America’s Greatest Donuts Announced for National Donut Day
The Underground Donut Tour announced the winners of the second edition of the America’s Greatest Donuts Contest. Nearly 500 shops were nominated, over 200 were put up to vote and over 22,000 votes were cast, an almost 3x increase from 2022. The US celebrates donuts on June 2nd every year.
The Overall Fan Favorite with more votes than any other donut shop was again Rise’n Roll Bakery, based in Indiana. Their Cinnamon Caramel Donut was voted far and away the most popular donut in America. Along with winning Overall Fan Favorite, Rise’n Roll also won 7 other categories (Greatest Cake Donut, Greatest Cinnamon Sugar Donut, Greatest Cream Filled Donut, Greatest Jelly Filled Donut, Greatest Old Fashioned Donut, Greatest Unique Flavors and Greatest Unique Toppings).
The 22 most popular donut shops in America along with their winning category and their winning donut are:
- Overall Fan Favorite: Rise’n Roll Bakery – Cinnamon Caramel Donut
- Greatest Beignets – Dahlia Bakery
- Greatest Cake Donut – Rise’n Roll – Red Velvet
- Greatest Chocolate Donut – Donut King – Chocolate Coconut
- Greatest Chocolate Glazed Donut – D&D’s Place – Chocolate Glazed
- Greatest Churros – Naked Taco – Churros
- Greatest Cinnamon Sugar Donut – Rise’n Roll – Cinnamon Caramel Donut
- Greatest Cream Filled Donut – Rise’n Roll – Boston Cream
- Greatest Croissant Donut – Donut Star – Glazed Cronut
- Greatest Fritter – D&D’s Place – Apple Fritter
- Greatest Fruit Filled Donut – Stans Donuts – Blueberry Cream Cheese Pocket
- Greatest Fruit Flavored Donut – D&D’s Place – Blueberry Glazed
- Greatest Gluten Free Donut – Kane’s Donuts – Chocolate Frosted Gluten Free
- Greatest Jelly Filled Donut – Rise’n Roll – Lemon Jelly Filled
- Greatest Maple Glazed Donut – Voodoo Doughnut – Bacon Maple Bar
- Greatest Mochi Donut – Bear Donut – Toasted Coconut
- Greatest Old Fashioned Donut – Rise’n Roll – Old Fashioned
- Greatest Plain Glazed Donut – Krispy Kreme – Hot Original Glazed
- Greatest Unique Flavors Donut – Rise’n Roll – Mocha Donut
- Greatest Unique Toppings Donut – Rise’n Roll – Crunch Delight
- Greatest Vegan Donut – The Doughnut Project – Cereal Milk Crunch
- Greatest Yeast Donut – Rise’n Roll – Cinnamon Caramel Donut