3 Best Donut Shops in New York City, NY

“Doughnut Plant has been selling deliciously original doughnuts made by hand every day. The shop uses their own 100% natural wild yeast starter to create doughnuts with no commercial yeast. Their doughnuts are made fresh daily with high-quality, all-natural ingredients. Doughnut Plant invented the world's first creme brulee doughnut with a delicious taste. Their custom letters yeast doughnuts are a delightful way to send a special message to your loved ones. All of their jams, fillings, and glazes are made in-house, and their dough is rolled and cut by hand. They never use eggs, preservatives, or anything artificial, and their doughnuts contain no trans fat. You can try their chocolate hazelnut doughnut, wild blueberry cake, and Manhattan cream dough seed. Doughnut Plant offers gift cards to their customers.”

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“Dough Doughnuts provides various housemade donuts with inventive glazes and fillings, plus French-press coffee. The skilled team has perfected the art of doughnut-making with a hands-on method that creates freshness and rich, full flavor. Dough's doughnuts are made in small batches throughout the day to ensure that they are always fresh for you to enjoy. Their doughnuts are made with a brioche-type dough. The shop offers three signature flavors, such as Mexican chocolate, lemon-olive oil, and sticky banana, for their customers. Dough Doughnuts accepts online orders and delivers them as quickly as possible. They are happy to serve all of your catering and pre-ordering needs. Gift cards are available.”

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“Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop was founded by Christos and Donna. The shop is an old-school bakery with counter seating for donuts and pastries, plus shakes and egg creams. For over 60 years, their little donut shop has been a local neighborhood staple. Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop is a wall of freshly-made doughnuts, cookies, and croissant donuts. The best-selling flavors include the classic honey-dipped doughnuts and a more recent addition, the red velvet cake doughnut. Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop also has a good variety of yeast donuts, such as strawberry frosted, Boston cream, jelly-filled, red velvet crumb, and more. The apple crumb donut is unique and has an apple filling that tastes like an apple pie.”

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