Boston Cream Doughnut appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Boston cream doughnut · Boston
Yeast-raised doughnut split and filled with vanilla pastry cream, then dipped in dark chocolate glaze. The official doughnut of Massachusetts since 2003. Eaten in three bites, ideally with black coffee at a counter.
The Boston cream doughnut descends from the Boston cream pie (Parker House Hotel, 1856) but in doughnut form. The pastry-cream-filled, chocolate-glazed doughnut emerged in early-20th-century New England bakeries; Dunkin' Donuts (founded 1950 in Quincy, MA) made it a national category through its franchise network. In 2003, the Massachusetts legislature designated the Boston cream doughnut as the official state doughnut. The Boston version is always YEAST-raised, never cake; the filling is pastry cream not whipped cream; the glaze is dark chocolate not milk.
Where to eat in Boston:
- Mike's Pastry
- Modern Pastry
- Flour Bakery
- Tatte Bakery & Cafe
- Iggy's Bread
- Sofra Bakery & Cafe