jelly donuts

Jam-stuffed fried dough

Jelly donuts are round pastries made from fried dough, filled with fruit jelly or jam, and typically dusted with powdered sugar.

Unlike ring-shaped donuts, they have no hole—the center holds the filling instead: I grabbed a jelly donut and got raspberry jam all over my shirt.

Also spelled jelly doughnuts.

treat

indulgence

Yielding to desire

delight · temptation · decadence · satisfaction · nostalgia · celebration · party · gift · specialty · Hanukkah

pastry

doughnut

Ring-shaped fried pastry

  • friedCooked in hot fat
  • doughFlour-liquid mixture for baking
  • yeastFermenting fungus

glazed · powdered · bakery · Berliner · beignet · fritter · cruller · éclair · danish · zeppole

filling

jam

Cooked fruit spread

grape · custard · cream · lemon · Bavarian · preserves · compote · currant · blueberry · marmalade

sweet

sugar

Crystalline carbohydrate sweetener

icing · syrup · honey · caramel · cinnamon · confectionery · candied · saccharine · indulgent · sugary

Categories
Opposites
filling type

jelly donutsBoston cream donuts

Pastry with custard, chocolate glaze

donut construction style

jelly donutsglazed donuts

Sugar-coated fried pastries

crullers · donut holes · beignets

indulgence/health

jelly donutsrice cakes

Puffed or pounded grain

celery sticks · carrot sticks · kale chips · fresh fruit · salad

Family

jelly, donut, donuts, jellies, jellied, jelling, gelatin, gelatinous, gelation

Familiarity
Top 50,000
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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G