Chocolate Donut Hole Cheesecake

This Chocolate Donut Hole Cheesecake is probably my most extravagant dessert yet! This chocolate cheesecake is smooth and creamy, with chocolate donut holes and a perfect vanilla glaze.

Chocolate Donut Hole Cheesecake

This cheesecake was a dream to make. It’s delicious and chocolaty. And it’s just plain awesome. Do you mean donuts or cheesecake? Are you asking for dessert or breakfast? You could even have both! Eating every day, morning, noon, and night would be great.

Watching my husband play in a ProAm tennis tourney, I began brainstorming fun donut ideas. There was some delicious food available, including Krispy Kreme donuts. I had to try one of the donuts. This got me thinking about how delicious donuts can be.

Although I could have made a donut, which I had on my to-do list, that wasn’t what I was looking for.

After trying out a few ideas, I finally settled on this one!

Although I made the vanilla version with Krispy Kreme donuts first, it didn’t turn out as I expected. It didn’t taste as donut-y because it was not cakey. It’s no good.

I chose to have a donut hole. Since I don’t live near a Krispy Kreme shop (I had to buy the donuts at Publix previously – very sad), Dunkin Donuts was my choice.

Although I’m sure I could have made the donuts, I think it was a good idea. While I enjoy making complicated desserts, I also like to use shortcuts. You can make your donuts. If you don’t have the time or desire to make your donuts, I can help you get started! Make sure you only use cake donuts. They will last longer in the cheesecake batter.

Since there aren’t vanilla cake donut holes in the doughnuts, I went for the chocolate! Why didn’t I do it? Chocolate = happiness.

Double happiness: Chocolate donuts and chocolate cheesecake

How to Make Chocolate Donut Cheesecake

It’s so good to combine a little cheesecake, donut, and glaze on one fork. If you’re looking to reduce the calories, I would say adding a few more donuts is okay. But not this time. Seriously. It’s even better with extra donuts.

The glaze is what makes it special! It’s hard to imagine a donut that isn’t coated in glaze. It would help if you kept some glaze on hand for every piece of cheesecake you make. As the cheesecake sits, the glaze will soak into it – like donut glaze. It is a wonderful glaze that I enjoy having in every slice. Each slice has a little more.

Ingredients

CRUST

  • 2 cups Oreo crumbs
  • 4 tbsp butter, melted

CHEESECAKE FILLING

  • 24 ounces cream cheese packages, room temperature (three 8 oz boxes)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown Sugar
  • 1/3 cup cocoa
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 4 eggs, room temperature
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
  • 8-10 doughnut holes

GLAZE AND TOPPING

  • 1 1/2 cups sugar powder (add more if you need thickness)
  • 3 tbsp milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • Doughnut holes

Instructions

CRUST

1. 2. Heat oven to 325°F. Combine all ingredients for the crust in a small bowl. Mix well. Combine the ingredients and press it into a 9-inch springform pan. Bake crust for 10 minutes, then take it out. Place aluminum foil on the edges of the pan to prevent water from getting in.

CHEESECAKE FILLING

1. Turn the oven down to 300 degrees. Blend the cream cheese, sugars and cocoa in a large bowl until well combined. Scrape the bowl. Beat the eggs one at a time. Scrape the sides of your bowl after each addition. Mix in the vanilla extract and sour cream. Mix on low speed until combined. Place a small amount of the filling into the crust. 6. Spread the remaining filling in the springform pan over the doughnuts. 7. Place the springform pan in a separate pan. Place springform pan in another pan. 8. Bake for one hour, 35-40 minutes. Turn off the heat. Leave cheesecake in the oven for 20 minutes. Open the oven door and place the cheesecake in the oven to set for 20 minutes. 11. Chill the cheesecake after it is taken out of the oven. Take springform pan sides off the cheesecake. The cheesecake may look a bit lumpy due to the donuts in it. To make the glaze, whisk together the powdered sugar and milk. Sprinkle a bit of glaze over the cheesecake, and add more donut holes.15 Just before serving, drizzle more glaze on the donut holes.

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