BEST DOUGHNUTS
Yeast, cake or filled - find all the doughnuts/donuts and beloved shops throughout the boroughs.
More spectacular sweets available in our over-the-top dessert destinations guide.
OUR FAVES
Krispy Kreme Times Square Flagship
Get hot, fresh addictively delicious doughnuts 24/7 at Krispy Kreme’s Times Square Flagship store. The 4,500 square-foot shop features a doughnut-making theater, a Glazed Waterfall with digital projection, a giant conveyor belt that runs throughout the store and and a doughnut themed seating area. Choose from a variety of flavors, including an exclusive Big Apple Doughnut, filled with a Red Delicious flavored cream and dipped in a sweet, shiny red shimmer mirror glaze.
Orwashers UWS
Try some of the best jelly donuts in the city, plus choose from salads, sandwiches, amazing healthy artisanal bread and not-so-healthy pastries at the UWS outpost of the 100+-year-old Orwashers Bakery with counter service and indoor/outdoor seating.
Also at 308 East 78th Street (between 1st & 2nd Aves).
Monday-Saturday 7 am – 6 pm
Sunday 7 am – 6 pm
Doughnut Plant
Choose from three types of handcrafted doughnuts daily: yeast, cake and filled in a variety of flavors at this beloved bakery. Yeast doughnuts are light, airy, fluffy yeast-raised doughnuts, with a slight chew. Cake doughnuts are leavened with baking powder, and have a texture somewhere near the intersection of a classic birthday cake and a buttery pound cake. Filled doughnuts are loaded with our house made jams, creams and custards.
Popular flavors include Coconut Cream, square Peanut Butter & Jam and Tres Leches, and look for seasonal flavors like Creme Brulee and Cacio E Pepe (like the pasta). Gluten-free and vegan options available.
Wednesday–Sunday 8 am-4 pm
Closed Monday & Tuesday
Also at Grand Central Terminal, downtown Brooklyn (245 Flatbush Ave), Long Island City (31-00 47th Ave), and Williamsburg (198 Bedford Ave).
Dough
Delicious yeast doughnuts are made in small batches throughout the day in inventive Latin-American flavors like chocolate chipotle, hibiscus, passion fruit and dulce de leche plus traditional glazed and chocolate.
Visit other locations in Rockefeller Center, Urbanspace Vanderbilt (230 Park Avenue at 45th St), Prospect Heights (646 Vanderbilt Ave) and Astoria
Monday-Saturday 9 am – 7 pm
Sunday 9 am – 6 pm
Brandon’s Donuts
Customize classic glazed vanilla, chocolate, red velvet, or cinnamon sugar donuts with eight frosting flavors and a multitude of toppings including froot loops, sprinkles, chocolate and caramel drizzles and more. Look for cute seasonal and holiday-themed concoctions throughout the year.
Tuesday – Thursday 11 am – 6pm
Friday – Sunday 11 am – 7pm