Easy Christmas Donuts
Easy Christmas donuts, homemade with simple ingredients. Decorate them with icing and candies to make a snowman, reindeer, wreath, Santa and even Grinch.
Servings: 12 Donuts
Calories: 158kcal
Ingredients
- 12 Donuts Can be homemade or store-bought
- 2 cups Vanilla glaze
- 1 cup Chocolate ganache
- ½ cup Powdered sugar
- ¼ cup Chocolate chips Mini and regular size
- ¼ cup Candy corns
- ¼ cup Red sanding sugar
- ½ cup Black icing
- 2 tablespoon Yellow square candies
- 1-2 tablespoon Shredded coconut Adjust according to your preference
- Green food coloring
- ½ cup Heart sprinkles Big and small sizes
- ¼ cup Eye candies
- ¼ cup Pretzel twists
- ¼ cup Red gum balls
- ½ cup Christmas sprinkles
- ¼ cup Green sanding sugar
- 2 tablespoon Red sugar pearls
- 2 tablespoon Bow candies
Instructions
- Bake donuts and allow them to cool fully or buy plain donuts from your favorite bakery or grocery store .
- Snowman: Cover the donut fully in powdered sugar. Push large chocolate chips on the top for the eyes. Push mini chocolate chips near the bottom for the mouth. Push a candy corn in the middle for the carrot nose.
- Santa: Dip the donut fully in vanilla glaze and then coat it completely in red sanding sugar. Fill a piping bag with black icing and attach a small round tip. Pipe a black belt along the center and stick a yellow square candy in the center for the belt buckle.
- Grinch: Use green food coloring to tint the glaze green and mix in some shredded coconut. Dip the donut fully until covered. Stick large and small red heart sprinkles all over.
- Reindeer: Dip the donut fully in chocolate ganache. Stick two eye candies on the top. Break a pretzel twist in half and stick it along the sides for the antlers. Stick a red gum ball in the center for the nose. Add a white jimmie sprinkle near the bottom for the mouth.
- Sprinkles: Dip the donut fully in vanilla glaze and cover it completely in your choice of Christmas sprinkles.
- Wreath: Dip the donut fully in vanilla glaze and then coat it completely in green sanding sugar. Push red sugar pearls all over the donut and stick a red bow candy near the bottom, using some glaze.
Notes
- Don't ice warm donuts because the heat will cause the decorations and icing to melt.
- Use gel colors or liquid food coloring to tint your glaze.
- Leftovers can be stored in a covered box at room temperature for 1 day or in the refrigerator for 2 days.
- Read additional variations and tips above.
Nutrition
Calories: 158kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.03g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 0.04mg | Sodium: 45mg | Potassium: 84mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 0.4IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg