Chocolate & Birthday Cake Protein Donuts

Protein donuts TWO ways – chocolate & birthday cake! Just looking at donuts makes me happy, anyone else? These little cuties are perfect for a quick breakfast or snack and are so light and fluffy. The chocolate are made with cacao pea protein and the birthday cake ones are made with hemp seeds! Both have simple ingredients and are low in sugar (~6 g natural sugar per donut)

PS – Neither of these donuts are very sweet! If you are looking for them to be sweeter, a great way would be to add a sweeter frosting! You could also add 1-2 tbsp more sweetener, but I haven’t tried this and therefore can’t say with certainty it will result the same.

Chocolate Protein Donuts (5 min prep, 15 min bake)

• Ingredients: eggs, unsweetened apple sauce, maple syrup, probiotic cacao pea protein, raw cacao, coconut flour, baking soda; frosting: coconut butter, cacao, sprinkles
• Makes 6 donuts, ~12g protein per donut
• Gluten-free, paleo, dairy-free, nut free, refined sugar free (not very sweet at all)

Birthday Cake Protein Donuts (5 min prep, 15 min fridge, 15 min bake)

• Ingredients: eggs, unsweetened apple sauce, hemp seeds, maple syrup, vanilla extract, coconut flour, baking soda
• Makes 6 donuts, ~7 g protein per donut
• Gluten-free, protein powder free, paleo, dairy-free, nut free, refined sugar free (not very sweet at all)

Chocolate Protein Donuts

Jacki @figgindelicious

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Servings 6

Ingredients

  

• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 tbsp maple syrup
• 1/3 cup chocolate pea protein
• ¼ cup raw cacao powder
• 2 tbsp coconut flour
• ½ tsp baking soda

Frosting

• 1/4 cup coconut butter melted
• 1 tbsp cacao powder
• sprinkles

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F & grease a 6-count donut pan
• Whisk together eggs, applesauce, maple syrup. In a separate bowl, combine pea protein, cacao powder, coconut flour and baking soda. Add dry ingredients to wet and mix until smooth
• Add 2 heaping tbsp batter to each donut slot.
• Bake for 13-15 minutes.
• Let cool completely. Melt coconut butter and mix in cacao powder. Pour frosting over each donut, and top with sprinkles. Refrigerate for 10 minutes, or until coconut butter hardens.

Birthday Cake Protein Donuts

Jacki @figgindelicious

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Servings 6

Ingredients

  

• 2 eggs
• ½ cup unsweetened apple sauce
• ½ cup hemp seeds
• 2 tbsp maple syrup
• 1/4 cup coconut flour
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ tsp baking soda
• sprinkles

Instructions

 

• Blend together hemp seeds, unsweetened apple sauce, vanilla extract and maple syrup until smooth. In a bowl, whisk together eggs, then add hemp seed mixture.
• Mix together coconut flour and baking soda. Add dry ingredients to wet and mix until well combined.
• Refrigerate for 15-20 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
• Fill 6-hole silicone donut pan (or grease if using a regular a 6-hole donut pan) about ¾ the way full. Top with sprinkles
• Bake for 13-15 minutes