Groundhog Day Donut
Party Pinching
Updated Sep 6, 2017
A breakfast treat that's delicious no matter how long winter lasts.
More About This Recipe
- Whether it's early spring or a long winter, this Groundhog Day donut is a fun breakfast treat. I kinda sorta love Groundhog Day. Maybe because here in Seattle we have to hope that spring is right around the corner. It's usually been raining sideways for 6 months and we worry we won’t see the sun before July 5th. Or maybe because I just think that those groundhogs are so darn cute. When my kids were small, we would have these cute groundhog donuts for breakfast while watching the news to see if he saw his shadow or not! These adorable donuts coupled with a cup of hot cocoa was a fun tradition and it made you feel warm and fuzzy inside – even if it meant 6 more weeks of winter! Make this super silly breakfast starring our favorite fuzzy wintertime friend! Come on Phil! Don’t let us down! We need an early spring!
Groundhog Day Donut
- Prep Time 5 min
- Total 10 min
- Servings 1
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 plain store-bought doughnut
- 1/4 cup from 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Chocolate Frosting
- 1 Oreo cookie, finely crushed
- Chocolate rock candy
- 1 Milano™ cookie
- 1 brown M&M's® minis chocolate candy
- 2 almond slices
- 1 black edible marker
- 1 white heart sprinkles
Instructions
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Step1Frost the top of the donut with chocolate frosting, and then sprinkle frosting with crushed Oreo™.
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Step2On one end of the cookie, push the almond slices into the filling of the cookie for the ears. Draw eyes and mouth onto cookie with the black edible marker.
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Step3Attach mini M&M™ with frosting for the nose. Turn the white heart sprinkle upside down and attach with frosting for the teeth.
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Step4Push cookie in the middle of the donut hole. Decorate with the chocolate rock candy around the donut.
Nutrition
580
Calories
27g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
81g
Total Carbohydrate
50g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 580
- Calories from Fat
- 240
- Total Fat
- 27g
- 41%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 49%
- Trans Fat
- 2g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 7%
- Sodium
- 370mg
- 16%
- Potassium
- 230mg
- 7%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 81g
- 27%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 9%
- Sugars
- 50g
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 4 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 5 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
5 1/2
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