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Trash Can Chocolate Donuts

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May 4, 2020
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    “May the Force be with you!” That should have been the motto today. You probably already know it – May, the 4th is the “official” Star Wars Day and everything revolves around the well-known space saga. I’m a fan of the movies and wanted to celebrate with a little something from the oven, but then the planned “Chewbacca Donuts” suddenly turned into “Trash Can Chocolate Donuts”… I don’t know exactly how that happened. Really! ;P

    Trash Can Chocolate Donuts | Bake to the roots
    Trash Can Chocolate Donuts | Bake to the roots

    Fantasy and reality are two different things. Obviously. How you imagine something in your mind and how it comes out, in the end, are two completely different pairs of shoes (that’s how we would say in German). I wanted to create sweet and “hairy” chocolate donuts today, that should have looked like something inspired by one of my favorite Star Wars characters aka. “Chewbacca”. The big, cute, and hairy thing which only communicates with those roaring sounds… you all know him, right? Well… would have, should have, could have …

    Unfortunately, everything turned out very different as I imagined and now we’re sitting here with donuts that look like they have been thrown into a trash can and then ended up on a plate. A trash can that was full of chocolate bars, pretzels, cookies, and nuts… nothin’ nasty, of course ;P

    Trash Can Chocolate Donuts | Bake to the roots
    Trash Can Chocolate Donuts | Bake to the roots

    Yeah… that’s life. Sometimes you have to admit you failed. The chocolate donuts were easy to make but when it was time to create the fur on top I flopped miserably. Well – I just did not have the right ingredients to make a chocolate ganache. No heavy cream – no chocolate ganache, that’s all. So I decided to try something different (in hopes it still would look like something that could pass as Chewbacca donuts). I thought “…just take some candy bars and chop them up, it will look like fur”. Well, not really, as you can see. Cookie crumbs chopped up stuff do not create the illusion of fur! Now we have donuts with “everything brownish I could find in my cabinets” – Easter bunny leftovers, Kit Kat bars, cocoa nibs, pecans, salted pretzels, Daim bars, and so on. Everything I had and needed to go ;P

    Well… I created worse things. These donuts are actually really nice. Chocolate with chocolate and some crunchy stuff – what’s not to love? They are a bit messy and a pain in the a*** to eat because of the caramel… but if you are looking for a sugar bomb that is easy to prepare… you should definitely try them. Pretty sure Chewbacca would have liked them too – even though they do not look the slightest bit like him.

    INGREDIENTS / ZUTATEN

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    (8-9 donuts)

    For the donuts:
    1.4 oz. (40g) butter, melted
    3 tbsp. brown sugar
    1 tsp. vanilla extract
    1 medium egg
    2/3 cup (160ml) buttermilk
    3/4 cup (100g) all-purpose flour
    1/3 cup (40g) cocoa powder
    1/2 tsp. baking powder
    pinch of salt
    3 tbsp. blanched almonds, chopped

    For the topping:
    3-4 tbsp. caramel (e.g. Bonne Maman*)
    about 2 cups chopped chocolate candy, chocolate, pretzels, nuts, cookies etc.

    (8-9 Donuts)

    Für die Donuts:
    40g Butter, geschmolzen
    3 EL brauner Zucker
    1 TL Vanille Extrakt
    1 Ei (M)
    160ml Buttermilch
    100g Mehl (Type 550)
    40g Kakaopulver
    1/2 TL Backpulver
    Prise Salz
    3 EL Mandeln, blanchiert & gehackt

    Für das Topping:
    3-4 EL Karmel (z.B. von Bonne Maman*)
    etwa 2 Tassen gehackte Schokoriegel, Schokolade, Salzbrezeln, Nüsse, Cookies usw.

    Trash Can Chocolate Donuts | Bake to the roots
    Trash Can Chocolate Donuts | Bake to the roots
    Trash Can Chocolate Donuts | Bake to the roots
    Trash Can Chocolate Donuts | Bake to the roots

    DIRECTIONS / ZUBEREITUNG

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    1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Grease a donut pan* and set aside. Melt the butter in the microwave and let cool down again.

    2. Add the melted butter and sugar to a large bowl and mix until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and egg and mix until well combined. Add half of the buttermilk and mix in. Mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a second bowl to combine, then add together with the remaining buttermilk to the bowl and mix until just combined. Add the chopped almonds and fold in. Fill the donut molds until they are almost full and bake for 8-10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the donuts comes out clean. Take out of the oven, let cool in the pan for some time, then remove and let cool down completely on a wire rack. Clean and grease the pan and repeat with remaining dough to get more donuts.

    3. Chop or crush the chocolate candy (e.g. KitKat, Snickers, Maltesers), chocolate, salted pretzels, nuts and/or cookies and mix in a bowl. Cover the top and sides of the donuts with caramel and then press them into the chocolate candy mixture or sprinkle it on top – you want as much as possible sticking to the donuts. Set aside so the caramel can dry a bit. It will still be a bit of a mess eating the donuts ;)

    1. Den Ofen auf 180°C (350°F) vorheizen. Eine Donutform* einfetten und zur Seite stellen. Die Butter in der Mikrowelle schmelzen und etwas abkühlen lassen.

    2. Die geschmolzene Butter und den Zucker in einer großen Schüssel hell und luftig aufschlagen. Vanille Extrakt und das Ei dazugeben und gut verrühren. Etwa die Hälfte der Buttermilch in die Schüssel geben und gut unterrühren. Das Mehl mit Kakao, Backpulver und Salz vermischen und dann zusammen mit der restlichen Buttermilch in die Schüssel geben und alles nur kurz verrühren (bis keine Klumpen mehr zu sehen sind). Die gehackten Mandeln dazugeben und unterheben. Den Teig in die vorbereite Form füllen und die – die Vertiefungen sollten bis fast zum Rand gefüllt werden. Für 8-10 Minuten backen – mit einem Zahnstocher testen ob noch Teig kleben bleibt und die Donuts erst herausholen, wenn dieser sauber rauskommt. Donuts aus dem Ofen holen und in der Form kurz abkühlen lassen, dann herauslösen und auf einem Kuchengitter komplett auskühlen lassen. Die Form säubern und erneut einfetten und die restlichen Donuts backen, wenn noch Teig übrig war.

    3. Die Schokoladenriegel (z.B. Kitkat, Snickers, Malteser), Schokolade, Salzbrezeln, Nüsse, Cookies usw. in kleine Stücke brechen/hacken oder zerbröseln und in einer Schüssel vermischen. Die Donuts bis auf die Unterseite komplett mit Karamell einstreichen und dann in die Schokoriegelmischung drücken oder darüberstreuen – etwas festdrücken und dann zur Seite legen, damit das Karamell etwas trocknen kann. Es wird aber vermutlich eine klebrige Angelegenheit (Schweinerei) bleiben ;)

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    Trash Can Chocolate Donuts | Bake to the roots

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    • Prep Time: 00:20
    • Cook Time: 00:10
    • Total Time: 01:00
    • Yield: 8 1x
    • Category: Donuts
    • Cuisine: American
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    They look like a big mess. They are a big mess, but also delicious! Trash Can Chocolate Donuts with caramel and a lot of chocolate stuff on top.


    Ingredients

    For the donuts:
    1.4 oz. (40g) butter, melted
    3 tbsp. brown sugar
    1 tsp. vanilla extract
    1 medium egg
    2/3 cup (160ml) buttermilk
    3/4 cup (100g) all-purpose flour
    1/3 cup (40g) cocoa powder
    1/2 tsp. baking powder
    pinch of salt
    3 tbsp. blanched almonds, chopped
    For the topping:
    3-4 tbsp. caramel (e.g. Bonne Maman*)
    about 2 cups chopped chocolate candy, chocolate, pretzels, nuts, cookies etc.


    Instructions

    1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Grease a donut pan* and set aside. Melt the butter in the microwave and let cool down again.
     
    2. Add the melted butter and sugar to a large bowl and mix until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and egg and mix until well combined. Add half of the buttermilk and mix in. Mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a second bowl to combine, then add together with the remaining buttermilk to the bowl and mix until just combined. Add the chopped almonds and fold in. Fill the donut molds until they are almost full and bake for 8-10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the donuts comes out clean. Take out of the oven, let cool in the pan for some time, then remove and let cool down completely on a wire rack. Clean and grease the pan and repeat with remaining dough to get more donuts.
     
    3. Chop or crush the chocolate candy (e.g. KitKat, Snickers, Maltesers), chocolate, salted pretzels, nuts and/or cookies and mix in a bowl. Cover the top and sides of the donuts with caramel and then press them into the chocolate candy mixture or sprinkle it on top – you want as much as possible sticking to the donuts. Set aside so the caramel can dry a bit. It will still be a bit of a mess eating the donuts ;)

    Notes

    Enjoy baking!

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    Trash Can Chocolate Donuts | Bake to the roots
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