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Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Donuts

Baked, not fried, these Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Donuts are ready in about 20 minutes!

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Additional Time
5 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 6 baked donuts
Course: Breakfast

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg, at room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 tablespoon creamy peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup milk (I used chocolate almond milk, but regular cow's milk will work fine)
  • 6 mini peanut butter cups, chopped into 4 pieces each
For the Ganache:
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 4 ounces dark chocolate chips
Decoration:
  • mini peanut butter cups, chopped

Instructions

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  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F).
  2. Lightly grease a doughnut pan; set aside.
  3. In a large bowl whisk together the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl whisk together the wet ingredients, then gently pour them into the dry ones. Fold ingredients together until just combined.
  4. Spoon mixture into prepared doughnut pan. Press one chopped peanut butter cup (4 pieces) into the top of each donut and gently cover with batter. Bake for 10-11 minutes, or until the doughnuts spring back when lightly pressed. Be careful not to over bake here!
  5. Allow doughnuts to cool a few minutes in the pan before transferring to a cooling wrack to cool completely.
  6. While your doughnuts are cooling, make your ganache!
  7. Place the chocolate in a small heatproof bowl; set aside. Heat the cream in a small sauce pan over medium-heat; bring to a gentle simmer and remove from heat right before it starts boiling; pour over chocolate and allow the mixture to sit for two minutes; stir until chocolate is fully melted. Dip one side of each cooled donut in the ganache, then transfer back to the cooling wrack; repeat with all donuts. Decorate wet ganache with chopped peanut butter cups and serve.