Biscotti © Boaz Lavie

Sufganiyot Season: Find out where to pick up Israel's most decadent donuts

Hanukkah is finally hare. Check out some of the best bakeries in Tel Aviv that offer the most innovative & delicious holiday treats

Written by
Jacob Jaffe
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Sufganiyot Season

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  • Bnei Brak
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Ahead of Chanukah, Biscotti is launching a collection of airy sufganiyot inspired by the all-time beloved Israeli snacks. Alongside the classic strawberry jam-filled donuts, or Dulce de Leche and chocolate, Biscotti made new handmade donuts with fillings and toppings that all pay homage to the Israeli sweet and savory snack.

Among the special donuts:

• Bamba - Donut filled with peanut-butter cream, white chocolate topping, and bamba crumble

• Krembo - Donut filled with meringue cream, dark chocolate coating, and thin meringue sticks decoration

• Pretzel - Donut filled with salted caramel cream, nougat and crumble topped with bits of pretzel on top

Boutique Central
Boutique Central © Tal Sivan-Ziporin

Boutique Central

Boutique Central is preparing for Hanukkah and also, the Novy God celebrations with baked and airy brioche sufganiyot (donuts) in a variety of classic fillings such as strawberry jam, walnut chocolate, vanilla crème patisserie, and Dulce de Leche.  Alongside the donuts and as a tribute to over a million Russian origin Israelis celebrating the Russian New Years (Novy God), the chain is launching a festive donut cake filled with Dulce de Leche and sour cream, topped with yellow meringue kisses, a take-off on the Russian Romashka cake inspired by the chamomile flower.

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Metuka
Metuka © Benny Gam Zo Letova

Metuka

Metuka launches a collection of sufganiyot for Hanukkah inspired by the art world. This year the beloved chain created a special collection inspired by Cubism- the European lead avant-garde art movement- by featuring the donut as a rounded structure with a square, a vibrantly colorful surface with a unique flavor combing a plethora of the elements above, allowing for different perspectives simultaneously.

The new sweet donuts collection includes:

• Gianduja Chocolate - Chocolate donut with a high cocoa percentage and a hazelnut aroma, decorated with a chocolate coating, nuts, and macaroon

• Citrus Limoncello - Donut filled with limoncello cream, topped with lemon, citrus jelly, and dried orange

• 100% Pistachio - Donut filled with pistachio cream and white chocolate coated with pistachio crumbles

• Cookies and Cream - White chocolate cream with fragments of Oreo style cookies

• Classic Jam Strawberry Donut: real strawberry jam confectionery from " Yad Mordechai "

• A fancy collage cake made of 11 brioche donuts baked in three types of filling: Mordechai strawberry confection, Cookies and cream, and sesame halva.

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  • Neve Tzedek
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Chef Timor Lavi and the Dallal team collaborated with the legendary Batsheva Dance Company to present an uncompromising collection for the 2019 Hanukkah season with 5-star dancers from the company representing the different delicious fillings: Pistachio, vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, and milk jam.

Dallal is also releasing specialty sufganiyot:

• Lady Pink - Brioche donut baked with pink icing made from raspberry powder, pistachio chips, and rich raspberry ganache filling

• White - Brioche donut baked with white icing, coconut chips, coconut snow, and classic vanilla cream patisserie filling patisserie

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  • Tel Aviv - Jaffa
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For the first time in 30 years, the Israeli brand, Roladin is releasing a collection of donuts that includes 15 rich and unique flavors by combing special coatings inspired by the French patisserie world.

Among the Artisan Edition collection:

• Truffe - Chocolate ganache, glacage noir, dark chocolate chips, and hazelnut cocoa chaser

• Paris-Brest - Blonde Ganash, Sablé hazelnuts, whipped cream, and caramelized hazelnuts

• Chouquette - Blonde ganache, caramel glacage, dark chocolate lace, crusted profiterole, and cocoa hazelnut chaser

• Isfahan - crème mascarpone, raspberry Dragée, raspberry chase, and strawberry whipped cream 

• Macaroon - Passion fruit, mango, crème mascarpone, whipped cream, and an almond macaroon

• Honoré - Crème mascarpone, fresh berries, red chocolate lace, whipped cream, and profiteroles

• Chocolate Party - popping chocolate candy topped with colorful crunchy pearls

• Vanilla Cookie Cream- Crème patisserie, glacage noir, cookie crumbles, whipped cream, and Oreo chips

• Dolce - classic Dulce de Leche filling

• Strawberry - Classic Strawberry Jam

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  • White City
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For the upcoming holiday, Piece Of Cake has prepared a delicious and delightful donut collection that is undergoing a precise and unique baking process with light and airy dough. As with any holiday, Piece of Cake also prepares delicious vegan options.

Amongst The Donut Collection:

• Classic strawberry jam

• Nutella: Filled and coated with chocolate nuts in a variety of decorations

• Dulce de Leche: Filled and coated with Dulce de Leche topped with white chocolate icing

• Alfajor Special: Dulce de Leche filling, decorated with alfajores and coconut

• Oreo special: crème patisserie, white chocolate icing, whipped cream, and an Oreo cookie

• Vegan Classic white sugar donut

• Vegan Double jam: Double filling of strawberry jam and powdered sugar

• Vegan Halva: Halva cream coating and chocolate frosting and chocolate chips

• Vegan salted caramel: Salted caramel coating

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  • Tel Aviv City Center
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The Bakery, with its 5 branches across Tel Aviv, is offering handmade Hanukkah sufganiyot coated in powdered sugar and 3 types of fillings:

•Donut filled with rich fruit jam

•Donut filled with salted caramel

•Donut filled with chocolate

•Donut without filling 

Alongside the donuts, Bakery will also offer latkes (potato pancakes):

•Potato latkes

•Zucchini latkes

•Mangold latke

•Corn latkes 

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