Halloween Gingerbread Doughnut Recipe
What better way to welcome fall than with a delicious gingerbread doughnut recipe?
I feel like pumpkin recipes get all the attention around this time of year. It’s time to show gingerbread a little love, as well. This post contains affiliate links, but all opinions are my own.
Gingerbread Doughnut Recipe with Dark Chocolate Glaze
There are so many ways to enjoy this doughnut recipe, but the addition of Halloween sprinkles has to be the most fun.
Let the kids get involved by decorating their own. Depending on the sprinkles used, these doughnuts can look spooky, or gorgeous. It’s all up to your preference.
Curious — do you spell it donuts or doughnuts?
This recipe is adapted from The Comfort of Cooking
Donut Ingredients:
(Exact measurements are in the recipe card below)
- All-purpose flour
- Granulated sugar
- Ground cinnamon
- Baking soda
- Kosher salt
- Ground nutmeg
- Ground cloves
- Buttermilk
- Vegetable oil
- Molasses
- Egg
- Pure vanilla extract
Donut Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a standard size 6-cup
donut pan . - In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cloves. Mix well.
- In a separate smaller bowl, combine buttermilk, oil, molasses, egg and vanilla. Mix well.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients, mixing until just combined. Do not over-mix or your donuts could be tough. Batter should be lumpy.
- Spoon batter equally into the 6 donut pan cups.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into a donut comes out clean.
- Allow donuts to cool completely then dip in dark chocolate glaze and finish with an assortment of Halloween sprinkles.
Dark Chocolate Glaze Ingredients:
Dark Chocolate Glaze recipe adapted from Martha Stewart
- Bittersweet chocolate (61 percent to 70 percent cacao), finely chopped
- Unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- Whole milk
- Light corn syrup
Directions:
Melt chocolate and butter in a bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water, stirring until smooth.
Remove from heat, and stir in milk and corn syrup. Use immediately.
Gingerbread Donuts with Dark Chocolate Glaze Recipe
Equipment
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Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ⅛ tsp Ground Nutmeg
- ⅛ tsp ground cloves
- ½ cup buttermilk
- ¼ cup oil
- 3 tbsp molasses
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the Glaze and Topping
- 4 oz bittersweet chocolate 61 percent to 70 percent cacao, finely chopped (3/4 cup)
- 3 tbsp butter unsalted, cut into small pieces
- 1 tbsp milk whole
- 2 tsp light corn syrup
- Halloween sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉. Lightly grease a standard size 6-cup donut pan.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cloves. Mix well.1 cup flour, 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon, ½ tsp baking soda, ¼ tsp kosher salt, ⅛ tsp Ground Nutmeg, ⅛ tsp ground cloves
- In a separate smaller bowl, combine buttermilk, oil, molasses, egg and vanilla. Mix well.½ cup buttermilk, ¼ cup oil, 3 tbsp molasses, 1 large egg, 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients, mixing until just combined. Do not over-mix or your donuts could be tough. Batter should be lumpy.
- Spoon batter equally into the 6 donut pan cups.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into a donut comes out clean.
- For the glaze, melt chocolate and butter in a bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat, and stir in milk and corn syrup. Use immediately.4 oz bittersweet chocolate, 3 tbsp butter, 1 tbsp milk, 2 tsp light corn syrup
- Allow donuts to cool completely then dip in dark chocolate glaze and finish with an assortment of Halloween sprinkles.
Nutrition
More Halloween recipes to try
- Pudding brains
- Bat sugar cookies
- Creepy clown cupcakes
- Bat pasta salad
- Monster crispy treats
- Graveyard frosting board
- Watching carbs? Try this keto Halloween mug cake.
Have you ever made a gingerbread doughnut recipe?
How would you decorate your gingerbread donuts?
Oh the yumness! I’m so into baked doughnuts these days.
Those are so cute! I love donuts but don’t make them at home. I may need to change that!
these look so amazing! Not a huge donut fan. but they seem like they would be great for parties 🙂
These are great! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
I love gingerbread and these look delicious! So festive for this time of year. Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty
I llove the donut maker you usef I haate frying donuuts and I bet these are a wwhole lot better for you . Theey look dlicious.
I LOVE donuts! These look so easy to make that I’ll have to give it a try.
I keep forgetting that I have a doughnut pan! I totally want to make these.My daughter would to add some edible glitter I’m sure since she is a freak for glitter right now.These would be great for Christmas too since they are gingerbread.