Previously, the Underground Donut Tour launched a contest to find America’s Greatest Donuts and over 300 nominees were submitted. Out of those, the Underground Donut Tour has cleaned and compiled them into a list of 160 amazing donuts and donut shops for anyone to vote on.
Starting Tuesday, April 26, anyone can vote on these finalists in America’s Greatest Donuts Contest online. Voting will stay open until May 17, at which point, the votes will be tallied and winners will be announced on May 24, just a few weeks ahead of National Donut Day on June 3.
A partial list (A-F) of finalists can be seen below, with the full list of shops, the donuts nominated and the categories available online:
- Amy's Donuts (Nutella Crumb)
- Annie's Donuts (Apple Fritter)
- Beacon Donuts (Blueberry Pancake)
- Blackbird Doughnuts (Triple Chocolate)
- Bova's Bakery (Boston Cream Donut)
- Brandon's Donuts (Strawberry Shortcake)
- Buckeye Donuts (Apple Fritter)
- Café Du Monde (Beignet)
- Chris' Bakery (Cheesecake Filled Donut Sandwich)
- Country Donuts (Cider N Spice)
- Curiosity Doughnuts (Cinnamon Cider Sticks)
- D'Andrews Bakery (The D'Onut)
- Daily Provisions (Their Maple Gazed Cruller)
- DeAngelis Donuts (French Chocolate)
- Detour Doughnuts (Cookies N Cream)
- Deviant Donuts (Coconut Cream Pie)
- DG Doughnuts (Apple Fritter)
- Diablo Doughnuts (Captain Chesapeake)
- Dimples (Apple Fritter)
- District Donuts (Bananas Foster)
- Do-Rite Donuts (Apple Fritter)
- Doe Donuts (Portland Fog)
- Donut Connection (Boston Creme)
- Donut Palace (Lavender)
- Donut Pub (Cruller)
- Donut Savant (Boston Creme)
- Donutgram (Horchata Donut)
- Donutland (Cherry Chocolate Chip)
- Dough (Hibiscus)
- Doughj's Chicken And Donuts (Banana Pudding)
- Doughnut Plant (Gingerbread Cake Doughnut)
- Doughnuttery (Paris Time: Lavender Vanilla Pistachio)
- Duck Donuts (Bacon In The Sun)
- Eighty8 Donuts (Hand Dipped Lemon Donut)
- Elder & Oat (Double Chocolate)
- Empire Donuts (Earl Grey Vanilla)
- Every Day Is A Donut Day (Maple Bar)
- Fan Fan Doughnuts (Chocolate)
- Five Daughters Bakery (100 Layer Vanilla Cream)
- Frangelli's Bakery & Donuts (Salted Caramel)
Each winning shop will receive an award and the ability to tout that they have some of America’s Greatest Donuts. The one shop that receives the most overall votes will receive a $500 prize and recognition as America’s Greatest Donut: Fan Favorite. Additionally, five lucky winners across America will be chosen to come and attend the Underground Donut Tour for free in any city it operates in.