These Sugar Free Chocolate Filled Donut Holes feature an explosion of chocolate in every bite!
Made with simple ingredients, these donut holes are oven baked in a mini-muffin pan, coated with a cinnamon-sugar (alternative) topping, and then filled with melted chocolate, making them perfect when served for breakfast, as a snack, or after dinner as a dessert.
What you will read about in this recipe.
What makes chocolate filled donut holes so good?
Chocolate filled donut holes feature soft and fluffy bites of donuts with with the irresistible indulgence of a gooey, rich chocolate in every bite!
I like that these donuts are oven baked instead of fried in oil!
To fill these donut holes with chocolate goodness, you can use a piping bag. You can find a selection of piping bags here.
What you need to make chocolate donut holes.
- Flour
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Vegetable Oil
- Sugar Alternative- Please use a granular sugar alternative that measures 1:1 with sugar and can be baked with, for best results.
- Egg- The egg should be at room temperature.
- Vanilla Extract
- Milk- Using a milk alternative such as a nut milk is okay.
- For topping- granular sugar alternative blended with ground cinnamon ..
- For the filling- Sugar free chocolate chips. - melted. You can alternatively use softened Sugar Free Hazelnut Spread.
How to make Baked Chocolate Donut Holes
- Preheat your oven to 325and prep a mini muffin pan for nonstick.
- In a medium bowl, use a whisk or a fork to mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Next, in a mixing bowl, beat together the vegetable oil and sugar alternative until blended. Then mix in the egg, vanilla, and milk. Lastly, stir in the dry ingredients until just combined. The batter should be thick but pourable, similar to pancake batter.
- Evenly distribute the batter in the prepared muffin pan and bake until just browned (15-18 minutes). Allow the donut holes to sit at room temperature for five minutes before removing from the pan.
- To make the topping, use a whisk to blend together the sugar alternative with the cinnamon in a shallow bowl. Then spray each individual donut hole with oil and roll it in to the topping to coat them with the topping.
- Melt the chocolate chips according to the directions on the packing. Once the donut holes have been covered with the topping you can fill them them with the melted chocolate using a piping bag or your method of choice.
Tips for making the best donut holes.
These donut holes can be filled with melted sugar free chocolate or a (see my recipe for sugar free hazelnut spread) hazelnut spread (like a Nutella with no added sugar). You can find sugar free hazelnut spread for sale here.
More tips for you.
- These donut holes are coated with a sugar free version of cinnamon sugar. You can make this by combining a granular sugar alternative with ground cinnamon.
- Make these donut holes keto low carb diet friendly. Swap in a low carbohydrate baking mix for the flour, salt, and baking powder.
- I recommend that you spray coat these and fill them while they are still warm just out of the oven. This is because the baked dough is so much easier to work with while warm.
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How to store baked donut holes.
These donut holes should be stored in an airtight container.
I would refrigerate these as they are filled and should keep for about five days.
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Sugar Free Chocolate Filled Donut Holes
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- 3 tbsp Vegetable Oil
- 3 tbsp Splenda -see post for details and alternatives
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- ½ cup Milk
- ½ cup Sugar Free Chocolate Chips -see post for details and alternative.
For topping- granular sugar alternative (½ cup) blended with ground cinnamon (1 teaspoon). Vegetable Cooking Spray- you can use a butter spray or similar spray.
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 325 and prep a mini muffin pan for nonstick.
- In a medium bowl, use a whisk or a fork to mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Next, in a mixing bowl, beat together the vegetable oil and sugar alternative until blended. Then mix in the egg, vanilla, and milk. Lastly, stir in the dry ingredients until just combined. The batter should be thick but pourable, similar to pancake batter.
- Evenly distribute the batter in the prepared muffin pan and bake until just browned (15-18 minutes). Allow the donut holes to sit at room temperature for five minutes before removing from the pan. Then remove each individual donut hole and spray it with the the cooking spray before rolling or topping it with the cinnamon sugar alternative mixture.
Recipe Notes
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Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used. See thesugarfreediva.com for details on this recipe.
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Nutrition
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Sugar Free Chocolate Filled Donut Holes, a tasty dessert or snack recipe that has no added sugar. Keto alternative.
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