Perfect for a special breakfast or after school treat, these easy Chocolate Hazelnut Stuffed Donut Holes have a surprise filling in the center.
If you love these easy donut holes, you’ll also love these Biscuit Donuts that also start with refrigerated biscuits!

Yep – we’re still talking back to school!! Abbi still has a few weeks of summer left before starting, (lucky preschoolers!) but I know that most of you have already started back or will be in the next couple days. So I’m back with a great after-school or breakfast idea for your little ones!
If there is one thing my kids go crazy for, it’s donuts. Every single time we go grocery shopping, they beg and beg to go by the bakery section to pick out a donut. I usually try to resist, but sometimes, I’m right alongside them.
So when I was thinking about what I would make for my kids as a special after school treat, of course donuts came to mind. But I wanted them to be easy, and they don’t get a whole lot easier than this!
Starting with refrigerated biscuit dough, all you have to do is punch out the circles, fry them, roll them in some powdered sugar, and then stuff them full of chocolate hazelnut spread. And stuffing them is actually a lot easier than it sounds.
I tried stuffing them before I fried the donuts, but I just couldn’t figure out a way to consistently keep the filling inside the donut. And really, stuffing them after they were fried was so much easier and less time consuming.
You should have seen my son’s eyes when he saw these. Donuts and chocolate – his two favorite things ever!! And I learned an important lesson. When there are chocolate filled donuts on the counter, never leave a chair next to that said counter and leave the room if your son knows they are there. You may very well come back to half of the donuts gone. Not that I know this from experience or anything… 😉
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Chocolate Hazelnut Stuffed Donut Holes
Ingredients
- oil for frying
- powdered sugar
- 1 (7.5 oz) can refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
- 1/2 cup chocolate hazelnut spread (such as Nutella or Jif Chocolate Hazelnut Spread)
Instructions
- Fill a heavy bottomed pot or Dutch oven with at least 2 inches of oil. Heat over medium heat to 350ºF.oil
- Place some powdered sugar in a medium bowl.powdered sugar
- Open the biscuits and slightly roll out each biscuit.1 (7.5 oz) can refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
- Use a 1" round cookie cutter to cut 2 rounds from each biscuit.
- Working in batches, fry each round in the oil until golden, then flip over and cook the other side.
- Remove with a slotted spoon and immediately drop into the bowl of powdered sugar. Shake until the donut is coated, then transfer to a waxed paper lined surface.
- Place the chocolate hazelnut spread in a piping bag fitted with a long plain tip. Use a sharp knife to start a hole in each donut, then insert the tip and fill with the spread.1/2 cup chocolate hazelnut spread
- Sift additional powdered sugar over the top, if needed.
Nutmeg Nanny says
Oh my, for sure a drool worthy photo 🙂 I love chocolate/hazelnut
Tina @ Tina's Chic Corner says
I could eat 10 of these in one sitting! Yum these look delish!!
Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious says
Amazing. I need a dozen, stat! I mean, dessert is much needed, especially if these donuts are stuffed with this hazelnutty goodness!
tanya says
Wow, forget my kids, I want these, all of them! Absolutely wonderful!!
Jessica@AKitchenAddiction says
What a fun after school treat! They look so good!
Abbe@This is How I Cook says
I’d go back to school for just one of these!
Joanne says
I would have so much trouble not eating all of these myself! Guess I need to go back to kindergarten to relearn how to share!