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A plate of protein donuts with sprinkles

Chocolate Protein Donuts

Soft, cakey, and packed with protein! These easy protein donuts will kick off your morning in a delicious way and help keep you full until lunch time!
Yield: 6 Donuts
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 22 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup chocolate protein powder I have used both of these protein powders with great results; Vital Proteins Vital Performance and Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Whey
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup milk I used 2% but any percentage will do!
  • 2 tbsp melted butter fully cooled!
  • 1 tsp vanilla

FROSTING

  • 2 tbsp melted better nice and hot!
  • 3 tbsp chocolate protein powder I have used both of these protein powders with great results; Vital Proteins Vital Performance and Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Whey
  • 3 tbsp powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp milk I used 2 %
  • Sprinkles for topping

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a donut pan with non-stick spray. Set aside.
  • In a medium bowl combine flour, protein powder, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl or stand mixer combine egg, sugar, milk, butter and vanilla.
  • Slowly add in the flour mixture and mix until well combined.
  • Fill your prepared donut pan with your donut batter. This should make ~6 donuts.
  • Bake for 12 minutes or until a toothpick when inserted comes out clean.
  • Allow donuts to cool fully before frosting.
  • To make the frosting combine all frosting ingredients in a small bowl. Your frosting should be runny enough to dip your donuts into it for a nice glaze. If it is not, pop it in the microwave to melt the butter a bit and it should get runniner. If it does not then you can add ¼ tsp of milk at a time until you reach the desired consistency (see video in folder to see how it should look!)
  • Dip your donuts top side down (The side facing UP in the donut pan faces DOWN in the frosting) then sprinkle with rainbow sprinkles. Repeat with remaining donuts. As the butter cools your frosting will begin to harden a bit! This is good. 
  • Enjoy!!!

Notes

May sub all-purpose flour or gluten free flour in place of whole wheat flour.
Store in an air tight container for 5-7 days. I'd recommend not frosting them if storing them. You can prepare the frosting or glaze and add it just before eating. This will prevent them from getting too soggy.
To fill your donut plan without making a mess you can put your batter into a ziplock sandwich bag (or bigger size) and snip off the corner and pipe in the batter.
Protein Powder Notes: I use Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Whey, personally. Every protein powder tends to cause the batter to have a little bit of a different consistency, plant based ones I find that I need to add more liquid. If this happens to you just add an extra splash of liquid.You can really use any flavor protein. Chocolate will. give you the most chocolate-y flavor, obviously. However, I've used vanilla before and the cocoa powder still gives it a good chocolate taste!

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Nutrition Facts

Nutrition Facts
Chocolate Protein Donuts
Serving Size
 
1 g
Amount per Serving
Calories
163
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
5
g
8
%
Saturated Fat
 
3
g
19
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
2
g
Cholesterol
 
37
mg
12
%
Sodium
 
206
mg
9
%
Carbohydrates
 
22
g
7
%
Fiber
 
1
g
4
%
Sugar
 
10
g
11
%
Protein
 
9
g
18
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.