Donuts from A to Z in Columbus

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Donuts from A to Z in Columbus
From old fashioned to custard-filled longhorns,
from glazed yeast donuts to apple fritters, best
donuts Columbus and we do it well. Heres your
complete A to Z guide to Columbus donuts. Amys
Donuts Amys on the West Side features a colorful
selection of pastries topped with everything
imaginable candies, cookies, marshmallows, fresh
fruit, bacon, cotton candy you name it. Its a
delight just to walk in and look through all the
display cases!
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Audios Audios is a family-run Italian bakery
creating breads and rolls for area restaurants.
Their retail bakery, tucked down a side-street
near the Ohio Expo Center, features classic
styles of donuts. Their signature is the
doughssant, a fried and glazed croissant theyve
been crafting since the early 90s.
Belles Bread This Japanese bakery on the
northwest side makes everything from scratch and
creates flavors you wont find elsewhere in
Columbus. Try dense yeast-raised donuts flavored
with curry or sweet red bean paste.
Big Littles Craft Donuts this shop pops up at
seasonal farmers markets with their colorful
creations. In the off months, find them at
Highline Coffee and the Hills Market in
Worthington.
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Buckeye Donuts (Campus) This campus classic has
been serving Ohio State since 1969. Theyre open
24/7 and make donuts the old school way all by
hand. Try their seasonal cake donuts like pumpkin
or red velvet, or go for the signature Buckeye
Donuts, the German chocolate or the maple bacon
longjohn. Buckeye Donuts (South Side) Sit at the
counter with a donut and a coffee at this south
side institution and youll feel like youre
stepping back in time. Though not owned by the
same family as the campus stop, this Buckeye
Donuts is also open 24/7 and makes all the
classic styles by hand. Cherbourg
Bakery Cherbourgs adorable Bexley cafe is a
perfect spot to cozy up with
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coffee and a pastry on a cold morning. The
dedicated gluten- and nut-free bakery includes
donuts with cinnamon, chocolate and seasonal
flavors on their menu. Destination Donuts The
award-winning Destination Donuts has a home
inside the North Market. Its nearly impossible
to walk by their colorful display and not pick up
a couple of their giant yeast-raised beauties.
They run through flavors like cookies and cream,
butterscotch, apricot pistachio, lemon triple
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olumbus-ohio-b.3c8dao.3.3i2Q DK Diner DK is a
Grandview staple, a diner and donut shop where
the walls are plastered with Grandview schools
paraphernalia. The DK stands for Donut
Kitchen, and their hand-made donuts are amongst
the best in the city. Specialties include the old
fashioned sour cream donuts, giant long johns
with vanilla cream and softball-sized apple
fritters. Duck Donuts Hailing originally from the
Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Polaris (and
soon Dublin!) Duck Donuts has local owners. They
fry up a simple, not-too-sweet yeast donut as a
base, then let you choose from
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glazes, frostings and creative toppings. Kids can
even order a donut and a carton of milk, served
on a Frisbee to take home! Fox in the
Snow Amongst Fox in the Snows beautiful spread
of tarts and muffins and cinnamon rolls, youll
usually find their dense, sugar-dusted yeast
donuts filled with chocolate or vanilla
custard. Golden Donuts Diner Golden Donuts on
the south side is another throwback, a Columbus
donut shops pumping out the classics for years.
Stop by for a mixed dozen or grab a seat at the
swiveling stools by the long, low counter and
order an omelet or French toast. Happy Little
Treats Happy Little Treats (formerly The Angry
Baker) has two shops cafes in the Short North
and Upper Arlington that cater to vegan and
gluten-free donut lovers, although their pastries
will appeal to everyone. Their selection varies
from seasonal pumpkin spice to strawberry to
vanilla with chocolate gouache and beyond. Honey
Dip Donuts Diner Like all old school donut
joints, Honey Dip has its legions of fans.
Located on Kenny Road on the northwest side, the
donut shop renovated a few years ago to add a
bigger dining room and full
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breakfast menu. Enjoy chocolate-iced glazed
donuts, long johns, cinnamon rolls, or take your
donut love to the next level with a donut
breakfast sandwich egg, cheese and bacon or
sausage sandwiched between two glazed donuts.
Jolly Pirate Jolly Pirate locations used to dot
the central Ohio landscape, but these days
theyve dwindled to three Grove City,
Reynoldsburg and Newark. Many of the old
franchises have closed or been converted into
different shops, like Honey Dip or Buckeye
Donuts. The remaining locations still
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have that classic look tiled floors, low
counters, and wire trays lined with donuts. Get
some to go and theyre packed in a box that looks
like a treasure chest. Lil Donut Factory Lil
Donut factory is a tiny family-run spot in
Hilliard, delighting with beautiful selections
hand-made every day. Watch them on social media
to see what theyre whipping up each day, but
really, you can just show up and trust theyll
have something you love. Just get there early
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n-columbus-ba6afa04d958 The Little Donut Shop The
Little Donut Shop near campus fries one base type
of cake donut, then coats them with fun toppings
like crushed cookies, candies, maple bacon,
powdered sugar, chocolate pretzel and other
seasonal tastes. My Old World Bakery This little
bakery on the Hilltop bakes cakes, breads,
cookies and a selection of donuts, from fritters
to chocolate- or vanilla-iced yeast donuts,
pumpkin spice and French crullers. The Original
Goodie Shop The Goodie Shop has been a favorite
of Upper Arlington residents for
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decades. Find it in the Tremont Center in Upper
Arlington, near other community favorites like
Huffmans Market and Chef-O-Nette diner. They
specialize in cookies and cakes, but their donuts
cant be missed, from the cake stick donuts to
the glazed twists to the cinnamon sugar raised
donuts.
Peace, Love and Little Donuts
Much like Duck Donuts or the Little Donut Shop,
the groovy Peace, Love and Little Donuts in Old
Worthington crafts tiny cake donuts that they dip
and glaze with fun flavors. Check the display
cases to see what theyre making try the
chocolate dipping in chocolate chips, vanilla
topped with Fruity Pebbles or the blueberry
pancake donut.
Reachs Bakery
Reachs has been making the good stuff since
1912! The sixth generation of the family works
their East Side bakery, where you can order cakes
and breads in addition to donuts. They excel at
the old school varieties twisted glazed yeast
donuts, cake donuts covered in
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chocolate or the popular nut-topped cinnamon
rolls (called the granny
roll when drizzled with white icing!).
Schneiders Bakery Schneiders is the
neighborhood favorite for Westerville. Their
Uptown storefront is the place for cookies,
cakes, breads and loads of donuts. Theyre known
for their Davy Crockett (a cinnamon twist with
maple icing) and Nut Toppers (a glazed cinnamon
bun with white icing and peanuts). Schneiders
also serves the Celebration Donut, a 10-inch
yeast-raised donut that serves up to 20 people.
They also open around 1 or 130 a.m. Tuesdays
through Saturdays, with Otterbein University
students lining up in the middle of the night for
fresh donuts. Tupelo Doughnuts Tupelo is a best
donut shop in Columbus coming soon to
Clintonville,
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but while they build out their space they park
their bright turquoise truck, Tilly, in different
spots around the city. Try their creme Brule
donut, the rosewater almond or the orange
cardamom donut holes.