Despite the apparent jokes about scrapple-flavored doughnuts, Delaware has it going on regarding top doughnut shops. From traditional yeast-raised doughnuts to whacked-out flavors and build-your-own, the First State offers a bevy of beautiful pastries just for you. Get Polish pastries, Dutch doughnuts, online offerings, fritters, fresh-brewed coffee, and more. So get your sweet tooth on, and come with us as we count down our 5 best doughnut shops in Delaware.
Established in 2015, Duck Donuts are purveyors of warm, delicious, made-to-order doughnuts. The novelty of a fresh, warm doughnut paired with a piping hot, delicious cup of coffee is undoubtedly popular with locals and visitors alike, but the origin of the Duck actually has its roots in North Carolina. Nevertheless, you can build your own delicious doughnut by choosing an icing, topping, and drizzle or choose from one of their specials, like maple icing with chopped bacon.
With a similar setup and mindset as Duck Donuts, the Rehoboth Beach Fractured Prune is a little heavier on the quirk. Create-your-own doughnuts using a variety of glazes and toppings. Choose from a mind-boggling assortment of preconceived doughnut flavors or build your own from 19 glazes and 13 topping. Either way, know the doughnuts and topping are made fresh daily, like the black forest, the blueberry hill, or the margarita.
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Established in 2015, this spot proves once again that great food often comes out of food trucks. Every doughnut served at Sandy Pony Donuts is made hot and fresh to your order, exactly the way you want it. Try one of their 24 unique flavor combinations—Porky Pony (bacon, cinnamon-sugar, and honey glaze), salted caramel (caramel glaze and pretzels), Dirty Banana (banana glaze and Oreo crumble)—from this Chincoteague Island-born company.
Opened in 2012, this hometown favorite offers fresh New York-style bagels homemade hot, fresh, buttermilk doughnuts served until noon. Laurel is essentially a quintessential small-town breakfast shop and deli located in historic downtown Laurel. You will find a full breakfast menu with hefty portions, coffee, lattes, cappuccinos, espressos, and Hershey’s ice cream.
Opened in 1952, Serpe suffered a devastating Christmas Eve fire in 2015. But you can’t keep a good bakery down, and Serpe’s is back and better than ever. Offering Italian pastries, custom cakes, bread, doughnuts, and more, you can taste the care and tradition in every bite of their tender yeast doughnuts. And for everything else Italian, there’s only one place to go in Delaware.