Chocolate Zucchini Donuts

By srumbel

These soft Chocolate Zucchini Donuts are loaded with three kinds of chocolate. It's a delicious way to eat your "greens" for breakfast.
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Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 2/3 cup Greek yogurt
• 1 cup finely shredded zucchini
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup dark cocoa powder
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup miniature chocolate chips, divided
• 1 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 Tablespoon shortening
• Green sprinkles
• Green edible glitter

Details

Servings 16
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 27mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Spray a regular sized donut pan with nonstick spray.

Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add in the egg, yogurt, and zucchini and continue to cream. Sift together the salt, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder, and cocoa powder. Slowly add to the butter mixture alternately with the buttermilk. Stir in 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips by hand. Do not over mix.

Spoon the donut butter into a large ziplock bag and cut one tip off. Fill the donut pan cavities no more than 3/4 full.

Bake for 12 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 2-3 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Place the chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl with the shortening. Heat and stir 30 seconds at a time until melted.

Dip the tops of the donuts in the chocolate. Top with the remaining chocolate chips, sprinkles and edible glitter. Let the chocolate set before serving. Store in a loosely covered container.