Dandelion Tea Donuts With Chocolate Frosting
Dandelion Tea Donuts With Chocolate Frosting recipe. Dandelion tea is filled with healthy benefits so enjoy these donuts for breakfast or dessert. Includes a dairy free donut recipe too.
Dandelion Tea Donuts
Maybe this blog should be called Brooklyn Donut Girl. If you haven’t noticed I’m a bit donut obsessed lately…
What else am I obsessed with? Tea. The craze started when I was elementary school and my mother started to serve me a cup each morning. Let’s just say it rapidly increased to me declaring a lot of tea whenever I go through a airport. It’s a strong love.
First, let’s talk dandelions. Yeah, I’m talking about those pesky flowers you probably curse under your breath about when you spot them in your garden. Of if you’re like me, you cut them up, tie a string around them, throw on a garden dress and pretend to have a wedding in the garden. 30 years old and forever a flower girl.
Health Benefits of Dandelion Tea
But did you know dandelions are good and healthy for your body? Dandelions support the body’s natural detoxification process by stimulating the liver and supporting healthy digestion. It also helps bloating (girl, you know what I mean), water retention, inflammation, upset stomachs, high cholesterol, helps you fight off viruses and boosts immunity, helps control weight control, works well with muscle building programs, great for Type-1 and Type-2 diabetes, amazing minerals and vitamins.
You can even use it as a face wash or use it in the bath tub for a great smelling time. Did you know that Dandelions are named “the small postman” in Persian because of the thought that they bring good news? So next time you’re craving a cup of tea, look for the dandelion variety on the shelf, your body will love you!
What can I make with Dandelion Tea?
But you can do so much more with Dandelion tea besides drink it, you can bake with it. Oh yes, you know I just went there. Dandelion donuts with chocolate frosting? Oh I totally just went there. Grab my hand, let me take you on a ride.
I love these donuts for lots of reason (besides the obvious that I am obsessed with this chocolate frosting and I look like a 3 year old who licked the bowl afterwards). The dandelion tea naturally adds a taste of sweetness (which means less sugar, high 5) but also a hint of licorice which is a nice addition. The dandelion is not overpowering at all, but instead acts like a supportive friend.
Here are 2 great Dandelion tea varieties made by Traditional Medicinals. I really love the Leaf & Root variety for these donuts because it adds that slight licorice taste that I like (again, it’s slight, not overpowering).
You’ll want to put 2 tea bags with some milk on the stove. Most likely tea will escape your bag during this process. No worries, just strain it afterwards. This is going to make your kitchen smell amazing!
Dairy Free Donuts Recipe
So many readers love my Dairy Free Chocolate Donuts recipe so I wanted to add alternative directions to this recipe if you want to make them dairy free too.
Here’s what you’ll want to change:
Regular milk – substitute it with almond milk
Butter – use a soy butter, I like using Earth Balance
I hope you enjoy these Dandelion Tea donuts!
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Dandelion Tea Donuts With Chocolate Frosting
Dandelion Tea Donuts With Chocolate Frosting recipe. Dandelion tea is filled with healthy benefits so enjoy these donuts for breakfast or dessert. Includes a dairy free donut recipe too.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 dandelion tea bags
- 1 cup flour
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
Frosting
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- sprinkles optional
Instructions
- In a saucepan heat up milk and 2 tea bags over low medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and strain tea bags and any loose tea that fell out of the bags. Squeeze tea bags to get all the milk out. Throw away used tea bags.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a donut pan with nonstick spray.
In a bowl mix flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt together.
In another bowl stir together milk/tea, egg, vanilla and oil until combined. Add milk mixture to your flour mixture and stir until mixed well.
Pour into donut pan and bake 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven, cool.
For the frosting
- In a bowl using a hand mixer, mix together powdered sugar and butter until creamed well.
- Add milk, cocoa powder and vanilla and continue to mix until creamy and well combined.
Once donuts are cool, dip them into the frosting to cover the tops. If using sprinkles, dip into bowl of sprinkles.
Recipe Notes
If you want to make these dairy free, use these substitutions:
Regular milk – use almond milk
Butter – use a soy butter, I like using Earth Balance
Dandelion tea donuts? Love the idea! I’ve actually thought about growing dandelions for their greens — so nice in a salad. I had no idea how healthy they were. So maybe I need to start cultivating them for all sorts of reasons! Fun post — thanks.
Haha, well, Brooklyn Donut Girl has a nice ring to it! These donuts are so pretty and I am super impressed you got the tea flavor strong enough to taste! I tried green tea donuts …. didn’t work so well 🙂 And that frosting looks amazing!
I learned so much from this post!!! I had no idea dandelions were good for you or that you could get them in tea form!
Love the idea of using tea in these donuts!
Dandelions? Intriguing idea!
The best thing about this post is knowing that I can call a dandelion “the small postman”. I absolutely love that!
So, I am assuming this recipe would work with any tea??? Chai tea???? MMMMGood, girl. Love your donut trend lately.
Totally! Tea it up Debra!
Hahaha I ALWAYS have to declare tea coming through customs and I always get weird looks from airport staff about it – I’m glad I’m not the only one! I have cooked using loads of teas, but have always overlooked the humble dandelion tea. Thanks for making me look at it in a new light!
Gorgeous donuts!!
I would have never thought about using tea in a donut recipe, especially Dandelion. I knew Dandelions were good for you, but I didn’t know they were good for so many things. Great information.
Bring on the donuts! I LOVE how you used the dandelion tea in these donuts. I can’t wait to try these. So pretty, too!
I have never had dandelion tea before. I will have to keep my eyes open next time I’m at the store. Have you ever had dandelion wine?
Thank you for making a donut recipe that serves 6 because my donut pan only has six spots and it is nice not to have to bake a whole bunch of donuts.
I don’t usually drink wine, but is it worth trying?
I totally hear you on the donut pan situation! Same way here.
It is a pretty sweet wine. I have only ever seen it in this Amish settlement near where I went to college. But I am sure it has to exist in other places too. It is worth a try.
Had no idea there was even such a thing as dandelion tea or that dandelions have so many health benefits. If these doughnuts taste half as good as they look, I’ll take a dozen please. 🙂
Love the sprinkles!
I adore your donut obsession! And I admire your creativity! I’ve had chrysanthemum tea and I’m trying to think if I’ve had dandelion. Anyway, why not since we see ‘Earl gray’ and ‘green tea’ everything. Very cool recipe and the donuts look so good!
Well I like tea and I like donuts, so count me in for these sweet treats!
I drink dandelion tea daily and have been for about year. I get it in the bulk section and I add in whatever sounds good that day. Ginger happens often, as does anise. I also buy bottle of dandelion extract. I swear it is a miracle with water retention and bloating!
I’ve never thought to put it in donuts though! Genius.
Always good to have a healthy aspect to a treat Pamela 🙂
Tea in donuts…what a noble idea! They look so beautiful with sprinkles.
This is such a brilliant idea! You’ve definitely sold the Dandelion tea to me, Pamela. I love tea too (well, what do you expect, I’m British) and have branched out to the herbal varieties in recent years, so will have to look for this one now I know how healthy it is. And then … make some of these doughnuts with it, of course (still got to get that doughnut pan!)
Haha, do you still get all the health benefits from dandelions when you use it in donuts? ;P These donuts look really good though (so much sprinkles!!). I wonder what dandelions taste like..
My mother always cooked baby dandelion greens every spring. She said they were really good for us but I thought she was just trying to feed us weeds and refused. 🙂
I love your donuts!
Have never tried dandelion tea! After seeing these donuts it’s definitely on my to-do list!!
Oh I did not know all these things about dandelion! Can I be frank? I’ve never had this type of tea! Got to look for it now.
I hope you an find it Daniela! Let me know if you do. 🙂
I have never had dandelion tea, but if it’s on a donut I will try anything! These look scrumptious!!
I curse dandelions every summer when they casually take over my yard…but these donuts I can get behind! I think it’s the chocolate frosting, that sells me on pretty much anything! So pretty!
I totally know what you mean Anna. Now I see dandelions as a nice little friend who decides to stop by.. 🙂
Donuts can be a good obsession right? 😉 I haven’t made donuts in forever! I’ve been seeing plenty of delicious ones here. Gotta put them on the menu plan!
This recipe is seriously cool! You know I love baking with tea 🙂 I’ve never tried dandelion tea. Must change that!
There can never be too many doughnuts and adding dandelions?! Brilliant!
Yum! I think they’d even taste great with just the chocolate.
So interesting to learn the health benefits of dandelion!! There is no doubt then, that these beautiful donuts are a must try!! Wonderful post Pamela!! <3
What a great tasty & very original idea! I love them too. On my list to try tomorrow. X
Let me know how you like them Sophie!
These sound AMAZING! Never would have thought of dandelion as a sweet inspiration.
I’ve never had dandelion tea before – I’ll be on the lookout for it. The donuts look pretty and tasty.
These sound so good! And keep bringing on the donuts : )
What a unique flavor for donuts! I really enjoy all of your donut recipes; they’re so creative! Love how you packed on the sprinkles on these too. 🙂
These donuts look amazing Pamela! I love tea and have never tried dandelion tea before – it sounds so good and I love the wonderful flavor twist of these pretty donuts!
Dear Pamela,
With this cold weather I have been reaching for more hot tea. I like trying different flavors though I think to date Earl Grey is my favorite.
The benefits of tea are amazing. Who knew?
Well, you have made these donuts look so appealing. Beautiful.
My daughter wants me to get a donut pan to try some.
Beautiful. Blessings dearest. Catherine xo
I love that this could be tea-interchangeable!
Chai, oh chai!
What does dandelion taste like?
To me it tastes slightly like licorice, slightly roasted, all over amazing.
I don’t think I have ever seen dandelion tea, or maybe never noticed it 😀 I love the idea of adding it into a recipe. Your chocolate frosting looks amazing! Yum!
Interesting combination and impressive looking donuts. Must try dandelion tea one day.
Lovely doughnuts!!! I love dandelion tea who knew you could add it to doughnuts… Very creative!
My Italian Grandfather and Father ate dandelion greens, I grew up eating them, cooked and raw in salad. The pugs who have health problems take dandelion root extract. I have never had tea made from them nor doughnuts. It sounds really nice to me, and they certainly look delicious!
Oh my gahhhhsh! I love dandelion tea, but I never knew all those health benefits! Ps, that makes these donuts healthy, right? 😉
I can honestly say I’ve never had dandelion tea, but now I really want to! And I hear ya on being on a donut kick – I don’t think my pan has made it back in the cupboard. It goes from the drying rack to being in use again in no time.
That frosting looks incredible, and the more sprinkles the better in my opinion.
Looovely donuts! Clever to incorporate those different flavors. 🙂 ela
never knew about the nutritional value of dandelions…this donut looks great!
I had no clue dandelions were such a powerhouse of good for you nutrients!
And baking dandelion tea into these donuts is a BRILLIANT idea – far better than the one that formed in my head as I read the paragraphs on dandelions – somehow I failed to see the correlation in the lines before when you mention you love tea – and I thought you collected dandelions (that somehow poked through the snow) and used them in these donuts! GAH!
Wow!!!!! Dandelion tea???? I wish we could that stuff here! 🙁 I want to make these donuts! Perhaps, a different flavored tea will work too!!? My stomach’s rumbling for donuts, now!
I’m one of those people that immediately plucks out any dandelions I find growing in my yard. I had no idea that they had so many positive health benefits! So, really, these donuts are completely good for you, right?! 🙂 That’s what I’m going to tell myself!
These look amazing. I’ll be right over! Except that it’s freezing where you are, and you’ve probably eaten them all by now. I guess I’ll have to make my own instead. You’ve sold me on the dandelion tea. I’ll pick some up the next time I see it!
Yeah I have a pretty big obsession with all thing donuts and chocolate frosting too, so I guess I’d be in love with these! The dandelion addition sounds genius. I need to try these hehe ; )
These look GREAT !!
Sound quite interesting with this the dandelion tea 🙂
I love donuts (so I’m ok that you’re obsessed with them 😉 ) and I love tea! Win win here. 🙂 If I didn’t know any better, these look like they’re straight off the shelf from a fancy bakery…gorgeous job! They almost look too pretty to eat…almost. 😉
So basically these donuts are really good for you! I’m totally in. They sound delish! I’m following you on twitter and I’m so happy to have found your blog through the “best of the weekend” party. Thanks!
Brooklyn Donut Girl- I am so down with that!! Your donuts just look amazing always. I love this flavour combo, too. Cooking with tea can be so fun and versatile…there are so many flavours!!!
I used to pick dandelions with my grandparents to cook with. We used to batter the flowers and fry ’em. Yum! These donuts sound outrageous!
That sounds delicious Ashley, I have got to try that next time!
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