5 Places Serving Up Auckland’s Best Donuts

Doe Donuts has managed to recreate the nostalgic taste of Kiwiana and Pasifika memories with their innovative donut selection. Doe Donuts are the best way to improve the day, and you can also pre-order a box of your favourite flavour to enjoy at home with family and friends. The donuts are baked fresh each day and are available until they are sold out.

A few of the most mouth-watering flavours on the menu include the chocolate ganache, the tiramisu and the lemon meringue. Currently, our taste buds are reserved for the peanut butter brownie donut, with peanut butter frosting, homemade gooey chocolate brownie and a drizzle of peanut butter on top; with crushed peanuts. Delicious. For those that love the classics, the cinnamon sugar donut is unbeatable.

Renowned for its pie selection, The Pie Piper has also amassed a dedicated following for its heavenly donut selection. Mother and daughter duo; Danielle and Suzanne Butler bake up a storm with American-style dessert pies, pastries, Danishes and their legendary doornuts. If you are new to doornuts, it’s donuts delivered straight to your door! 

If summer had a taste, it would be the strawberry cheesecake donut. The donut is dipped in a tasty strawberry glaze, then a layer of strawberry cheesecake with fresh freeze-dried strawberries sprinkled on top. Other crowd-pleasers are the peanut butter chocolate donut, the cookies and cream, and the apple fritter donut. The Pie Piper also creates donut cakes and custom donut letters!

With multiple locations around Auckland, you can satisfy your donut cravings with Grownup Donuts anytime and anywhere. There are approximately 60 different flavours to try, which rotate weekly; no two visits are the same. Grownup Donuts prides itself on creating fresh, authentic and flavourful donuts. 

They can also cater to functions if you want to spread the donut love. Some of our favourite flavours include the passionfruit curd with toasted meringue donut, the crème brûlée and the apple pie with whipped vanilla cream donut. There is one donut we can never get enough of, and that is the Belgian chocolate with Baileys liquor; this is the ultimate Grownup donut.

Take a trip down memory lane with Southern Maid Donuts; its secret donut recipe originates from 1937, Louisiana. Over the years the recipe has been perfected to bring Aucklanders the best donuts around. 

The menu showcases classic flavours like the glazed donut and the cinnamon-dusted donut; both are iconic in their simplicity and incredibly delicious. For something a bit different, opt for the green tea donut or the coffee crumble. If you prefer your donuts with a filling, Southern Maid has multiple options to choose from, including the mango cream donut, the choco custard and strawberry filling.

Mama’s Donuts is more than she seems; while it is a great spot to grab a quick sweet treat, it is also a community. Hosting dough nights and dec a donut events; there is something to get the whole family involved.

The fresh, hand-made donuts are irresistible and moreish. Get your hands on a lemon pistachio donut, a choc-nut or cookies and cream. There are so many incredible flavours to choose from, and each creation is sure to delight your taste buds. With a handful of locations around New Zealand, everyone can enjoy Mama’s Donuts.

Looking for more spots to satisfy your sweet tooth? Check out our ultimate guide to Auckland’s best dessert pies!