# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/41 "2022-05-05T14:37:46Z")
Interesting. The internet seems to tell me that Bavarian cream is the denser one, and Boston the runnier one. Both have eggs. I THINK most likely the pączki place uses something closer to Boston cream, not Bavarian cream as they advertise. I’d have to have them side by side from a bakery that works with both fillings to taste for myself. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/42 "2022-05-05T15:29:13Z")
I don’t know what type of donut this is, but I like the ones that look very much like a farm tractor tire. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/43 "2022-05-05T17:39:56Z")
I used to work near a bagel place that also had a limited selection of donuts. I sure miss their powdered donuts filled with chocolate cream. Best donuts I ever had! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/44 "2022-05-05T17:40:54Z")
> [@BrickBat](#): > > I don’t know what type of donut this is, but I like the ones that look very much like a farm tractor tire. These? [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/French-Cruller-Donut.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/French-Cruller-Donut.jpg) > **[Cruller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruller)** > > A cruller (/ˈkrʌlər/) is a deep-fried pastry like a doughnut popular in Europe and North America often made from a rectangle of dough with a cut made in the middle that allows it to be pulled over and through itself, producing twists in the sides of the pastry. The cruller has been described as resembling "a small, braided torpedo". Some other cruller styles are made of a denser dough somewhat like that of a cake doughnut formed in a small loaf or stick shape, but not always twisted. Crulle Not... ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/45 "2022-05-05T18:29:32Z")
Chocolate glazed cruller when I can find them. So eggy and fluffy. A local small chain, Heavenly Donuts, has one shop that does blueberry frosted cake donuts and those are amazing, could only be better if they’d glaze an old fashioned with that blueberry stuff. They also make blueberry fritters and omg those are crack. ---
**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, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/46 "2022-05-05T18:48:07Z")
The best doughnuts I’ve ever had were fresh out of the fryer at the gift shop atop Pike’s Peak. Supposedly there’s something about the 140000-foot altitude that makes them extra light and delicious. Too bad it’s not an easy place to get to. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/47 "2022-05-05T19:49:54Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > My favorite is cinnamon crumb. One of my sister’s friends in high school worked at the local Winchell’s. They tossed their day old doughnuts into a big cardboard box under the counter. Those were crumbified to make up the cinnamon crumb doughnuts. The kicker? The cockroaches loved that box and were not weeded out prior to the crumbification process. My fav is the maple bar. The only filled doughnut I like is a raspberry with granulated sugar (no powder). Hate custard doughnuts. I also like chocolate with peanuts, but _not_ with a chocolate doughnut – only the frosting is chocolate. Apple fritters aren’t doughnuts, but I love 'em, too. > [@brad\_d](#): > > So awesome that they only barely remain within the bounds of the _donut_ category are the strawberry donuts from [The Donut Man](http://www.thedonutmanca.com/) in Glendora, California. Worth a 30 minute drive on occasion. I’ve always wanted to go there, but it’s a least a 90 minute drive for me. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/48 "2022-05-05T19:54:22Z")
Plain cake, but I do enjoy the occasional glazed twist. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/49 "2022-05-05T20:27:46Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > 140000-foot altitude Stratospheric donuts? Sounds awesome! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/50 "2022-05-05T20:40:10Z")
Drenched in spiced syrup and rolled in coconut. > **[Koe'sister](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koe'sister)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > A koesister or koe'sister is a traditional Cape Malay pastry often described as a spicy dumpling with a cake-like texture, finished off with a sprinkling of coconut. > The inaugural World Koesister Day was celebrated on Sunday, 1 September 2019 at an event hosted at the Radisson RED Hotel V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa, in partnership with Vannie Kaap. World Koesister Day is celebrated on the first Sunday in September. > Cape Malay koe'sis... ---
**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, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/51 "2022-05-05T21:16:46Z")
They’re out of this world! (of course it should be 14,000 feet) ---
**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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/52 "2022-05-05T22:24:49Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Filled eclair or profiterole. I don’t put these in the “donut” category because they are so elegant. But the supermarket sells a cheap version that I wouldn’t touch with a pair of tongs. I go to Patrick’s or Patisserie46. @Chefguy , if you’ve made it to Minneapolis, check them out. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/53 "2022-05-05T22:38:36Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > I don’t put these in the “donut” category because they are so elegant. There are [eclairs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89clair) and there are [eclairs.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_John_(doughnut)) 🙂 The latter is my SO’s favorite but she wouldn’t object to the former. ---
**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, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/54 "2022-05-05T22:44:49Z")
Then there is my favorite [Eclair](https://the-tick-animated.fandom.com/wiki/Eclair) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/55 "2022-05-05T23:51:18Z")
My favorite is the full sized powered donut. Hard to get them fresh on the west coast. Usually just in the box in the grocery store. ---
**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, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/56 "2022-05-05T23:54:12Z")
Although I posted “French Cruller” previously, I really, really love the mini-donuts hot off the machine. [Watching them is fun, to](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_3fQkERv6k)o. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/57 "2022-05-06T00:12:28Z")
Apple-filled, cinnamon sugar coated ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/58 "2022-05-06T06:44:46Z")
Plain cake; raised glazed; and a third vote for maple bar. (Didn’t vote in the poll because it only allows max of two boxes checked.) ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980/59 "2022-05-06T17:34:03Z")
That’s it alright. A _French_ cruller. I didn’t know there were different types; I only knew of crullers as the long twisted/braided type. I learn something new every day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-donut/963980.md?page=2)