Injectable Donut Holes Recipe
Ditch the boring and embrace the fun! This tutorial shows you how to make Injectable Donut Holes, the perfect interactive dessert for parties or a playful treat.
There are mini donuts, homemade donuts, baked donut holes, and then there are Injectable Donut Holes. Whether you’re hosting a Halloween party or even a birthday celebration, these interactive treats are guaranteed to impress. With endless flavor and color combinations, you can tailor them to any occasion.
You’ve got options: keep it simple with store-bought donut holes and focus on fun toppings, or go all out with homemade donuts and custom vanilla or chocolate fillings. Either way, get ready to take your donut game from ordinary to extraordinary with a burst of flavor in every bite.
So get ready to transform these donut holes from ordinary to extraordinary with a delicious injection of flavor.
What are Injectable Donut Holes?
Injectable donut holes are mini donuts paired with pipettes filled with various sauces or creams. Guests can inject their preferred filling into each donut hole, customizing their treat to their liking. This concept, popularized by venues like Topgolf, brings an element of fun and personalization to dessert time.
Donut Hole Filling Ideas
As mentioned before, you can use store-bought donut holes or make your own. For this tutorial, we made our donut holes from our chocolate glazed cake donuts recipe. And instead of using a donut pan, we used a donut hole pan. We could’ve also used the chocolate glaze from the same recipe. But we opted for this vanilla bourbon sauce for alcoholic dessert. Other filling ideas include:
The versatility of injectable donut holes lies in the variety of fillings you can offer. Here are some popular options:
- Chocolate glaze
- Chocolate ganache
- White chocolate glaze
- Caramel
- Bavarian cream
- Raspberry jam
- Pink lemonade glaze
- Lemon cream
- Peanut butter
- Coconut cream
- Vanilla custard
- Nutella
Equipment Needed
- Mini clear pipettes: Also known as dropper or transfer pipettes, these are essential for injecting fillings. They can be purchased online or at craft stores.
- Kitchen scissors: Useful for trimming the pipette tips for easier filling.
How to Make Injectable Donut Holes
1 — Prep the pipettes: Using kitchen scissors, trim the tips of the pipettes to your desired length.
2 — Fill the pipettes: Fill them with your chosen sauces or creams. To do so, suction your sauces directly into the mini clear pipettes. If your fillings are pourable (like slightly cooled jam or ganache) they’ll draw up easily. For thicker fillings, transfer them to a small container first to make filling the pipettes easier.
3 — Inject the donuts: Once the donut holes have fully cooled, gently insert the pipette into each donut. For an interactive experience, allow guests to inject the fillings themselves.
4 — Optional: Naturally, this wouldn’t be a Sugar & Cloth desserts without a few sprinkles, so we added sprinkles to the top where the sauce overflows a bit.
Tutorial Notes and Tips
- Cooling: Ensure donut holes are completely cooled before injecting to prevent fillings from melting.
- Filling consistency: If fillings are too thick, warm them slightly to achieve a pourable consistency.
- Avoid overfilling: Inject a moderate amount to prevent the donut holes from bursting.
- Filling tip: Mini clear pipettes are small and may require more finesse when filling. If using them directly, take your time and be gentle to avoid damaging the pipettes.
Homemade Donuts Recipes to Try
So what do you think?! We love the idea of making these color-blocked, seasonal themes for holidays and even savory versions for breakfast! If you love these injectable donuts, you might also want our favorites below —
- Chocolate Cupcakes with Dunkin Donuts Hot Chocolate Frosting
- Pink Lemonade Donuts
- Mini Baked Donuts
- Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
- Heart Shaped Donuts
- Baked Gluten-Free Donuts
Injectable Donut Holes Recipe
Equipment
- Kitchen scissors
Materials
- 12 donut holes
- 12 pipettes
- 1/2 cup sprinkles optional
- Filling of your choice
Instructions
- Trim the tips of the pipettes to your desired length.
- Suction your sauce directly into the mini clear pipettes. If your fillings are pourable (like slightly cooled jam or ganache) they’ll draw up easily. For thicker fillings, transfer them to a small container first to make filling the pipettes easier.
- Once the donut holes have cooled, gently insert the pipette into each donut. For an interactive experience, allow guests to inject the fillings themselves.
- Optional: Add sprinkles to the top of the donut holes where the sauce overflows.
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