Every Donut, Ranked from Best to Worst

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:

1. Glaze Round – The so-called “pinnacle of donuts everywhere.”
2. Rainbow Sprinkles
3. Old Fashioned – “Its ridges, apt for catching glaze, make eating this donut feel like a handheld, portable pound cake.”
4. Raspberry Jelly – “A sticky and wonderfully messy gift.”
5. Apple Fritter – “The healthiest donut there is.” (Do not fact-check this.)
6. Donut Holes – Because you can eat more, and there are “no rules.”
7. Chocolate Frosted
8. Crumb Cake – Which adds a “crunchy, buttery, brown sugar topping to an already exquisite creation.”
9. Blueberry Cake – “It’s severely underrated.”
10. Glaze Twist and Sugar Twist
11. Boston Cream – “Even though some criticize it for being hole-less.”
12. French Cruller – The snooty, French cousin of the Glaze Round.
13. Apple Cider Cake
14. Powdered Sugar – Despite the white fingerprints that end up everywhere.
15. Sugar Round – For criminals who don’t want their fingerprints everywhere.
16. Bear Claw – It fell due to its “flat, limp, yeasted-dough shape.”
17. Maple Glazed
18. Buttermilk Bar
19. Strawberry Frosted
20. Cinnamon Bun – “We’d rather just get a freshly baked cinnamon roll.”
21. Chocolate Cake
22. Lemon Jelly – “The ‘jelly’ in these donuts is mostly gloppy cornstarch mixtures with an artificial lemon flavor in an unnatural shade of yellow.”
23. Coconut Cake – “There’s no way around it: Coconut is controversial.”
24. 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.