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Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Doughnuts

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Today is Chocolate Peanut Butter Day, so I made Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Doughnuts to celebrate! Bite sized chocolate doughnuts covered with peanut butter frosting and chocolate covered pretzels. Perfect for the chocolate peanut butter lover in your life.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Doughnuts Recipe, from itsyummi.com

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Mini Doughnuts - Get the recipe from itsyummi.com

This chocolate peanut butter party is hosted by:

Carla from Chocolate Moosey and Miriam from Overtime Cook.

Thirty bloggers and I are sharing our favorite chocolate peanut butter recipes, ranging from cookies and bars to scones and muffins. Follow the hashtag #chocPBday on social media to share your chocolate peanut butter recipes with us. Looking for recipes all in one place? Follow our Pinterest board.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Doughnuts Recipe, from itsyummi.com

 

~ I used a mini doughnut maker to bake these in, but this recipe will also work for making full size cake doughnuts baked up in a doughnut pan.  You’ll just need to bake them at 350 F for 18 minutes or so, until the cake springs back when lightly poked.  Come to think of it, you could even make this recipe in mini muffin tins, or traditional cupcake tins!  However, you’ll want to double the recipe if you’re making larger sized treats.

Because I wanted to cut some of the “naughtiness” out of these doughnuts, I substituted low carb baking mix for the all-purpose flour, and I used a non-GMO, cup-for-cup sugar substitute instead of granulated sugar.

If you don’t mind a few extra calories, use the traditional ingredients.  I won’t tell anyone!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Doughnuts Recipe, from itsyummi.com

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Doughnuts

Bite-sized chocolate cake doughnuts are covered with peanut butter icing and chocolate covered pretzels. It's a lower carb chocolate peanut butter lover's dream treat!
4.84 from 12 votes
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 12
Calories: 109
Author: Lindsay

Ingredients

  • 4.4 ounces (1 cup) all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 ounces (1/4 cup) granulated sugar substitute (cup-for-cup variety)
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 large egg, plus 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
  • 1 ounce (2 Tablespoons) butter, melted
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 ounces (1/4 liquid cup) unsweetened almond milk, or regular milk
  • Peanut Butter Glaze
  • 2 Tablespoons peanut butter
  • 2 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream
  • 2 Tablespoons unsweetened almond milk or regular milk
  • 1 Tablespoon powdered sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup broken chocolate covered pretzels (or regular pretzels)

Instructions

  • Use a pastry brush to coat wells of a doughnut maker (or the wells of a doughnut pan.
  • In a large bowl whisk together low carb baking mix, almond flour, cocoa powder, granulated sugar substitute, baking powder, baking soda, salt and xanthan gum. Stir in eggs, melted butter, and vanilla until thoroughly combined. Add almond milk and stir until smooth.
  • Fill wells of doughnut maker, or fill wells of doughnut pan 2/3rds full. Bake according to doughnut maker's instructions, or 18 to 20 minutes if using a doughnut pan, or until set and donuts spring back when touched. Flip out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining batter.
  • Once doughnuts have cooled, spread with peanut butter frosting and sprinkle with chocolate covered pretzel pieces.
  • Makes 12 mini donuts or about 6 regular sized doughnuts

Recipe Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Doughnuts
Amount Per Serving
Calories 109 Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Fat 5g8%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Cholesterol 21mg7%
Sodium 84mg4%
Carbohydrates 15g5%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 3g6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Doughnuts Recipe, from itsyummi.com

If my chocolate peanut butter doughnuts aren’t enough for you, take a look at what the rest of the bloggers made.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Doughnuts - Get the recipe on itsyummi.com

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Comments

  10. Martha Willis says

    Chocolate and peanut butter everything… my favorite might be peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies. They are my go to cookie, especially warm.

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    • Chef Becca says

      Thanks, Erin! By the way, this recipe will work in a muffin pan just fine! Just bear in mind that the consistency will be more dense than a muffin, so I suggest only filling them 1/3 full. A mini muffin pan would be perfect!

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    • Chef Becca says

      Ha! Probably the first time in my 50 years that I’ve been called a temptress… and I can’t think of a better reason for it, Candace! 😀
      P.S. I may hail in the Dairyland state, but I love Cabot cheese!

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  20. Carla says

    Did you know I got a doughnut pan for Christmas? Because I now have a doughnut pan to make these doughnuts, and my dad thanks you for this recipe.

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  28. Bernadette says

    These look great, although I would probably make the less healthy version 🙂 Honestly, my favorite Chocolate PB treat is Gertrude Hawk PB Smidgens, I love them!

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  29. Deborah says

    Good morning Chef Becca! Many thanks for sharing your “concoction,” it sounds heavenly. My favorite Chocolate-Peanut Butter treat: Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Balls 🙂

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  36. Nancy @ gottagetbaked says

    Wow, Becca, what a fabulous idea to make choc PB pretzel doughnuts! I’d never have thought of this. I love that you tried to make it a bit healthier (although I would totally negate that by piling on tons of that amazing, creamy frosting cause I’m a pig). Your photos are beautiful!

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    • Chef Becca says

      Thank you so much, Nancy! Ummm, I may or may not have performed personal (and extensive) testing on the amount of frosting necessary to make the mini doughnuts pure perfection. In the process, I may or may not have consumed enough to pop the elastic in my stretchy pants 😉

      Reply

  40. Melissa Weatherford says

    Chocolate brownies! they are a great base for lots of different adaptations, coffee in the mix, smores toppings, brownie bites, warm served with ice cream, the possibilities are endless. This recipe looks delicious, I am pinning it so I don’t forget.

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  56. Karen @BakingInATornado says

    You had me at chocolate. And peanut butter. And pretzels. And donuts. Not a thing here we don’t love at my house!

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  60. Desiree says

    Favorite chocolate peanut butter treat would have to be deep fried peanut butter oreos that you can dip in a fudge sauce. =3 or brownies of the peanut butter nature….

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