{"id":37168,"date":"2025-10-31T14:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/i-tried-all-the-doughnuts-i-could-find-at-dunkin-and-ranked-them-from-worst-to-best\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T14:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:01:21","slug":"i-tried-all-the-doughnuts-i-could-find-at-dunkin-and-ranked-them-from-worst-to-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/i-tried-all-the-doughnuts-i-could-find-at-dunkin-and-ranked-them-from-worst-to-best\/","title":{"rendered":"I tried all the doughnuts I could find at Dunkin&#8217; and ranked them from worst to best"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66c5f05e5da406397bf77d69?format=jpeg\" alt=\"16 doughnuts on a white oval plate sitting on a wood table.\"\/><figcaption>I tried 16 different doughnuts from Dunkin&#039;.<\/p>\n<p>Ted Berg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>I tried all the doughnuts I could find at Dunkin&#039; and ranked them from worst to best.<\/li>\n<li>The glazed blueberry doughnut was my least favorite because I thought it tasted artificial.<\/li>\n<li>The old-fashioned, glazed, and glazed chocolate doughnuts were among my favorites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dunkin&#039; may have dropped the word &quot;Donuts&quot; from its brand name in 2019, but the chain still serves up plenty of its signature items at over 14,000 stores worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1950 in Quincy, Massachusetts, and now owned by Inspire Brands \u2014 which also owns Arby&#039;s, Sonic, and Baskin-Robbins, among others \u2014 Dunkin&#039; has expanded its menu over the years to add a broad variety of sandwiches, pastries, and snacks.<\/p>\n<p>I&#039;ve had plenty of Dunkin&#039; doughnuts before, but I typically choose my flavors based on whatever I&#039;m in the mood for when I walk into the shop.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to find out which doughnut I liked best of all, so I visited a local shop in Queens and asked for one of every type they had.<\/p>\n<p>I tried 16 different flavors and ranked them from worst to first. Here&#039;s what I thought of the doughnuts I tried.<\/p>\n<p>The glazed blueberry doughnut was my least favorite.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66c4b5195da406397bf73032?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A blueberry doughnut on a white plate.\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Ted Berg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This one surprised me because I&#039;ve had Dunkin&#039;s glazed blueberry doughnut before. But compared to the other doughnuts I tried, this variety was my least favorite.<\/p>\n<p>The blueberry flavor felt far removed from the taste of actual blueberries \u2014 like something artificially flavored to mimic the taste of blueberry Hostess mini muffins.<\/p>\n<p>There was also an unpleasant aftertaste I didn&#039;t get from any of the other doughnuts.<\/p>\n<p>Dunkin&#039;s apple-crumb doughnut was too sweet for me.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66c4abb45da406397bf72afe?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A doughnut topped with vanilla icing and apple crumbs on a white plate.\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Ted Berg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Between the vanilla icing, crumbs, and gooey apple filling, Dunkin&#039;s apple-crumb doughnut was too sweet for me.<\/p>\n<p>I also thought the filling was reminiscent of an apple pie from a fast-food restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>I liked the texture of the crumb topping, but the thick layer of icing made this doughnut very sweet.<\/p>\n<p>I thought the vanilla-creme doughnut tasted like a powdered Twinkie.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66c4aba1b4912df3ae1ceb96?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A doughnut with no hole topped with powdered sugar on a white plate.\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Ted Berg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dunkin&#039;s vanilla-creme doughnut is covered with powdered sugar and filled with vanilla cream.<\/p>\n<p>Although the filling keeps the doughnut pleasantly moist, the taste and consistency of the filling made it taste more like a powdered Twinkie than something I might want with my coffee at breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>Of the three frosted doughnuts with sprinkles, the strawberry version was my least favorite.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66c4ac35b4912df3ae1cebc8?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A doughnut topped with pink icing and sprinkles on a white plate.\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Ted Berg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The three frosted, sprinkled options I tried \u2014 strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate \u2014 are bunched together in my ranking because they&#039;re otherwise identical: soft, puffy doughnuts with colored sprinkles on the frosting.<\/p>\n<p>The strawberry-frosted version was my family&#039;s least favorite of the group. Even my 4-year-old, who typically loves everything that&#039;s pink and sprinkled, preferred the other frostings.<\/p>\n<p>The vanilla-frosted doughnut with sprinkles was a little boring.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66c4acaf1aa2ac29ee327bab?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A doughnut with vanilla icing and sprinkles on a white plate.\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Ted Berg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although billed as a vanilla-frosted doughnut, I couldn&#039;t make out even a hint of vanilla flavor.<\/p>\n<p>However, this doesn&#039;t mean it&#039;s bad \u2014 it&#039;s still a doughnut \u2014 but it&#039;s a bit boring and very sweet. My kids were also unimpressed with the sparseness of the sprinkles.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite frosted doughnut with sprinkles was the chocolate version.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66c4ada3b4912df3ae1cec94?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A doughnut with chocolate frosting and sprinkles on a white plate.\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Ted Berg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My favorite of the frosted trio, Dunkin&#039;s chocolate-frosted doughnut with sprinkles, has actual cocoa in the frosting, giving it a far more distinctive flavor than the other two variations.<\/p>\n<p>Since Dunkin&#039;s doughnuts are pretty sweet, I usually found the frosting to be unnecessary. However, the chocolate-frosted doughnuts were an exception \u2014 and I don&#039;t especially love chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>Dunkin&#039;s limited-edition s&#039;mores doughnut was just OK.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66c4af1db4912df3ae1ced5b?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A doughnut with no hole topped with chocolate icing and graham-cracker pieces.\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Ted Berg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dunkin&#039;s s&#039;mores doughnut is a limited-edition flavor topped with chocolate frosting and graham-cracker crumbs.<\/p>\n<p>It&#039;s filled with a toasted-marshmallow-flavored filling that I thought looked and tasted exactly like the vanilla cream.<\/p>\n<p>However, the rich-chocolate frosting made this one better than the vanilla-cr\u00e8me doughnut. The graham-cracker crumbs, on the other hand, didn&#039;t add nearly as much crunch as I&#039;d hoped, nor did they add much flavor.<\/p>\n<p>I was pleasantly surprised by the coconut doughnut.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66c4b1765da406397bf72e57?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A doughnut topped with shredded coconut on a white plate.\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Ted Berg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you&#039;ve ever worked in a large office setting where people leave a box of doughnuts in the communal kitchen, you know Dunkin&#039;s coconut flavor is almost always the last one to go. But when I actually tried it, I found it was better than I expected it to be.<\/p>\n<p>The coconut shreds on the outside added a very mild flavor and an interesting texture. If I ever have an office job again, I won&#039;t sweat so much about getting to the doughnuts before there&#039;s only one left.<\/p>\n<p>I liked that the jelly doughnut had granulated sugar on top.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66c4b1efb4912df3ae1ceeaa?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A doughnut with no hole cut in half with red jelly inside. The doughnut is on a white plate.\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Ted Berg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Oddly, Dunkin&#039; doesn&#039;t specify on the menu what type of jelly it uses to fill the jelly doughnuts. However, in 2019, a spokesperson told Today.com that it&#039;s an &quot;apple and raspberry-flavored filling.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The jelly was indistinctly fruity and gooey in flavor, but it had a nice, mild tanginess that complemented the sweetness of the doughnut.<\/p>\n<p>It was the only doughnut I tried that was topped with granulated sugar instead of powdered sugar, which I liked because of the extra crunch.<\/p>\n<p>My family and I enjoyed the Bavarian kreme doughnut.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66c4b2a15da406397bf72ec5?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A doughnut with no hole covered in powdered sugar on a white plate.\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Ted Berg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dunkin&#039;s Bavarian kreme doughnut looks almost identical to the vanilla-creme one, but my family and I all preferred the filling in this variety.<\/p>\n<p>The Bavarian-cream filling had a more natural, off-white color, as well as a more neutral flavor. The filling also added moisture to the doughnut without making it overpoweringly sweet.<\/p>\n<p>I loved the base of the double-chocolate doughnut.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66c4b32d5da406397bf72f16?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A chocolate doughnut with chocolate icing on a white plate.\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Ted Berg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The double-chocolate doughnut was one of only two I tried that had Dunkin&#039;s chocolate-cake doughnut base.<\/p>\n<p>However, I didn&#039;t think the chocolate frosting added any real diversity to the flavor and only served to make the doughnut sweeter and a bit messier.<\/p>\n<p>Dunkin&#039;s Boston kreme doughnut is a classic for a reason.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66c4b3b05da406397bf72f79?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A doughnut with no hole, cut in half on a white plate. The doughnut is filled with cream and topped with chocolate icing.\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Ted Berg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Boston kreme doughnut is topped with a thick coating of chocolate icing and filled with Dunkin&#039;s Bavarian cream.<\/p>\n<p>It&#039;s a classic combination for a reason \u2014 the warm, chocolate flavor of the icing pairs perfectly with the mild, velvety filling.<\/p>\n<p>My 6-year-old was surprised that he liked the Boston kreme flavor more than the double chocolate, as he usually prefers the most chocolatey dessert available.<\/p>\n<p>The powdered doughnut tasted fresh.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66c4b40a5da406397bf72faf?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A doughnut topped with powdered sugar on a white plate.\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Ted Berg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The top spots on this list all belong to simple, classic doughnuts. In three of the four cases \u2014 the powdered doughnut included \u2014 I was surprised by how much I enjoyed them.<\/p>\n<p>The cake-style powdered doughnut was soft and tasted fresh, and the powdered sugar gave it a nostalgic appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The old-fashioned doughnut was another pleasant surprise.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66c4b565b4912df3ae1cf046?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A plain cakey doughnut on a white plate.\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Ted Berg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I figured the humdrum old-fashioned doughnut would land near the bottom of my ranking.<\/p>\n<p>However, it was one of the first doughnuts I tried, and by far the biggest surprise \u2014 if it weren&#039;t for this taste test, I would&#039;ve never chosen one myself. However, I really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n<p>I could&#039;ve gone for more of the outer crunchiness of classic, deep-fried cake doughnuts. Still, this one felt well-suited for eating alongside (and occasionally dipping in) a hot cup of coffee.<\/p>\n<p>The glazed doughnut was simple but delicious.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66c4b60c1aa2ac29ee32809e?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A glazed doughnut on a white plate.\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Ted Berg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I know what you&#039;re probably thinking \u2014 boring. But this big, soft, sweet doughnut was a stealth favorite.<\/p>\n<p>The sweet, flaky outer glaze added sweetness and flavor without overwhelming the doughnut itself (which is something that was lost in the frosted options).<\/p>\n<p>The glazed chocolate doughnut was my favorite.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66c4b670b4912df3ae1cf0f9?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A chocolate-cake doughnut on a white plate.\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Ted Berg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#039;ll admit, the winning flavor was no surprise. From 40-plus years of doughnut-eating experience, I knew that the glazed chocolate variety is among Dunkin&#039;s best.<\/p>\n<p>It was the final doughnut I tried, and after trying 15 flavors, I really wasn&#039;t in the mood for another. However, I ate the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p>I&#039;m not normally a chocolate lover, but the chocolate-cake doughnut had only a mild cocoa flavor, a hearty cakiness, and just enough glaze to sweeten the whole thing up without making it taste too sugary.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story was originally published on August 21, 2024, and most recently updated on October 31, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I tried 16 different doughnuts from Dunkin&#039;. Ted Berg I tried all the doughnuts I could find at Dunkin&#039; and ranked them from worst to best. The glazed blueberry doughnut was my least favorite because I thought it tasted artificial. The old-fashioned, glazed, and glazed chocolate doughnuts were among my favorites. 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