CHURRO BITES

Churro Bites are tiny deep-fried bits of heaven, tossed in sweet cinnamon sugar! This easy churro recipe is made with simple ingredients and comes together to create a treat that is truly irresistible.

These homemade churros are super easy to make from scratch and the results are tasty, hot fried nugget of deliciousness. When you make this delightful churro recipe be warned, once you try these satisfying chucks of goodness you might never buy store bought again.

Little Churro Bites

These tiny treats are a fast and addictingly good snack. They are a little bite of heaven, rolled in sugar with a light doughy center. These wonderful bite sized treats are so versatile, you can serve them with a side of caramel sauce, hot fudge, or eat them as-is covered in warm cinnamon and sugar. Serve them up on movie night or at a party and watch how quickly they disappear. They are quick and simple to make and always a huge hit!

Why you’ll enjoy Fresh Homemade Churro Bites

• Minimal ingredients. You will need only 10 ingredients to make this amazing dessert and a few of them are most likely already in your kitchen. By using only a few ingredients, means a small shopping trip and minimal prep work.
• Make them in advance. This treat can be enjoyed warm or room temperature, either way they are absolutely delicious. They come together quickly, so it gives you plenty of time to prepare other dishes while this one cools.
• Great for a variety of events or occasions. Anything from a weekend family get together, to your child’s graduation, or a birthday party, is a perfect setting to serve these treats. Even tailgating and baby showers work wonderfully for this sweet treat.

Ingredients for Tasty Churro Bites

Water: You will need 1 cup of water to make the dough the right consistency.

Sweet cream: Use 1 cup of sweet cream to give the dough even more great taste.

Vanilla extract: Add in 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to help enhance all the combined flavors well.

Butter: For wonderful rich taste you need ½ teaspoon of butter.

Flour: Use 2 cups of all-purpose flour for the base of the churro bites dough.

Powdered sugar: Adding 1 tablespoon of powdered sugar will make the dough a little sweeter without changing the consistency.

Salt: Using 1 teaspoon of kosher salt will enhance all the flavors in this recipe nicely.

Cinnamon: To help make this churro bites recipe well-spiced you will need 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.

Vegetable oil: You will need enough oil for deep frying these treats, fill a pan with about 3 inches of oil.

Cinnamon sugar coating

Sugar: You need 1 cup of granulated sugar to roll the churro bites in after they have finished frying.

Cinnamon: Adding 1 tablespoon of cinnamon to the sugar will give the coating a lovely savory flavor.

Step by step on how to make Cinnamon Churro Bites

Prep

Begin by adding about 3 inches worth of oil to a tall-sided pot or pan and heat it until it reaches 350 degrees F.

Next, in a medium size bowl, stir the sugar and cinnamon together well for the churro coating. Set aside, this will be used right after you are done frying the dough, so you want it ready to go.

Make the dough

In a medium size saucepan combine the water, sweet cream, vanilla extract, and butter until the mixture comes to a boil. Then, remove the pot from the heat.

Then, in a separate large mixing bowl, combine the flour, powdered sugar, salt, and cinnamon with a whisk.

After that, add the wet ingredients to the bowl of dry ingredients and use a dough whisk or wooden spoon to mix well and combine. The dough will form quickly and should be slightly thick.

Pipe the dough

Proceed to insert a star piping tip into a frosting piping bag and fill the bag with the churro dough. If you do not have a piping bag, a ziplocked bag will work just as well. Simply cut a small piece of the corner and insert the piping tip.

Then, gently squeeze the bag of dough over the hot oil and use scissors to cut off 1-inch sized pieces directly into the hot oil.

Be sure to hold the bag down close to the oil to prevent the oil from splashing. Alternatively, you can squeeze out pieces onto a wooden cutting board and then add them to the oil.

Fry the churro bites for about 2-4 minutes or until golden brown in color. Work in batches of about 7-10 churro bites at a time, be careful not to overcrowd the oil.

Sugar coating

Remove the churros from the oil using a wire strainer and allow the excess grease to drip off.

Immediately place them in the cinnamon-sugar mixture and toss to coat well.

Place the coated bites onto a baking sheet while you continue the process with the remaining dough.

Serve churro bites warm and enjoy!

How long are churro bites good for?

I recommend eating these little bites soon after making them, within the same day if at all possible. As the day progresses your crispy little bites will soft and possibly even get soggy in texture. If you do find yourself with leftovers, which would be surprising, you can store them in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

What size piping tip would work?

I like the much larger open star tips such as a Wilton 1M this is often used for fancy cake frosting borders, but we’re getting a little more use out of them. Smaller basic tips will work but they’ll produce much thinner churro bites and that also means that they will cook significantly faster.

Don’t have a piping tip? You can still make these churro bites!

The star piping tip gives the signature churro look, but it’s not what makes them delicious! You can use a ziplocked bag and cut off pieces directly from it in a regular nugget form. They will look a bit different but they will still have the amazing taste! Don’t let the lack of piping tip prevent you from making these sweet and delicious churro bites.

For more tiny bite-sized food recipes check out these recipes!

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• HOMEMADE BUTTERFINGER BITES
• EASY CHOCOLATE CAKE BITES
• TACO BITES
• EASY VANILLA CAKE BITES
• MINI SUGAR COOKIE BITES
• CHOCOLATE CHERRY BROWNIE BITES
• PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE BITES
• STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE BITES

Churro Bites are amazing chunks of goodness, tossed in a lovely cinnamon sugar coating! This easy churro recipe is made to taste like your favorite comfort treat and rolled in cinnamon sugar you know they’re going to be irresistibly good!