We have more halloween treats for you during our Halloween spooky (and not so spooky) treats week- today we’re sharing cat and bat donuts that just came out so cute. And they are super fun for the kids to decorate!
For these donuts we used our chocolate cake mix and we made a glaze with our chocolate frosting mix. We also made a super small batch of vanilla frosting using our vanilla frosting mix and colored purple to make the cats’ whiskers. This is optional. You could also make them using sprinkles or licorice.
The first step to making these donuts is to gather all your ingredients and supplies.
Cat & Bat Donuts
makes ~12-15 donuts
Donut Ingredients Needed:
- Kate’s Safe & Sweet Chocolate Cake Mix
- 1 cup of your safe Milk
- 1 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar (or vinegar)
- 2 tbsp of your safe Oil
- 1/2 cup of mini Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips (optional)
- Sugar eyes, candy corn, half of a chocolate sandwich cookie, small round chocolate candy
(above amounts are what is need to make a full batch of both. If you are making a smaller batch adjust ingredient measurements as needed.)
You may also use Vanilla Cake Mix for these as well!
Glaze Frosting Ingredients Needed:
- 1 cup of Kate’s Safe and Sweet Chocolate Frosting Mix
- This is about 1/2 of the bag. You may make more or less if you would like to. We did a nice glaze on these donuts with this amount.
- up to 2 teaspoons of your safe Milk
Tools Needed:
- Mixing bowl(s)
- Spatula
- Whisk
- Measuring spoons
- Measuring cups
- Donut Pan(s)
Donut Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly spray the donut pan(s) with the non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Stir together vinegar and milk. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, blend the cake mix, pumpkin puree, oil, and vinegar and milk mixture together until smooth. Scrape the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Pour batter into prepared donut pan. It is best to fill the pan cavities about 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake on middle rack as directed below until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. These are quick to bake so will take about 8-10 minutes.
- Remove pan from oven and place on a wire rack. Allow donuts to cool for about 5-10 minutes before removing from pan and placing directly on wire rack.
- See below for the directions on how to make the glaze to top these with.
Some tips to make the donuts are to fill a piping bag with your batter and make a small snip at the corner in order to more easily pipe into the donut pan.
Here are the donuts cooling prior to decorating:
Time to make the glaze!
Glaze Frosting Instructions:
- Measure out 1 cup of the chocolate frosting mix in a medium sized bowl.
- Whisk up to one teaspoon at a time of your safe milk with the chocolate frosting mix. Be sure not to add too much milk at a time – it won’t require much.
- Once the donuts have cooled for about 10 minutes you can add the glaze atop.
- We used a spoon to drizzle the glaze atop. You’ll want to go back and forth, back and forth a few days.
When glazing them we like to use the bowl and then place the donut on a cooling rack that is above a baking tray to catch any extra glaze.
While the glaze on the donut has yet to harden, you will decorate them into cats and bats! Grab the kids for this part, it’s fun to do and they can put their own creative spin on it.
Cat Decorating Instructions:
- Add two candy corn atop to mimic the ears of the cat.
- Add two sugar eyes.
- Taking a small round chocolate candy add the nose.
- Draw the whiskers with a small round piping tip or use licorice or sprinkles.
Bat Decorating Instructions:
- Break two candy corn a little above the white portion to mimic the teeth of the bat.
- Add two sugar eyes.
- Remove one of the chocolate sides of a chocolate sandwich cookie. Cut in half. Place these a little into the donut to mimic wings.
Note: if you can’t find safe sugar eyes you can use a small marshmallow and chocolate chip to make eyes instead or a dab of chocolate frosting.
What I love about these is you can tailor the decorating to what you have at home and what is safe for you and your family.
Nothing too scary about these – depending on your choice of decorating candies, these are top 14 allergen free, vegan and gluten free!
Cat and bat donuts make for a fun and super delicious Halloween breakfast!
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