Where to buy doughnuts in london

And if eating that doughnut means sacrificing a bit of our physical health in exchange for adding great deal of happiness to our mental well-being? Well, to enjoy one of the best doughnuts in London, it's a trade we're willing to make. A trip to Borough Market really isn't complete unless you've at least attempted to get a salted caramel doughnut from Bread Ahead. We say attempted because actually getting hold of one of these famous honeycomb-hatted breads from heaven can be pretty difficult.

Bread Ahead is hugely popular and the stocks can be diminished fairly quickly—it is one of the best doughnuts in London, after all.

Our advice is to get there early and purchase at least one of every different doughnut they've got. You'll thank us later. Which seems a bit steep, however, the ability to create your own Bread Ahead doughnuts at a moment's notice? That's priceless. We love croissants. We love doughnuts. Combine the two and you've got something that we can really sink our teeth into.

That something is known as a Cronut. Created back in May in New York, the half-croissant half-doughnut hybrid was constructed by renowned pastry chef Dominique Ansel. He has since officially registered a trademark for the Cronut name. If you want to sample one or two, or, realistically: three of the flaky, fluffy pastries that have taken social media by storm, you can head on down to the Dominique Ansel Bakery in Victoria.

There you will find the iconic Cronut in its original incarnation alongside a special flavoured iteration which they change on a monthly basis. Go nuts. The artisanal baked doughnuts made by Paul Hurley aka 'The Donut Guy' might just be some of the best that the city has to offer. They're the sort of pastry, filled with velvety vanilla buttercream and sealed with a crisp caramel crust, that we'd personally request to be pelted with if we were ever put in the stocks.

So gentle and golden, we'd happily take a dozen of these to the face. The creation that solidified Dum Dum as one of the best doughnut joints in London is the Zebra — intricate layers of croissant dough and chocolate croissant dough, filled with chocolate buttercream and topped with chocolate ganache.

Be warned, however, Dum Dum is only open until it sells out. So get there early or be left hungry. Here's a challenge for you: try and be unhappy eating a doughnut. St John Bakery? Bread Ahead? You can find all of those spots and more on this list of where to find the best doughnuts in London. Treats Club. Doughnut Time. Various locations. St John Bakery. Doughnuts don't get better than this. Photograph: Sam A Harris. Bread Ahead. Lockdown Bakehouse. Rinkoff Bakery. Happy Donuts. Vegan Selection.

Birthday Gift Box. Doughnuts to your home desk Order doughnuts, cookies, ice cream, coffee and more, with on-demand and next day delivery. Doughnuts to your home desk. Doughnut to your home desk. Reopening date still TBC. You don't actually have to cross town for these, not now they've got vans, bars and stockists all over the place. You would, though, if you had to — for somewhere among the Standards, the Mini Bites and the Seasonal Specials is the doughnut of your dreams.

They use sourdough for a denser, chewier doughnut at Crosstown, one thing which sets them apart from the doughnut masses. Another's their extensive range of big, decadent vegan doughnuts. Our favourites include the very simple Vanilla Bean Glaze, or the much messier Peanut Butter and Blackcurrant, topped with peanut butter glaze, blackcurrant compote and toasted nuts.

Honourable mention to the Lime and Coconut, filled to the point of oozing — thought it'd be too tropically sticky, but turned out to be just the right amount of tropically sticky. Crosstown Doughnuts , see website for locations and stockists across London. Or, to be honest, any doughnut at Bread Ahead. They're good at the classics, and their regularly changing specials are flamboyant masterpieces — recently including the lemon curd doughnut, the breakfast doughnut with malted custard, raspberry and cornflakes, and the carrot cake doughnut with cream cheese and walnuts.

Bread Ahead at Borough Market — check website for other locations across London.