List of doughnut varieties

== List of doughnut varieties ==

Doughnuts, also spelled donuts, are a type of fried dough confectionery or dessert food. They are popular in many countries and are prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and franchised specialty outlets. Below is a list of notable doughnut varieties:

Yeast Doughnuts[edit]

Glazed doughnut: A yeast-leavened doughnut coated with a sweet glaze.
Jelly doughnut: A doughnut filled with fruit preserves or other sweet fillings such as custard, chocolate, or other sweet fillings.
Boston cream doughnut: A round, yeast-risen doughnut filled with vanilla custard or crème pâtissière and topped with chocolate icing.
Maple bar: A rectangular doughnut topped with a maple glaze.

Cake Doughnuts[edit]

Old-fashioned doughnut: A cake doughnut with a cracked surface and a slightly crunchy texture.
Chocolate cake doughnut: A cake doughnut made with chocolate batter and often topped with chocolate icing or powdered sugar.
Sour cream doughnut: A cake doughnut made with sour cream, which gives it a moist and tender crumb.

Filled Doughnuts[edit]

Custard doughnut: A doughnut filled with custard or pastry cream.
Cream-filled doughnut: A doughnut filled with sweetened whipped cream or a cream-like filling.
Apple fritter: A doughnut made with chopped apples and cinnamon, often glazed or dusted with powdered sugar.

Regional Varieties[edit]

Berliner: A German doughnut without a central hole, filled with jam or other fillings and topped with powdered sugar or icing.
Beignet: A French-style doughnut, typically square-shaped, fried, and covered with powdered sugar.
Churro: A Spanish and Latin American fried-dough pastry, often ridged and dusted with sugar or cinnamon.
Sufganiyah: An Israeli doughnut filled with jelly or custard and topped with powdered sugar, traditionally eaten during Hanukkah.

Other Varieties[edit]

Cruller: A doughnut made from a rectangle of dough, twisted and fried, often topped with a light glaze.
Long John: A bar-shaped, yeast-risen doughnut, often filled with custard or cream and topped with icing.
Doughnut hole: The small, round piece of dough that is cut out from the center of a doughnut, often fried and coated with sugar or glaze.