National Donut Day 2022 Is Friday: Where To Find Deals In New Jersey

NEW JERSEY — It’s National Donut Day on Friday, and several eateries in New Jersey will offer sweet deals to lure in donut lovers across the state.

Fortunately, most New Jerseyans don't have to travel far for delicious donuts. From Shore Good Donuts and Fractured Prune in the southern Jersey Shore to North Jersey's Rabble Rise Doughnuts (formerly Montclair Bread Company), there are plenty of donut shops and bakeries offering high-quality treats.

As far as deals go, here are some places with National Donut Day specials:

Dunkin’: Customers can get a free classic donut with the purchase of any beverage.

Krispy Kreme: Customers will get a free donut of their choice (no purchase necessary) and $1 original glazed dozens with the purchase of any other dozen on National Donut Day. The chain has locations in Collingswood, East Rutherford, Springfield, Jersey City and Paramus.

Tim Hortons: From May 30 through June 5, when Tim Hortons Rewards Members buy a donut in the app or online, they will receive a free one with their next purchase. While they're much more common in Canada, New Jerseyans can find Tim Hortons in Raritan and Stratford.

7-Eleven: The national chain is offering buy one, get one free donuts for 7Rewards and Speedy Rewards members at participating 7-Eleven, Speedway, and Stripes stores.

Duck Donuts: On Friday, every guest will receive one cinnamon sugar donut, in-store only. No purchase is necessary. Duck Donuts has shops in Avalon, Clark, Green Brook, Marlton, Middletown, Paramus and Sea Isle City.

National Donut Day, or National Donut Day, was created by the Salvation Army in 1938 as a way to honor the organization’s "Donut Lassies" who supported troops on the front lines during World War I.

The Donut Lassies came to be in 1917 when the Salvation Army wanted to find a way to provide spiritual and emotional support to soldiers fighting in France. About 250 volunteers traveled overseas and set up small huts near the front lines where they could give soldiers clothes, supplies and baked goods.

After discovering that baked goods would be difficult to serve due to the conditions of the huts and limited resources, two volunteers began frying donuts in soldiers’ helmets.

The women who served donuts to troops are often credited with popularizing the donut in the United States when the troops returned home from war.

National Donut Day is celebrated annually on the first Friday in June.