Baked Chocolate Mocha Donuts just happen to be gluten-free too. Chocolate baked cake donuts with a touch of Mexican chili powder and espresso, topped with a simple glaze.
I love easy baked donuts. No frying and so much healthier. Baked Oatmeal Breakfast Donuts are a great start to your day.
Pumpkin Spice Donuts are a must for the fall. Perfect with a pumpkin latte.
The combination of chocolate and coffee is so delicious. Have you tried my milk chocolate latte? It will pair perfectly with these Mexican chocolate donuts.
RECIPE and INSTRUCTIONS for this gluten-free donut recipe can be found at the bottom of this post.
To Make Baked Donuts You Need:
- Butter
- Sugar
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Eggs
- Buttermilk
- Espresso powder
- Cream cheese
- Chocolate chips
- Chili flakes
- Gluten Free flour
- Icing sugar
Baked Chocolate Mocha Donuts Are Easy To Make
Baked donuts are so delicious. Not greasy and really fun to make. It’s just like baking a muffin.
- You will need a donut pan, or if you are like me, I have several so I can bake all the donuts at once.
- I like to use a piping bag and a large tip to place the dough in the pan. You can use a freezer bag with the end cut off or just drop the dough in the pan by spoonfuls and spread it around.
Full instructions are in the recipe card below.
Here is the quick rundown so you can see how easy it really is to make homemade doughnuts without yeast.
- Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl.
- Cream the butter, cream cheese, sugar, and salt.
- Beat in the eggs.
- Combine the wet and dry ingredients.
- Add in the melted chocolate chips.
- Place dough in baking pans and bake.
- Remove and allow to cool.
- Glaze and enjoy.
Suggestions/Recipe Tips
- Flour – I used a gluten-free flour blend, but regular white flour will work as well if you don’t need these to be gluten free.
- Buttermilk – if you don’t have any on hand, try adding some vinegar to regular milk (about 1 ½ teaspoons is perfect). You can also water down some sour cream or Greek yogurt.
- Espresso powder – any instant espresso powder works.
- Chili flakes – any variety you like. You can adjust the amount of heat that works for you.
- Chocolate chips – can be milk chocolate, dark chocolate, or semi-sweet. You can also do a combination. If you really like things sweet, milk chocolate will be your choice.
- Storage – these baked donuts will last for 3-4 days in a sealed container. You can freeze them as well.
- Donut glaze – you can dip them in the glaze, or drizzle the glaze on by hand. Sprinkles are certainly optional but always welcomed. I used chocolate milk to make the glaze. Regular milk will work, and you can always add a touch of cocoa powder as well.
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Baked Chocolate Mocha Donuts (Gluten Free)
Ingredients
For the Donuts:
- ½ cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons espresso powder
- ½ teaspoon Aleppo chili flakes (or your choice of chili powder)
- 4 ounces cream cheese (softened)
- 1 cup chocolate chips (melted)
- 2 cups gluten free flour blend
For the Chocolate Milk Glaze:
- 1 cup icing sugar
- chocolate milk (to thin the glaze)
- sprinkles are optional
Instructions
For the Donuts:
- Preheat oven to 375º F and spray your donut pans with cooking spray.
- In a bowl sift flour, espresso powder, baking powder and chile flakes. Set aside.3 teaspoons baking powder, 2 teaspoons espresso powder, 2 cups gluten free flour blend, ½ teaspoon Aleppo chili flakes
- Using a mixer (hand held or stand) beat butter, cream cheese, sugar and salt until smooth and fluffy.½ cup unsalted butter, ½ cup granulated sugar, 4 ounces cream cheese, ½ teaspoon salt
- Beat in eggs (one at a time).2 eggs
- Melt your chocolate chips. (I used the microwave).
- Alternately add the flour mixture and buttermilk to the butter/sugar mixture. Beat until just combined. Do not over mix.½ cup buttermilk
- Blend in the melted chocolate.1 cup chocolate chips
- Place batter into piping bag that has a large nozzle/tip attached.
- Pipe batter into pans.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven. Take donuts out of pan and place on cooling rack.
For the Chocolate Milk Glaze:
- Combine icing sugar and chocolate milk to form a glaze. Add the milk SLOWLY to the icing sugar until you reach your desired consistency.chocolate milk, 1 cup icing sugar
- Dip each donut into the glaze. Decorate with sprinkles (optional). Allow to set before eating.
Stephanie@ApplesforCJ
Wow, I love the combination of flavors you’ve got going on in these donuts. And I’m all about new kitchen anything myself. I think I’m starting to run out of space though. But I guess you can always make room for things like donut pans..:)
Homemade & Yummy
HAHAH…well actually 2 donut pans. I know if I had a bigger kitchen I would be buying more stuff!!
Byron Thomas
Oh, these donuts are so cute! I love the pink tint to the sugar sprinkles. I have been wanting a donut pan for soooooo long. But, I keep reminding myself that I am running out of storage room in my kitchen. I think that’s one of the biggest downfalls of being a food blogger – we collect way too many dishes and things. 🙂
I love that these little guys are gluten free too – that makes me think I can eat two. 🙂
Homemade & Yummy
Yup us food bloggers do collect A LOT of stuff….but hey, you can’t make stuff without stuff right!! YES eat 2…they are so delicious.
Eileen Kelly
I started baking donuts about 6 months ago and we love them. Your recipe is such a great blend of spice and sweet. I have been experimenting with gluten free flour so I am looking forward to making these for my family.
Homemade & Yummy
You would never know they are gluten free. They did not last long in our house.
Natalie | Natalie's Food & Health
You’ve read my mind! I’m dreaming about donuts for last few days and I was just looking for some inspiration. These donuts look so delicious. I love espresso-chili combo here. Pinning to try these!
Homemade & Yummy
Hope you enjoy them as much as WE DID. I think I will have to make more …. like really soon.
amy
Such big flavors in these beauties! I love that they are baked instead of fried!
Homemade & Yummy
Baked taste so much better…and are so fun to make.
Winona @ Southern Family Fun
Oh my goodness. This pan is on the list and can’t wait to try this.
Homemade & Yummy
They are so much fun to make…and more fun to eat.
Heather @Boston Girl Bakes
Oh I love my donut pan and making baked donuts never feels like a guilty decision 🙂 Love these! Can’t wait to try!
Homemade & Yummy
Totally agree…they don’t make be feel guilty at all.
Bintu - Recipes From A Pantry
Baked doughnuts are so much healthier, love these and the interesting mix of chocolate and chile
Homemade & Yummy
It pairs so well together.
Mel @ The Refreshanista
These are so pretty with the sprinkles, Gloria! And I love those flavours, sounds so yummy! I’m super impressed you made gluten-free donuts 🙂
Homemade & Yummy
They are so delicious…and you would not even know they are gluten free.
Lynn | The Road to Honey
Ha! Ha! I agree with you that it is so much fun getting new kitchen tools but my current kitchen is sooooo tiny I really don’t have room for anything else (probably 80% of my things are already in storage. That said, I do have 2 donut pans because who could resist cakes in the shape of inner tubes (I made pool float donuts last time I used them). And these donuts.. .you can never go wrong when you give chocolate a little kick with chili pepper. But I have to ask, wherever did you get your Aleppo pepper? I tried to by some around Thanksgiving for a potato dish I was cooking and found it impossible to find given the situation in Syria.
Homemade & Yummy
I get the majority of my spices “online”….I do believe there is a link at the bottom of the post.
Derek | Dad With A Pan
These looks great! Send me some now! haha
Homemade & Yummy
Thanks for stopping by.
Jacqueline (PiperCooks)
I have a baked gluten free cinnamon roll donut recipe that I love so that’s probably my favorite flavor, but this looks excellent!
Homemade & Yummy
Gluten free baking has come such a long way over the years.
Sarah
Chocolate and Chile is one of my favorite flavor combos!
Homemade & Yummy
They do pair well together.
Leanna
These look gourmet!. Thank you for joining us at the #HomeMattersParty
I have seen the baked donut pans and was tempted but held off. Now I am going to go grab one. Its not the end of the world if you eat one fried donut occasionally, but I wouldn’t want a dozen of them. I would end up tossing them out. This will be fun to try. Thanks for sharing.
Homemade & Yummy
Hope you give them a try. They are fun, easy and so delicious.
Michelle @ Vitamin Sunshine
These photos are incredible! So sparkly and fun. I bought a mini doughnut pan years ago but they just get stuck in there (gluten free recipes). I want to buy a full sized pan– and try these!
Homemade & Yummy
They are fun….delicious….and such a hit!!