🍩Sweet Offers for National Doughnut Day
Make your plans now for fun donut-themed celebrations all across the USA! No matter if you spell them as donuts, doughnuts, or 🍩🍩🍩, be sure to mark your calendars for National Donut Day on the 1st Friday of June each year.
In 2024, National Doughnut Day is on Friday, June 7th, 2024.
What is National Doughnut Day
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There are a handful of well-known donut shops that are large enough to have dozens of locations across the country. These national restaurants usually join in on the celebrations by offering a free donut or bonus item on donut day. Some offers require rewards program enrollment, e-newsletter subscriptions, or downloading a rewards app.
There are also lots of great donut day promotions at local donut shops too! Check with local icons like Voodoo Doughnuts (Portland, OR), Sublime Doughnuts (Atlanta, GA), and Cafe Du Monde (New Orleans, LA) to find out how they may be celebrating the occasion each year.
What is National Donut Day?
What is National Donut Day?
It may not surprise you to learn that National Donut Day has a sweet origin. The event started in 1938 as a fundraiser for The Salvation Army in Chicago and as a way to honor the “Doughnut Lassies” who served doughnuts to soldiers on the front lines in WWI. Today, what national donut day usually means is a fun way to celebrate all things donuts!
Bakeries, grocers, and retailers often celebrate the spirit of National Donut Day by offering great specials for National Donut Day. Look for your favorite bakeries across the country to offer free donuts, special donut deals, limited-edition flavors, sweepstakes and contests, and unique free donut day offers.
When is National Donut Day?
When is National Donut Day?
A key piece of National Donut Day trivia is that the holiday is celebrated on the 1st Friday of June each year! Knowing that, what exactly should be expected on this sweet-sounding day?
National Donut Day offers are generally announced fairly close to the date of the event. Check back in the week and days leading up to Donut Day (in late May and early June) to learn what offers will be available. When the day arrives, enjoy the National Donut Day specials for one day only!
National Donut Day 2024 – National Offers
National Donut Day
Feast your eyes on the great offers for National Donut Day 2024. These national and local shoppes have offered great deals for National Doughnut Day in the past and are ready to impress again this year with these very sweet deals for National Donut Day.
Take a look at these great doughnut restaurants and plan to get free donuts and treats for Doughnut Day on June 7, 2024!
- Duck Donuts: get a FREE Cinnamon Sugar donut w/ in-store visit on 6/7/2024
- Dunkin: get a FREE donut w/ in-store beverage purchase on 6/7/2024
- Krispy Kreme
- get a FREE favorite doughnut of your choice w/ an in-store visit on 6/7/2024
- purchase a dozen glazed donuts for $2 w/ purchase of any doze and code BOGO2 (between 6/7/2024 and 6/9/2024)
- LaMar’s Donuts: get a FREE Ray’s Original Glazed donut w/ visit to participating stores or pop-up locations on 6/7/2024
- Sheetz: app users get a FREE donut w/ purchase of any Sheetz Bros. coffee or ready to drink coffee through 6/9/2024
- Shipley Do-Nuts: reward members get a FREE glazed do-nut w/ in-store visit on 6/7/2024
National Donut Day 2024 – Local Offers
There are many local donut shoppes across the country that offer great National Doughnut Day deals too! Check your favorite regional and local bakeries for unique donut day deals on Friday, June 7, 2024!
- Bashas’ (AZ): get 6 FREE donuts on Fridays w/ purchase of a dozen donuts (ongoing offer)
- Fort Findlay Coffee (OH): get a FREE donut with every purchase on 6/7/2024
- Original House of Donuts (WA): the first 1,000 guests get a FREE donut with a hole in it on 6/7/2024 in Lakewood and Lacey
- Randy’s Donuts (CA): each guest receives one FREE classic donut of their choice from 6 am to 12 pm on 6/7/2024
- The Blue Ox Bakery (NC): guests receive one FREE mini sour cream donut with any purchase from their case on 6/7/2024 (one per customer while supplies last)
- The Gyro Project (NJ): receive a FREE order of donuts when you purchase any entree on 6/7/2024
National Donut Day 2024 – Contests
National Doughnut Day
Have even more fun with 2024 National Donut Day contests and win fun donut-themed prizes! Check back for more entries on the contest list as this sweet event approaches.
- Amon’s Bakery (KY): enter to win a DOZEN FREE Glazed Donuts Every Month for a Year w/ in-store registration on 6/7/2024 (winners announced at 5 pm)
- Donnie’s Donuts: enter to win a FREE Dozen Donuts via Instagram contest (winners drawn on 6/10/2024)
- Tim Hortons: enter to win a FREE CUSTOM Tim Hortons mini donut keychain via Instagram contest through 6/11/2024
- First Annual National Donut Day Donut Eating Championship: watch the top competitive eaters try to break the donut eating record at this live event in Washington DC (6/7/2024 at 2 pm)
Enjoying Donuts at Home
National Donut Day Specials for One Day Only
Doughnut Day doesn’t happen nearly often enough, but you can enjoy the excitement at home anytime with these fun treats, tools, recipes, and doughnut novelties!
How to Make Donuts
These kitchen items can help you make your own hot doughnuts, ready anytime!
This popular Mini Donut Maker has over 9,000 5-star reviews and arrives with fast and free shipping for Amazon Prime members.
Donut Recipes
Get creative with custom donut flavors with these bestselling donut cookbooks that feature donut recipes to guide you to mastering the art of the donut at home!
Donut Gifts
Enjoy sweet fun with these doughnut-themed products for your home and on the go!
Donut-themed Blanket
This popular doughnut-themed blanket has over 8,000 5-star ratings and is most liked for its softness and overall quality.
Donut Bandages
Help ease the pain of boo-boos with fun donut-themed bandages in a variety of popular “flavors.”
Donut Socks
This sweet half-dozen helps to keep toes toasty with a bold and colorful assortment of boxed donut socks!
Donut Throw Pillows
These highly-rated donut throw pillows come in a variety of colors to perfectly match your cravings!
Doughnut Flavored Candy
Enjoy the iconic taste of Krispy Kreme doughnuts on-the-go with these Krispy Kreme Jelly Belly Jelly Beans.
Local Donut Delivery
When you can’t wait for National Doughnut Day, consider having a favorite dozen or two delivered straight to your home from a local delivery service app. These delivery options offer a great way to enjoy local favorites without leaving home!
Check local bakers and third-party food delivery services for donut delivery options from Krispy Kreme and local bakeries and grocers.
Order Donuts by Mail
Sometimes, you want the easy option, and what could be easier than ordering doughnuts online?
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Note that most offers can not be combined with any other offers and may not be available for third-party delivery orders.
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What are your favorite donuts? What are your donut day 2024 plans?
Hello there, This is an amazing roundup of doughnut deals that you have got here for National Doughnut Day. The krispy kream doughnuts looks pretty amazing and hopefully I can get some of the glazed ones when they are fresh and hot off of the line! I’ll start on June first with free doughnut #1 and close out the week of treats on June fifth with a free doughnut at the krispy kream.
It’s awesome that there is a week of free doughnuts this year at Krispy Kreme on National Doughnut Week 2020!! Enjoy them all!!!
This made me so happy to read because I love my sweets, it also really sucked though lol. As of 2-3 years ago, I can’t do gluten anymore. I’ve found a lot of great replacements for things, but I’ll tell you what, donuts are not one of them. They are just not the same as a good old fashion fluffy donut. You don’t know what you have until it’s gone has a whole new meaning for me these days lol.
Aww, I have lived with people who had strict dietary restrictions and it can be a challenge to stick with the program where favorites are involved. However, you may still be able to indulge, as I noticed a lot of highly rated gluten-free doughnut options while doing research for this article. I’ll update with a section of some gluten-free options because I suspect there are a lot of people who would love to know about options that have such great reviews!!
I have to admit that I have little and no experience with a national doughnut day! What a fun concept and a super good excuse to have a doughnut. I am sure our local bakeries have some sort of Doughnut Day surprise. Small towns often find these events happening without them, so will be on the alert to see what is about.
I think that living off the major thoroughfares of the world make things like National Doughnut Day such an unusual sounding event that we forget that you who do live where these things are par for the course forget about important times like the first day of hunting season. Friday night ball games, 4-H fares, the things that mark our days.
Finding fun reads like this one to give me a heads up about how to enjoy this event, even without a major outlet, or a service to get it delivered, is a prime find. Might make it worth driving to where these offers are given and cash in on the specials available. However, I do think I will probably settle for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a glass of Ice water on the back deck with my Hubby. Thank you for sharing this with me.
Hi Sami, I grew up in a small town and have wonderful memories of my time as a 4-H member and exploring nature!
We had a Dunkin’ Donuts and a couple of local doughnut shops. One of my favorite things as a kid was to go to Dunkin’ Donuts, pick out a doughnut from the giant display, and sit at the counter to eat it. The excitement of the sweet treat and getting to sit at swiveling bar stools was a huge event in those days!! 🙂
Oooh, donuts!! By the way, YAY to a Cafe Du Monde mention. I live near New Orleans. ^_^;
They have a really awesome donut chain down here in Louisiana. Meche’s Donut King (or Ricky Meche’s Donut King) and it is freaking the BEST DONUTS EVER! I’ll have to check out if they have a donut day special going on. Thanks for letting us know about National Donut Day!
Hi Selenity Jade! The New Orleans area is so beautiful and the beignets and coffee at Cafe Du Monde are legit!!
National donut day! Must be something american (lol). Of course, when you are a great donut fan, this information is absolutely fantastic. I did not realize there were so many choices. I wonder if there is a big difference in quality between donut shops. Is there a shop that stands out from the rest or are there the best quality shops? Or is Dunkin Donuts, which we have here in Thailand, simply the best?
Hi Jerry, You are correct about this being an American “holiday” and that doughnuts are quite loved in the United States! Some people have an almost cult-like loyalty to their favorite doughnut and will passionately insist that their favorite is THE best. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Personally, my favorite doughnuts are the more fancy / gourmet creations from local shops like Sublime Doughnuts in Atlanta, GA and Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland, OR. However, I’ll admit that the amazing taste of a hot glazed doughnuts from Krispy Kreme are also quite a delicious treat! Yum!!
Helooo Dear, a big thanks to you for sharing this beautiful piece with the members of the public. It’s really informational. Anyways I really enjoyed lasts year national doughnut day, it was so amazing band Finnis. I just can’t wait for that’s of 2020 to come, it’s really going to be cool. I will make sure I keep on checking this site for updates.
We will continue to monitor these stores for their offers and will post the National Doughnut Day details for 2020 as soon as we get them! Enjoy!!
Hey nice article you have there. Thanks for sharing such a timely information, I have been thinking on where to get a quality doughnuts that will suit my mum’s taste during the National doughnuts day celebration. I am glad having different option of nice places to buy from. I will be checking on this site to get updated on when othe 2020 offer will be announced. Regards.
It’s too early to know what the exact offers will be for National Doughnut Day 2020, but if it’s half as good as it was in 2019, then it’s definitely worth it to mark your calendar for the event (Friday, June 5th 2020)!
That sounds so tasty, now I am craving donuts! I love donuts not supposed to eat them but I splurge and have one every now and then so I do not go on a donuts binge. I could not believe how many people are donuts crazed in this country until I worked in a donuts shop years ago. If you run out of donuts on Saturday morning people get downright angry about it! Now I live way out in the country and have no donuts shops anywhere near me. We have a Walmart and we like the donuts from there but we would love some fresh krispe kremes. Will the Krispee Kreme website deliver to my door while they are fresh? Have they teamed with a delivery company? Seems everyone is startling to go this route. We are thinking of celebrating donut day! I love holidays, especially when you get sweets!
Check with your closest Krispy Kreme restaurant to find out what delivery options are available to you. In some places they may offer their own delivery, and in other places the delivery may be handled by a third party company like GrubHub or DoorDash.
Okay, before coming upon this site I had never heard of a National Doughnut Day, but all of a sudden I have a craving for some Krispy Kreme! Sounds like a fun day, only I wonder if they will have a smaller showing this year since it is right on the heels of Planet Lockdown. In fact, some places may still be at that point in June. Anyway, it’s a great idea to get out and just enjoy the day. Coffee and doughnuts! All-time favorite combo meal, and I think it hits all 4 food groups!
Let’s all hope that planet lockdown eases up soon and allows us to enjoy some free doughnuts on National Doughnut Day!
Omg, National doughnut day is right around the corner. I live in NYC and I wish that there is a Krispy Kream location, with the legit store here. Having the warm and see it made in front of you is everything. We have it but it is in the train station so it doesn’t count.
Anyways, back to the topic. Thanks for sharing the deal! I will use the code BE SWEET for Krispy Kreme and pick it up 🙂
If the covid-19 won’t let me go out and about, I am just going to get the baby cakes donuts maker and make it myself. so much fun!
Sounds like a plan! I hope you are able to enjoy the “hot doughnuts now” at Krispy Kreme again soon!!
i would love to go for free doughnuts on the national doughnuts day and get free doughnuts. events like this is a medium to show love and oneness among our selves. but i doubt if there will be any from walmart with the panic and lock down due to the corona virus pandemic. thank you for this
Hi Kirkman, So far, other restaurants have continued with their National food celebrations (like National Burrito Day), so I’m expecting that National Doughnut Day will also be full of sweet doughnut offers too. Stay tuned for details (enjoy the Dunkin’ Donuts offers on Fridays or the Krispy Kreme offers on Saturdays for now).
Celebrated annually on the first Friday in June, the day of the pastry was established in 1938 to honor the Salvation Army Donut Lassies, women who served the treats to soldiers during World War I.For my family its a very well repected day and i can wait for it to come…the only problem i have now is this pandemic i hope it would have solved by them as i have a lot of sales to make that day.
Thanks for sharing more of the fun history of National Doughnut Day!
Hello there,i must say….You “don’t” want to miss sweet savings on Friday, June 7. National Doughnut Day – or National Donuts Day in some circles – and shops … be running special promotions, so expect big deals and maybe even long lines if you venture out. This year i think i will go for one or two of these offers as i have missed a lot of doughnuts days before and i “donut” want to miss this one
I agree that you may as well take advantage of all the sweet doughnut offers that you can!!
Keep in mind that there are currently free doughnut offers at Dunkin’ Donuts on Fridays and at Krispy Kreme on Saturdays. Enjoy!
My whole family loves donuts especially the Krispy Kreme donuts. Whenever we drive pass any Krispy Kreme store, we never missed stopping by.
With the “Friends and Neighbors” offer, there is no reason for us not to pick-up a dozen :). Actually, I have to buy 2 dozens so that I can have free 2 dozens with a smiley face donut in each. If not, my son and daughter will be fighting for the smiley face donut :).
Thank you for the information.
Hi Christine, Those smiley face doughnuts from Krispy Kreme are a nice touch!! Plus, I think we can all use the extra dose of joy in our lives right now! It’s also nice that this generous promotion is happening right now without having to wait for the deals on National Doughnut Day!
Walmart dough is one of the best doughnuts I have tasted and it is something that always increase my appetite each time I take it. I don’t really know much about others listed in this article but I’m just okay with Walmart doughnuts. I love taking it together with my hot coffee.
Coffee is the perfect complement to doughnuts and thanks for sharing the tip about the tasty doughnuts at Walmart! I haven’t tried the doughnuts there yet but it sounds like they are definitely going to be worth the trip!
Thank you and i do feel enlightened by your article. i would also have to learn a couple of things from you as the website template is beautiful and really clear.this is an awesome article on some really great offers for national doughnut day. i was waiting for duckin’s doughnut offer but i do not think that it will be possible because of the covid 19 pandemic
Hi Smoochi,
Dunkin’ Donuts and Krispy Kreme are actually still open for takeout service (and delivery in some areas) and they are also both offering deals right now! No need to wait for National Doughnut Day — for a limited time, get freebies on Fridays at Dunkin’ Donuts and on Saturdays at Krispy Kreme. Enjoy!
I love Krispy Kreme donuts. I saw that they are coming out with the yeast version that they started with. When I was a kid, the donuts were twice the size they are now. I remember asking my wife’s father why Krispy Kreme donuts tasted so good. He said it was due to the sweat dropping in the tub from the guy stirring the dough. Not sure that is true, but they are good. Nice article. I will for the June deals.
Hi Michael, When the Krispy Kreme stores / restaurants are open near me, they often have people lined up to watch the glazed donuts rolling through the open kitchen. The “hot doughnuts now” sign indicates that the a hot, fresh treats are ready — it’s a sign that can be hard to pass up!