This easy recipe for super decadent Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Donuts is a new favorite. Fluffy chocolate donuts – baked, not fried – are studded with peanut butter cups and covered in chocolate ganache!

Calling all chocolate and peanut butter lovers! This recipe right here is your donut dream come true. The chocolate donut base is rich, fudgy, and loaded with chocolate covered peanut butter cups; the chocolate ganache frosting is quick and luxuriously decadent; and the peanut butter cup finish makes these the ULTIMATE donut for any chocolate & pb fan <— If that’s you, preheat your oven NOW!

First things first. You’re going to need to grab your donut pan, my friend! Because these donuts are baked, not fried. If you don’t own a donut pan already, check out the link at the end of this post; it will lead you to the donut pan I own, love, and highly recommend if you’re in the market. Baked donuts are quick, easy, and a little less “guilt-inducing” than their fried counterparts, so if you love donuts and baking, it’s an affordable purchase you’ll be glad you made 😉

For the chocolate donut base you’ll need some simple ingredients: flour, dark brown sugar, salt, cocoa powder, baking powder, pure vanilla extract, 1 large egg, butter, creamy peanut butter, milk, and a couple mini peanut butter cups. The dry ingredients get mixed together; the wet ingredients get mixed together; then the wet and dry ingredients get mixed together to form a thick batter. You’ll spoon the batter into a greased donut pan, press the chopped peanut butter cups into the tops, and bake for 10 minutes. That’s it! I told you… these are almost too easy.

While your donuts are cooling, you should make your ganache. Making chocolate ganache is really, really easy. You’ll need heavy cream and chocolate – that’s it! You’ll want to place your chocolate in a heatproof bowl (I like to use glass bowls here). Then you’ll bring your cream to a light simmer (just below boiling); and pour the warm cream over the chocolate. You’re going to let this mixture sit for a few minutes (this allows the cream to get the chocolate nice and soft), then stir like crazy! When you’re whisking you should start in the center and stir outwards, stopping only once your chocolate is completely melted and has evenly combined with the cream. And that’s that. You just made ganache!

To decorate you’ll simply dip one side of each cooled donut into the ganache and top with a few chopped peanut butter cups. I like to let the glaze set for a few minutes (this takes about 20 minutes at room temperature and 5 minutes when you pop them in the fridge), but if you’re in a hurry, they can be served at once!

If you’re serving these to die-hard chocolate//pb lovers, doubling the recipe is strongly encouraged 😉 This recipe, as is, makes 6 baked donuts. And you know they’re gonna go fast! xo

Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Donuts

Ashley Manila

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

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Inactive Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine Donuts

Servings 6 baked donuts

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

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F).
• Lightly grease a doughnut pan; set aside.
• 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.
• 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!
• Allow doughnuts to cool a few minutes in the pan before transferring to a cooling wrack to cool completely.
• While your doughnuts are cooling, make your ganache!
• 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.

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