These Blueberry Jelly Donut Holes are a fun and easy recipe to make at home. The hidden jelly center and cinnamon sugar coating will make them disappear in a hurry.
Some weeks the treats I make are a hit or miss. Some times my crazy dessert ideas work the first time, and then others need a few tweaks before they turn out.
Every once in a while an idea totally doesn’t work, so it gets thrown out. We won’t talk about those ones.
Let’s talk about the hungry teenagers that live in the house with us. As little kids they usually ate whatever we bought or made. Thankfully we never had to deal with picky eaters.
Then they grew up and decided they wanted to have an opinion on what they ate. Our youngest would seriously live on ramen if we let him.
They are my biggest fans AND my biggest critics when it comes to the recipes I create. They tell me how it is right away.
There is no sugar coating it when they share their opinion. Recipes are always a hit or miss with them too.
When I made these Cinnamon Sugar Apple Donut Holes and these traditional donut sticks the kids went crazy over them. That plate of donuts disappeared almost as soon as they walked in the door from school.
This week I decided to make another version of those mini donuts because I love surprising our kids with snacks.
I had a jar of blueberry preserves that needed used up, so I decided to make a donut hole with a surprise filling. Of course, a coating of Cinnamon Sugar is always a must.
How to make Blueberry Jelly Donut Holes:
- Stir the dry ingredients together in a bowl. Create a hole in the center. (full recipe at bottom)
- Pour the egg, sour cream, oil, and vanilla into the center and mix gently.
- Spoon a teaspoon of batter into greased mini muffin tins.
- Place a small spoonful of blueberry jelly on top and cover with the remaining batter.
- Bake and cool the homemade donut holes.
- Dip the donuts in melted butter and roll in cinnamon sugar.
One bite and I was in love. The soft donut, the blueberry pocket, and the cinnamon sugar crunch worked together so well.
If you can’t find the blueberry preserves in your stores, you could also make this homemade Honey Blueberry Sauce using frozen wild blueberries.
Although, our daughter wanted to know why I would fill them with fruit. She said next time to just use chocolate. Ok, so she is definitely on to something there.
Other easy donut recipes you may like:
- Chocolate Banana Powdered Sugar Donut Holes
- Apple Praline Donuts
- Carrot Cake Donuts
- Mini Apple Fritter Waffle Donuts
- Blueberry Key Lime Donuts
Recipe
Blueberry Jelly Donut Holes
These Blueberry Jelly Donut Holes are a fun and easy recipe to make at home. The hidden jelly center and cinnamon sugar coating will make them disappear in a hurry.
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup oil
- ½ cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup blueberry preserves
- 6 tablespoons melted butter, melted
- ½ cup Cinnamon Sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F. Spray 2 – 12 count mini muffin tins with nonstick spray.
- Stir together the flour, ½ cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Create a well in the center and add the egg, oil, sour cream, and vanilla. Mix together gently.
- Spoon one teaspoon batter into the bottom of the prepared muffin tins.
- Place a small spoonful of the blueberry preserves in the center of the batter.
- Use the remaining batter to cover the preserves.
Bake for 10 minutes. - Let cool in the pans for 2 minutes before gently removing them and placing them on a wire rack to cool completely.
- Dip the donut holes in the melted butter and roll in cinnamon sugar. Let set.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 113Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 74mgCarbohydrates: 13gFiber: 0gSugar: 8gProtein: 1g
*The post for Blueberry Jelly Donut Holes was first published on March 16, 2017. The post was updated and republished on March 21, 2020.
Ashley Schaefer
I just made these today with strawberry jam. A little fussy to layer things in the pan but simple to make. Rather than use butter, I threw the donuts in a bag with the cinnamon sugar while still warm. It left them with a great coating. I'm sure the butter would add a nice rich flavor, but this makes me feel a little better about eating a bunch of them ???? Can't wait to try it again with more fillings!
Kelly
Thank you for reminding me of a lovely memory. When I was about 7 or 8 I slept at my aunt's house (who lived with my grandmother) and she took me to a donut shop on a Sunday morning to introduce me to blueberry filled donuts. She LOVED them ....I wasn't so impressed. I think it is more of an adult taste or something (I probably wanted chocolate like your daughter) ....but seeing these blueberry-filled donut holes reminded me of that time with my aunt, and how thrilled she was to take me to the donut shop and share them with me. My aunt could be a "difficult" personality but this was one time she was kind and loving and I always remembered it.
Now I cannot eat sugar but I still troll the websites for good recipes to make for my nieces and nephews. I look forward to baking this for ...or with ...them!
Paul
These are mouth watering, I love blueberries, doughnuts and coffee so i'm definitely making this.
Janelle
I came upon your site for the first time yesterday and immediately knew I had to make these. They came out great, my six-year-old couldn't even wait for the cinnamon and sugar on top, he tried one and gave a huge thumbs up! My daughters are enjoying them as well, thanks for the great treat, I cannot wait to try more of your recipes!
Jocelyn
I am so excited you found my site and made the donut holes already! Yay for your kids loving them too! I hope you enjoy making more recipes in the future!!
Nancy
Made these this am. Look great, but think I used to much cinnamon and sugar for the coating. Cannot taste the blueberry. Hopefully some will fall off once they set. Do you have any other idea to use for making the wells for the preserves? I am looking all over my kitchen for something round and small enough.
Jocelyn
I didn't use anything to create a well in the batter. You just spoon some batter in the pan with a small spoon, top that with the preserves, then cover with the rest of the batter. There should be a decent pocket of blueberry preserves when you bite into each donut hole.
cakespy
Oops - you did it again (that was to the tune of the Britney Spears song). You've done it again, j - made me HUNGRY! These are so cute and look so yum.
Wendy
I love blueberries and anything with blueberry preserves! You daughter doesn't know what she is missing! 🙂 I certainly wouldn't turn up my nose if someone offered me a few of these donut holes! 🙂