JUST RANKIN’ SH!T

The 14 Best Doughnuts, Ranked

Because sometimes a baker’s dozen isn’t enough

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2 min readJun 16, 2020

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14. Maple bacon

Nope. Gross. Next.

13. Jelly

Not our jam.

12. Old-fashioned

It’s not cake doughnuts we have a problem with — some of our best friends are cake doughnuts — it’s that a naked doughnut is like a will.i.am guest verse. Did anyone ask for it? Did it make anything better? Does anyone even make these things anymore?

11. Sprinkles

We mean, sure. Have sprinkles on your doughnut. But you may want to look inside yourself to see why you do.

10. Eclair

It’s a weird shape. It’s frosted. There’s cream. It’s good, it’s just… a lot to deal with. Like, it verges on Too Much Doughnut.

9. Frosted

With the right frosting and in the sure hands of a competent doughnutier, a frosted doughnut is a transcendent experience. But 60% of the time, it does not work every time. [Note: Doughnutier is not a real word.]

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