Donut Miss Celebrating National Donut Day 🍩

 

 

🍩Donut Miss Celebrating National Donut Day!

If it’s the first Friday in June, it’s time to celebrate one of America’s most beloved treats—guilt-free!

 

🍩 Charlotte’s Love Affair with Donuts

Charlotte doesn’t just like donuts—it celebrates them. In fact, the city hosts an annual Donut Festival. And if you live in the Charlotte metro area, you’re never very far from your next delicious bite.

 

🍩Donuts Worth the Dough: Where to Indulge in the Charlotte area

Here are 7 must-visit donut shops in and around Charlotte—perfect for National Donut Day (and every other day too). So donut miss out celebrating National Donut Day.

1. MJ Donuts
   Famous for their double chocolate cake donut.
   📍 325 S Polk Street, Pineville

2. Suarez Bakery
   A Charlotte staple for baked goods.
   📍 4245 Park Road, South Charlotte

3. Your Mom’s Donuts
   Known for their square donuts and unique flavors like watermelon mint mousse.
   📍 4205 Park Road, Charlotte
   📍 11025 Monroe Road, Matthews

4. The Donut House
   Local favorite in Indian Trail.
   📍 13803 E Independence Blvd

5. OMG Donuts & Bakery
   Try the Samoa-inspired and maple bacon donuts. Free donut to the first 100 customers.
   📍 10005 Weddington Road, Concord

6. SUGAR Handmade Gourmet Donuts
   Try the caramel espresso glaze donut.
   📍 11914 Elm Lane, Ballantyne

7. BW Sweets Bakery
   Two Charlotte locations for your donut fix.
   📍 5820 E WT Harris Blvd & 1425 Winnifred Street

    

 

🎉 National Donut Day Deals in Charlotte

• Dunkin’ Donuts – Get a free classic donut with the purchase of a beverage.

• Krispy Kreme – No purchase necessary for a free donut. Buy a dozen donuts, get a another dozen Original Glazed for $2. Learn more fun Krispy Kreme facts

• Suarez Bakery – Free Classic Glazed (while supplies last).

• Your Mom’s Donuts – Free Donut Holes with every purchase (while supplies last).

 

Why We Celebrate National Donut Day

National Donut Day isn’t just about indulging—it’s about honoring history. The holiday commemorates the “Salvation Army Lassies”, brave women who served donuts to soldiers during WWI. These treats were often fried in soldiers’ helmets, giving rise to the nickname “doughboys.”

 

🍩 15 Fun Donut Facts (You Probably Didn’t Know)

• The U.S. makes 10+ billion donuts annually—roughly 31 per person.
• There are almost 13,000 donut shops in the country.
• 60% of households consume donuts; 44% eat one weekly.
• 56% of Americans love donuts; only 1% say they hate them.
• “Donut” is favored over “doughnut” by a 5:1 ratio.
• Dunkin’ has 13,200 stores in 40 countries; Krispy Kreme, 1,600+ in 33 countries.
• Canada leads in donut shops per capita.
• The fastest time to eat a donut (no hands)? 11.41 seconds.
• Stack all National Donut Week donuts—they’d reach the International Space Station and back.
• Saturdays and Sundays see the highest donut sales.
• The glazed donut is America’s favorite.
• The largest donut ever made was a 5,000-pound, 16 foot-wide, jelly-filled doughnut, made in 1998 in Utica, New York.
• Rhode Island eats the most donuts as of 2024.
• Donuts didn’t always have holes.
• Kids ages 11–18 eat the most donuts.
• The most expensive donut ever sold cost $1,200 sold in London, topped with edible diamonds and filled with Dom Pérignon jelly
• Originally called ‘olykoeks’, donuts were introduced by Dutch settlers.

 

 

This information about National Donut Day and where to find great donuts in the Charlotte area is provided by Nina Hollander with Coldwell Banker Realty,  Greater Charlotte residential real estate expert.