Here’s how it all happened. We were driving by the local Dunkin Donuts, and the car somehow turned into the parking lot, and I somehow got out and somehow bought a 25 pack of glazed Dunkin Donuts munchkins. You know…the soft, squishy kind with the shiny sugar coating on the outside.
The next thing I knew, I was in my kitchen cutting them in half and sprinkling the cut side with a healthy dose of cinnamon sugar. Then before I knew it, I was heating my panini press up to 375 degrees (about medium on the heat setting) and very carefully placing the donut halves cut side up on the press. Then I put the lid down and toasted them for exactly 40 seconds.
When I opened the lid, they had transformed into flat, chip-sized versions of their former selves. The sugar had caramelized on both sides. I scooted them off the press and onto a cookie rack until they were completely cool and crisp and addictive.
And then suddenly, they were gone! I might have thought the whole thing was a dream, except that I distinctly remember the Southern husband having a fine old time cleaning the hardened melted sugar OFF of the panini press a few hours later. Luckily, I had some donut chips for him afterwards to make it up to him.
The end. Except for the recipe. :)
Ingredients
Directions
Recipe inspired by Doughnut Chips recipe in CHRISTMAS WITH SOUTHERN LIVING 2011
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ok that is cool
love love love this
going to add this to my list of friday fun stuff.
ok to use the photo?
thanks!
But of course! Just give me a link back, and happy donut chips!
These might actually make GlutenFree donuts taste GOOD.
HOW DID YOU THINK OF THIS!?!?!? A dunkin donuts just opened up across the street from me. Literally. these are dangerous times in which we live.
Wow! You are so creative!! This looks great; can’t wait to try it!
oh yes. i’ve been waiting for these
Could you do this on a George Foreman grill?
Hmm – I’ve never even seen a George Foreman grill so I don’t know (maybe one of my readers will?) If it has a top and a bottom grilling section like a panini press and you can make the top press down on the bottom, I guess you could. You need the heat on both sides of the chip, and you need some pressure to flatten them out.
A. to my own Q.: The George Foreman doesn’t quite get hot enough or press down tight enough. But I did end up with basically fried donuts, so win-win.
Thanks for the update. And you really can’t go wrong with fried donuts.
FABULOUS POST!
p.s. now you’re just being cruel.
p.s.s. i can’t wait to tell my kids we are having spaghetti cake and donut chips. it will totally freak them out.
LOL!
FABULOUS!!!! Just pinned these. Holy moly, I need a panini press just to make these!
I know, right? I may never make regular panini again! Thanks for the pin.
you are a genius. i wish there were DD on the west coast!
I think you need to lobby for one of them out there Right This Minute!
BRILLIANT idea–how clever of you! i shall purchase some donut holes solely for this purpose!
That’s what I did! (And I thought I practiced extreme self-control by not getting me a full-sized jelly donut while I was in there.)
Mix yourself a little bit of gorgonzola cheese with some mascarpone or whipped cream cheese and put a dollop on those sweet and crispy nibbles Salt and sweet, they can’t be beat! Uh…think I’ve had too much caffeine.
Anyway, you could serve them as appetizers with some nice spritzy flavored waters before dinner. Yeah, yeah, I need to get my own blog going again and quit riffing on yours, but yours is one of my favorites. And you have such good ides! Does that make it okay?
OMG. Genuis! And yes, it’s totally okay!
Wow. I just had to comment and say. Wow.
Wow.
Seriously! What a brilliant idea!
They are ridiculously easy too. Well, except for the cleaning the panini press part.
Would there be a way to do this where the outside id crispyhbut the inside is soft and warm… kinda like an elephant ear?
I think if you didn’t cut them in half and didn’t press as hard you might get that effect…I didn’t try it that way, but it’s worth a whirl! I’d still roll the outside in the cinnamon sugar though. If you try it, let me know how it comes out!
HI Kate, I did a similar thing with Krispy Kremes glazed donuts a few years ago, it may be the single best thing I have ever eaten, and I have eaten a lot. I did have this gnawing feeling that I was selling my soul to the devil when I was eating them, like people probably feel when they do crack for the first time, like “oh this isn’t going to be good” Since then I have made the vow only to have them once a year, instead of every four minutes….
Yes, they are DEFINITELY addictive – it’s a good thing my panani press is stored behind closed cabinet doors!