Glazed raised — Pink Box A ring of yeast dough, proofed until it is full of gas, fried about two and a half minutes, then dragged through a thin sugar glaze while it is still hot enough to melt it. The glaze sets into a shell you can hear. nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/donut/glazed-raised/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
Fastnacht Day — Pink Box Shrove Tuesday in Pennsylvania Dutch country, named after the donut rather than the fast. nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/event/fastnacht-day/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
Paczki Day — Pink Box The Tuesday before Lent, kept in Polish-American cities — Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Windsor — as a day for eating pączki. nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/event/paczki-day/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
The dozen — Pink Box The unit donuts are sold in, and the reason for the box. nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/word/the-dozen/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 28K
Hanson Gregory — Pink Box The New England sailor who said he punched the first hole in a donut in 1847, at sixteen, aboard a lime-trading ship. nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/person/hanson-gregory/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 28K
French cruller — Pink Box A ring extruded from choux paste — flour cooked into butter and water, then beaten with eggs — piped through a star tip so it fries up ridged and hollow, and glazed thin. No yeast, no baking powder: steam lifts it. nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/donut/french-cruller/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 32K
What counts as a mom-and-pop — Pink Box This site is about independent donut shops, which means it needs a rule for what that is. The rule used here: a shop is independent when no company owns it. nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/story/what-is-a-mom-and-pop/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 31K
Buttermilk bar — Pink Box Cake batter cut in a bar rather than a ring, fried so it splits open along the top, and glazed heavily enough that the glaze runs into the split. nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/donut/buttermilk-bar/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
The pink box — Pink Box The matte pink paperboard box a dozen donuts go into: the most recognisable object in the American trade, and the cheapest. nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/art/pink-box/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
Chocolate cake — Pink Box A cake ring with cocoa in the batter, glazed or sugared. Dark, dense, and sweeter than the plain cake ring on the published numbers. nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/donut/chocolate-cake/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
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