List of doughnut varieties

The following is a list of doughnut varieties.

Traditional Polish pączki

Variations and specialties by region

Oliebollen from Belgium and Nederlands

Argentinian Facturas with Dulce de membrillo jam

Traditional Berliner pastry

The terms below constitute either names for different doughnut types created using local recipes, or for the local language translation of the term for an imported doughnut product, sometimes even described:

• Argentina - Kreppel, also called "Tortas Fritas", a kind of fried pastry or a type of quick bread that was introduced by German immigrants. Facturas are a popular baked doughnut found in every corner bakery. Also: Masas de Confitería (pastries), and Medialunas (croissants)
• Armenia - Chickies, Ponchik (a deep-fried piece of dough shaped into a flattened sphere and filled with confiture or other sweet filling), Tukalik
• Austria - The Austrian doughnut equivalents are called Krapfen. They are especially popular during Carneval season (Fasching) and do not have the typical ring shape but instead are solid and usually filled with apricot jam (traditional) or vanilla cream (Vanillekrapfen). Krapfen are doughnuts made from sweet yeast dough fried in fat or oil, usually with a marmalade, jam filling, or chocolate, champagne, custard, Mocha filling, or with no filling at all and usually icing, powdered sugar or conventional sugar on top. The filling is injected using a large syringe after cooking. (regional names and varieties are Faschingskrapfen, Kiachl, Bauernkrapfen, Prugelkrapfen, Hauberlinge, Kniekiechl, Hobelscharten, Houwlschoatn, Schartelkrapfen, Schoadlkropfn, Funkenküechle, Schlipfkrapfen, Kaskrapfen, Schlutzkrapfen, Dirtln, Zillertal Krapfen, Gebackene Mäuse or Vanillekrapfen)
• Australia - they have the traditional doughnuts, but they're also famous for their own jam doughnuts. These doughnuts are sweet buns that have a filling inside. Cinnamon Donuts or Chocolate topped donuts can be found in almost any cafe, (also Savoury Donuts and Donut Burgers, see controversial doughnut section below)
• Azores - Filhós, Malasadas
• Belgium - Smoutebollen or Oliebollen (are a round variety of donut without a hole, fried in oil) The smoutebollen are similar to the Dutch kind of oliebollen, but they usually do not contain any fruit, except for apple chunks sometimes. They are typical carnival and fair snacks and are dusted with powdered sugar.
• Bohemia - Listy
• Bolivia - Masitas
• Brazil - Sonho
• Bulgaria - Ponichki, Mekitsas
• Busse - a deep-fried piece of dough shaped into a flattened sphere and filled with confiture (jam) or another sweet filling, Tukalik
• Cameroon - Puffpuff
• Canada - Canadian doughnuts are usually similar to those in the United States. Other Canadian variants include the Beaver Tail, Crullers, Timbits, and Potato Flour Doughnuts From Newfoundland Toutin also called: Tiffin, Touton Toutan, Touten, Towtent Damper Dogs or Damper Devils
• Chile - Round fried filled doughnuts without hole are popular in Chile because of the large German community there and is called a Berlin (plural Berlines). It may be filled with jam or with manjar, the Chilean version of dulce de leche
• China - Cantonese cuisine features an oval shaped pastry called Ngàuhleisōu (牛脷酥, lit. "Ox-tongue pastry" due to its tongue-like shape). There are a few sweet doughtnut-style pastries that are more regional in nature. Another similar food is called saa1 jung1(沙翁), which is roughly spherical fried dough with sugar springled on top, it is also similar to Cream puff but denser and without the cream. A Shanghai dessert named 高力豆沙 is a varient of this with oilier dough(originally made with egg white) and filled with red bean paste. Other types are Tikoy, Zha Gao, Jin Doi, Chien Doi, Zhá Miàn Quān. Similar but salty food that is deep-fried doughnut sticks that are often quite oily, hence their name in Mandarin, Yóutiáo (油條, lit. oil strips); in Cantonese, this doughnut-style pastry is called Yàuhjagwái (油炸鬼) often served with congee, a traditional rice porridge.
• Colombia - Buñuelos, Roscas
• Corsica - Fritelli
• Croatia - Trijesce, Primoštenske fritule, Fritule, Istarski cukarini, Kroštule, Krafne, Krofna, Krafna
• Czech Republic - Kobliha or koblih (without a hole) usually filled with jam and dusted with sugar. Cheregi (this may be a Slovak-originated term or recipe, but it is also occasionally seen in the Czech Republic). Bavorský vdolek or Bavorský koblih (Bavarian donut) has jam and thick sour cream on top.
• Denmark - doughnuts are sold in their "American" shape, and these can be found in various stores, e.g. McDonald's and most gas stations. The round fried Berliner without a hole , however, is also broadly available in bakeries across the country; Basser or Aebleskiver.
• Finland - Munkki (without a hole), Berliininmunkki/Piispanmunkki (no hole, sugar coating), Donitsi (with a hole), Munkkirinkilä
• France - Beignet, and in Merveille Provence - Bugne. In France, as well as in New Orleans and Louisiana there is a fried pastry called a Beignet, which is sometimes described as a French doughnut
• Georgia Punchula
• Germany - Bismarck, Berliner (Berliner Pfannkuchen), is a predominantly German and Central European doughnut made from sweet yeast dough fried in fat or oil, without a hole. (Varieties and other names are Obst Krapfen, Fastnachts, Faschingskrapfen, Nougatkrapfen, Vanillekrapfen, Kreppel, Powidlkrapfen, Apfelkrapfen, Eierkuchen, in Lusatia and Skalje (Sorbian)are especially popular during Carnival season (Karneval/Fasching) in southern and middle Germany and on New Year's Eve in northern Germany.
• Greece - Svingi, Thiples, Loukoumades, Loukoumathes. In Greece, there is a doughnut-like snack, called Loukoumas which comes in two types (one is shaped like the number 8; the other is torus shaped like the number 0), The first one is crispier, whereas the second one is larger and softer.
• Hawaii - Malasadas, Punahou Malasadas. A popular doughnut in Hawaii is the Malasada. Malasadas were brought to the Hawaiian Islands by early Portuguese settlers and are a variation on Portugal's filhós. They are small eggy balls of yeast dough deep fried and coated in sugar. To celebrate Fat Tuesday
• Hungary - Csöröge, or Angel Wing fry cookies, a twisted fried cookie made of yeast doug, Fánk, a round doughnut or (Bismarck Doughnuts)[1] (without a hole) and dusted with sugar, and Lángos, a flat fried bread made of yeast dough, served with sour cream and toppings like cheese, ham or chopped onions.
• Iceland - Kleinuhringir, Kleinur, Kleina, Berlínarbollur and Asterbollur. In Iceland kleinuhringur (pl. kleinuhringir and kleinuhringar) are a type of old Icelandic cuisine pastries which resembles doughnuts.
• India - has a doughnut like sweet pastry called "badushah" and "imarti". These are made like an old-fashioned doughnut by frying the dough in oil and then soaking it in sugar syrup, and sometimes flavored with spices. The badushah, also called balushahi usually does not have the center hole
• Indonesia - Donat Kentang is known as an Indonesian style fried mashed potato doughnut; a fritter that comes in ring shape and is made from combination of flour and mashed potatoes, coated in powder sugar or icing sugar.
• Iran - Zooloobiya, a fritter that comes in various shapes and sizes and coated in a sticky-sweet syrup.
• Ireland Gravy rings
• Israel - Sufganyot, a ball-shaped doughnut that is first fried, pierced and injected with jelly or custard, and then topped with powdered sugar, similar to the German Berliner, the Polish pączki, or the Russian ponchik. Jelly doughnuts, known as Sufganiyah (סופגניה, pl. Sufganyot סופגניות) in Israel, have become a traditional Hanukkah food in the recent era. Traditional sufganyot are filled with red jelly and topped with icing sugar. However, many other varieties exist, with the more expensive ones being filled with dulce de leche
• Italy - Struffoli, Guanti, (Assisi) Bastoncello, (Calabria) Scaddateddi, Zeppole Spignesi, Chiacchiere, Lattughe (this may not be classifiable as doughnut, but it is fried pastry, in a 'Lettuce' style) Cenci, Donzelle, Frappe, Sfrappole, Bugie, Crostoli, Fritole, Ciambelli (Cocullo, Abruzzi) and Bomboloni.
• Japan - Dango, Sata-andagi (Okinawa), Taiyaki (fish-shaped). In Japan, an-doughnut (あんドーナッツ, lit."bean jam doughnut") is widely available at bakeries. An-doughnut is similar to Germany's Berliner, except it contains bean jam.. Native to Okinawa is a spheroid pastry similar to adoughnuts called Sata Adagi.
• Jersey - (Channel Islands) Jersey Wonders (Mèrvelles)
• Kazakhstan - Baursaki
• Kenya - Mandazi, Mahamri, Mandalas' - Sweet, Triangular shaped breakfast delicacy enjoyed with a coconut side dish (baazi), made out of flour and sugar, original source from Mombasa, Kenya
• Korea - Garakjibbang
• Lebanon - Awami
• Libya Sfenz
• Lithuania - Spurgos a kind of doughnut called spurgos is widely known. Some specific recipes, such as cottage cheese doughnuts (varškės spurgos), have also exist.
• Madagascar - Mofo Boule
• Malaysia - 'Kuih Keria, Kuih Gelang, Kuih Tayar
• Mexico - Buñuelo, Churro, Sopapilla Dona. The Mexican donas are very similar to donuts including in the name; the dona is a fried-dough pastry-based snack, commonly covered with powdered brown sugar and cinnamon, white sugar or coated in chocolate. Sometimes the traditional donut
• Moldova - Schlitzküchla (from German cuisine)
• Morocco - Sfenj
• Netherlands - Oliebollen is a traditional Dutch food eaten on New Year's Eve and at funfairs. Oliebollen (literally oil balls) are a round variety of donut without a hole; Dutch Doughnuts", is a type of fritter containing pieces of apple and/or dried fruit like raisins, Bossche bollen, Poffertjes
• New Zealand - Cream-filled donut
• Nigeria - Puffpuff
• Norway - Hjorte Bakkels, Futimonbuckles, Fattigmann Bakkels, Smultring
• Paraguay Chipas
• Peru - Dona
• Philippines - Local varieties of Donuts (donat) are sold by peddlers and street vendors throughout the Philippines. Local varieties are usually made of plain well-mead dough, deep-fried in refined coconut oil and sprinkled with refined sugar. Bitso-bitso (or Bicho-bicho) is donut-like local pastry. The dough is made of one long piece that doubles on itself, and is twisted, deeep-fried and coated with coarse-grained sugar. It sometimes may come with a cheese filling. Local donuts have a chewier texture than Western ones. In the Philippines, donuts are a popular merienda or mid-day snack.
• Poland - Pączki, Chruścikithe round, jam-filled doughnuts eaten especially—though not exclusively—during the Carnival Pączki have been known in Poland at least since the Middle Ages. Jędrzej Kitowicz has described that during the reign of the August III under influence of French cooks who came to Poland at that time, pączki dough baked in Poland has been improved, so that pączki became lighter, spongier, and more resilient.
• Portugal - Filhoses, Malasadas
• Puerto Rico - Quesitos (filled with sweet cheese)
• Romania - Gogoşi
• Russia - Ponchik, Russian "пончики", ponchiki, and Ukrainian "пампушки", pampushky, are the equivalent designations for the polish Pączki, but could be filled with cream or jam, or neither.
• Sardinia - Zippulas
• Scotland Doughrings (an alternative term for ring doughnuts); Fudge Doughnuts
• Serbia - Doughnuts similar to the Berliner are also prepared in the Northern Balkans, particularly in Croatia (, Ustipci, Krofnepokladnice or Krafne) and Serbia's Vojvodina province. They are called Krofna, a name derived from the Austrian Krapfen
• Siberia - Kalachik
• Sicily - Pignolatti, Sfingi, Cuddureddi
• Slovakia - Sisky, Shisky, Ceregi
• Slovenia - Krofi, Fanke
• South Africa - Vetkoek, Oliebolle Met Suurmelk (Sourmilk Doughnuts), Koeksisters (twists), a variation known as the Koeksuster is popular. Another variation is the Vetkoek, which is also dough deep fried in oil. It is served with mince, syrup, honey or jam.
• South Korea - Many bakeries in South Korea offer doughnuts either filled with or made entirely from the Korean traditional rice dessert Tteok. These come in a variety of different colors, though they are normally in green, pink, or white. They are often filled with a sweet red bean paste or sesame seeds.
• Spain - Churros, Porras, Chimeneas, Orange Roscos, Wine Roscos, Roscos de anis, Rosquillas de Ledesma, buñuelos, bimuelos, birmuelos, bermuelos, burmuelos, bunyols, Rosquillas listas de san Isidro, rosquito tonto, rosquilla tonta
• Sweden - Klenater
• Switzerland - Ringli, Basler Krapfen, Chüechli, Öhrli
• Syria - Zabeh
• Taiwan - there is Shuāngbāotāi, (lit. twins). Chinese restaurants in the US sometimes serve small fried pastries similar to doughnut holes.
• Tunisia - Ftair, Yous-yous, Bambaloni
• Turkey - Hanim Göbeği, Tulumba Tatlisi, Izmir Lokmasi
• Turkish Cypriot - Lokma
• UK - Similar to North American doughnuts, but traditionally topped with granulated sugar rather than powdered sugar or glaze. In some parts of Scotland, ring doughnuts are referred to as Doughrings, with the doughnut moniker being reserved exclusively for the nut-shaped variety. Glazed, twisted rope-shaped doughnuts are known as Yum-yums. It is also possible to buy fudge doughnuts in certain regions of Scotland. In some parts of Northern Ireland, ring doughnuts are referred to as "gravy rings" due to their being cooked in oil, itself colloquially known as "gravy".
• Ukraine - Pampushky (sweet filling or garlic flavored)
• USA - Crullers, Vanities, Comfits, Fritters, Long Johns, Boston Cream Donuts, Potato Doughnuts, Simball, Olicook, Olykoecks, Bear claws, Elephant Ears, Yum Yums, Fasnachts, Italian Croquembouche (a 'pyramid of fried pastry balls'), Frying Saucers, Bear sign (cowboy slang for ring doughnuts) Brown Bobby (Brown Bobby is a significant contingent in the 'doughnut shape debate' because this variety is (uniquely?) a 'triangular toroid') Native Americans have been known to lay claim to the invention of the donut with Johnnycakes whose name was derived from that of the Shawnee tribe (many of the numerous varieties of Johnnycake are neither sweet nor donut-shaped)
• Yemen - Zalabiya
• Yugoslavia - Prusurate

Controversial doughnut-related items

Doughnut-related items excluded from the above list on the grounds of controversy:

+: doughnut-like feature(s)

━: potentially excluding feature(s)

• Australia - Savoury donut:
  • +: made from ring of dough
  • ━: not sweet, 'single source': Donut Delirium. They also make Donut Burgers, which might be excluded for similar reasons.
• France - Profiterole:
  • +: cream-filled hollow ball of sweet pastry
  • ━: not usually fried, special thin non-doughnut-like (Choux) pastry, seen as being in a category of its own (similar issues apply to the chocolate eclair)
• India - Wada or Vadai:
  • +: made from ring of dough
  • ━: savoury not sweet, made from lentils (so not really made from dough or pastry), not necessarily fried
• Malaysia - Kaya ball:
  • +: deep-fried ball of dough
  • ━: coconut-containing kaya-dough would not necessarily be universally accepted as being 'dough'
• Scotland - Deep-fried Mars bar:
  • +: deep-fried sweet snack
  • ━: unusual shape and absence of dough or other pastry. See also other "deep fried branded snacks", of which this may be the most notorious, like deep fried Twinkie, Snickers, Milky Way. Considering any of these to be included in the doughnut variety category might be controversial, although they certainly fit within the fried dough foods category.
• Switzerland (Zürich) - Malakoffs, also called Käseschnitte:
  • +: made from dough
  • ━: savoury not sweet (made from Gruyere cheese)
• Pakistan - Local doughnuts are called 'Kichori', which are filled with minced meat (beef or chicken) and deep fried. Another variety is the 'mitha' or 'sweet' samosa, which is filled with 'Halwa' (Flour based sweet meat) and deep friend. Local variations on the classic American doughnuts were made available in the early 90s, especially with arrival of Dunkin Doughnuts, but have not over taken the traditional varieties.
• Philippines - Karioka:
  • +: made from dough, fried and coated in sugar
  • ━: made into small balls and skewered in sticks
• Philippines - Pilipit:
  • +: made from dough, deep-fried
  • ━: fried until brown, thus resulting in a more brittle, cracker-like texture; most varieties are savoury not sweet
• USA - Fudge puppy:
  • +: sweet fried dough
  • ━: served as a 'combination item' composed of a split-open tubular 'éclair' of fried dough 'dressed' with ice cream, cream and chocolate sauce; also the dough/pastry is claimed to be 'waffle style', which does not put it in the same category as doughnuts
• USA - Funnel cake:
  • +: made from fried sweet dough
  • ━: not shaped like a ball or ring
• Europe & N. America - Bagel:
  • +: made from ring of dough
  • ━: doughnuts are fried, while bagels are first dipped in boiling water and then baked (and are never fried); most bagel varieties (which are akin to baked buns) are savoury not sweet

Other toroidal foods

The following doughnut-related-items are doughnut-like in two crucial senses: they are toroidal in shape and are treated as being food and in some cases are served fried, but are not commonly (and/or historically) described as a doughnut:

• Large ring-shaped cakes (although size-limits which differentiate these from doughnuts seem arbitrary)
• Cheerios (and other toroid-shaped breakfast cereals, although it is conceivable that sufficiently small ring doughnuts could be packaged or consumed as a breakfast cereal, indeed Dunkin' Donuts breakfast cereal (which was crunchy in a predictably un-doughnut-like breakfast cereal way) was a product sold with the manufacturer's branding on it])
• Hula Hoops (the branded snack and other similar types of branded snacks made out of extruded corn or potato paste)
• Jam Rings (and other toroidal cookies or biscuits, although certain products described as cookies or biscuits can be prepared by being fried, so could conceivably be categorised as doughnuts)
• Spaghetti hoops or other toroidal pasta
• Ring-shaped terrines of pâté
• Ring-shaped Pretzels
• Tolko cheese rings

See also

• Fried dough foods

External links

http://www.mrbreakfast.com/article.asp?articleid=8 http://www.donutking.com.au/dk/dfiles/default_detail.asp?id=7&t=Donuts+around+the+World