REVIEW: I Tried 16 Doughnuts From Dunkin’, Ranked From Worst to Best

This one shocked me as a result of I’ve had Dunkin’s glazed blueberry doughnut earlier than. However in comparison with the opposite doughnuts I attempted, this selection was my least favourite.

The blueberry flavor felt far faraway from the style of precise blueberries — like one thing artificially flavored to imitate the style of blueberry Hostess mini muffins.

There was additionally an disagreeable aftertaste I did not get from any of the opposite doughnuts.

Between the vanilla icing, crumbs, and gooey apple filling, Dunkin’s apple-crumb doughnut was too candy for me.

I additionally thought the filling was paying homage to an apple pie from a fast-food restaurant.

I favored the feel of the crumb topping, however the thick layer of icing made this doughnut very candy.

Dunkin’s vanilla-creme doughnut is roofed with powdered sugar and stuffed with vanilla cream.

Though the filling retains the doughnut pleasantly moist, the style and consistency of the filling made it style extra like a powdered Twinkie than one thing I would need with my espresso at breakfast.

The three frosted, sprinkled choices I attempted — strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate — are bunched collectively in my rating as a result of they’re in any other case an identical: delicate, puffy doughnuts with coloured sprinkles on the frosting.

The strawberry-frosted model was my household’s least favourite of the group. Even my 4-year-old, who usually loves every little thing that is pink and sprinkled, most well-liked the opposite frostings.

Though billed as a vanilla-frosted doughnut, I could not make out even a touch of vanilla flavor.

Nonetheless, this does not imply it is unhealthy — it is nonetheless a doughnut — however it’s kind of boring and really candy. My children had been additionally unimpressed with the sparseness of the sprinkles.

My favourite of the frosted trio, Dunkin’s chocolate-frosted doughnut with sprinkles, has precise cocoa within the frosting, giving it a much more distinctive taste than the opposite two variations.

Since Dunkin’s doughnuts are fairly candy, I normally discovered the frosting to be pointless. Nonetheless, the chocolate-frosted doughnuts had been an exception — and I do not particularly love chocolate.

Dunkin’s s’mores doughnut is a limited-edition taste topped with chocolate frosting and graham-cracker crumbs.

It is stuffed with a toasted-marshmallow-flavored filling that I believed regarded and tasted precisely just like the vanilla cream.

Nonetheless, the rich-chocolate frosting made this one higher than the vanilla-crème doughnut. The graham-cracker crumbs, alternatively, did not add practically as a lot crunch as I might hoped, nor did they add a lot taste.

In the event you’ve ever worked in a large office setting the place folks go away a field of doughnuts within the communal kitchen, you recognize Dunkin’s coconut taste is sort of at all times the final one to go. However after I really tried it, I discovered it was higher than I anticipated it to be.

The coconut shreds on the surface added a really gentle taste and an attention-grabbing texture. If I ever have an workplace job once more, I will not sweat a lot about attending to the doughnuts earlier than there’s just one left.

Oddly, Dunkin’ does not specify on the menu what kind of jelly it makes use of to fill the jelly doughnuts. Nonetheless, in 2019, a spokesperson told Today.com that it is an “apple and raspberry-flavored filling.”

The jelly was indistinctly fruity and gooey in taste, but it surely had a pleasant, gentle tanginess that complemented the sweetness of the doughnut.

It was the one doughnut I attempted that was topped with granulated sugar as a substitute of powdered sugar, which I favored due to the additional crunch.

Dunkin’s Bavarian kreme doughnut appears nearly an identical to the vanilla-creme one, however my household and I all most well-liked the filling on this selection.

The Bavarian-cream filling had a extra pure, off-white coloration, in addition to a extra impartial taste. The filling additionally added moisture to the doughnut with out making it overpoweringly candy.

The double-chocolate doughnut was one among solely two I attempted that had Dunkin’s chocolate-cake doughnut base.

Nonetheless, I did not suppose the chocolate frosting added any actual range to the flavour and solely served to make the doughnut sweeter and a bit messier.

The Boston kreme doughnut is topped with a thick coating of chocolate icing and stuffed with Dunkin’s Bavarian cream.

It is a basic mixture for a purpose — the nice and cozy, chocolate taste of the icing pairs completely with the gentle, velvety filling.

My 6-year-old was shocked that he favored the Boston kreme taste greater than the double chocolate, as he normally prefers probably the most chocolatey dessert out there.

The highest spots on this record all belong to easy, basic doughnuts. In three of the 4 instances — the powdered doughnut included — I used to be shocked by how a lot I loved them.

The cake-style powdered doughnut was delicate and tasted recent, and the powdered sugar gave it a nostalgic attraction.

I figured the humdrum old style doughnut would land close to the underside of my rating.

Nonetheless, it was one of many first doughnuts I attempted, and by far the largest shock — if it weren’t for this style check, I might’ve by no means chosen one myself. Nonetheless, I actually loved it.

I might’ve gone for extra of the outer crunchiness of basic, deep-fried cake doughnuts. Nonetheless, this one felt well-suited for consuming alongside (and sometimes dipping in) a scorching cup of espresso.

I do know what you are in all probability pondering — boring. However this massive, delicate, candy doughnut was a stealth favourite.

The candy, flaky outer glaze added sweetness and taste with out overwhelming the doughnut itself (which is one thing that was misplaced within the frosted choices).

I will admit, the profitable taste was no shock. From 40-plus years of doughnut-eating expertise, I knew that the glazed chocolate selection is amongst Dunkin’s finest.

It was the ultimate doughnut I attempted, and after making an attempt 15 flavors, I actually wasn’t within the temper for an additional. Nonetheless, I ate the entire thing.

I am not usually a chocolate lover, however the chocolate-cake doughnut had solely a light cocoa taste, a hearty cakiness, and simply sufficient glaze to sweeten the entire thing up with out making it style too sugary.

This story was initially printed on August 21, 2024, and most just lately up to date on October 31, 2025.