I am sorry, but then I am not, because of one, the Super Bowl and then two, Valentines Day. These two-days make these doughnuts one hundred percent acceptable. Oh AND, it’s Friday. My reasoning is totally solid, right?!
To be honest, these doughnuts happened because I failed miserably at three other desserts – all in one day, and even though I have been planning these doughnuts for a while, I needed something that I knew would be good and I needed them now! And come on, you know that homemade doughnuts…with cream AND chocolate, are never gonna let you down.
Originally, I was thinking how perfect these snowballs would be for the Super Bowl because they are small hand-held bites (and they are fried which makes them beyond perfect football food), but then I was thinking, that Cabernet hot chocolate sauce make these equally perfect for Valentines Day. Even more perfect if you are single like me and need something to help with the full on loneliness of yet another single V-Day. Doughnuts just make things better on so many levels.
OK, and now that you have all had way too much personal info for today let me tell you about these vanilla cream filled Cabernet hot chocolate snowball doughnuts. First the cream, I didn’t even know I liked cream filled doughnuts until I made these, but um yeah, cream filled doughnuts rule. It’s like pudding in a doughnut, but it’s kind of better than pudding because it’s maybe a tad lighter? I don’t know, but it’s good. And even though it’s vanilla cream (not chocolate), I still love it. There is something so cozy about the flavor of vanilla. Kind of reminds me of being a kid and eating those pudding cups after school. Mine where usually chocolate, but sometimes the chocolate were gone and vanilla was all that were left – still cozy and comforting. I love that feeling, if I could have, I would have stayed a kid forever. Well maybe more like seventeen forever. Not yet an adult, but still old enough to do many adult things. It’s the perfect age, which is probably why there are a billion and one country songs about being Seventeen.
ANYWAY. Sorry, it appears my brain is ready for the weekend and my cousins have me thinking about all these crazy things they are currently texting me about. Need to focus.
These doughnuts are actually pretty classic, the hot chocolate sauce is just a fun addition. At first I was just going to stuff these with the hot chocolate sauce and then dust with powdered sugar, BUT then I saw a photo of these delicious looking cream filled doughnuts and I switched gears. Cream in the middle, chocolate for dipping – works for me! I did want to use powdered sugar, but then I realized I didn’t have any, so I went with some lemon infused sugar instead. I think it was pretty awesome. Lemon and chocolate are surprisingly delicious together. You do whatever you prefer. Either way these are going to be good.
Now it’s time for some serious snowball action.
