Donut Shops

Donut Shops


Donuts, or Doughnuts, are such a simple to prepare snack. Fried dough in the shape of a ring is coated with various syrups, toppings or fillings. Due to its versatility, Donuts toppings can range from the simple, to outrageous, to unusual. This results in hundreds of different types of donuts being sold today.

In Singapore, I remember when I was younger that Donuts were sold mostly in heartland bakeries. These mostly contained toppings, and there weren't a lot of variety. The most common ones were white sugar crystals, white sugar glaze, rainbow sprinkles, milk chocolate sprinkles, milk chocolate glaze, or curry potato filling.

However, in 2006, the Donut trend / craze started to pick-up in Singapore, and more western-style donut shops opened all over the island. During the height of the craze, people were known to queue for more than 2 hours just to buy these irresistible sweet treats. These new donut shops sold a huge variety of donuts, with all sorts of syrups, toppings and fillings.

Eventually, in 2008, the trend / craze started to die down. Today, only the major players of the Donut industry still operate in Singapore.

Today, toppings and fillings for Donuts can include honey, maple syrup, strawberry sprinkles, strawberry glaze, strawberry topping, cinnamon sugar, cinnamon glaze, vanilla glaze, white chocolate glaze, dark chocolate glaze, caramel glaze, peanut butter topping, peanut topping, hazelnut topping, almond topping, pistachio topping, cheese glaze, raspberry topping, apple topping, blueberry topping, kaya topping, cherry topping, coffee cream, mint cream, orange cream, lemon cream, banana cream, mango cream, durian cream, passion fruit cream, butter cream, green tea cream, oreo cookie crumbs, cornflakes, custard and more.

What I look for when buying Donuts is the range / variety available, the texture of the dough, and the size of the Donuts. I generally prefer sweet rather than savoury Donuts. The dough should be soft but not stretchy, and support the toppings well. If a filling is used, it should be filled liberally. If possible, I'll rather get smaller sized Donuts, that way, I'll be able to sample different flavours.


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Donut Factory - Closed
http://www.donutfactory.com.sg/
176 Orchard Road
#B1-12 Centrepoint
10am - 10pm Daily

3 Temasek Boulevard
#01-193 Suntec City
10am - 9.30pm Daily

10 Sinaran Drive
#02-05 Novena Square 2
10am - 9.30pm Daily


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J. Co Donuts & Coffee
http://www.jcodonuts.com/
200 Victoria Street
#B1-24 Bugis Junction
10am - 10pm Daily

252 North Bridge Road
#B1-44M Raffles City
10am - 10pm Daily

10 Tampines Central 1
#01-08 Tampines 1
10am - 10pm Daily

1 Woodlands Road
#01-25 Junction 10
10am - 10pm Daily


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Donut Empire
http://www.athomecreative.com/donutempire/
226 Tanjong Katong Road
11am - 10pm Daily

355 Sembawang Way
#01-06 Sembawang Shopping Centre
10am - 10pm Daily

1 Raffles Place
#B1-09 OUB Shopping Centre
10am - 10pm Daily

9 Raffles Boulevard
#01-103A Millenia Walk
10am - 10pm Daily

101 Thomson Road
#B1-52 United Square
10am - 10pm Daily

20 East Wood Road
#01-07 East Wood Centre
10am - 10pm Daily

1 Woodland Square
#B1-22 Causeway Point
10am - 10pm Daily

90 Hougang Avenue 10
#01-38 Hougang Mall
10am - 10pm Daily

301 Upper Thomson Road
#01-07 Thomson Plaza
10am - 10pm Daily

63 Jurong West Central 3
#01-31 Jurong Point
10am - 10pm Daily

845 Geylang Road
#01-08 Tanjong Katong Complex
10am - 10pm Daily

1 Pasir Ris Central Street 3
#01-43 White Sands Shopping Centre
10am - 10pm Daily


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Dunkin' Donuts
http://www.dunkindonuts.com/
2 Orchard Turn
#B2-17 ION Orchard
9am - 10pm Daily

90 Bras Basah Road
#B1-02 Esplanade Xchange
9am - 10pm Daily

65 Airport Boulevard
#B2 Changi Airport Terminal 3
7am - 11pm Daily


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Krispy Kreme
http://krispykreme.sg/
310 Orchard Road
#B1 Tangs Orchard
9am - 10pm Daily





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