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IT'S NATIONAL DONUT DAY: NOVEMBER 5-2024!
It's National Doughnut (Donut) Day... a dough-lightful day to indulge in America's favorite treat! Did you know we have two National Doughnut Days in the USA? One in June and one in November.
Doughnuts are more than just a tasty treat—they're little circles of joy that bring sweetness to our day. Whether you like a classic glazed, powdered, filled, iced, or sprinkled, there’s a doughnut for for every taste. Doughnuts are endlessly customizable, making them a delightful comfort food that’s hard to resist.
WHERE TO FIND GREAT DOUGHNUTS IN GREATER CHARLOTTE
Great news for Charlotteans... if you live in the Charlotte metro area you don't need to go too far out of your way to find a doughnut to indulge in. Here are nine of Charlotte area's most popular places to get a terrific doughnut (or two, or three) today and any day, for that matter!
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MJ Donuts: 325 S Polk Street in Pineville
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Suarez Bakery: 4245 Park Road in Charlotte
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Beyond Amazing Donuts: 1730 Abby Place in Charlotte
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Your Mom's Donuts: 11025 Monroe Road in Matthews
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Reigning Donuts: 3116 N Davidson Street in Charlotte
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The Donut House: 13803 Independence Boulevard in Indian Trail
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Sugar Donuts: 11914 Elm Lane In Ballantyne/Charlotte
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The Salty Donut: 1515 S Tryon Street in South End/Charlotte
- Yummm Donuts: 624 Tyvola Road in Charlotte
And, of course, we have Krispy Kreme and Dunkin Donuts throughout the Greater Charlotte area.
WHY DO WE CELEBRATE NATIONAL DOUGHNUT DAY?
National Doughnut Day celebrates the doughnut and honors the brave "Salvation Army Lassies," women who served doughnuts to soldiers on the front line of Europe during first World War. Doughnuts were often cooked in oil inside the metal helmets of American soldiers and that's how American Infantrymen first got the name of "doughboys."
BAKER'S DOZEN OF FACTS ABOUT DOUGHNUT CONSUMPTION IN THE USA
Doughnuts have long been considered America's favorite sweet pastry treat.
- 10+ billion doughnut are made each year in the USA--that's about 31 doughnuts per person.
- 60% of American households eat doughnuts.
- The average American eats 63 doughnuts each year.
- Is it "Donut" or "Doughnut?" People prefer the "donut" spelling 5:1.
- Sales of doughnuts in the the USA are over $9 Billion.
- On a per capita basis, Canadians have more doughnut shops than Americans.
- The fastest scarfing of a doughnut (without hands) was 11.41 seconds.
- If all the doughnuts sold since National Doughnut week began were stacked on top of each other, they would reach all the way to the International Space Station and back to earth again.
- More doughnuts are purchased on Saturdays than any other day of the week.
- Guinness World Records lists the largest doughnut at 225.9 pounds.
- The most popular doughnut in the USA is the classic, glazed raised doughnut.
- The state where the most doughnuts are consumed is Wyoming, however California is considered the epicenter of doughnut "culture."
- Doughnuts used to be called ‘olykoeks,’ which is a Dutch word.
This update on National Doughnut Day and where you can get great doughnuts in the Charlotte area is brought to you by Nina Hollander with Coldwell Banker Realty, Greater Charlotte area residential real estate expert. Want to live near one of Charlotte's great doughnut shops? I can help you find the perfect home!
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