Long John (doughnut)

Long John (pastry)

A maple Long John from Bloedow’s in Winona, Minnesota, United States
Alternative names	Cream Stick, Chocolate Bar, Maple Bar (in some regions)
Type	pastry
Main ingredients	Dough, glaze or icing

The Long John is a bar-shaped, yeast risen pastry often coated with glaze or icing. In some parts of the United States, such as the southern Indiana region, unfilled bar doughnuts are called Long Johns and their filled counterparts are called éclairs. In other parts of the United States, such as the Mid-Atlantic, Long Johns are marketed as éclairs; the two pastries look similar but are created with different types of dough and fillings.

A Bismark is a filled round doughnut.

Other names

On the American west coast, unfilled Long Johns are called bar doughnuts and filled Long Johns are called filled bars, or filled bar doughnuts. For example, an unfilled Long John with maple-flavored icing is called a Maple bar in California.

See also

• List of doughnut varieties
• List of breakfast foods
• List of foods made from maple
• Boston cream doughnut, the round cream filled donut, with chocolate
• Cruller, the German American rectangular donut with a twisted shape
• Eclair (pastry)
•  Food portal

External links

• Media related to Long Johns at Wikimedia Commons