Adults need treats too and these deliciously, complex Chocolate Guinness Doughnuts with Bourbon Cream Glaze and Bacon will take you to dessert nirvana.
Chocolate Guinness Doughnuts with Bourbon Cream Glaze and Bacon
With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, it has reminded me to cook with Guinness. In fact, we should be cooking or baking with it all year long. It adds so much flavor to food.
Guinness stout taste incredible is chocolate, and one of the things that enhances the taste of chocolate, is bacon. Add a little cayenne pepper and sea salt for an out of this world sweet-complex-spicy-heat experience. The Bourbon Cream is there to merely make you smile, however bourbon and bacon….well, let’s be honest, it’s a thing too. If you can’t find Bourbon Cream, Irish is the next best substitute.
If you love baked doughnuts, give my strawberry glazed baked doughnuts and my apple pie spiced doughnuts a try.
For baked doughnuts, you will need a doughnut pan. In fact, I have three of them, otherwise I have to spend so much time baking only 6 doughnuts at a time, which is not an efficient way to spend your time.
I finished the doughnuts off with a sprinkle of good quality, flaked sea salt. You don’t want to use a small, granular sea salt here, it would end up being too salty. Get the good stuff.
After the glaze, the bacon and the sprinkle of sea salt, dust the doughnuts very lightly with cayenne pepper, using a very fine mesh sieve.
Enjoy these!
MORE ST. PATRICK’S DAY DESSERT RECIPES
- Baileys Irish Cream Cake
- Lucky Charms Ice Cream
- Key Lime Cupcakes
- Potted Chocolate-Mint Puddings
- Guinness Sundae
- Guinness Chocolate Layer Cake
allie@ThroughHerLookingGlass says
OH. MY. WORD. It’s early at my house, and all I’m thinking is bacon, bourbon and doughnuts… Lots o’ boys in this house, bacon calls their name. (Not sure I’ll be sharing though.) This is one incredible doughnut!
Julianne @ Beyond Frosting says
Dang Cathy! Now these are awesome!!
Joanna Chan says
This looks amazing. Donut pans are hopefully coming out on Sunday morning!
Minnie@thelady8home says
Wow!! Wonderful. Amazing combination.
Angie | Big Bear's Wife says
They’re so pretty! I love the bacon on top of them!
Mary @chattavore says
I’ve been craving doughnuts for weeks. Now, I’m specifically craving THESE doughnuts! Bacon makes everything better..
Heather says
Wow! I want to eaaaat this.
Joh Atherto says
Is this unsweetened cocoa powder or cocoa mix? The former I assume, but….?
Cathy says
Unsweetened.
Carolyn says
Whoa! What an insane flavour of donuts, I am drooling! Pinning these.