The times are quick, the temperature has dropped and Mariah Carey has begun to defrost.
This will solely imply one factor: Hanukkah, the Pageant of Lights, is simply across the nook, which implies it’s time to consider the place to get candy, sticky sufganiyot in New York Metropolis this yr.
These fried Hanukkah doughnuts are a greasy and scrumptious vacation staple that reminds us of the miracle of the vacation — how at some point’s price of oil for the Temple menorah lasted for eight nights.
We’ve rounded up 15 spots throughout town which might be making Hanukkah doughnuts this yr, with choices working the gamut from traditional, strawberry jam-filled sufgis to trendier flavors like Dubai chocolate and pistachio.
Maintain scrolling for our alphabetical listing. As they are saying in Hebrew: B’tayavon!
(Courtesy Michaeli Bakery)
1. Almah Café
473 Albany Ave. Crown Heights, Brooklyn
87 Utica Ave., Crown Heights, Brooklyn
71-36 Most important St. Flushing, Queens
Kosher coffeehouse Almah Café has two places in Brooklyn, they usually’ve additionally opened a popup in Queens simply in time for Hanukkah (open Dec. 7 to Dec. 31). This yr, they’re providing an assortment of sufgis, in flavors that vary from the on a regular basis to the distinctive: chocolate, cheesecake, halva, Kinder Bueno, lemon pie, pavlova, pistachio, peanut butter and white chocolate. Available in shops at $7.50 every; prospects may also order forward by texting proprietor Shira Asias at 347-596-3702.
2. Breads Bakery
1294 Third Ave., Higher East Aspect
18 East sixteenth St., Union Sq.
1890 Broadway, Higher West Aspect
1230 Sixth Ave., Rockefeller Middle
1080 – 1090 Sixth Ave., Bryant Park
20 Furman St., Brooklyn
Israeli-inspired Breads Bakery is serving a number of mango, strawberry, chocolate, vanilla and pistachio-filled sufganiyot this Hanukkah. The doughnuts, $3.95 every or a dozen for $39, can be found in any respect places. Get particulars right here.
Pistachio sufganiyot from Breads Bakery. (Courtesy Breads Bakery)
3. By The Manner Bakery
2440 Broadway, Higher West Aspect
1236 Lexington Ave., Higher East Aspect
Gluten- and dairy-free kosher bakery By the Manner presents a healthy-ish twist on Hanukkah doughnuts which might be baked, not fried. Retailer portions could be restricted — fortunately, their raspberry jam-filled doughnuts ($4 every or $32 for a field of 9) can be found by preorder, 24 hours upfront, for in-store pickup. Go to their web site for particulars.
4. Claudette’s
190 Seashore 69th St., Arverne, Queens
157-02 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Seashore, Queens
108-10 Rockaway Seashore Dr., Rockaway, Queens (at Rockaway Lodge Café)
Queens-based Moroccan-Israeli café Claudette’s is providing a restricted batch of sufganiyot this yr, with costs from $5 for a single doughnut to $45 for a dozen. This yr’s flavors are rosewater raspberry jam, cardamom lemon curd and pistachio rose cream. Preorders (two days upfront, with pickup on Saturday and Sundays) steered. Go to their web site for extra info.
5. Doughnut Plant
89 East forty second St., Midtown
379 Grand St., Decrease East Aspect
245 Flatbush Ave., Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
196-198 Bedford Ave., Williamsburg, Brooklyn
3100 forty seventh Ave., Lengthy Island Metropolis, Queens
For Hanukkah this yr, Doughnut Plant is providing kosher blackberry jam-filled sufganiyot dipped in vanilla bean glaze ($4.75), marzipan ($5.00), or pistachio glaze ($5.00). Doughnut Plant can be promoting a big menorah-shaped doughnut, with a cream-cheese glaze and blackberry jam, for $55. Pre-orders out there; see their web site for extra info.
6. Fan-Fan Doughnuts
448 Lafayette Ave., Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Mexican Jewish bakery Fan-Fan Doughnuts has an excellent inventive lineup of sufganiyot this yr, with preorder pickup starting Dec. 12. Restricted-edition flavors this yr embrace two collabs with creator of “Tahini Child,” Eden Grinshpan: strawberry–sumac jam with recent whipped cream and meringue and labneh cheesecake with baklava crunch. Different flavors embrace chocolate halva, passion-calamansi curd, cardamom cream cheese, Persian carrot jam and rose petals, raspberry-lemon verbena jam, Mexican vanilla flan and pistachio cremeux with edible flowers. One field of eight, with considered one of every taste, prices $42. Traditional flavors embrace raspberry-verbena, roasted strawberry, and vanilla diplomat. A field of 4 traditional sufganiyot prices $20. For Manhattan orders and pickups, head to Fan-Fan’s sister restaurant Mijo (57 Eleventh Ave.) at Pier 57, and provides your self a two-day lead time.
7. Michaeli Bakery
115A Division St., Decrease East Aspect
401 East ninetieth St., Higher East Aspect
Adir Michaeli’s New York bakery chain may have a first-come, first-served rotating assortment of kosher sufgis at each the Higher East Aspect and Decrease East Aspect places all through Hanukkah. (Whether or not the Michaeli outpost on the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan will serve sufganiyot is TBD, in response to proprietor Adir Michaeli.) Flavors embrace traditional strawberry jam or dulce de leche for $4.90, or banana pecan, halva, hazelnut, pistachio and vanilla-chocolate for $5.90. The bakery can even serve sfenj, a Maghrebi-style Hanukkah doughnut.
Vanilla-chocolate sufganiyot is likely one of the choices this yr at Michaeli Bakery. (Courtesy Michaeli Bakery)
8. Fashionable Bread & Bagel
472 Columbus Ave., Higher West Aspect
1427 Third Ave., Higher East Aspect
630 Lexington Ave. Midtown East
139 West 14th St. Chelsea
This Hanukkah, Fashionable Bread & Bagel is providing gluten-free and kosher brioche sufganiyot crammed with both chocolate ganache or raspberry jam, topped with sugar glaze and dusted with powdered sugar. Each flavors are $6.95. Preorders can be found; preorders beneath $25 have an added $5 service cost; go to their web site for extra info.
9. My Most Favourite Meals
37-22 thirteenth St., Lengthy Island Metropolis, Queens
Raspberry or apricot sufganiyot will likely be out there this yr in full-size or mini at this kosher bakery. 4 full-size doughnuts are $20; a dozen minis are $39. Preorders are required, and each pickup and supply can be found. See their web site for extra info. Like their latkes, My Most Favourite Meals’s sufgis can be found to order from Solar., Dec. 14, by means of Mon., Dec. 22.
10. Orwashers
308 East 78th St., Higher East Aspect
440 Amsterdam Ave., Higher West Aspect
Orwashers presents conventional sufganiyot with quite a lot of fillings. Select from Orwasher’s “favourite” seasonal sufganiyah with powdered sugar and raspberry jelly from Hudson Valley-based Beth’s Farm Kitchen, or fillings akin to sugar raspberry, chocolate raspberry, sugar strawberry, chocolate strawberry, chocolate cherry apricot and sugar cherry apricot. Single stuffed doughnuts are $5; half a dozen stuffed doughnuts are $27.50. To order, go to their web site. Pickup for pre-orders begins Dec. 13.
Orwasher’s “favourite” seasonal sufganiyot with powdered sugar and raspberry jelly. (Courtesy Orwashers)
11. Ricotta Espresso
513 Albany Ave., Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Crown Heights-based kosher café Ricotta Espresso is providing six flavors of their “boutique” doughnuts at $10 every: almond cream, blueberry cheesecake, Oreo cookies and cream, crème brûlée, Dubai chocolate and lemon meringue. Get them organized right here or purchase them in retailer.
12. Sababa Bakery
540 Kings Freeway, Gravesend, Brooklyn
Sababa Bakery, a kosher staple in Gravesend, is providing an array of sufgis this yr. Take a look at their conventional flavors like strawberry jelly dusted with powdered sugar, in addition to custard, dulce de leche, caramel with powdered sugar and Boston cream. New for this yr are Dubai chocolate and halva. Mini doughnuts are $2.50, and common sized ones price $3.50. See their web site for extra particulars and to position an order.
13. Six60One
661 Amsterdam Ave., Higher West Aspect, Manhattan
This scorching, new-ish kosher grocery retailer on the Higher West Aspect sells recent, conventional sufganiyot in flavors like custard, caramel, or chocolate glaze with sprinkles, for $2.49 every. (They’re additionally providing Moroccan-style sfenj at $2.99 every, or topped with kosher “bacon” for $3.99.) If you happen to’re hungry for a meal, Six60One additionally sells a field of sushi doughnuts from Merely Sushi for $299.
14. Style of Israel
1322 Ave. M, Midwood, Brooklyn
This yr, the kosher sweet, nuts and dried fruit retailer Style of Israel is serving caramel, custard, Dubai chocolate, halva, jelly, Lotus, Oreo cookies and cream, and Schmerling’s Rosemarie chocolate and wafer doughnuts, from $4.50 to $7 every. Preorders are steered; name (347) 554-8133 or go to the shop to order.
15. City Pops
518 Kings Freeway, Brooklyn
City Pops, makers of a preferred non-dairy kosher ice cream sandwich, is promoting their Hanukkah model — made with a break up doughnut crammed with gelato — starting Dec. 4. City Pops has roughly a dozen doughnut sammie flavors this yr, at $7 every, together with a brand new pistachio amardine doughnut sammie — a pistachio and apricot mix with apricot filling — in addition to knafeh, jelly, Ferrero Rocher and coconut Samoa. Go to their web site for extra info.
