Mickey Mouse Pumpkin Donuts

These Mickey Mouse Pumpkin Donuts are a cute way to get excited about the Halloween season. Made to look just like the Mickey Mouse Pumpkin you see at Disneyland. Disney Halloween food is always fun to make.  

One of my favorite times to visit Disney Parks is during the Fall when the park is filled with Mickey Mouse Pumpkins! In Disneyland, it is the centerpiece on Main Street USA. You can also find them on the lampposts, surrounding the castle, and at Treat locations during Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party.  We also have a Mickey Pumpkin treat bucket to use when we trick or treat at home. He's kind of my favorite! So I'm so excited to share with you this fun Mickey Halloween recipe with you.

Credit Paul Hiffmeyer/Disneyland

Making donuts at home is super easy with a donut pan, and you can decorate them in all kinds of fun ways. Not to mention the kids love eating them. To turn these donuts into Mickey Mouse Pumpkins we are going to do some decorating. 

The outside of the donut has orange candy melts for Mickey's ears and the outside coating. If you would like to skip the hard candy stem, you can also try these green apple licorice sticks for the stem! Then you decorate the lines and face with icing. 

Mickey Mouse Pumpkin Donuts

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Ingredients

Donuts ingredients:

• 1 C flour
• 1/3 C sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp unsalted sweet cream butter melted
• 1 large egg
• 1/3 C + 1 1/2 tbsp whole milk
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

Vanilla donut icing ingredients:

• 4 C powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp clear corn syrup
• 1/2 C whole milk
• 1 tsp clear vanilla extract
• Orange, yellow and green food coloring
• 3 disposable piping bags

Decorating ingredients:

• 1 white candy sticks Sticks only cut into 1/3rds
• 1 bag of orange candy melts

Instructions

Donut Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degree's and spray a donuts baking pan with nonstick baking spray
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt
3. In a small bowl, whisk together egg, milk, butter, and vanilla extract
4. Combine the wet ingredients in with the dry ingredients and mix until well combined
5. Spoon batter into donuts pan and bake for 10 minutes
6. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 6 minutes before removing and placing the donuts onto a wire rack
7. Repeat steps until all of the batter are used

Icing Directions:

1. Using a standing mixer, combine the powdered sugar, corn syrup, milk and vanilla extract and mix on medium to high speed until smooth and thick
2. Scoop about 1/4 C of the icing into 2 bowls
3. Add a few drops of green to one bowl
4. Add a few drops of yellow to the second bowl
5. Scoop the two icing's into their own piping bag
6. Add a few drops of the orange gel food coloring into the remaining white icing
7. Scoop about 5 TBSP of orange icing into a piping bag and set aside

Decorating directions:

1. Using a sharp knife, cut slits into the top corners of the donut for Mickey's ears.
2. Place an orange candy melt into the slits
3. Place donuts onto a wire rack and carefully pour the remaining orange icing onto the donuts
4. Allow drying for 30 minutes
5. Carefully push in a pixie stick into the top center of the donut in between the ears
6. Cut the tip of the green piping bag and pipe green icing onto the pixie stick. Make sure the stick is completely coated
7. Allow drying for 30 minutes
8. Using the green piping bag, pipe 3 lines onto the "Stem"
9. Using the orange piping bag, pipe the details of the pumpkin onto the donuts
10. Allow drying for 30 minutes
11. Using the yellow piping bag, pipe the 3 dots onto the donuts for the eyes and mouth

Recipe Notes

Allow drying completely before enjoying! If you would like to skip the hard candy stem, you can also try these green apple licorice sticks for the stem!