Cheerwine Brownie Doughnuts
with a Cherry Cheerwine Glaze
The inspiration for these Cheerwine Brownie Doughnuts is definitely my son, Ryan, and his love obsession with this “uniquely southern” soda. I wanted to create a special dessert using his favorite soda and one of his favorite desserts, a dark chocolate brownie. These brownie doughnuts have a chocolate cherry flavor with a cherry Cheerwine glaze for the perfect amount of sweetness. Makes approximately 2 dozen doughnuts.
Cheerwine was created in Salisbury, North Carolina in 1917. As the name suggests, it’s full of “CHEER” for many who have tasted and fell in love with this burgundy-red, cherry tasting soda. Even the first Cheerwine slogan was “Smile, Drink Cheerwine, it’s full of CHEER!” Cheerwine has an annual festival for those who want the full experience with tasting a variety of Cheerwine infused foods, with lots of food vendors, arts and crafts, Cheerwine swag, live music, a Kids Zone, the Cheerwine Museum and more. This year’s Cheerwine festival is May 21, 2022 noon-10pm. For more information about the annual Cheerwine festival and fun facts about Cheerwine, visit: The Story Behind the South's Favorite Cherry Flavored Soda (cheerwine.com)
Let’s begin:
Ingredients:
Doughnut ingredients:
2 large eggs
1/2 cup olive oil (or vegetable oil)
1/3 cup Cheerwine soda
2 tsp maraschino cherry syrup
3/4 cups maraschino cherries, chopped
Ingredients for Cherry Cheerwine Glaze:
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 tbsp maraschino cherry syrup
1 1/2-2 tbsp Cheerwine soda
soda
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350℉ / 176℃ and prepare doughnut pans by spraying cavities with a non-stick cooking spray.
To find the doughnut baking molds like my Wilton ones, click HERE.
In a large bowl, add all doughnut ingredients except for chopped maraschino cherries.
Mix together with a fork until well blended with no dry pockets, about 50 strokes.
Add chopped maraschino cherries and fold in evenly.
Spoon batter into the prepared doughnut molds, filling each only halfway full.
Bake on middle rack of oven for 14-16 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.
Remove from oven and let sit in pan for 5 minutes. Gently use a butter knife around middle and edges to loosen and then the doughnuts should lift or slide out easily. Place on cooling rack to finish cooling completely.
After doughnuts have cooled completely, make the glaze:
Mix all glaze ingredients together in a medium bowl with a fork. Stir vigorously until smooth. If you want to thin out more, add more Cheerwine or cherry juice 1/2 tsp at a time.
Place waxed paper under cooling rack to reduce clean-up time, if desired.
Drizzle glaze over top of doughnuts or dip each one in glaze. I spooned glaze inside a plastic baggie and snipped corner for a controlled and even sized drizzle. Let glaze set for at least 20-30 minutes.
…but also great with milk or coffee!
Enjoy!
💜Julie
Cheerwine Brownie Doughnuts
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉ / 176℃ and prepare doughnut pans by spraying cavities with a non-stick cooking spray. (To find the doughnut baking molds like my Wilton ones, click HERE.)
- In a large bowl, add all doughnut ingredients except for chopped maraschino cherries. Mix together with a fork until well blended with no dry pockets, about 50 strokes.
- Add chopped maraschino cherries and fold in evenly.
- Spoon batter into the prepared doughnut molds, filling each only halfway full.
- Bake on middle rack of oven for 14-16 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and let sit in pan for 5 minutes. Gently use a butter knife around middle and edges to loosen and then the doughnuts should lift or slide out easily. Place on cooling rack to finish cooling completely.
- After doughnuts have cooled completely, make the glaze: Mix all glaze ingredients together in a medium bowl with a fork. Stir vigorously until smooth. If you want to thin out more, add more Cheerwine or cherry juice 1/2 tsp at a time.
- Place waxed paper under cooling rack to reduce clean-up time, if desired. Drizzle glaze over top of doughnuts or dip each one in glaze. I spooned glaze inside a plastic baggie and snipped corner for a controlled and even sized drizzle. Let glaze set for at least 20-30 minutes before serving. Enjoy!
