With National Donut Day just over two weeks away on Friday, June 2, the Underground Donut Tour has completed its search and announced the winners for America’s Greatest Donuts. Now in its second year, the competition had nearly 500 shops nominated, over 200 put up to vote and over 22,000 votes cast, an almost 3x increase from 2022.
The Overall Fan Favorite with more votes than any other donut shop was once again Rise’n Roll Bakery, based in Indiana, for its Cinnamon Caramel Donut. As Overall Fan Favorite winner, the bakery will be awarded a $500 prize or a donation to be made to a charity of its choice. Along with winning Overall Fan Favorite, Rise’n Roll also won seven other categories, including Greatest Cake Donut, Greatest Cinnamon Sugar Donut, Greatest Cream Filled Donut, Greatest Jelly Filled Donut, Greatest Old Fashioned Donut, Greatest Unique Flavors and Greatest Unique Toppings.
D&D’s Place based in Chicago also won several categories, including Greatest Chocolate Glazed Donut, Greatest Fritter and Greatest Fruit Flavored Donut.
Below are the 22 most popular donut shops in America along with their winning category and their winning donut:
- Overall Fan Favorite: Rise’n Roll Bakery - Cinnamon Caramel Donut
- Greatest Beignets - Dahlia Bakery
- Greatest Cake Donut – Rise’n Roll - Red Velvet
- Greatest Chocolate Donut - Donut King - Chocolate Coconut
- Greatest Chocolate Glazed Donut - D&D’s Place - Chocolate Glazed
- Greatest Churros - Naked Taco - Churros
- Greatest Cinnamon Sugar Donut – Rise’n Roll - Cinnamon Caramel Donut
- Greatest Cream Filled Donut – Rise’n Roll - Boston Cream
- Greatest Croissant Donut - Donut Star - Glazed Cronut
- Greatest Fritter - D&D’s Place - Apple Fritter
- Greatest Fruit Filled Donut - Stans Donuts - Blueberry Cream Cheese Pocket
- Greatest Fruit Flavored Donut - D&D’s Place - Blueberry Glazed
- Greatest Gluten Free Donut – Kane’s Donuts - Chocolate Frosted Gluten Free
- Greatest Jelly Filled Donut – Rise’n Roll - Lemon Jelly Filled
- Greatest Maple Glazed Donut - Voodoo Doughnut - Bacon Maple Bar
- Greatest Mochi Donut - Bear Donut - Toasted Coconut
- Greatest Old Fashioned Donut – Rise’n Roll - Old Fashioned
- Greatest Plain Glazed Donut - Krispy Kreme - Hot Original Glazed
- Greatest Unique Flavors Donut – Rise’n Roll - Mocha Donut
- Greatest Unique Toppings Donut – Rise’n Roll - Crunch Delight
- Greatest Vegan Donut - The Doughnut Project - Cereal Milk Crunch
- Greatest Yeast Donut – Rise’n Roll - Cinnamon Caramel Donut