I was in the mood for making a new donut, one that wasn’t too decadent but still hit the spot! 🙂 These oatmeal chocolate chip donuts are perfect, full of hearty oats and just enough chocolate to finish them off with some sweetness. They are only 82 calories each, 2-3PP if following WW. They make a great dessert or even a grab-and-go breakfast.
Ingredients used
- Oats
- Flour
- Brown sugar
- Baking powder
- Cinnamon
- Apple sauce
- Almond milk
- Vanilla
- Mini chocolate chips
- Icing *optional
For the oats, I usually use Quaker large flake oats however quick oats will work just as well.
You can substitute the almond milk for regular milk if necessary.
For the icing, I sometimes buy the container of Betty Crocker icing, or you can easily make a small amount using a little icing sugar (a.k.a confectionary sugar) and milk. If I do use icing you really don’t need much, just a little drizzle will really sweeten up these donuts.
Oatmeal chocolate chip donuts
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup oats
- 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp flour
- 1 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 2 Tbsp apple sauce
- 1/2 cup almond milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1.5 tbsp mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F, spray a 6 hole donut pan.
- In a small bowl mix all of your dry ingredients together.
- Stir in your apple sauce, milk, and vanilla. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Fill donut pan and bake in oven for 16 minutes, let cool for 5 minutes then remove from pan using a knife to scrape around edges. Makes 6 donuts at 2-3 personal points, 3sp on blue & green, 2SP on purple or 2 points plus each. Best stored in the fridge. Optional, top with vanilla icing, you don't need much, I pipe 1 Tbsp out of a small zip lock bag and can get enough to cover all 6, wont add points for 1 donut but if you have 2 I would add a point for icing.
- Nutritional info, per donut (not including icing) Calories 82... Fat 1.9g... Saturated fat 0.7g... carbs 14.8g... Fiber 1.7g... Sugars 4.9g... Protein 1.8g..
40 Comments
Hi There,
I’m wondering do you use a regular size muffin pan when you make these? Or a mini? Thank you 🙂
Hi, these are donuts not muffins.. I use the 6 hole reg size donut pan 🙂
Can you freeze the donuts
I have never froze them.. I want to say they would be ok, but I am not positive, they may become soggy when defrosted.. I should try it one time just so I know 😉
I made a bunch and froze some and they taste just as good:)
Awesome.. That’s good to know.. I have never froze them.. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Did you just toast them to reheat?
Hi, you can re-heat them anyway really, or not at all.. toaster or microwave is fine
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Thanks for this recipe! Finally a Smart Points sweet treat with some “doable” points! Both my husband and I enjoyed these.
Awesome, glad to hear you both enjoyed them 🙂
OMIGOODNESS!!!!!! I made these from the recipe on your fabulous android app and they are wonderful! I ‘needed’ a sweet fix and these totally fit the bill and I did not break the points bank! I am doing PP. I will make these again and again and again……you get the picture! THANK YOU!
Awesome, so glad you enjoyed them 🙂 (and will keep enjoying them hehe)
These look great! What kind of oats do you use?
Hi Amy, I use a Quaker baking oat which is similar to quick oats
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These look very tasty. I only have a mini donut pan (makes 12 mini donuts), I hope they turn out. Quick question would cow’s milk be an okay substitute for almond milk?
Yes regular milk is fine 🙂 shouldn’t affect the points overall. Hope the mini ones worked for you
Thanks. I’m going to make them tomorrow ?
Would it be possible to use these in a muffin tin? They look too delicious to wait for my donut tray to arrive!!
HI, sure I think they would be ok in a muffin tin, mini might best best 🙂
I doubled this and it was delicious. you might want to add “quick oats” to the recipe, as I used regular ones (a little heavier) Thanks for real baked goods not made with mixes!
So glad you enjoyed them Eileen, I use Quaker baking oats, they are not instant quick oats
These are really good. I skipped the choc chips & used blueberries. Also didn’t need the frosting drizzle. Ended up 2 pts.
Thanks for the tips 🙂 glad you enjoyed them 🙂
Do you use sweetened or unsweetened applesauce??
Thanks!
unsweetened
I need a sweet treat! I don’t have any applesauce in the house right now. Substitute???
Mashed banana, pumpkin, but the taste will change
Have you ever made them as a muffin?
No but I know others have and they should work out fine, I always suggest mini muffins if using one of my donut recipes as a muffin recipe
I may have missed the question, but what if you dont buy almond milk – will fat free cow’s milk work as well? I don’t buy buttermilk but know I can add lemon juice to regular milk to make a substitute. I just don’t use it enough to buy a container. Suggestions? Thank you.
Hi Joni, yes fat-free milk is fine to use
Is there a recipe for the icing?
Hi Barb, no, I just used a little from a container
Hi! Did you use unsweetened almond milk? I wasn’t sure which kind to buy. Thanks!
Hi, yes I always buy unsweetened but either is fine
Can you use a sugar substitute, such as Swerve? Do you think it Oswald make a difference in points?
Sure you can substitute, it will likely drop the points down by 1, so 2 on blue/green, 1 on purple
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