Nothing beats these doughnuts. The yeast doughnuts are light, sweet, and extraordinary. Eric Wolitzky, Top Chef Just Desserts
Forget plain glaze: These pastry wizards frost their giant, fluffy rounds with clever combinations like Passion Fruit with Cocoa Nibs, a fave of Food Network star Justin Warner. Via CityEats.com Read more.
Scandinavian bakery and doughnut shop. These sweets don't age too well, so order whatever's fresh. The jam doughnuts are very good.
If you're looking for great french pastries, don't miss this staggeringly good bakery from Dominique Ansel, former pastry chef at Daniel.
Delicious little donuts drizzled with honey and powdered sugar & cinnamon. $4 for 6 small donuts. Delicious. The owner is really sweet, too.
Fresh mini-doughnuts with creative and traditional toppings, fried to order right in front of you.
An over 90-year-old bakery with some great, uncommon breads. Wine breads, ryes, and sourdoughs are very nice.
Eat a Peter Pan donut and you might not be able to stomach a confectionery atrocity at one of the Massachusetts-based, ice cream mutants ever again. Donuts are a dollar and bigger pastries a bit more.
Best Old-Fashioned Cruller: This liberally iced doughnut has a dense and moist crumb, every bit offing a trace hint of cinnamon. Read more.
Best Doughnut to Eat When Warm: Made with a bit of mashed potato mixed in the dough, they're thin, fried extra-crisp, and delicious. Read more.
Best Baked Doughnuts: They're tiny, picture-perfect creatures packed in a pink box, with flavors such as a chocolate-y cookie crunch, vanilla sprinkle, a gooey caramel, and the classic cinnamon-sugar. Read more.
Best Cinnamon Sugar Yeast Doughnut: A remarkably light yeast doughnut with a liberal roll in cinnamon-sugar. It has the slightest whisper of a crunch, and a fluffy, moist interior all the way through. Read more.
Best Bomboloni: They come in four flavors, including chocolate and vanilla crème, but our favorites were the chantilly and a sweet strawberry jam. Read more.
Best Oatmeal Doughnut: Toasted oatmeal and tiny flecks of cashews, plus sunflower seeds, cranberries, and apricot mix—it's a glorious sight. Read more.
Best Nut-Topped Doughnut: Banana-Pecan Cake doughnut. The banana element is subtle but present; between the sweet, delicate crumbs and the toasty chopped pecans, it's an incredibly tasty specimen. Read more.
Best Doughnut Holes: Try yeast and cake in cinnamon-sugar, blueberry, plain, and (especially) red velvet cake. No more returning to red velvet cupcakes after this. Read more.
Best Mini Doughnut: Stuffed with sweet, seed-speckled raspberry jelly. The lovely little crunch as you break through the powdered sugar poof is pure bliss. Read more.
Best Bomboloni: The one filled with vanilla pastry cream is our favorite, but the chunky caramelized apple and raspberry are excellent as well. Read more.
All Around Good: An all-around reliable classic coffee/doughnut shop. There's not too many places like this left in NYC, and the prices are unbelievable: a dozen doughnuts for just $4.50. Read more.
Doughnuts are getting a whimsical twist in Spanish Harlem, thanks to the latest spot from the team behind Earl's Beer and Cheese and ABV Wine Bar
