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Here’s The Best Doughnut Shop In Your State
Better than cupcakes, as classic as apple pie.
posted on Oct. 9, 2016, at 9:02 a.m.
Michelle No
BuzzFeed Staff
Flickr: sidereal
Few things are more perfect than a doughnut: Iced with crackly glaze that melts upon contact, this simple fried pastry has the ability to lift the foggiest of mornings into perfect bliss. The question is: where to find the best one? We asked Yelp for the most popular doughnut shop in every state (plus D.C.) — which they measured using an algorithm that looked at the number of reviews plus the star rating for every doughnut business on Yelp.
Here are the 51 best spots to find glazed, sprinkled, and chocolate ganache-stuffed doughnuts — from Yelp users who love them as much as you do!
1. Sugar Rush, Bayou La Batre, Alabama
Donut King, Wasilla, Alaska[/paste:font]
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“We just moved here from Vegas and I have been hard-pressed to find eateries in Alaska that compare. Donut King meets that challenge. Their donuts are so delicious and you don’t get that waxy lard film in your mouth. The glazed old fashioned is my favorite by far.” —Yelper Tiffany B.
“Delicious, light, moist donuts with wonderfully flavorful, not overly sweet fillings.” —Yelper Joanna E.
3. The Local Donut, Scottsdale, Arizona
Spudnut Shoppe, El Dorado, Arkansas[/paste:font]
Cake Among US, Rancho Cucamonga, California[/paste:font]
Photo by Emily B. via Yelp, instagram.com
“This place is first and foremost a cake bakery, and it shows in their donut selection. I got a very tasty fresh banana nut donut today. Previously, I’ve had blueberry donuts, and an old fashioned that was filled with pineapples. All were very good — I’d recommend this place highly!” —Yelper Tony O.
“The blueberry, pistachio, and custard-filled donuts are absolutely delicious.” —Yelper Nefarious W.
6. Sweet Coloradough, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
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“Love this place! Donuts are gooooooooood and friggin cute. Bonus: you can fill almost all of their donuts with different types of filling!” —Yelper Danielle G.
“If I had to choose one food for the rest of my life, it would be Coloradough’s donuts. They have great breakfast items and coffee, too!” —Yelper Kassidi T.
7. Dixie Donuts, Norwich, Connecticut
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“New England is the birthplace of donuts and it takes a certain artistry to create these evil delights. They have like seven kinds of jelly donuts! There’s one called something like ‘Mary’s Special’… Imagine a Boston Cream, filled with chocolate on top but instead of the cream inside, they fill it with blackberry jelly.” —Yelper Mark B.
8. District Doughnut and Coffee, Washington, DC
Fractured Prune, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware[/paste:font]
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“Making a stop at Fractured Prune is a beach week must for anyone staying in Rehoboth or Lewes. The donuts are made fresh to order and you can either pick from one of their specialty flavors or create your own combination. Personally, I’m a big fan of the O.C. Sand and Pebble Beach flavors. I’ve also made one with peanut butter and bacon which was pretty amazing.” —Yelper Nick A.
10. Donnie’s Donuts, Daytona Beach, Florida
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“Donnie’s has ruined all other donuts and coffee for me! The Key West and the S’mores were my favorites, but you really can’t go wrong. Each day has a special donut in addition to the plain cake, Thursdays are blueberry and Saturdays are chocolate. One word of warning: don’t go into Donnie’s expecting a Krispy Kreme-style glazed yeast donut. They do all cake donuts with a frosting or sugar coating, no glaze or yeast to be found.” —Yelper Andrea B.
11. SweetApple Donut & Coffee, Alpharetta, Georgia
Leonard’s Bakery, Honolulu, Hawaii[/paste:font]
Buy the Dozen Donuts, Moscow, Idaho[/paste:font]
instagram.com
“The only problem with this place is that it can’t be open 24/7. These donuts are amazing: the flavors, combined with the fact they are made right in front of you, means you’ll be coming back for more and more.” —Yelper John P.
“Tasty, hot, and fresh mini donuts. When I was there last, I ordered two dozen sugared (in cinnamon sugar and Oreo sugar) and a mixed dozen frosted. The daily flavors that day were honey chai, banana split, and triple mocha. All of them were amazing, and the owner/operator is a sweetheart.” —Yelper Sarah
14. The Heart Of Europe Cafe, Barrington, Illinois
instagram.com
“I’m a fan of chimney cakes, which I used to eat in the Devon area of Chicago. This place also makes chimney cakes, a Hungarian dessert that’s dough wrapped around a stick and baked. Sounds simple, but it’s like a super saiyan Churro. After it’s baked, the pastry chef spreads your choice of topping on the inside (like chocolate, caramel, brown sugar, or peanut butter). I highly recommend the Nutella filling. Just the right amount of sweet.” —Yelper Gaurav B.
15. Sunrise Bakery, Fortville, Indiana
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“There’s a reason why this place won the Donut Wars competition recently. The lemon donut is sublime, the tarts are delicious, and even the plain glazed donuts are appropriately proofed and fried.” —Yelper Edward C.
“I have a confession. I ate a dozen donuts. Ok, I shared a dozen donuts with my husband, and I ate at least 4 more than he did. I seriously couldn’t stop myself.” —Yelper Brook K.
16. ChuChu Donuts, Ankeny, Iowa
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“We love this place. The donuts are always fresh in the morning and quite frequently still warm. One of the great parts is that they don’t pre-fill the donuts. They will fill them right there for you with whatever you request.” —Yelper Kyle P.
“Finally a donut shop that checks all the boxes! Clean, non-sticky floor! Freshly made, crispy, tasty donuts! Amazing apple fritters! This is a place that knows what it is good at and sticks to it. Their apple fritters are crisp with nice chunks of apples studded throughout. Love the fact that I can get a crisp crust with every Apple bite. Their maple bacon bar tastes like eating French toast and bacon in the best way.” —Yelper Gerald Z.
17. Flying Donuts, Wichita, Kansas
Clifton Donut Shop, Louisville, Kentucky[/paste:font]
Bakers Dozen, New Orleans, Louisiana[/paste:font]
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“Bakers Dozen is a solid old-school donut shop. The donuts are always fresh, nice, and yeasty. Their donut holes are completely addictive and if near me will be ravenously consumed in the style of Cookie Monster.” —Yelper Jen L.
Better than cupcakes, as classic as apple pie.
posted on Oct. 9, 2016, at 9:02 a.m.
Michelle No
BuzzFeed Staff
Flickr: sidereal
Few things are more perfect than a doughnut: Iced with crackly glaze that melts upon contact, this simple fried pastry has the ability to lift the foggiest of mornings into perfect bliss. The question is: where to find the best one? We asked Yelp for the most popular doughnut shop in every state (plus D.C.) — which they measured using an algorithm that looked at the number of reviews plus the star rating for every doughnut business on Yelp.
Here are the 51 best spots to find glazed, sprinkled, and chocolate ganache-stuffed doughnuts — from Yelp users who love them as much as you do!
1. Sugar Rush, Bayou La Batre, Alabama
Donut King, Wasilla, Alaska[/paste:font]
instagram.com, instagram.com
“We just moved here from Vegas and I have been hard-pressed to find eateries in Alaska that compare. Donut King meets that challenge. Their donuts are so delicious and you don’t get that waxy lard film in your mouth. The glazed old fashioned is my favorite by far.” —Yelper Tiffany B.
“Delicious, light, moist donuts with wonderfully flavorful, not overly sweet fillings.” —Yelper Joanna E.
3. The Local Donut, Scottsdale, Arizona
Spudnut Shoppe, El Dorado, Arkansas[/paste:font]
Cake Among US, Rancho Cucamonga, California[/paste:font]
Photo by Emily B. via Yelp, instagram.com
“This place is first and foremost a cake bakery, and it shows in their donut selection. I got a very tasty fresh banana nut donut today. Previously, I’ve had blueberry donuts, and an old fashioned that was filled with pineapples. All were very good — I’d recommend this place highly!” —Yelper Tony O.
“The blueberry, pistachio, and custard-filled donuts are absolutely delicious.” —Yelper Nefarious W.
6. Sweet Coloradough, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
instagram.com
“Love this place! Donuts are gooooooooood and friggin cute. Bonus: you can fill almost all of their donuts with different types of filling!” —Yelper Danielle G.
“If I had to choose one food for the rest of my life, it would be Coloradough’s donuts. They have great breakfast items and coffee, too!” —Yelper Kassidi T.
7. Dixie Donuts, Norwich, Connecticut
instagram.com, instagram.com
“New England is the birthplace of donuts and it takes a certain artistry to create these evil delights. They have like seven kinds of jelly donuts! There’s one called something like ‘Mary’s Special’… Imagine a Boston Cream, filled with chocolate on top but instead of the cream inside, they fill it with blackberry jelly.” —Yelper Mark B.
8. District Doughnut and Coffee, Washington, DC
Fractured Prune, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware[/paste:font]
instagram.com
“Making a stop at Fractured Prune is a beach week must for anyone staying in Rehoboth or Lewes. The donuts are made fresh to order and you can either pick from one of their specialty flavors or create your own combination. Personally, I’m a big fan of the O.C. Sand and Pebble Beach flavors. I’ve also made one with peanut butter and bacon which was pretty amazing.” —Yelper Nick A.
10. Donnie’s Donuts, Daytona Beach, Florida
instagram.com
“Donnie’s has ruined all other donuts and coffee for me! The Key West and the S’mores were my favorites, but you really can’t go wrong. Each day has a special donut in addition to the plain cake, Thursdays are blueberry and Saturdays are chocolate. One word of warning: don’t go into Donnie’s expecting a Krispy Kreme-style glazed yeast donut. They do all cake donuts with a frosting or sugar coating, no glaze or yeast to be found.” —Yelper Andrea B.
11. SweetApple Donut & Coffee, Alpharetta, Georgia
Leonard’s Bakery, Honolulu, Hawaii[/paste:font]
Buy the Dozen Donuts, Moscow, Idaho[/paste:font]
instagram.com
“The only problem with this place is that it can’t be open 24/7. These donuts are amazing: the flavors, combined with the fact they are made right in front of you, means you’ll be coming back for more and more.” —Yelper John P.
“Tasty, hot, and fresh mini donuts. When I was there last, I ordered two dozen sugared (in cinnamon sugar and Oreo sugar) and a mixed dozen frosted. The daily flavors that day were honey chai, banana split, and triple mocha. All of them were amazing, and the owner/operator is a sweetheart.” —Yelper Sarah
14. The Heart Of Europe Cafe, Barrington, Illinois
instagram.com
“I’m a fan of chimney cakes, which I used to eat in the Devon area of Chicago. This place also makes chimney cakes, a Hungarian dessert that’s dough wrapped around a stick and baked. Sounds simple, but it’s like a super saiyan Churro. After it’s baked, the pastry chef spreads your choice of topping on the inside (like chocolate, caramel, brown sugar, or peanut butter). I highly recommend the Nutella filling. Just the right amount of sweet.” —Yelper Gaurav B.
15. Sunrise Bakery, Fortville, Indiana
instagram.com
“There’s a reason why this place won the Donut Wars competition recently. The lemon donut is sublime, the tarts are delicious, and even the plain glazed donuts are appropriately proofed and fried.” —Yelper Edward C.
“I have a confession. I ate a dozen donuts. Ok, I shared a dozen donuts with my husband, and I ate at least 4 more than he did. I seriously couldn’t stop myself.” —Yelper Brook K.
16. ChuChu Donuts, Ankeny, Iowa
instagram.com
“We love this place. The donuts are always fresh in the morning and quite frequently still warm. One of the great parts is that they don’t pre-fill the donuts. They will fill them right there for you with whatever you request.” —Yelper Kyle P.
“Finally a donut shop that checks all the boxes! Clean, non-sticky floor! Freshly made, crispy, tasty donuts! Amazing apple fritters! This is a place that knows what it is good at and sticks to it. Their apple fritters are crisp with nice chunks of apples studded throughout. Love the fact that I can get a crisp crust with every Apple bite. Their maple bacon bar tastes like eating French toast and bacon in the best way.” —Yelper Gerald Z.
17. Flying Donuts, Wichita, Kansas
Clifton Donut Shop, Louisville, Kentucky[/paste:font]
Bakers Dozen, New Orleans, Louisiana[/paste:font]
instagram.com, instagram.com
“Bakers Dozen is a solid old-school donut shop. The donuts are always fresh, nice, and yeasty. Their donut holes are completely addictive and if near me will be ravenously consumed in the style of Cookie Monster.” —Yelper Jen L.
