Cookie Monster Donuts
Everyone is going to love these simple cookie monster donuts! They're fun and creative to make and so much fun to eat!
Servings: 6 donuts
Calories: 1480kcal
Ingredients
Chocolate Chip Cookie Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Vanilla Frosting Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 4 drops gel food coloring sky blue
- edible eyes
Vanilla Donut Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- 5 tbsp whole milk
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3 tbsp canola oil
Instructions
To make the chocolate chip cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
- Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, brown sugar, sugar, egg and vanilla until combined and fluffy
- Using a small bowl, whisk the flour, salt and baking powder
- Gradually beat the dry ingredients into the wet until a dough forms
- Fold in the chocolate chips
- Using a small ice cream scooper, scoop out dough onto the cookie sheets
- Bake in the oven for 10 minutes and allow the cookies to cool completely
To make the vanilla frosting
- Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and heavy whipping cream until creamy, smooth and stiff with peaks
- Mix in the sky blue gel food coloring until color is fully mixed in
- Scoop the frosting into the piping bag and set aside
To make the vanilla donuts
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a donut pan with baking spray Using a small bowl, whisk the flour, ground nutmeg, sugar, baking powder and salt In a large bowl, whisk the milk, egg, vanilla and oil until combined
- Whisk in the dry ingredients until combined and smooth
- Scoop the batter into the piping bag and fill the donut cavity ¾ way full
- Bake in the oven for 12 minutes
- Instantly remove from oven and turn the pan over onto a wire rack and allow to cool Once donuts are cooled, pipe dollops of frosting all over the top half of the donut Place two eyes in the top middle of the donut
- Cut a chocolate chip cookie in half and place the half cookie in the bottom corner of the donut where it looks like the cookie is in cookie monsters mouth
- Allow the frosting to harden for 30 minutes before enjoying!
Nutrition
Calories: 1480kcal | Carbohydrates: 202g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 72g | Saturated Fat: 40g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 22g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 194mg | Sodium: 545mg | Potassium: 355mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 148g | Vitamin A: 1716IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Vitamin D: 1µg | Calcium: 164mg | Iron: 6mg