🍩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.
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National Donut Day 🍩
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?
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?
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
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
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
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?
I had no idea that the first Friday in June is National Doughnut Day. Although I occasionally enjoy a doughnut, I have a gluten intolerance which means that I have to be very careful as to where I buy a doughnut from. So do any of these places offer gluten free doughnuts?
Just from a health point of view, with the large percentage of Americans that are overweight and obese, should there not be a healthier option to celebrate, than with a sugary, calorie-filled doughnut?
Hello! There are a growing number of places that offer fresh gluten-free donuts, plus there is a link above to an option to order gluten-free donuts by mail via Amazon!
There are “national days” for just about everything. Some of them are definitely healthier than others! 🤷♂️
This is a really cool article Alyce giving us some sweet offers for National Doughnut Day. I had no idea before reading your article that the first Friday of June every year was set aside to celebrate the sweet breakfast treat.
Just my two cents but it seems to take a little bit of the spirit out of National Doughnut Day for the business to require a consumer to join their rewards program in order to take advantage of the promotion, just seems a little greedy.
I will certainly be taking advantage of the Krispy Kreme deal, do you think any of the deal are better than that one?
Hello, Joseph! The Krispy Kreme National Donut Day special is definitely one of the best deals for 2023! I hope you get a chance to take advantage of the offer this Friday on Donut Day!
Hi Alyce,
I have never heard of National Doughnut Day up until now thanks to you! Doughnuts used to be my favorite treat but I just don’t have that sweet tooth anymore. Now there’s a whole variety to choose from. Krispykreme stands out for me in this article.
On top of that, I am amazed by the fact that they created this day to fund the soldiers. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Hi Johnny, Donuts are definitely a sweet treat and it’s fun to see so many people get caught up in the excitement and fun celebrations for National Donut Day. I am planning to swing by my local Krispy Kreme for their free doughnut offer today… with any luck, I’ll be there just in time to get one while it’s hot! 🙂
For those who love donuts, it’s time to celebrate with donuts! Donut Day is celebrated every year on June 1st. Some people may think there isn’t such thing as a national donut holiday, but in fact, National Donut Day is an official holiday recognized by the U.S. government. You can go to the website to get more information about this event. I’ll admit that the amazing taste of hot glazed doughnuts from Krispy Kreme sounds like quite a delicious treat! Yum!!
Hey John, I’ve got good news for your Friday –> National Donut Day is actually not on June 1st each year, rather it is on the 1st Friday of June each year!
This means that you still have time to enjoy all the great National Donut Day offers happening tomorrow, Friday, June 3, 2022!
I love doughnuts even though I have never heard of world doughnuts day. I can see that the world doughnuts day supports our soldiers which is a great idea because they need all the support they can get especially in those days when war is everywhere. (Ukraine, Middle East etc.) It is also a great idea that the bakeries are getting lots of business on that day which will help them also.
I have to say that Krispy Kreme is my favourite.
Elke
Hi Elke, Thanks for sharing! It’s so nice to get one of the fresh glazed Krispy Kreme doughnuts when they are hot off of the line! I hope you’re able to take advantage of the great free offers this year, including the doughnut day offers at Krispy Kreme.
A very delicious topic to me. I consider eating food purely a cultural thing. Your article shows me a wonderful marketing strategy. So I really delighted to read this article because the concept that you use to introduce various doughnuts is very nice.
I personally love doughnuts but I didn’t have an idea this much about the variety of doughnuts in the market. Your sweet article brought me all the details about the food fully.
thanks, sharing.
When I was growing up, I’d never heard of full days (or months in some cases) being dedicated to certain foods like doughnuts. However, it seems that marketers have figured out that it’s a fun way to celebrate and promote some fun, so it’s pretty common now to see annual celebrations for doughnuts, coffee, pancakes, ice cream, and even burritos!
No matter what, it’s always nice to get a free doughnut, so I approve of all the sweet celebrations and donut-themed promotions! Enjoy!!
Wow, I have never heard of dounut day before. You did well in putting all these dounut brands with sweet offers together. I am not in the United States of America, I would have loved to witness dounut day this year with all these amazing offers. I really enjoyed reading this hilarious yet informative article. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Bethel, Americans definitely enjoy their doughnuts – enough to dedicate a day to the doughy treats! I’m glad to hear that our nationwide sweet tooth has given you a chuckle. If you’re ever in the US on doughnut day, I hope you are able to join in on the fun!
I have been once in the USA- summer of 2016, and I had luck to experience the National Doughnut Day. Dunkin’ Donuts is my top choice from the list. It is also the most popular here in Europe. I loved your article since it has a great breakdown of doughnut places to visit during NDD. I think that many Americans will find the article helpful.
Hi Baki, Dunkin’ Donuts is one of the biggest chains in the US as well, and has a lot of raving fans from coast to coast! It’s even better on special occasions like National Doughnut Day where there are great deals on these sweet favorites!
quite an amazing review you’ve got off suite offers for National doughnut day. 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..
thanks for sharing such an informative review…… off to share
Thank you so much for the website love! Definitely be safe when going out for doughnuts (or other necessities)!!
Hi Alyce, thank your for sharing this. Maybe we are going to start promoting International Doughnut Day 🙂 – I never new that there are a lot of variety of doughnut available in America, and you have the gluten-free doughnut, amazing!!
We did have Dunkin’ Doughnut for a while here in Sweden, and last year they decided to close all their shops, and start selling their doughnut through gas station store, but now we can not find them anymore. We love Dunkin’ Doughnut !!
Happy National Doughnut Day Alyce
Best Regards
Kalle and Marie
Thanks so much — enjoy from Sweden!!
Laugh out loud. National doughnut day, I am sure all the cops are going to have a field day because they are the kings of the doughnuts. I am sure it’s going to be a fun field day too. I am a lover of doughnuts, of course it’s my preferred snack any day anywhere, let’s see how the celebrations goes this year with this corona virus pandemic which has put everything else around the world in slow motion. Hopefully it gets better before the end of the month.
It’s hard for anyone to pass up a great doughnut — especially one of the free or discounted doughnuts offered on the very, very serious holiday, National Doughnut Day. 🙂
I never thought there was a National holiday for Donuts, unfortunately there is no such thing in my country. although I found this article very interesting and helpful especially the section about gluten-free doughnuts. This is quite interesting for someone like me who enjoys eating donuts. Do you a website where I can order donuts online and still get some free?
Hi Isabelle, without knowing where you are from, it’s hard to know what you will be able to order locally. Check with the largest chains (at the top of the article) first, as these larger doughnut chains may also have locations open in your country.
I’m glad that you included gluten free donuts on here as well. I have loved donuts forever. Krispy Kreme was a staple of my childhood. But recently I feel that gluten does not mix well with my system. I want to be able to participate in this great holiday too.
Hi Nicole, There are a lot of doughnut lovers out there who are on strict gluten-free diets, so it’s been great to find so many gluten-free doughnut options available!
I had never thought there was such a thing as National Dough Nut Day and found it really interested to see how many different companies in the USA there are specialising in Doughnuts. As a result of this article I did a little research for the UK and to my surprise realised that we celebrate in May and it is usually for 1 week and we raise a lot of money for charity. Unfortunately, it was cancelled this year due to Covid-19 but dates are being planned for next year.
As a health enthusiast it is really good to see people supplying gluten free options.
Enjoy doughnut day I hope it will be fun.
Thanks Imelda!
Aloha and thank you for sharing this great reminder for the end of the week.
I had no idea it was National doughnut day, but I do know I will be going to dunkin doughnuts.
Here in Hawaii, Maui is the only island with Krispy Kreme, I am here on Oahu so I might even ask someone flying in from Maui if they can bring some hehe.
I doubt it though because of COVID still lingering.
All the other doughnut shops mentioned we DO-nut have here in hawaii as well, just Dunkin Doughnuts.
Thanks again.
Hello there and thanks so much for such a wonderful preview of National Doughnut Day deals! Doughnuts are one of my favourite snacks and will continue to be at this price (free!). I can go several days eating them without getting tired of it, so bring on the donut deals! I had never heard of such thing as ”National Doughnut’s Day”. Thanks a lot for the information!
You are most welcome. Enjoy the sweet doughnut deals!
this really sounds exciting getting to know that once again we are this far away from this year doughnuts National Day..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 and also belive it will strongly affect this year National doughnut day..
thanks for sharing i look forward to sharing it
Hi evans, I hope you enjoy the great National Doughnut Day deals – many Dunkin’ locations are open and will have their National Donut Day offers on June 5 and June 6 – 7.