Black Velvet Donuts

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Dessert shouldn’t be the only thing getting the Baketober treatment. That’s right, it’s my mission to make breakfast spooky, too, and through donuts, all things are possible. This black velvet donut recipe is insanely easy to throw together, and even piping spiderwebs (more spiders, seriously?!) and glazing with ghost slime only adds mere minutes to the total time from start to donut-in-your-mouth finish. You could say this recipe is pretty a-glaze-ing, and you’d be right.

Donuts so good, they’ll haunt your dreams. But at only 110 calories a donut, they won’t also haunt your waistline, so that’s nice. This recipe makes 10 donuts that taste exactly like a giant Oreo thanks to the black cocoa and the vanilla glaze. I am a firm believer that donuts are for all ages, so share with your kids, friends, parents, that ghost that haunts your basement–anyone will love them.

To make, you’ll need:

• 1 bag of Empowrd gluten free protein donut mix
• 115 grams (1/2 c) unsweetened applesauce
• 1 egg
• 1 ounce of black cocoa powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 c + 2 TBS water
• Optional black gel dye to make darker

Preheat your oven to 350 and spray a donut pan with cooking spray; alternatively, you can make these into muffins if you don’t have a donut pan. Mix all ingredients together by hand with a whisk until smooth. I use a piping bag or plastic bag with the tip snipped to pipe my donut dough into each donut cavity; this makes 10 donuts. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack. Let cool for 15 minutes before glazing.

The glaze is also very simple to make; you’ll need:

• 30 grams Quest vanilla milkshake protein powder
• 30 grams Lakanto powdered monkfruit
• Water to get a drizzly consistency (about 4 TBS)
• Lime green gel dye
• Spooky sprinkles

You can also just choose to use all powdered sugar/powdered monkfruit, but this will make the glaze a lot sweeter. Mix the protein powder, monkfruit, and water until you get a consistency that is thick enough to pipe with. Load a piping bag or plastic bag with half the glaze and gather half your donuts.

Snip a very small corner off your bag, then draw 6 lines coming out of the center of the donut to start the spiderweb.

Then draw a curve from one vertical line to the next to form the outside shape of the web.

To finish, draw another set of curved lines closer to the center of the donut, and you’ve got more edible spiderwebs than probably necessary, but hey, it’s Halloween.

Now, have the slime of your life and take the remaining glaze and dye it lime green; add another tablespoon of water if needed to thin out a little bit. You want the consistency of this glaze to be a tiny bit more drippy than the spiderweb glaze. Dip a donut face-down into the glaze, give it a few twists, then flip upright and shake to get the glaze coated evenly over the donut (and, also, your entire hand; worth it). Repeat with remaining donuts. Slime is of the essence, so before the glaze sets, be sure to top with spooky sprinkles!

These donuts are best eaten right away, as are all donuts, but given eating nearly a dozen donuts at once is “frowned upon,” keep leftover donuts in an airtight container in the fridge. These reheat very well in the microwave for 10 seconds. I also typically freeze half and save for later; they thaw out great- a Halloween miracle! Anything that black or that slimy deserves to be celebrated; so eat, drink, and be scary for breakfast with these Oreo-adjacent spooky babies. ‘Til next time, my fellow eaters!

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