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Vermont Fall
Cider donuts get all the attention during fall in Vermont, but I’ll take a really good apple fritter. Here are three of my favorites around the state and exactly why each is worth the stop.
5 min read
Bakeries
Founded in 1923, Jones' Donuts has been part of downtown Rutland for more than a century. Now under new ownership, the beloved Vermont donut shop is preserving its classic recipes while introducing more rotating flavors and specials.
5 min read
Maple Syrup
Madeleine's maple cream donut combines a soft, doughy donut with just-sweet-enough maple cream, and it's one of the Vermont maple-season bites I'd get up early for.
3 min read
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Casual Eats
Keep driving north through Vermont's Champlain Islands for creative donuts, rotating flavors, creemees and sandwiches at this little Alburgh shop near the Canadian border.
6 min read
Casual Eats
Poorhouse Pies has grown from a beloved Vermont honor-system pie shed into a 4,500-square-foot café in Cambridge. Here's what to know about the new space, from breakfast and lunch to espresso, pocket pies, donuts and, of course, plenty of pie.
6 min read
Bakeries
Twisted Halo’s brioche donuts are back in Chittenden County with a new café at Lang Farm in Essex, joining its riverside Waitsfield location in the Mad River Valley. Here’s where to find both and what to order.
6 min read
Bakeries
Madeleine's maple cream donut combines a fluffy fresh donut with smooth maple filling for one of my favorite Vermont spring treats.
5 min read
Bakeries
Light, airy, custardy and crisp around the edges, French crullers deserve their own Vermont road trip. These are three of my favorite places to find them.
7 min read
Bakeries
From old-school classics to creative flavors, these nine Vermont donut shops are worth the stop, including exactly what I’d order at each one.
8 min read
Bakeries
Tucked just off Waterbury’s traffic circle, Hender’s Bake Shop is easy to drive past. Don’t. Go for French crullers, blueberry crumble bars, Sunday cinnamon buns and some of the most creative lattes around.
5 min read