Glazed Chocolate Donut Holes with Colavita Olive Oil by Jessie Sheehan

These tiny nuggets of chocolatey goodness! They have all the goodness of a real donut hole, but they're baked not fried and made with our own Colavita Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

For the donuts:
 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
 ¾ cup Dutch process cocoa powder
 1 tsp baking powder
 1 tsp baking soda
 1 tsp kosher salt
 ¾ cup mini chocolate chips
 6 tbsp Colavita Olive Oil
 1 ⅓ cups packed dark brown sugar
 1 tbsp vanilla extract
 1 large egg
 2 egg yolks
  cup sour cream
For the Vanilla Glaze:
 1 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
 ½ tsp kosher salt
 ¼ cup whole milk

1

To make the donuts, heat the oven to 350°F. Generously grease a mini muffin tin with cooking spray or olive oil.

2

In a medium-sized bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt and mini chocolate chips.

3

In a large bowl, whisk the oil, sugar and vanilla. Whisk in the egg and yolks, one at a time, and continue whisking until smooth.

4

With a flexible spatula, gently fold half the dry ingredients into the wet. Then fold in the sour cream and then the rest of the dry. The dough will be very thick.

5

Transfer the batter to a mini muffin tin, filling each until it is about 2/3 of the way full and smoothing the tops as best you can with a butter knife.

6

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, rotating at the halfway point, until a toothpick comes out with a moist crumb or two. Let cool until easy to handle, but still slightly warm.

7

Make the glaze while the donuts cool by combining all of the glaze ingredients in a small shallow bowl.

8

Dunk each warm donut hole in the glaze, letting the glaze drip off before placing the donuts on a cooling rack placed over a baking sheet (to catch any errant drips). Let set before enjoying.

9

Donuts will keep lightly covered in plastic wrap on the counter for up to 3 days but are best the day they are made.