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Gluten-Free Chocolate Donut Recipe with Cookie Dough Frosting

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Gluten-free chocolate donuts topped with an edible cookie dough frosting make this the best gluten-free chocolate donut recipe I have ever made!

I hope you’re ready for a special treat because these gluten-free chocolate donuts are hard to resist. I bet these mini chocolate donuts are a decadent dessert your whole family will love.

A Gluten Free Chocolate Donut with Cookie Dough Frosting with a bite taken out.

Today is special for two reasons.

It is National Donut Day, and even more importantly, my son’s birthday! I have no idea where the years have gone…but all of a sudden, I have a 5’8 growing teenage boy. My son loves gluten free baked chocolate donuts and I am hoping that he will love this new chocolate donut recipe.

Check out the best gluten free donut recipes on my blog for your donut celebration!

With two very important occasions today, I wanted to celebrate his birthday with a treat he will remember for years. He loves chocolate.

He is also VERY guilty of trying to steal cookie dough anytime I am baking. I am not kidding….he never gives up. (He gets this from Mr. Fearless Dining…it must be genetic!)

Today, I am combining both of his favorite sweet things into one special dessert! Here is the Gluten-Free Edible Cookie Dough Frosting recipe.

We hope you like these gluten-free chocolate donuts as much as our son did!

A jar full of Cookie Dough Frosting. It can be spread on these chocolate donuts in this chocolate donut recipe

This easy cookie dough frosting recipe is quick and easy, and is delicious on any baked item…or just eat it by the spoonful!

4 Gluten Free Chocolate Donuts with Cookie Dough Frosting sitting on a table. One donut has a bite taken out of it

Frosting or Glaze?

This cookie dough frosting works so well with this doughnut recipe. Of course, this gluten-free edible cookie dough is also good enough to frost a cake like this Simple Gluten-Free Layer Cake recipe.

You can also make a glaze for your gluten-free donuts with powdered sugar and a little water. (2 cups powdered sugar to 1/4 cup almond milk.) Just dip your donuts in and then set onto a rack to dry.

Gluten Free Chocolate Donuts on a cooling rack

These mini donuts were made in my Babycakes Donut Maker, but you can definitely use a donut pan if you prefer to bake your chocolate donuts in the oven.

Baked donuts are a lot healthier than fried donuts.

A hand spreading the gluten free chocolate donuts with cookie dough frosting

And just in case these chocolate donuts with cookie dough frosting aren’t enough, here are a few more of my most popular donut recipes to get you through your day.

Fun ingredients to include:

(Feel free to add some fun mix-ins to these donuts!!)

  • Mini chocolate chips
  • Walnuts or other nuts
  • White chocolate chips
  • Caramel chips

More delicious baked donut recipes to try:

Gluten Free Vanilla Pudding Donuts on a wooden tray with icing and rainbow colored sprinkles

Gluten Free Vanilla Pudding Donuts

A stack of Gluten Free Chocolate Orange Donuts on a black plate

Gluten Free Chocolate Orange Donuts

A Gluten Free Breakfast Donut on a plate with an espresso in the background. A bite is taken out of the mini frosted donut.

Super Healthy Breakfast Donuts

A stack of Grain Free Blueberry Donuts with Coconut Glaze on a blue plate. Blueberries are also scattered on the plate

Grain Free Blueberry Donuts with Coconut Glaze

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Things You Need To Make This Easy Chocolate Donut Recipe:

  1. Babycakes Donut Maker. This is my very favorite kitchen toy!
  2. Donut pan…just in case you prefer to bake your donuts.

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How to Make Gluten-Free Chocolate Donuts:

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woman holding a gluten free mini chocolate donut with cookie dough frosting with a bite taken out of it
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Gluten Free Chocolate Donuts with Cookie Dough Frosting
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 

Easy gluten free chocolate donut recipe.

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
Calories: 197 kcal
Author: Sandi Gaertner
Ingredients
  • 3/4 cup almond flour
  • 1 cup gluten free flour blend (*Note, my flour blend has xanthan gum included. If yours doesn't, add 1 teaspoon.)
  • (*Please note my gluten free flour blend contains xanthan gum as a binder. If your blend doesn't have this
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 stick butter melted
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/4 cup almond milk or water
  • Cookie Dough Frosting:
  • 1/2 stick butter softened
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • dash salt
  • 3/4 cup gluten free flour blend
  • mini chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat Babycakes Mini Donut Maker or Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Spray coconut oil in the mini donut pan if that is what you will use for this recipe.
  3. In a large bowl, add all donut dry ingredients and whisk to blend.
  4. In a smaller bowl, add all donut dry ingredients and mix well.
  5. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix.
  6. Put dough into each cavity of the donut maker or donut pan.
  7. Follow directions on donut maker.
  8. If using a pan, bake for 10 minutes, check to see if done.
  9. Remove from the donut maker or pan and allow to cool on a cooling rack.
  10. For Cookie Dough Frosting
  11. Mix all ingredients and put in the refrigerator for 20 minutes to cool.
  12. Spread onto cool donuts. Top with sprinkles, more chips, etc.
Nutrition Facts
Gluten Free Chocolate Donuts with Cookie Dough Frosting
Amount Per Serving (1 g)
Calories 197 Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5g 8%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 3g
Cholesterol 27mg 9%
Sodium 45mg 2%
Potassium 75mg 2%
Total Carbohydrates 36g 12%
Dietary Fiber 2g 8%
Sugars 22g
Protein 4g 8%
Vitamin A 0.8%
Calcium 6%
Iron 7.2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  4. I am no GF Sandi but your recipes, especially this one with cookies dough frosting (tears of joy) is just so delicious! I am totally going to try it and I also love the use of almond flour. It makes everything much more delicious!

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  5. I want to make the frosting to have when I am having a bad day…. seriously, what a BRILLIANT idea for frosting! Happy Birthday to your son! Hope he enjoyed these as much as Im going too!

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  10. Hello what could I use in place of the almond flour? My husband has a nut allergy so I can’t use almond flour. I hope you can help me and I look forward to hearing from you soon. Thank you ?

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