A cult favorite among Philadelphians, Federal fills its donuts with innovative flavors (halvah pistachio, chocolate-covered banana) or dusts with the sugar blend of your choice (vanilla lavender).
This small-batch donut shop doles out concoctions with a nostalgic ring. Carrot cake donuts with cream cheese and pecans are killer; so are boozy creations like pineapple rum fritters.
Founded by a man who bought a secret yeast-raised recipe from a New Orleans chef, this North Carolina-based company is a household name. Try resisting the flaky, soft circles of dough, we dare you.
The Brooklyn-based bakers stick to what they know best: big, fluffy, yeast donuts in seventeen flavors. Pick up a cafe au lait or passion fruit and cocoa nib pastry from the Brooklyn Flea, Smorgasburg
Inside this old-fashioned country grocery lies a secret: a doughy secret. Head for the apple cider donuts, dusted with sugar and packed with the orchard’s fresh-pressed juice.
The dense donuts from this lower Manhattan bakery are vegan and gluten free, but they certainly don’t taste it. One bite and you’ll be hooked; flavors change daily.
Local, seasonal ingredients and imaginative recipes make this Mission-based shop stand out from the pack. Not to miss: Spearin’s famed vanilla bean donut and delightfully fluffy bread pudding.
New Yorkers are passionate about their donuts (second to bagels, of course). This fried-dough mecca in Greenpoint is no frills, offering classic fillings such as egg cream or strawberry jam.
Who goes to a carnival for the rides? We go for the deep-fried food like the kind you find here. Stop in for a sugar-dusted treat or book a donut station for your next party.
24/7 is the name of the game at The Donut Man (sometimes you need a 3 a.m. sugar fix). Order a pastry spilling with gooey fruit (strawberry, peach) or a cream-filled French cruller. Feel alive.
Chef/owner Kamal Grant changed the city’s donut game; the shop reigns supreme with ridiculous delicacies like fresh strawberries and cream, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, and the beloved A-town cream.
It’s worth waiting in weekend lines for made-from-scratch donuts from the tiny, family-owned spot. Go for caramel bacon, Nutella cream puff, blueberry, & Atlanta’s answer to the cronut: the cro-dough.
Prepare to be mesmerized by rows of wacky combinations like the Evil Elvis, a plain donut topped with peanut butter, honey, bacon, and banana slices. Snap out of it to order a doughy chicken biscuit.
Seasonal selections like panettone (yeast-raised fruitcake with rum glaze and almonds) comprise a lineup of seven flavors, plus five revolving daily specials (black and white cookie, grapefruit).
The bakery has been making history since it opened, turning out inimitable flavors like maple bacon, chocolate chipotle, and sea salt bourbon caramel (the menu changes frequently).
Traditionalists feast on gently sweet apple fritters, tangy buttermilk, classic jelly, and chocolate iced, while donut enthusiasts opt for the fancier stuff.
This Temescal Alley sweet spot will change the way you think about donuts. Everything here is made-to-order, piped with gourmet fillings, and never greasy.
Get in early for the best selection,and check the glass displays for old-school baked goods like apple fritters, kolaches, and devil’s food donuts — all are so good, they’ll make you a morning person.
You have to fight for your right to a red velvet donut. Or an apple fritter. Or a vanilla angel. Such heavenly treats won’t do anything for your bikini body, but in your sugar coma, you won’t care.
Order the Slow Burn (habanero pepper jelly, cream cheese topping) or the Flying Pig (bacon, maple syrup icing) — and a wheelbarrow to help you back to your car.
Voodoo pushes the limits with treats like the Voodoo Doll (with a pretzel stake to the heart), and less morbid options like cereal-topped fritters (Captain My Captain is covered with Cap’n Crunch).
While the ordinary flavors are delicious, we opt for specialties loaded with chocolate chip cookie dough, popcorn, or dulce de leche.
Watch Pennsylvania Dutch bakers turn out doughy goodness before your eyes; those in the know snap up banana cream and glazed varieties. Most donuts are under a buck, so take home a dozen.
Maple bacon and Nutella are just a few of the special flavors served on weekends. For those looking for more traditional offerings, Boston cream and glazed are always on deck.
Just the thought of a creme brulee, peanut butter and jelly, or tres leches is reason enough to hoof it to the minuscule, bare-bones, (lower) Lower East Side location. And plant yourself there.
The fluffy confections are like the donut’s hipper, healthier cousin, baked fresh daily. Choose from flavors like strawberry buttermilk, maple bacon, and the must-try banana and chocolate.
These minidonuts are a Seattle food legend: The smell of sugar, butter, and deep-fried dough lead you to the tiny stand at Pike Place Market.It doesn’t get fresher than this.
No fair-weather fritters or twists here— each confection is made to order. Pick your donut, fill it up (w/ fruit, jam, Nutella, or even cheese), choose a glaze, and top it off (candy, nuts, bacon).
These donuts- 100% organic and free of animal byproducts- are practically good for you. Made from scratch each day, cake donut flavors include French toast, nutty vanilla, coconut, and lemon poppy.
In our opinion, nothing tops a donut drive-through. Try the Carmello (caramel with peanuts and chocolate) or the sugary cinnamon roll.
Belly up to the bar for fried chicken and donuts in eleven daily changing flavors, such as Campari grapefruit, maple bacon bourbon, and (damn fine) apple fritter.
If we’re trekking to Cumming, GA, it’s for the handmade donuts for which this mom-and-pop is famous. Special flavors rotate daily, but the Dutch Monkey is always available.
Tucked inside an old vault, bakers riff on classic recipes to produce pitch-perfect donuts. Go early (it closes when it sells out), brave the lines, order the old-fashioned, and take yours to go.
Head here for vegan, organic treats in the style of Portland, Oregon’s famed Voodoo Doughnut. Don’t miss the maple (the glaze is actually made from a mushroom), blueberry, and lemon poppy seed.
Frost takes its donuts to an artisanal level with gourmet flavors. Smoky bacon maple bar is a favorite, but bourbon caramel pecan, Aztec chocolate, & rum raisin cranberry are also worth the calories.
Enjoy a basket of throwback cake donuts from this neighborhood institution. Chocolate sugared and molasses are must-haves.
