Cookie Monster Donuts

Cookie Monster donuts are a vanilla baked donuts with a blue vanilla frosting and a chocolate chip cookie to give it that classic Cookie Monster look. These vanilla donuts are such a treat for breakfast or a dessert.

Cookie Monster is such an iconic character, and the themed treats are a hit. Make sure to check out our Cookie Monster layered cake as well as our Cookie Monster layered cheesecake bars.

This Cookie Monster Doughnuts Recipe Is…

• Homemade doughnut recipe
• Oven baked
• Vanilla flavored
• Fun themed party idea
• Bright blue donuts

Ingredients Needed

All Purpose flour scooped into the measuring cup with a spoon then leveled off.

Ground Nutmeg

Granulated Sugar

Baking Powder

Salt

Milk – Whole milk is what we prefer. It offers a richer flavor.

Egg

Vanilla

Canola Oil

Unsalted Butter

Powdered Sugar – If your powdered sugar has lumps in it we find that sifting it helps for a creamier and smoother texture of the frosting.

Food coloring – we used a sky blue food coloring.

Edible candy eyes – Find these in the baking aisle next to the birthday candles, sprinkles, etc.

How To Make

Full measurements and steps on how to make these cookie monster donuts are in the printable card at the bottom of the post. This is a quick walk through.

1. Preheat the oven and prep your donut pan. Then set aside.
2. In a small bowl add your dry ingredients together and mix well.
3. Then in a larger bowl mix up your wet ingredients.
4. Slowly mix in the wet, to create your donut batter.
5. Use a piping bag or scoop the donut batter into the pan about 3/4 the way.
6. Bake as directed.
7. Remove and cool.
8. Then mix up the frosting, pipe it on, and add eyes, small cookie, and enjoy.

Storing Donuts

Room Temperature: These donuts can be stored at room temperature on the counter or in the fridge. Donuts only last for 1-2 days before they begin to go stale.

Freezing: You can freeze your donuts if you would like. Place in a freezer bag or airtight container. Then freeze for 2-3 months, then thaw at room temperature then enjoy.

Variations To Recipe

• Instead of frosting you can do a powdered sugar glaze that is colored blue. Just dip your donuts in the glaze, then let the excess drip off.
• You can use any flavor of donuts you want. We have even made biscuit donuts and they are. This is a quick and easy way to cook up donuts.
• You can use a mini chip Ahoy cookies if you want or make mini chocolate chip cookies.

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Ingredients

Makes 6 servings

Donut Ingredients

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 5 tablespoons milk
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 tablespoons canola oil
• 6 Mini Chip Ahoy Cookies

Frosting Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 5 tablespoons heavy cream
• 4 drops Sky blue food coloing
• 1 package candy edilbe eyes

Equipment

• 1 Donut Pan
• 1 Piping Bag

Method

How to Make Vanilla Donuts

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease your cupcake pan.
2. In a bowl you will add your flour, nutmeg, sugar, and baking powder and salt. Mix well to combine and set aside.
3. Then in a large bowl add your egg, milk, vanilla, and oil. Mix well to incorporate the ingredients.
4. Add in the dry ingredients and once mixed and lumps are gone. Pour into a piping bag.
5. Pipe 3/4 way full in each of the donut pan cavity. Then bake for 10-12 minutes or until donuts are done.
6. When you remove flip the pan upside down on a cooling rack and let it sit for 10 minutes. Then lift the pan up to release the donuts.
7. Let the donuts fully cool before frosting.

How to Make Frosting

1. In a stand mixer beat your softened butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and heavy cream on medium speed.
2. You want to form stiff peaks. Once it does add in the sky blue food coloring and mix to incorporate.
3. Pour the frosting in a piping bag with a large star tip.

Decorate Donuts

1. Take your cooled donuts and place on a parchment lined tray. One at a time you will begin to pipe on the blue frosting. It is okay if it is a little messy as it mimics his hair.
2. Place two eyes in the center above the donut hole center.
3. Then at the bottom place half of a cookie in the mouth of the donut. To look like he is eating a cookie. If you want you can do a whole cookie depending on the size.

Kitchen notes

Donuts

– You can make any of your favorite donut flavors. We did just a classic vanilla donut. Frosting – If you don’t want to use frosting you can make a blue donut glaze to dip the donuts in. It won’t hold the cookie the way you want, as the frosting is nice and stiff. Store – Store donuts in a covered dish for 1-2 days. These are best eaten fresh.