The Best Donuts in Toronto
The best donuts in Toronto are doughy, sweet, glazed treats capable of elevating any life event — good or bad. Got a new job? Have a donut! Lost your cat? Have a donut. Pining for your true love? Have two. Unadorned or over-the-top, riotously colourful or simply glazed, donuts are the dependable, delicious treat you don't need a special occasion to enjoy.
Here are the best donuts in Toronto.
If you crave playful, fabulously fluffy handmade donuts in a number of creative flavours, this Little India shop won't disappoint. Tuck into the Toast and Butter — a chubby, brown-butter-frosted number garnished with cinnamon-laced bread crumbs — and you'll never look back.
Fritters, filled and ring donuts pretty up the cases at this popular vegan bakery with locations in Queen West, Bloorcourt and North York. In numerous flavours, ranging from rose pistachio and peanut butter cup to matcha and wild blueberry, these fluffy fried pillows are hard to top.
One of the city's oldest Jewish bakeries, this Thornhill spot pumps out classic donuts and an astounding number of flavoured sufganiyot during Hanukkah. Each and every one, from matcha and Boston crème, to halva and gingerbread, is light as air and fully responsible for the line-up out the door.
In Little Tokyo and the Church Wellesley Village, sweet fiends looking for a good time head to this take-out spot, where brioche-style donuts are available in an eye-popping variety of flavours. Get cozy with dulce coconut pecan, Barbie margarita, German chocolate cake and more.
A concise menu — original glazed, cinnamon sugar and a weekly feature — doesn't deter devotees from stocking up on mini, fresh-fried donuts at this chain with locations in King West, Riverside and at Dufferin and Lawrence. With specials like fuzzy peach and mango coconut, amaretto ricotta and pink lemonade, it's no wonder.
Hector Vasquez at Glory Hole Doughnuts. Additional photos by Machino Donuts.
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