently in the short amount of time it takes to bake them. (I also fill the donut cavities quite full).NOTE: This icing is really not a glaze that dries and sets. It is more like a cupcake or cake icing and stays gooey.NOTE: The 20-tin donut pans can be purchased at Jo-Ann's Fabric and Crafts.