Fun food is everything! Candy floss, whoopie pies and, naturally, that cop movie favourite… doughnuts! Sprinkled, dusted, dipped in chocolate, custard-filled and homemade, we round up our fave doughnut recipes that are sure to put a smile on your dial.

Delicious Doughnut Recipes

From amagwinya to churros, we’ve got them all.

Amagwinya with Chocolate Crème Pâtissière & Cherries

A South African classic with a Parisian twist. This light, fluffy doughnut is filled with chocolate crème pât and a cherry sauce that is irresistible.

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Traditional Koeksisters

Although not a traditional doughnut in terms of shape, these twisted syrupy treats are absolutely divine.

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Doughnuts filled with Coffee Crème Pâtissière

Why drink your morning coffee when you can eat it?

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LemonGold Curd Crème Filled Donuts

Fluffy doughnuts filled with lemon curd – the perfect balance of  tart and sweet.

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Trifle Doughnuts

All the festive season flavours bundled up in balls of deliciousness. These doughnuts are stuffed with a custard and berry compote, and deserve to be eaten all year round.

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Mini Coconut & Almond Doughnuts

These doughnuts are ideal for those who are wheat intolerant, following a Banting lifestyle, or anyone who appreciates delicious bakes.

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Vanilla Glazed Mini Cronuts

No doughnut list would be complete without the cronut — these are bite-sized bits of perfection.

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Cheat’s Cronuts with Orange-infused Custard & Lemon Glaze

All of the flavour with minimal effort. These cronuts are filled with an orange-infused custard and glazed with a lemon icing.

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Quick & Easy Doughnuts

These doughnuts are super easy and quick to make. Plus, you can have all the fun dipping and stuffing them.

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Chocolate Glazed Doughnuts

The proper way to do doughnuts – a bit more effort and time to prep, but well worth it.

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Honey Glazed Vanilla Crullers

Crullers are made from a light, cake-like dough. These are deep-fried and finished with a honey glaze.

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Baked Carrot Cake Doughnut

This beauty emerges when cakes and doughnuts collide! Quick and easy cake bites made from puréed carrots, garnished with traditional carrot cake toppings.

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Ebelskivers

A Scandinavian classic! Although not technically a doughnut, we can’t resist these puffed, jam-filled Danish pancakes.

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Mini Doughnuts with Salted Peanut Brittle Dust

These salted peanut mini doughnuts are incredibly moreish; it’s hard to stop at just one.

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Churros

The Spanish doughnut! These sugar ‘n spice covered, deep-fried delicacies are adored everywhere around the world. Pair them with decadent, dark hot choccie and you’ll be praying to the Spanish dessert Gods.

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El Burro Churros with Dark Chocolate Sauce

Churros are so nice, we think they deserve to be mentioned twice. These fluffy bits of heaven will change your taste buds for life!

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Think you know doughnuts? Check out our list of doughnuts from around the world.