Easy Vampire Donuts
Vampire donuts combine apple cider donuts topped with powdered sugar and then filled with raspberry filling. These festive Halloween donuts are the perfect way to celebrate the holiday with a spooky vampire fangs or teeth dessert.
Servings: 12
Calories: 272kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup brown sugar packed
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup butter or 1 stick
- 1 cup apple cider
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 ½ teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg, ground
- ¼ teaspoon cloves, ground
ICING and DECOR
- 3 Tablespoons melted butter
- 3 Tablespoons cream
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 straw
- 1 syringe like the kind that comes with childrens medicine
- 1 Tablespoon Raspberry jam
- 1 Tablespoon Maple syrup
- Red food coloring
- ¼ - ½ cup powdered sugar
- cooking spray
Instructions
Make the Donuts
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Gather together all of your ingredients and measure them.
- Pour one cup of apple juice or apple cider into a small saucepan, heat until boiling then turn the heat down just a bit and simmer until the juice has been reduced by half. Let cool to room temp.
- Pour the lemon juice into the milk and let sit for a couple minutes.
- Pour all dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Mix until combined.
- Add the milk and lemon mixture, the apple cider reduction, eggs, vanilla, and butter to the bowl with the dry ingredients. Mix together until everything is fully combined.
- Spoon your batter into a piping bag or into a 1 gallon zip top bag and snip one bottom corner.
- Prepare a donut pan by spraying with non-stick baking spray. Pipe the batter into the prepared donut pan.
- Bake the donuts in a preheated oven at 350° for 15 to 20 minutes until fully baked. The cake should be springy to the touch. Turn the donuts out onto a cooling rack and let cool completely before decorating.
Make the Icing and Dip the Donuts
- Combine the melted butter, cream, and powdered sugar.
- Mix until all of the sugar has dissolved. (If the icing is too thick, add a bit more cream, if it is too thin add a bit more powdered sugar.)
- Once the donuts have cooled completely, dip the top of the donut into the freshly made icing.
- Place dipped donut onto a plate or tray, finish dipping the remainder of the donuts then place the tray of dipped donuts into the fridge for 15-30 minutes or until the icing has hardened a bit.
- While the donuts are in the fridge, mix together the raspberry jam, maple syrup, and red food coloring.
Decorate the Donuts
- Remove the donuts from the fridge, using a sifter, sift powdered sugar onto the tops of all of the donuts.
- Using a straw, punch two holes halfway down into the donut. Make the holes about an inch apart.
- Right before serving, use a syringe, fill the two holes with the jam/maple syrup mixture, just enough so that it begins to drip out of the donuts.
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Notes
- To get the fake blood the perfect color. I used vibrant red liquid food coloring for these Vampire donuts. If you are looking for the same food coloring that I used you can find it on Amazon.
- Don't over mix your donut batter. You want to limit the gluten so the donuts remain light and tender.
- Serve up decorated donuts within 24 hours or wait to decorate closer to serving time.
Nutrition
Calories: 272kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 254mg | Potassium: 101mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 39g | Vitamin A: 213IU | Vitamin C: 0.5mg | Calcium: 75mg | Iron: 1mg