Types of Crullers French crullers are pastries made from stiff choux dough piped into circles, fried, and glazed. It's common for American donut shops to create their own cruller donut varieties or label French crullers as donuts.

These olykoeks were later described by writer Washington Irving in his 1809 book A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty as “balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog's fat, and called doughnuts, or olykoeks.”

Boston Cream Donut | Center filled donut.

Long John Donut Long john donuts are rectangular-shaped (oblong) donuts that are typically filled with cream, pudding, custard, or jelly. These donuts are often coated in a chocolate or vanilla glaze.