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Donut Man

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The famed strawberry doughnuts from The Donut Man have been on my to-do list for many years.

The small shop in Glendora, with an address on Route 66, has been around for forty years and is open 24 hours a day. People come from all over to try the famous strawberry donuts as well other donut creations. There is usually a line, but it moves pretty fast.


This weekend, I finally got to try it out.

Since we had come all this way, we had to try a few donuts.

Strawberry Donut

At $3.75, this isnโ€™t cheap, but itโ€™s packed with fresh glazed strawberries, sandwiched in between a fluffy glazed donut. The sweet red berries are definitely the star of the donut. It was actually hard to tell how good the donut itself is because you really donโ€™t taste the donut portion.

Iโ€™ve had fresh berry donuts before, but nothing quite as magnificent looking as this. We couldnโ€™t wait to dig in. Mr. K and I both enjoyed eating this, though we also felt it wouldnโ€™t be too hard to replicate with a plain glazed donut and some glazed strawberries.


To ensure fresh ingredients, the strawberry donut are only available during the strawberry season (late winter, early spring). In summer, they offer a fresh peach donut.

Tiger Tail

Mr. K couldnโ€™t wait any longer. Thatโ€™s his strawberry one with a few bites missing in the corner.

Our favorite creation was actually the tiger tail. The foot-long twisted glaze donut has a thin ribbon of chocolate running through it, giving it a unique look and taste. I was also impressed with how well these donuts held up. Yeast donuts usually donโ€™t taste nearly as good the next day, but these tasted just as fresh the next morning. Weโ€™d definitely get this again.

We also got a regular glazed donut and a few glazed old-fashioned donuts. I enjoyed the glazed donut which still had a pillowy softness the next day. The old-fashioned had an ingredient added that I couldnโ€™t identify but didnโ€™t really care for.

Overall, we had a good experience here. They offer solid donuts, the non-stop hours is a huge plus, and the fresh fruit donuts are a mouth-watering treat. I do wish that it wasnโ€™t so far away from the areas of LA I usually visit, otherwise Iโ€™d stop by more often.

You can also read about The Donut Man on Pink Candles at Ridgemont High.

The Donut Man
915 E Route 66
Glendora, California 91741
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Donut-Man/61505333059

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    12 comments on โ€œDonut Manโ€

    1. Hi Kirbie- I was just at Dunkinโ€™ Donuts downtown and they had sour cream donuts (didnโ€™t get one though) and I do remember they had sour cream ones at Tim Hortons in Canada.

      • I think most old fashioned usually have sour cream in them, at least the recipes Iโ€™ve come across. I will have to try DDโ€™s version next time.

    2. Impressive that they still taste fresh after a day! This place has been on my to-do list forever, too. I think Iโ€™d actually prefer the peach version in the summer rather than strawberry, haha. And I LOLโ€™ed when I saw the donut with a bite taken out of it! S does it all the time and I have to find new angles for the pictures, hehe.

      • Mr. K was trying to find ways to hide it but he couldnโ€™t without completely hiding the second strawberry donut. He was just so excited to bite in! He got so much glaze on his face eating it. haha. I think I might prefer eating peach more too but red glistening berries definitely look really mouthwatering

    3. I saw this originally on Darleneโ€™s blog and I saw CCโ€™s post โ€“ definitely need to put this on my โ€œto visitโ€ list for our next trip to LA. I love the color and pop of the red on the strawberries! The peach donut sounds really good, too.

      • I heard about Donut Man a few years ago, but itโ€™s so out in the middle of nowhere so I never went. After CC went, I was determined to make the special trip

    4. SO thatโ€™s what it looks like in the daytime haha.

      Yay! You guys were able to go! I really liked the Tiger Tail! I wish it came in a mini size though. The strawberries were so sweet! I hope to go here when they offer their peach donuts.

      • haha, yup! I was debating whether to go at day or night but I figured daytime might be better. I loved the tiger tail. It would be nice if it was smaller. Each one is definitely meant for two people.

    5. If those are the old-fashioned in the upper right corner, the mystery ingredient you canโ€™t identify might be sour cream. I donโ€™t know if you have sour cream doughnuts in the states but those look almost identical to the Tim Hortonโ€™s sour cream glazed doughnut.

      • Iโ€™ve had sour cream in old fashioned doughnuts before. I donโ€™t mind it. It was something elseโ€ฆOh well. Thanks for your suggestion!

    6. Wow โ€“ those strawberry donuts are one of a kind โ€“ looks so tasty!

      • It seriously is magnificent to look at. Iโ€™ve had other fresh strawberry filled donuts before but they donโ€™t compare to this one in terms of the sheer amount of strawberries used.