Juicy blackberries create jammy pockets of sweetness while vegan white chocolate chips make these fluffy cake donuts an extra luscious healthy treat!
I donut post nearly enough donuts.
Which means I donut get to use that terrible pun nearly as often as my cheeseball heart desires.
Today marks the day that something I love very much makes it’s donut debut on the blog. That beloved something is white chocolate.
I love white chocolate. Like a lot. Like maybe more than dark chocolate, but that feels too bold to declare for sure. And I can’t believe it has taken me this many years to finally include the words white chocolate in a recipe name. The thing is that vegan white chocolate is hard to come by. And DIYing it with cocoa butter sounds hard. I prefer to just sniff the block of cocoa butter and revel in it’s wondrous aroma than actually melt it down and make something of it.
What changed? Well actually just that my health food store started carrying this one brand of vegan white chocolate chips. But that was enough to inspire me to finally bring white chocolate to the blog!
*insert jazz hands emoji times 5 here*
So yeah, I’m going to do that annoying thing where I tell you about some specialty hard-to-find fun product without an easy cheap alternative. #sorrynotsorry
The little white chocolate morsels that served as my muse for this donut-making adventure are from a brand called Pascha. They have bars and chips and all the yummy chocolate things. And they are certified organic and fair trade and all that good stuff. But what I was most jazzed to see are these vegan white chocolate chips made with just 4 simple ingredients: cocoa butter, rice milk powder, cane sugar, and vanilla. So that’s pretty snazzy.
They look and taste mostly like white chocolate chips. I mean they are not a cookies-and-cream-minus-the-cookies clone, but they are really yummy. However they do not bake into gooey cream-colored blobs of meltiness like your normal white chocolate chip. I searched high and low amidst the soft donut insides and not a single gooey chip glob could be found. So white chocolate CHIP blackberry donuts they were not.
While the chips may have been playing disappearing tricks on my eyes, my tastebuds picked up on them right away. The cocoa butter flavor permeated every bite of these berry-spotted donuts with it’s hard to describe vanillusciousness.
So I did some ingredient order rearranging, and blended the chips in with the wet ingredients so tiny tidbits of white chocolate would be infused into every fluffy bit of the these round rings of cake. The lil unseen extra sweet something that makes these donuts more dessert-y than just a berry donut. Not that I’m hatin’ on regular berry donuts or anything, love those guys. Especially the blueb ones.
Speaking of berries, did you know that they do not sell bags of frozen just the blackberries? Or maybe they were just out at the particular store on the particular day I went. So I had to buy frozen all the berries and pick out just the blackberries <- DEDICATION. And of course I bought two bags because there was no way to estimate how many blackberries one pound of mixed berries would yield. So if you find yourself in the same situation, lemme save you the trouble by telling you that one bag = plenty. And if you have to toss in a few blueberries to make up the difference, your secret is safe with the berries.
I felt like a child with a bag of trail mix where the blackberries represented M&Ms and I was on a mission to pick out every last one. And when I say child, I mean anyone with the good sense to know that chocolate > nuts or dried fruit.
Whoa did we just covered proportions and inequalities in one food-to-food metaphor? That’s the most math I’ve done all year…I’m gonna need another donut after all that brain expenditure.
Anywho, back to donuts. So I blended white chocolate right into the date-sweetened batter, thickened things up with your fave oat flour, pulsed in the berries just enough to get jammy-ness in every bite but not turn them entirely purple, and voila! FOF x White Chocolate is officially a thing.
Now if you cannot find vegan white chocolate chips, here’s what I’m thinking…
-Use regular chocolate chips instead because berries + chocolate = yum!
–Skip em’ because berries + donut = yum!
-Attempt to make your own, but I’m not even going to link to a recipe because I have not tested any of them and make no guarantees
-Use coconut butter chunks instead…shhhh! I have made vanilla coconut butter bark many times, which you could easily break into chunks and mix into the batter. These are all approximations, but something along the lines of: 1/2 cup coconut butter + 1/4 cup coconut oil + 2 tbsp maple syrup + 1/2 tsp vanilla bean powder. Melt, mix, spread thin, and freeze.
So what is a person supposed to do with TWO bags of frozen mixed (minus the blackberries) berries? Well you will have to wait until next week for the answer to that berry query…
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White Chocolate Blackberry Donuts
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 6 donuts 1x
Description
Juicy blackberries create jammy pockets of sweetness while vegan white chocolate chips make these fluffy cake donuts an extra luscious healthy treat!
Ingredients
- 12 pitted medjool dates
- 1/2 cup non-dairy milk
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt ((optional))
- 1/2 cup vegan white chocolate chips ((see post above for other options))
- 1 cup frozen blackberries ((do not use fresh, the donuts be too moist/mushy))
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Blend the dates, non-dairy milk, and white chocolate chips.
- Add the lemon juice, baking powder, and oat flour. Blend briefly just to combine.
- Add the frozen blackberries. Pulse or stir them in, do not over-blend or the batter will turn purple/grey.
- Spoon into an oiled donut pan. Smooth the tops.
- Bake for about 25 minutes at 350F.
- Cool for at least 10-15 minutes before carefully removing from the pan.
- Enjoy!
Yaaaay Pascha! Made me so happy/excited when I saw their name, I love their stuff! I’ve only dabbled in the 100% dark chocolate area, but these sound soooo dreamy. Such a good combination! White chocolate is definitely underrated, in my opinion, but you’re so right about the whole cocoa butter being a little intimidating. Also, we are totally on the same wavelength cause I had the SAME donut thought this weekend and made a batch, too! Let’s all agree the more donuts the better, right?! Plus, more opportunities for the best food puns ever. These look incredible, Natalie!!
Yes I totally thought of you when I found these and looked at who made them!!! Still no sign of those yummy spreads around here, but there’s hope. I will happily just snack on the rest of the bag of white chocolate chips and wait 🙂 YES more donuts = the best! I also just finally bought a full sized donut pan so that was part of my inspiration–put it to yummy use!
Vanillusciousness!!!!! OMG. I love it! Hahaha!! Best word ever. Donut get me started on how much I love blackberries 😉 but then paired with white chocolate??? I’m dying. Especially over that close up shot of the berry baked in deliciousness. We LOVE Pascha chocolate!!! But I’ve never seen the white chocolate baking chips – that’s pretty awesome! And only four ingredients??? I love that you blended the white chocolate in the date paste AND added more in the actual batter. I can only imagine how amazing these taste! I can’t believe that you picked out all of the blackberries from mixed berry bags! Haha!!! That really is dedication. But I was totally that kid who picked out the M&Ms from the giant bag of trail mix my mom used to buy 🙂 I’m anxious to see what you’ve got up your sleeve for the berry leftovers.
P.S. – I’m loving the font you use in your video intro! <3
Hehe thank you for joining me in the cheesy donut puns 😀 I’m pretty sure I’ve had Pascha chocolate in bar form before, and those spreads they make look really good too, but the chips were a happy find. Maybe my little health food store isn’t so bad after all. But honestly these with dark chocolate chips swapped in sounds pretty good too. And maybe blueberries swapped for the blackberries…okay fine that’s a whole new donut but I love blueberry + chocolate 🙂 Oh thank you! I’ve come to the realization that I have font ADD lol. Hope you are having a good week <3
My goodness, they look SO GOOD! And did you say white chocolate chips, now I am drooling! I tried making my own white vegan chocolate but because I wanted to avoid regular sugar I used maple syrup and well it didn’t turn out that great lol. Now I wish I had these yummy donuts with the white cholate chips in front of me. 😀
I have had a similar not-so-good experience with homemade white chocolate making🙈 It always separates for me while it’s hardening so it’s just a layer of cocoa butter on top and maple syrup underneath lol. Ah well, I’ll just stick to splurging on the store-bought every once in a while 🙂 Thanks Ela!
Amazing Natalie, always so creative 🙂 These donuts look super super delicious!! I looove vegan white chocolate but rarely use it in baking. With this little tip I think I have some yummy experiments ahead of me. And the blackberries look so good here too. Going to watch the video again to see all the yummy ingredients swirling haha. Thank you for the delicious donut inspiration 🙂
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I’ve seen you sneak cocoa butter into delicious dessert-y things before! And very successfully too I might add 🙂 It is always sooooo dreamy in sweet stuff–baked or blended. Hehe yes I should’ve put that part in slow mo…dang 1 minute time limit. Thank you for watching Tiina <3
These donuts look so amazing and irresistible!
Thanks Pamela! I haven’t met a lot of donuts that I could easily resist🤗🍩
Oh my gosh… if you just knew how much your first line had me giggling. 😳😂 Just… please use that line again!! If anyone were to have one sad day, you’d say that line and everything would be fine. 🙂 That, and hand them a HUGE plate of these gorgeous donuts and they’d be the happiest person in the world! White chocolate: woah!!! Congratulations on this milestone! Also, YES!!! It is hard as a bugger to find good vegan white chocolate (or even find ANY vegan white chocolate). Blackberries picking: Aw dang!! Thank you so much for being that dedicated. #foodbloggerproblems, right? Lol. I’m not gonna say I haven’t had to pick out this one ingredient from a big bag of other ingredients. 😉 ALL of these photos have blown me away. 😍 Love ya! xoxo Talk soon.
When it comes to vegan white chocolate my standards are pretty low since I haven’t had any if forever! Honestly I’m not sure I’ve ever had high quality white chocolate of any kind🤔 Is that even a thing? I feel like dark chocolate gets much more prestigious treatment. Anyways…ha yes the things we do for the perfect shot/video/recipe–I think a hint of perfectionism is a common thread amongst most of us bloggers 😀 But worth it. Now if only I could go actual blackberry picking around here not inside a bag🤗 Thanks my dear❤️
Hah, I love the way you wrote this post! ‘I donut post nearly enough donuts’ got me LOL-ing so much!!! 🙂
And yaayyyyyy for white chocolate!!! I also found it a bit tricky to find in UK, but came across a couple in the past, and now I know where to find it!
Also, frozen blackberries are non existing over here… strange, because you can find every other frozen berry, just not this one…? Blackberry conspiracy? 😉 Luckily, season for the fresh ones is just about to start, and for sure I will be freezing some to make these beauties! XXX
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These are just like the donut culmination of hard to find ingredients lol. I’m happy you have actually been able to hunt down vegan white chocolate there though, there’s hope after all! Mmmm yes I cannot wait for good fresh blackberries. I tried some a few weeks ago and nope, not there yet. Somehow I never have any leftover to freeze when it comes to sweetly in season fresh berries😊
Hahaha, I LOVE the donut pun so much, I laughed out loud!! Oh girl, I love, love white chocolate sooo much too. Not as much as dark chocolate, but love it very much. I have those EXACT white chocolate chips too. I remember geeking out totally when I saw them in the store and while they don’t taste as amazing as the white chocolate bars from Milkless, they are good nonetheless, especially when baked into things. You reminded me that I need to get them back out and use them, as I’ve just been using my Milkless bar. Anyways, I’m loving the blackberries with white chocolate here…that tart fruitiness with the sweet white chocolate is an awesome pairing! And they are totally healthy, especially if somebody wanted to leave out the white chocolate…then again, why would they?! LOL. But hey, options! Off to watch your video! I love donuts so much and these put me in a great mood 🙂
Milkless–I don’t think I’ve heard of that brand, but going to check it out asap because you always have the best recs! They are definitely different, not as rich as normal white chocolate, but I still cocoa butter love the flavor. I actually just found my hunk of cacao butter (yes it was lost in my pantry for months now) so perhaps I will give that a shot in a recipe again. Coconut butter and I are getting along much better, it’s the next one to figure out. Well as long as they add in dark chocolate chips to make up for the lack of white chocolate ones, I’m okay with it 🙂 Thank you Brandi!
This flavor combo is making me weak in the knees! White chocolate + blackberry sounds incredible together. I have always looked but have never found vegan white chocolate chips in the store, but I make a really easy white chocolate at home using coconut and cacao butter, so I’ll have to try this combo out. Sounds incredibly delicious!
So you have successfully made homemade white chocolate!?!? You need to post this recipe because I have tried and failed many times. Coconut butter + cacao butter? Or coconut shreds? Or coconut oil? Mine always separates out while solidifying so it’s just cacao butter floating on top of the maple syrup/coconut oil ha. Well anyways, that sounds amazing I am intrigued 🙂
Oooh, that totally happened to me with white chocolate chips too. I actually made my own from similar-ish ingredients at one point, hoping for some nice white globs in my cookies, but nope, cocoa-butter-based chips (unless blended with some unpronounceable ingredients or held together by a magic spell I do not yet posess) don’t hold their shape. Good move with the blending in 🙂 I donut think this affected these beauties at all..
You too?? Bested by the sneaky separating cocoa butter sadness. And when I am mixing it and pouring it into a little mold my hopes are always so high…but no. Others on the internet seem to have success with it, but perhaps they just aren’t sharing the magic spell part 😀
Yay! I finally found vegan white chocolate chips that you don’t have to buy in bulk!!!
https://www.vitacost.com/pascha-organic-white-chocolate-baking-chips-with-rice-milk
I’ll be revisiting these bad boys in 3-5 business days!!
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Yes those are the ones! Haha well let’s hope it’s closer to 3 😀
These look soooo delicious. Can’t wait to do them. Love all the comments, as it adds to the appetite. Just one thing, what can i use in place of dates? Sorry, don’t like them. And while I’m here, thank you so very much for the No Banana Smoothies. I also do not like bananas. Please suggest a sub. Thanks
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The next best thing to replace the dates would be raisins as they are almost as sweet and will add that same moisture as the dates. Dried figs could work too, but the texture of those is a bit different. Or perhaps even prunes or dried apricots. Basically any really sweet dried fruit that you like. Maple syrup or granulated sweeteners will not work as a direct sub since the dates not only sweeten but bind and add tons of moisture to the donuts too. I hope one of those will work for you! And I’m so happy you like the banana-free smoothie post too 🙂
Thank you very much. I really like your unique vision in recipes.
I’m happy you like them, thanks so much Nechama!
Natalie I loved it! Can i freeze it?
I am so happy you liked them, Gaya! Yes, you can freeze these, although they may be a bit dry after defrosting as most oil-free baked goods are. Hope that helps 🙂
These were so good! Like, ooey gooey, eat while they’re still warm and get berry juice all over your fingers good. I omitted the white chocolate and used blueberries instead of blackberries since that was what I had on hand, and they came out 1000x yummier than any blueberry muffin I’ve ever had. I was really impressed by the texture – still moist and rich even though there’s no oil or nut butter. I can’t wait to try blackberry and raspberry versions of this! Thank you, as always, for sharing.
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Hehe that is the most perfectly vivid warm donut devouring description🤤 I am so happy you liked them, and yes you can totally switch up the kind of berry. I haven’t made these in forever, thanks for reminding me about them. And the holiday baking adventures continue…😉
Hi, what would you say is the difference in texture between these and your sugar free donuts? I’m trying to decide which ones to make.
https://nataliejo.co/mini-powdered-vegan-baked-donuts/#tasty-recipes-14691
Oooh both are great! Personally I prefer the powdered ones slightly, a little more tender where as these are a bit more chewy. But both are good, not too different 🙂