Reese’s Stuffed Donuts
Reese’s Stuffed Donuts are rich and, tender, and golden with a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup center and a chocolate and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup topping that will have everyone drooling.
These donuts aren’t exactly official donuts, but after you take a bite, you won’t care one bit! They’re made with puff pastry sandwiched around our favorite peanut butter and chocolate treat and baked to perfection. These are so easy and delicious, that we routinely make them for no other reason than just wanting them!
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- It only uses a handful of ingredients
- It’s a simple recipe to make that has you in and out of the kitchen quickly.
- The golden puff pastry and Reese’s flavor are the perfect combination.
🛒Ingredients
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You really do only need a handful of ingredients to make this recipe, and they’re all readily available at your local grocery store. The main ingredients are listed here, but you can find the complete ingredient list along with amounts in the recipe card at the end of the post.
- Puff pastry sheets
- Egg
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Chocolate sauce
- Chocolate sprinkles
🔪 How to Make Reese’s Stuffed Donuts
Making these donuts is so quick and easy. There’s really nothing to them.
Step 1: Prep
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Step 2: Cut Puff Pastry Circles
Unfold thawed puff pastry sheets on a floured surface and cut out 18 circles using a round cookie cutter.
Step 3: Brush with Egg Wash
Mix water and egg in a small bowl and brush the bottom circle of each puff pastry.
Step 4: Stuff with Reese’s
Place a Reese’s Peanut Butter cup in the center of 9 of the egg washed circles. Then, top with the remaining 9 circles. Use a fork to crimp both circles together and seal the dough.
Step 5: Bake
Bake for 13 minutes or until golden brown. Then, remove the donuts from the oven and let them cool.
Step 6: Top with Chocolate and More Reese’s
Smother the tops of the donuts with chocolate sauce, add chocolate sprinkles, and finish with chopped Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.
📝Variations
Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!
- Mini Reese’s Cups – You can top the donuts with Mini Reese’s Cups instead of chopping up the full-sized ones.
- Biscuit Donuts – Stuff biscuit dough with Reese’s Cups instead of using puff pastry.
- Reese’s Pieces – Decorate the top of your donuts with Reese’s Pieces instead of cups.
If these simple, delicious donuts look good to you, then you’ll want to check out our baked apple cinnamon donuts.
🥄 Equipment
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper
- Knife
- Cutting board
🥫 Storage
Store these in an air-tight conatiner in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. For longer storage, you can freeze these for up to 2 months in an air-tight, freezer-safe container.
💭 Tips
- Be sure your donuts are completely sealed before baking them so they don’t separate while baking.
- Your thawed puff pastry should be cold from the refrigerator for the best rise while baking.
- Don’t skip the eggwash. It’s vital to the look and finished product.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
There are two reasons that puff pastry doesn’t rise. First, if your pastry isn’t cold, the fat in the dough won’t melt correctly, and the pastry will have a lackluster rise. Second, if your oven is less than 400 degrees, the fat and liquid in the dough won’t be able to create the amount of steam necessary for the dough to rise.
Puff pastry is a dough made from alternating thin layers of butter and dough. This unique dough construction is what causes it to puff up and have visible flaky layers.
If the top and bottom of your donuts separated, you didn’t crimp them enough before baking. Be sure your edges are thoroughly sealed.
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🧾Recipe Card
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Reese’s Stuffed Donuts
Equipment
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
- Knife
- Cutting board
Ingredients
- 2 frozen puff pastry sheets thawed
- 1 teaspoon water
- 1 egg
- 9 regular size Reese cups or 3 mini Reese cups per donut
- 2 cups chocolate sauce
- Chocolate sprinkles
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Unfold thawed pastry sheets on a floured surface and use a round cookie cutter to cut 18 circles of dough
- In a small bowl, mix the water and egg. Use a small pastry brush to brush the bottom circle of each puff pastry.
- Place Reese’s peanut butter cups in the center of each of the egg washed circles.
- Place the remaining 9 dough circles on top of the Reese’s cups and use a fork to pinch together both pastry circles.
- Bake pastries for 13 minutes or until tops are golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and allow the donuts to cool
- Smother the tops of the donuts in chocolate sauce and sprinkle the tops with chocolate sprinkles. Chop remaining Reese’s and sprinkle them on the tops of donuts.
- Enjoy!
