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Peppermint bark doughnut at Firecakes
The chocolate cake doughnut, with a thick layer of vanilla frosting and lots of crunchy housemade peppermint bark, is well-balanced in flavor and hits all the right texture notes.
Sufganiyot at Firecakes
Firecakes's version of Israeli jelly doughnuts, which are eaten around Hannukah, are filled with raspberry and blood-orange jelly. They're small in size, but this jelly is so bright and fruity, we don't blame you for getting two.
Sugar-cookie doughnut at Firecakes
The plain yeast doughnut is spread with red, white or green cream-cheese icing. While we wished the doughnut had some sort of creamy filing inside to break up all the dough, the cream-cheese icing was light and unexpected.
Eggnog doughnut at Firecakes
Easily the crowd favorite at the Time Out Chicago office, this doughnut has a custard filling that tastes exactly like eggnog, with eggnog icing and spices on top.
Peppermint doughnut at Do-rite Donuts
A chocolate old fashioned doughnut topped with a thin layer of icing and crushed peppermint, this one is ideal for those who prefer less sweet doughnuts.
Cranberry blood-orange doughnut at Glazed and Infused
The yeast doughnut is glazed with cranberry and drizzled with blood orange. The cranberry flavor isn’t very strong, but the dough itself is pillowy—it’s definitely the lightest offering from Glazed.
Cranberry–ginger ale jam doughnut at Glazed and Infused
Glazed’s version of sufganiyot stuffs cranberry–ginger ale jam into a yeast doughnut. There’s a ton of jam, so if you were ordering the cranberry glazed doughnut for the fruit, you’ll want this one instead.
Peppermint Oreo royale doughnut at Glazed and Infused
Like Oreos? Then you’ll love this doughnut, which is an Oreo cake doughnut covered with dark chocolate ganache, Oreo crumbs and peppermint-chocolate ganache.
Hot Chocolate Snowball at Glazed and Infused
The yeast doughnut is filled with a very runny light chocolate filling and rolled in powered sugar. If you’re going for chocolate at Glazed though, the Oreo has much richer chocolate flavor.
Spiced eggnog bismarck at Glazed and Infused
The best part of this doughnut is the Oberweis eggnog custard, but unfortunately there’s not quite enough of it to make up for the dry dough. Grab the eggnog version from Firecakes instead, or head to Doughnut Vault, which offers an eggnog old fashioned special on the weekends.
Forget candy canes. Get your holiday flavors like peppermint, eggnog and cranberry in fried-dough form instead with these new treats at Chicago doughnut shops
Firecakes, Glazed & Infused and Do-Rite Donuts are getting into the holiday spirit with new doughnuts flavored like eggnog, sugar cookies, peppermint and other seasonal treats. Pick some up to bring to your holiday party or to Christmas dinner—or just sample a couple for breakfast on the way to work.
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