# Favorite Donut? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [May 5, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980 "2022-05-05T00:24:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/1 "2022-05-05T00:24:18Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/1))_ Have strong opinions on donuts? Now is your chance! What is your favorite donut? This is geared toward the general type of donut, not the brand. Although if you feel a desire to share an affinity for a particular brand, go ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/2 "2022-05-05T00:25:22Z")
Plain chocolate devil’s food. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/3 "2022-05-05T00:28:10Z")
Maple bar. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/4 "2022-05-05T00:30:33Z")
Bavarian cream NOT Boston cream! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/5 "2022-05-05T00:36:07Z")
French Cruller. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/6 "2022-05-05T00:39:31Z")
Glazed, typically Cruller or Sour Cream. Frosted and/or filled are too messy. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/7 "2022-05-05T01:12:55Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > French Cruller Yeah that’s the right answer. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/8 "2022-05-05T01:16:21Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > French Cruller. Either that or what is known locally as a “Fried Danish”, in a croissant shape and rolled in cinnamon sugar. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/9 "2022-05-05T01:17:27Z")
Chocolate glazed, filled with custard cream. Though the white cream stuff is also acceptable, if no custard is available. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/10 "2022-05-05T01:18:20Z")
All of them! ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/11 "2022-05-05T01:23:07Z")
Yes to most of this. Maple glazed with bacon? Yes. Cherry fritter? Yes. Sugared doughnut made with beignet dough? I miss these so doggone much. My hips and arteries don’t miss them but my soul weeps for them. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/12 "2022-05-05T01:23:09Z")
Chocolate frosting with shredded coconut. (You don’t like coconuts? Say, brainless, don’t you know where coconuts come from? Look at here! Tahiti! Fiji Islands! Coral Sea!) ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/13 "2022-05-05T01:29:04Z")
Glazed old fashioned. Most other donuts are good, too. Chocolate or maple topped, cinnamon twists, regular glazed, raspberry or lemon filled. Krispy Kreme has a cream filled that’s incredible. But if there’s glazed old fashioned in the mix, that’s what I’ll always grab first. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/14 "2022-05-05T01:29:30Z")
I’m indifferent to most donuts, but I really like a powdered sugar raspberry jelly filled. 😋 It has to be very fresh, though, I don’t like day old. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/15 "2022-05-05T01:34:13Z")
I’m good with a couple of plain old fashioned or one plain and one chocolate covered. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/16 "2022-05-05T01:35:53Z")
I’m not super devoted to a specific donut, but I have a couple of preferences and a couple of ‘nopes’. The most ‘yup’ is I am a big fan of cakey donuts - some quality yeasty fluffy donuts are fine eating, but most are insipid and depend upon overly sweet toppings/glazes to make up for it. The biggest, unbreakable ‘nope’ is any ‘chocolate frosted’ donut. Oh hell no. The stuff makes the quality of chocolate in a cheap Easter bunny candy look like a bespoke 80% cacao bar. Not to mention, if you don’t eat it the same day, it tends to melt into something that looks like it should be dripping down Ghouliani’s face. 🤮 Now, if you’re going to a local, specialty donut shop, you can have quality glazes that do not fall afoul of this issue, but the general donut you find in work / grocery stores / etc. No no no. ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/17 "2022-05-05T01:36:11Z")
The ones I tend to gravitate toward are custard-filled, chocolate bars, and apple fritters. The ones I tend to like the least are powdered donuts, and those twists covered in sugar. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/18 "2022-05-05T01:36:18Z")
Perfect day for this poll! My wife gave a talk today, and I thought “She should have a Really Good Donut waiting for her. And I’ve been so good about carbs… I deserve one, too!” Luckily, we have a donut shop. Yes, a bakery that does nothing but those little toroids of bliss. And they’re SO fresh, that when I ask “What’s fresh but isn’t in the case yet?” I’ll end up with some variety I usually don’t like, but if it’s ten minutes old, it’s delicious! The wife got a [glazed old-fashioned sour cream donut,](https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/g7o3Y2EQgeyqi3Z2ZsOhDg/300s.jpg) and I got … (it sounds horrid, but it’s now my favorite) … a blueberry cake donut with real maple frosting. [(Scroll down to last photo here)](http://planestrainsanddonuts.blogspot.com/2017/08/greenbush-bakery.html) ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/19 "2022-05-05T01:45:44Z")
Rise Biscuits used to have an amazing creme brûlée donut, but it looks like it’s no longer on the menu. 🙁 I usually go for a Boston cream donut (custard filling and chocolate icing). I also like crullers if they’re really crullers, not donuts in a cruller shape. Unfortunately there are no good crullers where I live. Chocolate donuts are nice, too. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/20 "2022-05-05T01:49:03Z")
My favorite is cinnamon crumb. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980.md?page=2)