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Baked Nutella Donuts with Chocolate Bourbon Glaze

Published: Mar 13, 2020 · Modified: Mar 20, 2023 by Nicole B.

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55 minutes

These baked Nutella donuts are moist and delicious thanks to a hazelnutty chocolate Nutella batter. The soft and creamy glaze is an espresso and dark chocolate Bourbon ganache. It’s made with heavy cream, butter, chocolate, vanilla extract, espresso powder and Bourbon.

For more favorite chocolate Bourbon sweets, also check out this chocolate Bourbon cake and these Bourbon ganache truffles!

Two Nutella donuts with chocolate Bourbon glaze on a plate.
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  • Nutella donut batter ingredients:
  • Chocolate Bourbon glaze ingredients:
  • Ingredient notes:
  • How to make the Nutella donuts:
  • How to make the Bourbon glaze:
  • Recipe notes, tips & questions:
  • How to serve the donuts:
  • How to store the donuts:
  • More delicious Bourbon desserts:
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Nutella donut batter ingredients:

Nutella doughnuts ingredients on a table.
You need all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, Nutella, unsalted butter, egg, milk and sugar to make the donut batter.

Chocolate Bourbon glaze ingredients:

Chocolate Bourbon glaze ingredients on a table.
You need heavy cream, unsalted butter, Bourbon, bittersweet chocolate, vanilla extract, instant espresso powder and salt for the glaze.

Ingredient notes:

  • The Nutella needs to be at room temperature for this recipe. If you keep it in the fridge, warm it up in the microwave for a few seconds.
  • Be sure to use a chocolate bar and not chocolate morsels for the glaze. Morsels have stabilizers in them that prevent them from melting properly.
  • You can make this recipe without Bourbon for a non-alcoholic version, if you want to. Simply do everything as instructed but leave out the Bourbon.

How to make the Nutella donuts:

See full ingredients & instructions in the recipe card below!

Nutella donut batter preparation in four steps.

Step 1. Grease two 6-well donut pans. (The recipe makes 10-11 donuts.)

Step 2. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Whisk together flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.

Step 3. Add Nutella to the dry ingredients.

Step 4. Mash the Nutella into the dry ingredients using a fork. (Expect the mix to be clumpy.)

Donut batter preparation in four steps.

Step 5. In a second bowl, add egg, vanilla extract and sugar.

Step 6. Whisk the egg/sugar/vanilla mix together.

Step 7. Whisk in milk.

Step 8. Whisk in melted butter. (Expect the butter to solidify and form little pieces when it hits the cold milk.)

Nutella donut batter being whisked and piped into a pan.

Step 9. Whisk the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. (The batter will be clumpy.)

Step 10. Fill the batter into a piping bag and pipe it into the donut pan wells, filling each well about half full. Bake the donuts for 12 to 15 minutes. Let the donuts cool, then unmold them.

How to make the Bourbon glaze:

Step 1. Add heavy cream, butter, instant espresso powder, vanilla extract and salt to a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Take the mix off the heat and add Bourbon.

Step 2. Pour the hot mix over finely chopped bittersweet chocolate and let sit for a minute. Whisk together until smooth.

Step 3. Spoon the glaze over the donuts and let solidify (about 30 minutes).

Recipe notes, tips & questions:

  • If you end up with chocolate pieces in the glaze, set the bowl over a pot of simmering water to fully melt them.
  • If you don’t have a piping bag, you can use two spoons instead. It’s more tedious to do it with spoons but it works.

How to serve the donuts:

Serve the donuts with a glass of milk (or Bourbon)!

How to store the donuts:

These donuts are definitely best served fresh on the day you make them. But, if you have any donuts left over, cover them loosely with plastic wrap and let them sit on the counter for up to 1 day. (I don’t recommend refrigerating them because that will dry them out.)

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Two Nutella donuts with chocolate Bourbon glaze on a plate.

Baked Nutella Donuts with Chocolate Bourbon Glaze

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These baked, chocolate Bourbon glazed Nutella donuts are moist, delicious and have a hint of hazelnut flavor.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Time to let the glaze harden: 30 mins
Total Time 55 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 11 donuts
Calories (estimated) 231 kcal

Equipment:

  • measuring cups and spoons
  • knife and cutting board
  • two 6-well donut pans
  • mixing bowls
  • whisk
  • piping bag
  • toothpick
  • saucepan
  • wooden spoon
  • rubber spatula
  • pot

Ingredients:
  

For the donuts:

  • non-stick spray or vegetable shortening for the donut pans
  • 1 cup all­-purpose flour
  • 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • ¼ cup hazelnut spread (such as Nutella), at room temperature
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ⅓ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup whole milk
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

For the glaze:

  • ¼ cup heavy cream
  • 1 ½ tablespoons unsalted butter
  • ¼ teaspoon instant espresso powder
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 tablespoon Bourbon
  • 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped*

Instructions:
 

For the donuts:

  • Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Spray two 6-well donut pans with nonstick spray or grease well with vegetable shortening and set aside.
  • Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt together in a bowl.
  • Mash the Nutella into the dry ingredients using a fork. (The mix will be clumpy.) Set aside.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk egg, vanilla and sugar together until well combined.
  • Whisk milk, then melted butter into the egg mix. (The butter will likely solidify and form tiny pieces when it hits the cold milk mix and that's fine.)
  • Whisk the dry ingredients into the egg mix. (The batter will still be clumpy and that's fine.)
  • Transfer the batter into a piping bag and pipe into the donut pans, filling the individual wells about half full. 
  • Bake the donuts for 12-15 minutes, until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
  • Let the donuts cool in the pans, then unmold them carefully.

For the glaze:

  • Add cream, butter, espresso powder, vanilla and salt to a saucepan, bring to a boil and stir until combined.
  • Take off the heat and stir in the Bourbon.
  • Pour the hot mix over the chocolate and let sit for a minute.
  • Whisk until everything is well combined and no chocolate clumps remain. (You may need to heat the mixture over a pot of simmering water to melt the last clumps of chocolate).
  • Spoon the glaze over the donuts and let solidify (about 30 minutes).

Notes:

*Don’t use chocolate morsels; morsels have stabilizers in them that prevent them from melting.

Nutrition Information (Estimated):

Calories: 231kcalCarbohydrates: 26.5gProtein: 3.5gFat: 12.2gSaturated Fat: 8.2gCholesterol: 32mgSodium: 43mgPotassium: 133mgFiber: 2.6gSugar: 14.9gCalcium: 53mgIron: 2mg

Nutrition values provided on this website are generated from a nutrition database and are estimates only. The accuracy of the nutrition information for any recipe on this website is not guaranteed. Nutrition values can vary quite a lot depending on which brands are used.

Keywords: chocolate Bourbon glazed donuts, Nutella donut, Nutella donuts, Nutella doughnuts

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Comments

  1. Kevin | Keviniscooking

    January 05, 2016 at 1:59 pm

    Holy smokes, now you’ve pushed me over the edge with these. Stunning! If it weren’t raining cats and dogs outside I’d venture to the store and buy the donut pan stat. Tomorrow for sure. :)

    Reply
    • Nicole B.

      January 06, 2016 at 1:01 pm

      Donut pans are fun, I love mine! :)

      Reply
  2. Jen | Baked by an Introvert

    January 05, 2016 at 8:14 am

    I am swooning over these donuts! Chocolate and bourbon are an incredible duo! Gorgeous photography!

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    • Nicole B.

      January 05, 2016 at 12:02 pm

      Thank you so much, Jen! I agree, chocolate and Bourbon are the best, as a matter of fact I don’t really like Bourbon without chocolate! :)

      Reply

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