If you’re ever tasked with picking up donuts for the office, do you go the lazy route and just get a dozen or two glazed, or “whatever”… or are you a hero who puts some PASSION into it? Because that’s clearly the way to go.
The donut addicts at Thrillist.com have a ranking of 24 “classic donuts” from best to worst… and spoiler alert: If you’re a cinnamon bun fan, get ready for a FIGHT.
Here’s how they ranked them:
- Glaze Round – The so-called “pinnacle of donuts everywhere.”
- Rainbow Sprinkles
- Old Fashioned – “Its ridges, apt for catching glaze, make eating this donut feel like a handheld, portable pound cake.”
- Raspberry Jelly – “A sticky and wonderfully messy gift.”
- Apple Fritter – “The healthiest donut there is.” (Do not fact-check this.)
- Donut Holes – Because you can eat more, and there are “no rules.”
- Chocolate Frosted
- Crumb Cake – Which adds a “crunchy, buttery, brown sugar topping to an already exquisite creation.”
- Blueberry Cake – “It’s severely underrated.”
- Glaze Twist and Sugar Twist
- Boston Cream – “Even though some criticize it for being hole-less.”
- French Cruller – The snooty, French cousin of the Glaze Round.
- Apple Cider Cake
- Powdered Sugar – Despite the white fingerprints that end up everywhere.
- Sugar Round – For criminals who don’t want their fingerprints everywhere.
- Bear Claw – It fell due to its “flat, limp, yeasted-dough shape.”
- Maple Glazed
- Buttermilk Bar
- Strawberry Frosted
- Cinnamon Bun – “We’d rather just get a freshly baked cinnamon roll.”
- Chocolate Cake
- Lemon Jelly – “The ‘jelly’ in these donuts is mostly gloppy cornstarch mixtures with an artificial lemon flavor in an unnatural shade of yellow.”
- Coconut Cake – “There’s no way around it: Coconut is controversial.”
- Plain Cake
This may be controversial, but I secretly really enjoy a “plain cake” donut, especially if I’m still having coffee. But it shouldn’t be. After all, if I’m eating the plain cake, that leaves 23 better options for you.