Chocolate Doughnut Mummies

Name: Chocolate Doughnut Mummies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 1 large egg; 1 large egg yolk; 2/3 cup sour cream; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon espresso powder; 1/3 cup cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon baking soda; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1/4 cup whole milk; 4 tablespoons butter, melted; 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed; 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour; 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2-4 tablespoons water; candy eye balls

March 26, 2021

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If you are look for a spooky treat that is both a little bit spooky and super cute, then these chocolate doughnut “mummies” may be exactly what you need.

Little chocolate old fashioned doughnuts baked in a delectoval or twinkie doughnut pans create the perfect shape to add some candied eye balls and white drizzle mummy wraps onto creating the most adorable group of mummies that you have ever seen.

Let’s get started…

Start by gathering 1 large egg and 1 egg yolk, 2/3 cup of sour cream, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of espresso powder, 1/3 cup of cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda, 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, 1/4 cup of whole milk, 4 tablespoons of melted butter, 2/3 cup of brown sugar and 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour.

Whisk together 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk, 2/3 cup of sour cream, 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, 1/4 cup of whole milk, 4 tablespoons of melted butter and 2/3 cup of brown sugar in a large bowl until it is fully incorporated.

Place a mesh sifter over the bowl and add 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of espresso powder, 1/3 cup of cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour into it. Gently sift everything into the bowl.

Sifting dry ingredients is the best way to both combine them and ensure that everything is fine in texture. If you are left with any crumbles in the sifter, you can press them through using a silicone spatula or even your hands. As long as the ingredients go through the sifter, your batter will be smooth.

Mix the wet and dry ingredients until they are just combined. You don’t want to overmix this batter, so as long as you don’t see anything dry left around the bowl, you are good to proceed.

Grease a delectoval or twinkie cake pan (here is the one that I use) and fill each cavity 2/3 of the way. Bake the doughnuts in a 350 degree oven for about 15 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.Let the adorable little doughnuts cool for 5 minutes in the pan and then transfer them directly onto a cooling rack to cool fully.

While they are cooling, let’s make our mummy wraps…

Whisk together 1 1/2 cups of confectioners sugar with 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and 2 tablespoons of water. You are looking for a consistency that is thin enough to drizzle off of the whisk when you lift the whisk out of the bowl, but thick enough that the shape you drizzle hold for a few seconds before disappearing back into the bowl.

Another way to check is to whisk the mixture vigorously for about 5 seconds and when you stop whisking, your whisk marks should remain visible for a few seconds before everything combines and becomes smooth again. If you added too much water and then mixture is soupy and won’t hold its shape, don’t loose hope!! Just dust a little more confectioners sugar in and mix to combine. This will help to thicken it back up.

Once your drizzle is holding its shape, slide a piece of parchment paper under the cooling rack and line all of the doughnuts up with their best ends up.

Apply the eye balls, using a small dab of drizzle, onto all of the mummies. Be sure to leave a little room above the eyes for their “head wraps”.

Transfer the white drizzle into a piping bag with a very small piping tip or a medium zip lock bag and cut a tiny edge off of one of the corners. Drizzle a small amount over each mummy above and below the eye balls.

If your drizzle is holding its shape right away, then keep drizzling until everyone is wrapped how you want them to be. If your drizzle is sort of holding its shape, but also softening a bit, drizzle wraps using only half of the drizzle and immediately transfer the cooling rack into the refrigerator. After 10-15 minutes in the refrigerator, the wraps will harden and the other half of the drizzle still in the bag will have had a chance to stiffen up a bit.

Use the remaining drizzle and then return the mummies into the refrigerator for just a few minutes.

Now that everyone is all wrapped up, the only thing left to do is enjoy them!

They are just so cute! They look like they could just sit up off of the plate and mumble something at you (now that would be spooky!), but don’t worry, I have never had that happen…

Enjoy!!

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