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These Chocolate Beet Donuts are incredibly moist and chocolatey, with a naturally pink-tinted beet frosting on top! These gluten-free, paleo and dairy-free donuts make the perfect indulgent breakfast, snack, or dessert.
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Chocolate Beet Donuts (Gluten Free + Paleo)

Course Dessert
Keyword beets, breakfast, chocolate, dessert, donuts, paleo
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 42 minutes
Servings 16 donuts
Author Rachel Conners

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF and lightly grease a donut pan with coconut oil.
  • Place the beets in a blender along with the non-dairy milk (I used cashew milk). Blend until smooth and set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the almond flour, coconut sugar, cacao powder, tapioca flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Whisk all dry ingredients together.
  • In a separate mixing bowl, whisk the eggs, coconut oil and vanilla extract together. Whisk in the pureed beet mixture.
  • Pour the wet ingredients into the mixing bowl with the dry ingredients and stir until combined.
  • Use a spoon to put the batter in the prepared donut pan, or put it in a piping bag/ziplock bag with the tip cut off and pipe the batter into the pan. Bake for 10-12 minutes - 11 minutes was perfect for me. Bake for 7 minutes for mini donuts. Let cool completely before carefully removing from the pan. Repeat with remaining batter.
  • For the glaze, combine all of the ingredients for the glaze in a bowl and whisk to combine. If you want the topping to be more glaze-like, you can warm the ingredients slightly and pour it over the donuts. If you want the topping more frosting-like (as pictured), let the ingredients thicken slightly and whisk to your desired consistency. Don’t let it get too hard or it will be hard to spread.
  • Store donuts tightly sealed in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for longer term storage.

Notes

If you don't have a donut pan, you can bake these in a muffin or mini muffin pan. Adjust baking time as necessary.
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