New year, new post full of doughnut-y goodness! While everyone else is out there making new year’s resolutions to eat healthier foods or exercise more regularly, I’m over here thinking about fitness… Namely how I can fitness this doughnut and ALL the doughnuts into my mouth!
Ok, I kid, I kid. Anyone that knows me know my real fitness plan is to pawn all of my baked goods off onto family, friends and co-workers so they don’t lie around looking all delicious and whispering things like “I’m so tasty. Eeeeeeeeeeeat meeeeee.” Seriously guys, it’s a problem.
Of course, some of you super logical folks might be sitting out there thinking, “If it’s hard to resist the sweets, why make them in the first place?” to which I would say
- Touché
- Where’s the fun in that?
- Decorated doughnuts are kinda’ my jam right now (in case the cat doughnuts, chick doughnuts and bat doughnuts weren’t a dead give away)
- Have you ever noticed how much cute food delights people?
Seriously, it’s delightful. And there are few things more delightful than showing up to an office on a Monday morning and being like “What did I do with my weekend? I baked you adorable doughnuts. ‘Cause I love your face.” You want to make your coworkers love you? This is how it’s done. Or they hate you because you’re ruining their newly resolved diet. It’s a toss up this time of year.
But I just couldn’t resist. I found myself thinking back to the cute polar bear marshmallows I made a few years ago wondering “Why aren’t these doughnuts yet? And more importantly, will they doughnut?” Yes, yes they will.
The Cutest Polar Bear Doughnuts
These easy polar bear doughnuts are sure to brighten up even the darkest winter day!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 12 doughnuts 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 12 doughnuts
- 48 almonds
- 24 pumpkin seeds
- 10 oz white candy melts
- Large black non pareils
- Pink powdered food coloring
Instructions
- Make (or buy) 12 of your favorite doughnuts like these mango doughnuts or these cinnamon toast crunch doughnuts. Once the doughnuts have cooled completely, using a small paring knife to cut four slits at 2 o’clock, 4 o’clock, 8 o’clock and 10 o’clock. Insert an almond into each slit, turning slightly to widen the cut.
- Melt your white candy melts. Dip the narrow end of your almonds into the melted candy and secure them in the slits you just cut. Dip your pumpkin seeds and press them into the tops of the doughnuts where the ears would be. Once the chocolate holding the seeds/nuts has hardened, dip the top of each doughnut into the white candy melts, making sure the almonds and pumpkin seeds are completely covered. Pour the remaining white chocolate into a piping bag and pipe the snout. Press a black non pareil into the doughnut to make a nose and two eyes. Pipe a little white chocolate onto the eyes.
- Once the candy coating has hardened, brush a little pink powdered food coloring on the cheek area.
I love your decorating ideas. I’d love to print off a copy of the instructions WITH a picture to make preparation easier. Please consider modifying your print area to include a picture. Thanks for your consideration.
These are just waaaaay too cute! You are totally right: people do love cute food! I lived in Japan for three years and they take cute food to a whole new level there! It’s just incredible.
These are toooo… adorable 🙂 I love them!
wooaah those are adorable! I should be able to start my day with your cute doughnuts, every day another one. pinning them all even the kitty and chick ones to my food art board. =D
Oh these are sweet! Love how you made the idea super approachable too. Nice job!
Oh my goodness these are SO adorable! What a fun idea. You would be my best friend if we worked in the same office 🙂
These are SOOO cute and adorable, almost too adorable to eat! My nephews would love these 🙂
Aww so cute..! These would be so cute for my kids next week game party. Saving for later. Love the idea.
Wow this is too adorable! So creative I have to try these!
My wife would look at me like I am bizarre if I made something like this. lol. These are, however, adorable and I would certainly EAT them!
How Cute!! They are simply delightful and I bet kids would be captivated by the decoration. It’s very clever of you to come up with idea. I’m pinning it.
These are sooooo adorable! saw few more posts of yours, must say you are very creative!
Gah these are almost too cute to eat! And so appropriate for this arctic-like weather we seem to be stuck in at the moment.
Oh how cute they are! Little handsome bears on a piece on deliciousness! I need to try them for my little kids:)
STOP IT these are the cutest! I am definitely a sucker for cute foods – I’d buy a dozen of these if I saw them at a donut shop! Adorable!
These are too cute! I’m with you – I know it would theoretically be better to not make so many baked goods in the first place, but where’s the fun in that!? And it’s pretty rare that my recipients turn them down, so I don’t think it’s doing too much harm. 🙂