TOP 5 DOUGHNUTS SPOTS IN BALTIMORE

Whether you go for the glaze, crave cream fillings, or hunt down the honey dips, Baltimore, Maryland, delights residents and visitors with dynamic doughnut offerings. Explore some of the top five best spots in Charm City to pick up a dozen or more doughnut delights.

BLONDIE’S DOUGHNUTS

When Michelle Diggs turned a passion for baking into a career, little did she know that she would be creating a sought-after baked goods business. Inspired by family recipes, Blondie’s Doughnuts uses a signature brioche dough recipe that produces some of the freshest doughnuts you’ve ever tasted. In addition, Blondie’s also uses all-natural ingredients in its infused glazes, custards, creams, and spice glazes for doughnuts. 

Diggs’ interest in collecting vintage Black memorabilia has inspired Blondie’s menu of filled doughnuts. As she explains on her website, “Inspired by and named after the glamorous icons of yesterday, our ooey, gooey ‘Bombshell’ doughnuts are stuffed by hand and filled to perfection with scratch-made creams, custards, and curds.” You’ll find varieties such as the Lovely Lena, a Nutella-filled doughnut, and the Jazzy Josie, a lemon drop doughnut named in honor of legendary entertainer Josephine Baker.

Seasonal specialties feature distinctive flavors such as strawberry shortcake, lemon meringue, maple bourbon, peach, pistachio cream, and raspberry swirl.

Blondie’s sells its delicious doughnuts through its mobile bakery, a food trailer named Sassafras that travels to various locations each week throughout Baltimore and Maryland. You can also find Blondie’s baked goods at the Cross Street Farmers Market in Baltimore. Preorders are strongly encouraged.

Pickup Locations: The Commissary at CVille Junction, 1715 Edmonson Ave., Catonsville, every Friday from 9 a.m. to noon; Cross Street Farmers Market, 1065 S. Charles St., Baltimore, every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon; Guinness Open Gate Brewery, 5001 Washington Blvd., Halethorpe, opens Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m. Doughnuts are available to order in the beer garden.

DIABLO DOUGHNUTS

Once based in Fells Point, Diablo Doughnuts now calls the Brooklyn building in South Baltimore its home base for all things doughnuts. Unforgettable varieties have equally unforgettable names, such as the Panty Dropper, a maple-glazed doughnut topped with crisp bacon slices, and the Captain Chesapeake, a doughnut glazed with a blend of caramel and Old Bay seasoning.

Since Diablo Doughnuts is open Friday through Sunday only, you’ll want to place your order online to be sure you get the doughnuts you want. Customers must pick up their orders by 11 a.m. on Friday and noon on Saturday and Sunday. Are you expecting a crowd for weekend brunch? The doughnut kit gives you a baker’s dozen of Diablo’s yeast-raised doughnuts with customer favorite toppings and containers of caramel, chocolate, and vanilla glazes.

Location: 3432 S. Hanover St.Telephone: 410-892-3251

FENWICK BAKERY

Celebrating more than 100 years of baking in Baltimore, Fenwick Bakery carries on the culinary legacy of its founders Ernest Uebersax and Alvena Buttner. According to the bakery’s website, Uebersax arrived in Baltimore from Switzerland in 1905. While working as an apprentice at Fancy Bakery, he met Buttner, fell in love, and got married. The two started their bakery, the E. Uebersax Bakery, which would eventually become Fenwick Bakery.

Today, the Fenwick Bakery team carries on the baking legacy in the loaves of bread, cakes, cookies, pies, and more that greet you at its Parkville shop. Generations of Baltimoreans have sought out Fenwick’s Bakery for the irresistible honey-dipped, chocolate-glazed, and cream-filled doughnuts and crullers. Pick up a half dozen for $6 or a dozen for $12. With a Fenwick Bakery doughnut in hand, your morning coffee won’t be lonely.

Location: 7219 Harford Road, Parkville

Telephone: 410-444-6410

HARMONY BAKERY

What started as a humble stand at the Waverly Farmers Market is now a stand-alone brick-and-mortar business on Chestnut Avenue. Harmony Bakery is proud to offer the Baltimore community a taste-tempting array of savory and sweet gluten-free and vegan treats. Owners Don, Lisa, and Renee Gorman pour out their heart and soul into the baked goods that reflect the best ethically sourced, organic ingredients.

If you haven’t tried a vegan doughnut, you’re missing out. The chocolate-glazed and cinnamon sugar-coated vegan doughnuts from Harmony Bakery offer unforgettable taste and texture for their type. Place your order in person or order online for convenient pickup at the bakery’s curbside window.

Location: 3446 Chestnut Ave.Telephone: 410-235-3870

HERMAN’S BAKERY

Owned and operated by the Herman family since 1923, Herman’s Bakery has served the Baltimore community from its Dundalk location since 1958. While customers come to Herman’s Bakery for special occasion cakes and wedding cakes, the pastries and doughnuts also take top honors among customers. Herman’s Bakery takes pride in making doughnuts from scratch every day using recipes passed down through generations of the Herman family.

When you’re in the mood for something sweet, the marshmallow-filled doughnut is one that you won’t be able to resist. The baker stuffs a light-as-air doughnut with a heavenly marshmallow filling that will delight your taste buds. Pick up a dozen doughnuts for only $8.99 or single doughnuts for 89 cents each.

If you can’t visit in person, Herman’s Bakery delivers its baked goods throughout the Baltimore area.

Location: 7560 Holabird Ave.

Telephone: 410-284-5590

The next time you crave a delicious doughnut, visit one of the businesses listed here for some of the best doughnuts in Baltimore. What did you think about the bakeries and bakeshops we presented on our list? Did we overlook a favorite place you’d recommend for doughnuts? Write to us and let us know. We’d be happy to add it to this article.

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