Chocolate glazed donuts are a big weakness for me. I just love them. I have pretty strong opinions about glaze to donut ratio, as well as the age old question: Sprinkles or no sprinkles? Having a preference, let alone a strong opinion about either of these just goes to show I eat too many donuts.
And it's almost Valentine's day. Holidays must be celebrated with donuts, right?
And so these are heart shaped donuts. But that's not all! The chocolate glaze contains a special ingredient that adds just a touch of, dare I say it, romance. (I said it, I said it!)
You might be thinking, "Emma, I don't have time to make donuts. Most of your recipes seem to take hours once you allow time for the dough to rise. I'm busy! Even though I do love donuts and think you're a total genius to add wine to the chocolate glaze."
Man, you are so complimentary today. But also, since these are biscuit donuts, they take less than thirty minutes to make, start to finish. You're welcome.
Chocolate + Red Wine Glaze, makes about 2 cups.
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup red wine (any kind you like, so you can drink the rest 😉
2 tablespoon light corn syrup
3.5 oz. dark chocolate
2 cups powdered sugar
In a small pot melt together the butter and wine over low heat. Add in the corn syrup and chocolate. Stir as the chocolate melts so everything will blend together. Remove from heat and whisk in the powdered sugar, 1/2 cup at a time. 
And here's why these take no time at all to make: They are made from canned biscuits. Use cookie cutters to cut out your donut shapes (got mine in the dollar bins at Target!). 
Fill a dutch oven or heavy duty pot with 2-3 inches of oil (I used vegetable). Heat the oil to 350°F. I prefer to use a candy thermometer to monitor the oil. Fry the donuts for about 1 minute on each side. Remove to a bed of paper towels to soak up any excess oil. 
Once the donuts are cool enough to handle dip them in the glaze. Top with sprinkles. You can use any leftover chocolate glaze for dipping fruit (like strawberries or apple slices) or top ice cream for a red wine sundae. Yum! And if your'e in the mood for baked donuts instead of fried I thought these looked pretty good. Enjoy. xo. Emma
Credits // Author and Photography: Emma Chapman
73 Comments
OH WOW. These. look. wonderful.
you did it. you combined two of the worlds greatest things ever. wine & donuts. my love and appreciation for you just went through the roof, once again. 😉
can’t wait to try these at an upcoming lingerie shower! <3
This might be the best combination ever. Happy V-Day to me!
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Looks so good and easy too. Thanks
Ha, that looks sooo yummy and I need to try it. Looks not so easy for me.. But I ll try. xa
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Oh wow! These look so good! x
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Oh my oh my … chocolate glaze donuts are my favourite too. These look so scrumptious!
Hahaha, Emma, you are too funny! And these donuts are too adorable.
oh my gosh biscuit donuts? with chocolate? and red wine?
i’m sold!
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Oh my goodness these seriously look way good. Chocolate and red wine are my favorites!
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These look SO amazing! I actually just tried donuts for the first time and they turned out awesome!
Carlee
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Yum and yum. And so exciting that this only takes 30 minutes! You’ve won our hearts, my dear!
oh so festive! ♥ is in the air♥
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oh, these look delicious and so festive! will have to make some for my man 🙂 Heart of Chic
omg! looks so good!!!
can’t wait to try these:)
Um amazing.
Ah, they look delicious, thank you for the recipe, maybe I am gonna try it out!
Okay..what?! A-freaking-mazing combo!
Okay this sounds amazing. Bookmarked!
Not only are those the cutest donuts but the wine in them takes these to a whole new level!
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I think my man would rather have these than ANY other Valentine’s Day gift.
May have to add them to my gift-giving list.
Looks good!! Would milk chocolate taste fine mixed with red wine??
Oh Emma, you genius, you; a donut recipe that’s easy and delicious? Yes, please!
these are totally adorable.. looks like a fun thing to binge on if we get snowed in again
oh a lingerie shower? that sounds like the perfect place to serve these. 😉
-Emma
So cute and they look delicious xx
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These are adorable!
These look so yummy! And biscuit donuts are pretty easy to make…so that means I’m basically forced to make and eat all of them, right?! haha.
xoxo
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They look so good. I think I coud introduce them in my diet ;))
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chocolate and red wine? what more do you need?
What a great idea! I use canned biscuits for individual serving pineapple upside down cakes, and as pot pie crusts. So easy and fast!
wine and chocolate? you just know.
xx
These look so good! x
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Doughnuts + wine + sprinkles = GENIUS! Thank you for all of your amazing posts!
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for an italian, all the time I see the labels of the Us wines, I laugh. We treat the wine here with respect (with simple labels and glorious names) but overseas it all seems a joke. It seems the important thing is the bottle, not the wine!
Oh my goodness sakes. You had me at chocolate+red wine glaze. Yum!
These sound incredible! Definitely have to give them a try!
Have you tried making “cronuts” with puff pastry dough? If not, do it, like now.
Three of my favourite things rolled into one. AMAZING.
I am sooo going to try this (but probably won’t turn out as good as yours/fail massively)
*she says while thinking of all the other alcoholic beverage possibilities that she could use to substitute the wine…*
nom nom nom
great ideas on here!!
lots of love from a very shivering and cold Scottish girl dreaming of sugar and warm things 🙂
Catriona
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Wine, Chocolate and donuts, what more could you want?! These are adorable and look delish!!!
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OH MAN. So I just got really excited when I saw this because I remembered that the immaculate baking company makes cranberry orange and blueberry scones that are basically the same as grands biscuits!
Showed to my roommate and we agreed- this is totally going down. Awesome.
My mouth is watering so much right now. Chocolate and red wine are two of my favourite things! They look incredible I must have them!
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Oh my goodness these look yummy!! xx
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these sound and look amazing!! Will be trying them out next week ! Thanks for sharing 🙂 x
These look so yummy!
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Looks so yummy! 🙂
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These look so sweet & lovely 🙂 Really want to try making them!
I have to try making donuts at home,
love the recipe (definitely in to the “to do” list) but, most of all, love your writing and your tone!
Yes to sprinkles
Yes to chocolate
And of course donuts are used for all holidays:)
These look great!
These look YUMMY, but what the heck are canned biscuits? And can we get them in the UK?
Xxx
I can attest to this. Frying biscuits into donuts is amazing! These are so festive and fun. I’m curious about how the wine turns out.
These look so delicious and special and decadent…. pinning and trying for sure!
these look AMAZING!! and so easy too. def gonna have to give them a go!
xxoo,
nikki
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Bravo Emma! You made donut making easy for all of us. I love red wine in anything. I must try this.
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Oh yummy!! Will be trying this out for sure!
Lulu xx
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I will be making these for valentines day because my boyfriend and I have been really good about our new Flexitarian diet. Meaning we are pescatarian during the week and maybe chicken or beef on Saturday or Sunday. We enjoy the healthier lifestyle but I think this treat is needed to provide positive reinforcement 😉 I will be visiting this post again to let you know how it turned out!
You had be at chocolate. But with red wine. I die.
Awesome recipe!!!
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This looks delicious! I will have to attempt a gluten-free version.
You ARE brilliant for keeping them under 30minutes, thank you! I’ve never made a doughnut, so perhaps this shall be my first attempt!
I’m not so sure about the wine… haha, but they look amazing!
Can you substitute corn syrup for anything else? Thanks 🙂
Looks amazing. It would be great at my next party as snacks. Would be nice taste to have the wine mixed with the cookie. Cheers to the recipie…!
Amazing, can’t wait to try these!! I do have two questions. Would substituting soy butter make that much of a difference and would yoy suggest filling them?
thank you
I’m making these tomorrow before my hunny goes to work. I don’t have a candy thermometer- thanks for the doughnut hole test tip!
Do you bake the biscuts before frying them?
Do you bake the biscuits before frying them? or just fry the dough?
I made these for breakfast this morning, and my boyfriend and I declared them a new Valentine’s Day tradition! Thanks for sharing your tasty creativity!
My daughter loves your blog and your store and everything…. So of course, she made these donuts for her book club at college this week! She thinks death by chocolate is the way to go:
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Warmly,
Candise & Crew
one awsome tip for does with out thermometer for the oil, put a woodenspoon in the oil if it bubble around it it’s hot enough
Nice blog wine with choclate..
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The baked doughnut recipe that you linked did not work out the greatest, but I will have to try these fried ones the next time 🙂 The glaze was still killer on the baked doughnuts though!
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