If you’re on the hunt for the best Hanukkah donuts this year, you’re not alone. Everyone has that bakery they swear by. The one with the perfect jelly filling or the chocolate donut worth waiting in line for. We turned to our WhatsApp community and our favorite foodies to find out which kosher bakeries really deliver. Here are their top picks!
Is your area missing from the list? Do you have a recommendation for store-bought donuts not listed here? Share it in the comments!
Note: Kosher.com recommends that you check on the kashrut certificates of any of these bakeries to ensure that they meet your personal standards.
Jump down to your location:
Where to Get Donuts in New York, 2025
Brooklyn:
Areles Bagels – recommended by Chanie Apfelbaum
Chocolatte – recommended by Chanie Apfelbaum
Taam Eden – "Their chocolate cheese donut is the best. It's not overly patchked, just a delicious, decadent donut." – D. F. in NJ.
Sesame – recommended by Esty Wolbe
Queens:
Queens Pita - 4 different readers wrote us insisting we must add these legendary kosher bakery donuts!
Aron's Kessena Farms - has the best donuts for Hanukkah from Shloimy's
Five Towns:
Cafe Chocolat – Aside from donuts, this kosher bakery makes cronuts for Hanukkah that are "out of this world." –@thatswhatshemade
Glick’s Bakehouse in Cedarhurst
Mom's Pastries - The flavor menu changes by the day! These are incredible donuts for get for Hanukkah!
Monsey:
Hava Java (they make a spelt Hanukkah doughnut using Rorie’s spelt mix!)
Where to Get Donuts in New Jersey, 2025
Lakewood:
Gelbstein's – "My husband runs Gelbstein's store, so kind of biased! Throughout the day they fry fresh ones!! Love a classic jelly but they also have fancy ones like Nutella, lotus, and dairy white chocolate" – Sara Goldstein
Gingerbread – "I love love Gingerbread. They don’t make crazy flavors. It’s basic, like jelly, caramel, and they have some milchig ones. They’re out of this world!" – Faigy Murray
Passaic:
Aisle One located in Brook Haven mall. They have both classic donuts and fancy specialty flavors!
Lyndhurst:
Fair Lawn:
Deal:
Where to Get Donuts in Pennsylvania, 2025
Philadelphia:
Where to Get Donuts in Florida, 2025
North Miami Beach:
Sonny's Bakery - "They are making them fresh and have the most flavorful fillings - you can get Guava, Chocolate and Bavarian Cream mixed, and others." - reader J.K.
Where to Get Donuts in California, 2025
Los Angeles:
Mensch Bakery – recommended by Nina Safar
Unique Bakery - Located in the Valley. People will drive down special just to get their jelly donuts for Hanukkah. They are nothing fancy, just considered the best. - Recommended by Shelly, a longtime Valley native
Where to Get Donuts in Canada, 2025
Montreal:
Pizza Gourmetti – recommended by Erin Grunstein
Sfingy - recommended by Erin Grunstein
Cheskie’s – recommended by Erin Grunstein
Toronto:
Amazing Donuts - recommended by Daniella Silver
Where to Get Donuts in Maryland, 2025
Baltimore:
Delightfully Sweet – recommended by Chaya Appel-Fishman
Rosendorff's Bakery - "Rosendorff donuts are GOOD." - DA
Silver Spring:
Where to Get Donuts in Ohio, 2025
Cleveland:
Where to Get Donuts in Connecticut, 2025
Greenwich:
Greenwich and Delancey - They have a pastrami donut on their menu! Thanks, Tzip, for letting me know about this gem!
Where to Get Donuts in Israel, 2025
Roladin (multiple locations) – "The best donuts in Israel, hands down. Absolutely magnificent." – recommended by Naomi Nachman AND they are actual winners of Hanukkah donut awards in Israel (Please note this bakery is not Chalav Yisrael)
English Cake - (has several branches) - Rivky
Jerusalem
Kadosh Cafe - "My favorite is the pineapple cream donut!" - Estee Chait; Rivky agrees, "Best ever!"
Gourmandises By Yoel - "Has really cool donut flavours. The sesame caramel one is fab!"
Gagaou de Paris - the most beautiful kosher bakery donuts!
Beit Shemesh
Chalat Habayit - multiple locations, recommended by Rena Tuchinsky
Rena’s Gourmet Donuts (Available in Ramat Beit Shemesh, with pick up days in Modiin and Jerusalem)
Brooklyn Bakery - Pop up location for Chanukah
Efrat
Beit El
Herby's Bakeshop - American-style kosher bakery also delivers to many groceries in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh.
Where to Get Donuts in London, 2025
Golders Green:
Grodzinski's - "My favourite by far." - RG
COCO Bakery - recommended by Tanya Ohana
Stamford Hill:
Kohns Bakery - recommended by Tanya Ohana
Want to bake your own donuts? Choose some recipes from our donut recipe roundup here.
Originally published December 2020. Updated and improved November 2025.
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Maadan Bakery in zurich, switzerland have the most delicious jelly doughnuts ever, a must taste!!
Which roladin branches have a Rubin hechsher.
none
Thank you so much!!!
this is great!
kohns in stamford hil is closed down any other suggestions?
More then roladin donutes in Isreal Was excited to see the article topic, Living in Israel, and having recommendations of donuts that would be fun to taste. Was disappointed with just seeing Roladin. There are enough people who live in Israel and write/follow you could have recommended many more options.
You should know that some of the branches of Roladin have a Rubin hechsher. Today, you can find good doughnut with yummy fillings and toppings all over. (Roladin is very expensive, starting at 10 shekel and up). Angel has some really yummy doughnuts, with assorted toppings and fillings, starting at 5 shekel and up. Those of you in Baltimore, Rosendorf’s bakery has not only great doughnuts, but their muffins are out of this world!! In general their bakery puts out top notch products.!!!! Have a great Chanukah.
We’ve added more locations for Israel. Check them out! We are continuing to update this list as we hear from more readers.
You can get amazing donuts, with Badatz Eidah Hacharedis hechsher on https://matanashops.com/