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Why You’ll LOVE This Recipe

You won’t believe how easy and delicious this recipe is! These Chocolate Chip Donuts come together in one bowl, only bake for just over 10 minutes, and will be devoured within the day!

This recipe makes six donuts. I’ve found this to be the perfect amount. You can eat a few and share a few. After a day or two they’ll be gone and you can try a new baked donut recipe!

When To Make Chocolate Chip Donuts

Who needs an occasion to make donuts!? Well, if you do need a reason how about one of these:

• A weekday
• A weekend
• The day ends in Y

I know I found a reason in there for me!

Ingredients to Make Chocolate Chip Donut Recipe

You need less ingredients for these Chocolate Chip Donuts than you’d expect!

The main ingredient to ensure you have prior to baking are mini chocolate chips. Other than that, you’d be surprised how close you are to making a batch of baked donuts!

You’ll also need all-purpose flour, baking powder, sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla extract, and vegetable oil.

Of course you’ll also need a donut pan! This pan is a necessity! It keeps the donuts in the proper shape. Trust me, once you make one batch you’ll be addicted and be making baked donuts every week!

How to Make Chocolate Chip Donuts

Making donuts at home may seem intimidating, but let’s make them together and make sure they come out delicious!

I always start by ensuring I have all my ingredients. Gather everything you’ll need to make sure you aren’t having to make a trip to the store mid-recipe!

Once you know you have everything, get your oven preheating and spray your donut pan with a non-stick spray.

Now, in a medium bowl combine your flour, baking powder, and sugar. Then, mix in the eggs, milk, vanilla extract, and vegetable oil. Now, add in your mini chocolate chips. Mix it so they are just incorporated. If you over-mix, the batter will become too thin and they will sink to the bottom of the donuts!

Lastly, bake for 12-13 minutes. Let them cool a bit, and enjoy!

Expert Tips and Tricks When Making Chocolate Chip Donut

This recipe is pretty lenient. By that I mean you can make some tweaks without it changing the outcome too much! But, through trial and error I have found that using mini chocolate chips is the only way to have chocolate evenly distributed throughout the donut.

Regular chocolate chips are too heavy. While the donuts are baking they will sink to the bottom. The donuts will still taste delicious, it’s just that they’ll all be on one side!

In addition to using mini chocolate chips to prevent sinkage, be sure to not overtax the batter. By overtaxing, the batter becomes thin. This will allow the chocolate chips to sink more easily!

If you only have regular chocolate chips but still want the chocolate chips to be evenly dispersed, try giving them a rough chop! They may not be as uniform, but if small enough, they won’t sink!

A Word From A Registered Dietitian

You don’t need to make baked donuts as a ‘healthy alternative’ to regular donuts. I love these donuts because they are easy to make in my own oven and I despise having to go through the hassle of frying!

Don’t make this recipe with the mindset of them being better for you. Make them because you want to try a new recipe. Make them because it sounds like a fun type of baked good to make at home. Make them because you WANT to!

Then, once they’re done, ENJOY them because they are tasty!

Craving More?

Once you make this Chocolate Chip Donut Recipe be sure to leave a comment below! It’s always helpful for others to know someone else has had success!

I’d love to see how it turns out. Tag me on Instagram so I can share it with others as well!

Try some of these other recipes:

• Apple Cinnamon Donut
• Lemon Blueberry Baked Donut
• Mouthwatering and Moist Baked Oreo Donut Recipe
• Healthy Cinnamon Protein Donuts

Chocolate Chip Donut Recipe

Sweet and Light Chocolate Chip Donut

Lauren Klein, MS RDN

Enlighten your sweet tooth with a Chocolate Chip Donut! These are light, airy, and perfectly sweet.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 12 minutes mins

Total Time 22 minutes mins

Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 6 Donuts

Calories 334 kcal

Equipment

• 1 Donut Pan

Ingredients

  

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• 1 Cup All-Purpose Flour
• 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
• 1/4 Cup Sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 1/2 Cup Milk
• 2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• 1/4 Cup Vegetable Oil
• 2/3 Cup Mini Chocolate Chips

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Instructions

 

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grab your donut pan and spray with non-stick spray. Grab out all ingredients to ensure you have them all!
• In a medium bowl combine: flour, baking powder, and sugar.
• In the same bowl add: eggs, milk, vanilla extract, and veggie oil. Mix until just combined.
• Carefully add in mini chocolate chips and mix until just combined.
• Add mixture to donut pan until each is about 7/8 of the way full.
• Bake in the oven for 12-13 minutes. Once done, allow to cool. Enjoy!

Notes

• Store in an airtight container on the counter for up to 5 days.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 DonutCalories: 334kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 6gFat: 17g

Keyword chocolate chips, Donut, Doughnut

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Why You’ll LOVE This Recipe

You already love chocolate chip cookies. Now it’s time to change it up just a bit. Using coconut sugar in place of white sugar will change the way you see chocolate chip cookies!

You are going to love this recipe because you only need to swap one ingredient from the classic recipe with a dramatic flavor change.

I especially love these cookies because they turn out SO fluffy! I mean really, who doesn’t love a fluffy cookie!?

Coconut Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookie Ingredients

If you already have coconut sugar on hand, you likely don’t even need to make a special trip to the grocery store for the ingredients to make these tasty cookies.

All Purpose Flour- This is your basic flour you likely already have in your pantry.

Baking Soda and Baking Powder- These two are the leavening agents. They help give the cookies some lift!

Salt- Using unsalted butter then adding salt may seem a bit strange, but this is done to be able to control how much salt is in the recipe.

Coconut Sugar- This will be one of the most important ingredients in this recipe! You can find it right in the baking aisle or on Amazon. FYI- coconut sugar and coconut palm sugar are the same thing!

Butter- Grab this out of your fridge now and let it come to room temperature!

Vanilla Extract- This is used for many cookie recipes, you are likely to already have this on hand in your pantry!

Egg- You will only need one!

Chocolate Chips- I used semi sweet, but you can use any variety your prefer for this recipe.

How To Make These Cookies

I have absolute confidence that you can make these cookies!

Start your baking by grabbing out the butter and egg from the refrigerator. You want these to come to room temperature by the time you go to use them.

First off, cream together the room temperature butter and coconut sugar. Then, add in the egg and vanilla extract.

Secondly, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Take this mixture and slowly add into the other bowl of ingredients.

After, slowly add in your chocolate chips.

See, this has been so easy so far! You’ve got this!

Take your trusty cookie scoop and place similar balled portions on a baking sheet. Then pop this in the oven. After, allow them to cool (or risk it all and only let them cool for a few minutes!).

What’s left? Enjoy! You’ve just made yourself a delicious batch of Coconut Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Expert Tips and Tricks

Here are a few different tips and tricks to try while making this coconut sugar chocolate chip cookie recipe to take it to the next level!

• If you don’t yet have a cookie scoop, I would recommend grabbing one. This tool makes it extremely easy to grab equal portions of cookie dough, ball it up, and keep your hands clean!
• Once the cookies come out of the oven, grab a cup and run it around the cookies. This will shape the cookies into more perfect rounds.
• If you enjoy a sweet and salty combination, add a sprinkle of coarse salt on the cookies immediately after they come out of the oven.

If you have any other tips and tricks, be sure to share it in the comments down below. This will be helpful for others trying the recipe, and also me!

A Word From A Registered Dietitian

Coconut sugar has a reputation for being a ‘healthier’ sugar alternative. Compared to white cane sugar, coconut sugar does have a bit more nutrition, but not as much as you’d hope for.

Coconut sugar has iron, zinc, calcium, potassium, polyphenols, antioxidants, and fiber. The thing is, you’d have to consume QUITE a bit of coconut sugar to get your daily need of these nutrients.

These cookies use coconut sugar simply because they create a dramatic change in flavor from use of white cane sugar. With coconut sugar, these cookies taste more toasted with a wisp of coconut.

Choose the sweetner based on which you prefer the taste of!

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You can also share a photo of your creation by tagging me on Instagram! I’d love to see how it turned out!

You may also want to try my other cookie recipes:

• Brown Sugar Thumbprint Cookies
• Easy Cake Mix Cookies
• Peanut Butter Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Soft Caramel Stuffed Snickerdoodles

Recipe

Coconut Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies

Lauren Klein, MS RDN

Take the classic chocolate chip cookie to the next level by using coconut sugar instead of white cane sugar! These Coconut Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies will change the way you use sugar in baking going forward!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Cooling Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 16 Cookies

Equipment

• 1 Baking Sheet
• 1 Electric Mixer
• 1 Cookie Scoop

Ingredients

  

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• 1 Cup All Purpose Flour
• 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1/4 Teaspoon Salt
• 3/4 Cup Coconut Sugar
• 1 Stick Butter Unsalted; at room temperature
• 1 Egg at room temperature
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1 Cup Chocolate Chips Semi Sweet

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Instructions

 

• Preheat your oven to 350℉. Grab out your baking sheet and set aside.
• In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside
• In anther bowl add your room temperature butter and coconut sugar. Cream together with an electric mixer. Then, add in the egg and vanilla extract.
• Use a large spoon to incorporate 3/4 cup of the chocolate chips into the dough until evenly distributed.
• Use a cookie scoop to grab even portions of the dough. Place on the baking sheet. Repeat until baking sheet is full, with about 1-2 inches between cookies. Use the remaining 1/4 cup of chocolate chips to top the cookie dough.
• Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes. Once done, allow the cookies to cool on the pan for 3-5 minutes. If you enjoy a salted cookie, add that now. Then, place the cookies on a cooling rack and repeat. Enjoy!

Notes

• Store cookies in an air-tight container

Keyword Coconut Sugar, Cookie

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars Ingredients

This list of ingredients for these Ultimate Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars make seem long but really you will have most items as staples in your kitchen!

All Purpose Flour: This may be one of the most common types of flour found in American pantries. This is a basic staple that can be used in SO MANY recipes.

Cinnamon: Cinnamon is one of the most common types of spices, especially during the fall season.

Nutmeg: A small amount of nutmeg goes a long way. This spice will compliment the cinnamon and add a warm depth to this recipe.

Baking Soda: Use baking soda for rise!

Salt: It may seem strange to use unsalted butter then add salt. I do this so we can control and standardize the amount of saltiness in these pumpkin chocolate chip bars

Unsalted Butter: Be sure to get this out early so it can start to soften to room temperature!

Brown Sugar: Using brown sugar instead of regular old white sugar beans there is additional warm flavor!

Vanilla Extract: Using a high quality can really make a difference.

Egg: While getting out your butter grab an egg. This should also be close to room temperature when you are making these bars.

Pumpkin: You can actually find cans of pumpkin puree all year long in the baking aisle of your grocery store! That means you don’t need to wait until the fall to enjoy a batch of these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars!

Chocolate Chips: To me the more chocolate, the better. I use milk chocolate chips as I have them on hand but imagine using dark chocolate chunks in this recipe! That would be delicious.

How to Make These Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars

Once i’ve perfected this Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bar recipe, I made them two times in one week. I hope that shows how easy to make and irresistible they are!

Prepare your space by preheating your oven to 350 degrees and lining a 8×8 square dish with parchment paper.

Start by making these bars by combining flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and baking soda.

Then, use a hand mixer to cream together softened butter and brown sugar. Once it is creamy, mix in the egg, vanilla, and pumpkin.

Next, slowly combine in the flour mixture into the wet ingredient bowl.

At the very end use a large spoon to disperse chocolate chips into the dough. Add the dough into the lined dish. Evenly spread the dough into the dish. If you want to top with additional chocolate chips, do so now!

Substitutions and Alterations

There are so many different takes you could go for with these bars! Here a couple of my ideas but let me know in the comments below if you do something different.

• Use white chocolate chips instead of milk chocolate chips. Or, even try using chocolate chunks!
• Once the bars are cooled, pipe on some icing!
• Add some nuts to the batter and on top. Maye try walnuts or pecans?

How to Serve

These pumpkin cookie bars may seem like they are straightforward, with one way to serve. You’ve got to get creative!

1. Serve them warm out of the oven or wait a bit until they’ve cooled more. Each way will give a slightly different experence.
2. Add a scoop or two of vanilla bean ice cream! The juxtaposition of taste and temperatures is amazing.
3. Drizzle on some chocolate sauce.
4. Pair this treat with your morning coffee. I won’t tell.
5. Cut into bite size pieces to enjoy more often!

Recipe Tips and Tricks

In order to have the best results with the least amount of time, be sure to get your butter and egg out of the fridge as soon as you decide to make these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars! If you don’t want to wait too long for the butter to soften, cut it up into smaller pieces. This means there is more surface area and will come to room temperature quicker than if it were in a stick!

Be sure you are using pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling! These are two different things and will result in a different outcome than you’re hoping for.

When spreading the dough into the baking dish use a large spoon. This dough can be heavy. Using a regular spoon will be frustrating and difficult!

Right before you pop the dish in the oven, add additional chocolate chips. This dish is loaded with chocolate chips and the little bit extra on top can only make it even better, right!?

Pumpkin Health Benefits- A Word from a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

Pumpkin is rich in both vitamin A and vitamin C! Both are vitamins that are beneficial to your health.

Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin. That means you need fat in order to absorb this nutrient. And guess what? These pumpkin chocolate chip bars have fat! This vitamin aids in vision, skin health, immune system function, and even cell development. Pretty important!

Vitamin C is known to be in oranges but it’s actually in a ton of other foods, too. Our bodies are unable to create its own vitamin C, so we need to get it from our food.

This nutrient is good for your immune system but even more it also acts as an antioxidant, promotes wound healing, and improves iron absorption! Dang- these pumpkin cookie bars sure have some goodness!

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You can also share a photo of your creation by tagging me on Instagram! I’d love to see how it turned out!

If you love pumpkin recipes you may also want to try my:

• Pumpkin Spice Doughnut with Chocolate Topping
• Pumpkin Cheesecake Smoothie
• Healthy Pumpkin Banana Muffins
• Pumpkin Chocolate Chunk Bites
• Pumpkin Baked Oats

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Ultimate Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars

Lauren Klein, MS RDN

These Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars are going to be your new addiction. They are loaded with chocolate chips with a perfect balance of pumpkin flavor.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 9 Pieces

Equipment

• 1 Hand Mixer
• 2 Medium Bowls
• 1 Large Spoon

Ingredients

  

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• 2 Cups All Purpose Flour
• 1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
• 1/4 Teaspoon Nutmeg
• 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
• 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
• 2 Sticks Butter Unsalted
• 3/4 Cup Light Brown Sugar Packed
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1 Cup Pumpkin Puree
• 1 Egg
• 1 Cup Milk Chocolate Chips

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Instructions

 

• Grab out your egg and butter and allow to come to room temperature. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. Grab a 8×8 baking dish and line with parchment paper. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl combine: flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl use a hand mixer to cream together the room temperature butter and brown sugar. Then add in the vanilla, pumpkin, and egg and mix again.
• Slowly combine the dry ingredient bowl into the wet ingredient bowl. Once combined add in the chocolate chips. Use a large spoon to carefully disperse them throughout the dough.
• Add the dough to the lined baking dish. Flatten to be even. If you would like to add additional chocolate chips, do so now.
• Bake in the oven for 30 minutes. If you would like them to be less gooey, bake for 35 minutes.
• Once a toothpick can be poked in the center and come out clean, remove from the oven. Allow the bars to cool in the baking dish.
• Once the pumpkin chocolate chip bars are completely cool remove from the baking dish and slice into 9 even pieces. Enjoy!

Notes

• Store in an airtight container
• Freeze individual pieces in the freezer for up to 3 months

Keyword Chocolate, chocolate chips, Pumpkin

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