Do you love ordering a chocolate coconut donut with your coffee? You can now make the classic Dunkin’ Donuts Coconut Glazed Chocolate Donuts at home. Baked and not fried, these coconut chocolate donuts are a great option when you want a lighter alternative.
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For many, the coconut glazed chocolate donut from Dunkin’ is their absolute favorite. Many Dunkin’ Donut locations have stopped offering this classic. The good news is that you can now make them at home.
Made with a simple cake mix recipe and a few other ingredients that you likely already have in your fridge and pantry, these donuts come together quickly and easily.
What do I need to make homemade chocolate coconut donuts?
- Chocolate Devils Food Cake Mix – this cake tends to be a little more dense, which is ideal for making donuts. If you cannot find Devils Food, you can also use another chocolate cake mix.
- Buttermilk – this will help keep the chocolate donuts moist, but also firm.
- Eggs – the eggs are the necessary leavening to help the donuts hold their shape.
- Butter – melted butter will help create a thick, dense yet moist chocolate cake donut.
- Powdered Sugar – necessary for creating the coconut glaze that will go on the outside of the donut.
- Milk – needed to mix with the powdered sugar to create the glaze.
- Sweetened Flake coconut – this can be found in the baking section of most grocery stores near the nuts.
For exact ingredient amounts and full recipe instructions be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the post for the recipe. Thanks!
How do I make homemade chocolate donuts?
Start by mixing together the cake mix, buttermilk, eggs and butter in a mixing bowl. The batter should be very thick.
Pipe the batter into the non stick donut pans. Bake the donuts.
How do I make donuts out of cake batter?
The best way to get the cake batter neatly into the donut pans is to use a plastic bag to pipe it in.
First, place a gallon-sized plastic zip-loc bag into a tall glass. (pictured above) Then, spoon the batter into the bag until about 2/3 full. Twist the end so the batter stays inside the bag.
Using scissors cut the corner of the bag about 1/2 inch from the end. This will create the perfect sized piping bag for your donuts.
How long do I bake donuts?
Donuts typically don’t require a long bake time. For this coconut chocolate donut recipe, you’ll only need about 8 minutes for a 6-donut pan.
Other ideas for baked donut recipes:
Looking for other ideas for baking donuts? Check out some of my other baked donut recipes that also use cake mixes:
- Pumpkin Coffee Cake Donuts – use a spice cake mix and are topped with a streusel coffee cake crumble. So delicious!
- Strawberry Coffee Cake Donuts – uses a white cake mix, with fresh chopped strawberries.
- Red Velvet Donuts – uses a red velvet cake mix, and topped with a delicious cream cheese frosting!
How do I glaze baked donuts?
Once the donuts have come out of the oven, remove from the pan. Let the donuts cool completely to room temperature before glazing. If they are still warm when glazed, they will tend to fall apart.
In a small bowl, mix together the powdered sugar and milk. This will create a thick glaze.
In a second bowl, add the coconut.
First, dip the chocolate donut in the powdered sugar glaze. Dip the donut on both sides to that it is evenly covered on all sides with the glaze.
Then, dip the glazed donut into the coconut, making sure to sprinkle all sides of the donuts with the coconut. Feel free to use your hands to help the coconut stick to all sides.
Transfer the glazed donuts to a cooling rack to the the glaze dry and set up.
What can I serve with chocolate coconut donuts?
Donuts are always great served with coffee or hot chocolate. Here are some of our favorite coffee and hot chocolate recipes:
- Nutella Hot Chocolate
- Vanilla Bean Iced Coffee
- Starbucks Vanilla Bean Frappuccino Recipe
- Iced Caramel Latte
- Cinnamon Dolce Latte Recipe
- Starbucks Pink Drink Recipe
- Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino
If you loved this coconut recipe, check out our other popular coconut treats:
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Coconut Glazed Chocolate Donuts
Equipment
- Donut Pans These non-stick donut pans by Wilton are perfect for easily baking donuts at home!
- Mixing Bowls These stainless steel mixing bowls are an essential cooking tool for every kitchen.
- Rubber Scrapers These Cuisinart rubber scraper spatulas are fantastic for fillings, batters, and so much more!
Ingredients
- 1 (13.25 oz. box) Chocolate Devil's Food Cake Mix or other chocolate cake mix
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs slightly beaten
- 3 Tablespoons butter melted
Glaze:
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar or Swerve Powdered Sugar Substitute
- 2-3 Tablespoons milk
- 2 1/2 cup sweetened flake coconut
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In mixing bowl combine all ingredients, and mix until smooth. Batter will be thick.
- Place a gallon-sized resealable bag into a large glass, with the edges of the bag overlapping the side of the glass. Using a rubber scraper, spoon in the batter.
- Once the bag is about 2/3 full, use scissors to cut the tip off of the bag, about 1/2 inch from the edge. This will create the perfect piping bag to easily fill your donut pans.
- In a donut pan, lightly spray with non-stick spray. Fill the donut cups approximately 2/3 – 3/4 full.
- Bake for approximately 8 minutes. Donut is done when the cake is touched and it springs back. Let cool in the pan for about 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Let the donuts cool completely before glazing.
For glazing the donuts:
- To prepare icing, simply combine powdered sugar with milk in a bowl, like a cereal bowl. Stir to a thinner, glaze consistency add a few more drops of milk if necessary. Drop the donuts into the glaze and cover the entire surface.
- Add the flake coconut into another bowl. Drop into the coconut, and cover all sides. Transfer back to the rack to let dry and glaze to set-up and harden slightly.
Notes
Nutrition
I need to get myself a doubt pan because these just look AMAZING!! I love coconut and I love that you combined it with chocolate. Perfect for staying warm. Up here in NY it was ridiculously frigid last week but it’s warming up at a whopping 30 degrees!
Wow!!! I’m not even a huge fan of coconut and super bad want these donuts! They look delicious Erin!
Thanks so much, Chelsea!
All I crave lately is donuts, lots and lots of chocolate donuts. Love these girls, they look delicious!
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They really are yummy, Tamara! Thanks so much for stopping by! ~Erin
Your donuts look absolutely divine! I have to go pick up a donut pan now!
They really are awesome! Hope you get to try soon. ~Erin
Thanks for sharing! I just pinned this recipe, because they look fabulous!!!
Thanks so much Lisa!!
Oh my heavens, these donuts look amazing! What is better than chocolate and coconut…nothing in my opinion! Pinning this for sure. Thanks for stopping by my lil ole blog. Have a wonderful evening!
I love coconut, but have never used it for doughnuts – that needs to change for sure
Heather, they really are fantastic!! Coconut totally belongs on donuts. 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by. ~Erin
Eeks, it’s been super cold here too but thankfully warmed up a bit today. These donuts look incredible! Love the coconut glaze and it sounds perfect with chocolate – can’t wait to try this, thanks for sharing Erin 🙂
Of all the donut recipes I have seen this has to be one of my favorites! So Delish! I would love to have you link this up at my Linky Party Show Me Your Plaid Monday’s! http://www.pandpkitchen.com/2014/01/13/show-me-your-plaid-mondays-50/
Love that these are made with Devil’s food mix. They look scrumptious!
These donuts look fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing them with us at Best of the Weekend. 🙂
These looked so good that I had to share your post in my National Donut Day roundup! Thank you so much!!
Any suggestions when using gluten free Devils food cake mix to make as a cake with the glaze and coconut?
Thanks!
I have spent most of my adult searching for this donut. I grew up in New England in the 70’s and this was a staple in our Dunkin’ Donuts dozen. I think they are no longer made. Oh hoe I love that donut.