I tried all the doughnuts I could find at Dunkin’ and ranked them from worst to best
August 21, 20240
I thought the blueberry flavor tasted artificial.
Ted Berg
This one surprised me because I’ve had Dunkin’s glazed-blueberry doughnut before. But compared to the other doughnuts I tried, this variety was my least favorite.
The blueberry flavor felt far removed from the taste of actual blueberries — like something artificially flavored to mimic the taste of blueberry Hostess mini muffins.
There was also an unpleasant aftertaste I didn’t get from any of the other doughnuts.
Dunkin’s apple-crumb doughnut was too sweet for me.
I probably wouldn’t eat the vanilla-creme doughnut with my morning coffee.
Ted Berg
Dunkin’s vanilla-creme doughnut is covered with powdered sugar and filled with vanilla cream.
While 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.
Of the three frosted doughnuts with sprinkles, the strawberry version was my least favorite.
I didn’t think the frosting on this doughnut tasted like vanilla.
Ted Berg
Although billed as a vanilla-frosted doughnut, I couldn’t make out even a hint of vanilla flavor.
However, this doesn’t mean it’s bad — it’s still a doughnut — but it’s a bit boring and very sweet. My kids were also unimpressed with the sparseness of the sprinkles.
My favorite frosted doughnut with sprinkles was the chocolate version.
I didn’t think the graham-cracker crumbs added much flavor.
Ted Berg
Dunkin’s s’mores doughnut is a limited-edition flavor topped with chocolate frosting and graham-cracker crumbs.
It’s filled with a toasted-marshmallow-flavored filling that I thought looked and tasted exactly like the vanilla cream.
However, the rich-chocolate frosting made this one better than the vanilla-crème doughnut. The graham-cracker crumbs, on the other hand, didn’t add nearly as much crunch as I’d hoped, nor did they add much flavor.
I was pleasantly surprised by the coconut doughnut.
Dunkin’ doesn’t specify what type of jelly it uses to fill the jelly doughnuts.
Ted Berg
Oddly, Dunkin’ doesn’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’s an “apple and raspberry-flavored filling.”
The jelly was indistinctly fruity and gooey in flavor, but it had a nice, mild tanginess that complemented the sweetness of the doughnut.
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.
My family and I enjoyed the Bavarian-kreme doughnut.
I thought the frosting on this doughnut was unnecessary.
Ted Berg
The double-chocolate doughnut was one of only two I tried that had Dunkin’s chocolate-cake doughnut base.
However, I didn’t think the chocolate frosting added any real diversity to the flavor and only served to make the doughnut sweeter and a bit messier.
Dunkin’s Boston-kreme doughnut is a classic for a reason.
The powdered sugar gave this doughnut a nostalgic appeal.
Ted Berg
The top spots on this list all belong to simple, classic doughnuts. In three of the four cases — the powdered doughnut included — I was surprised by how much I enjoyed them.
The cake-style powdered doughnut was soft and tasted fresh, and the powdered sugar gave it a nostalgic appeal.
The old-fashioned doughnut was another pleasant surprise.
The outer glaze added sweetness and flavor without overwhelming the doughnut.
Ted Berg
I know what you’re probably thinking — boring. But this big, soft, sweet doughnut was a stealth favorite.
The sweet, flaky outer glaze added sweetness and flavor without overwhelming the doughnut itself (which is something that was lost in the frosted options).
The glazed-chocolate doughnut was my favorite.
The glazed-chocolate doughnut was the last one I tried.
Ted Berg
I’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’s best.
It was the final doughnut I tried, and after trying 15 flavors, I really wasn’t in the mood for another. However, I ate the whole thing.
I’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.
