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Mister Donut

Pokémon doughnuts pop up at Mister Donut, with a new gathering that’s bigger than ever

• Oona McGee
  4 days ago
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The “Everyone Gather Together! Winter Pokémon Campaign” goes all out for the 30th anniversary celebrations.

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• (anime • COK • cute • diglett • donuts • doughnuts • food • manga • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games)

Japan’s Pokémon donuts are back at Mister Donut, with Slowpoke making dount debut! [Pics]

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 21, 2026

Slowpoke will naturally, though, be arriving a little later than Pikachu and Diglett.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cute • diglett • donuts • food • manga • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon donuts • Slowpoke • sweets • video games)

Mister Donut releases new sweet potato doughnuts in Japan, and we’ve ranked them from best to worst

• Oona McGee
  Sep 7, 2026

Not every doughnut is worth the calories.

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• Japan
• (autumn • donuts • doughnuts • dougnuts • food • Misdo • Mister Donut • new • roasted sweet potatoes • Satsumaimo Do • SNJO • sweet potato • sweet potatoes • sweets)

Mister Donut releases new doughnuts that look and taste like Japanese sweet potatoes

• Oona McGee
  Aug 29, 2026

Limited-edition collection serves up a taste of Japanese autumn with deliciously clever details.

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• Japan
• (donuts • doughnuts • dougnuts • food • Misdo • Mister Donut • new • pop groups • roasted sweet potatoes • sweet potato • sweet potatoes • sweets)

Mister Donut becomes “Mrs. Donut” for sweet new Mrs. Green Apple collaboration

• Oona McGee
  Jul 13, 2026

J-pop superstars take over Mister Donut with exclusive surprises for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (bands • donuts • doughnuts • dougnuts • food • J-Pop • Japanese idols • Misdo • Mister Donut • Mrs. Donut • Mrs. Green Apple • music • new • pop groups • sweets)

Japan’s Mocchurin donuts declared too popular to exist by creator Mister Donut, will disappear soon

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 1, 2026

Mister Donut saw all the Mocchurin that it had made, and they were very good…too good, in fact.

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• Japan
• (COK • donuts • food • Mister Donut • Mocchurin • sweets)

Mister Donut’s beyond super soft and chewy beyond mochi mochi donuts have returned

• Casey Baseel
  May 19, 2026

Mocchurin are back, and they brought a new friend with them.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Mister Donut • Mocchurin • mochi mochi • sweets)

Is Mister Donut’s all-you-can-eat Donut Buffet still worth it?

• Casey Baseel
  May 5, 2026

We love Japan’s favorite donut chain as much as the next foodie, but you’ve got to eat a lot to get your money’s worth.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • COK • Donut Buffet • donuts • food • Mister Donut • SNJO • sweets)

Japan’s Mister Donut Japan tries its hand at Taiwanese-style street food donuts

• Elliot Hale
  May 1, 2026

Do they live up to the hype of their Taiwanese inspiration?

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• Japan
• (COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Mister Donut • new • Sakupofun • SNJO • street food • sweets • Taiwanese street food • taste test • Yui Imai)

How many doughnuts can you pack in a Mister Donut all-you-can-pack deal?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 26, 2026

And most of all, is it worth the effort?

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• (all-you-can-eat • donuts • doughnuts • food • Mister Donut • SNJO • sweets)

Mister Donut wows matcha lovers in Japan with new Dora Matcha doughnuts

• Oona McGee
  Mar 21, 2026

Like a sweet fusion between doughnuts and dorayaki pancakes, this is an Uji matcha experience you need to try while in Japan.

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• Japan
• (donuts • doughnuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • Kyoto • matcha • Misdo • Mister Donut • new • sweets • Uji Matcha)

Mister Donut unveils new sakura doughnuts for cherry blossom season 2026

• Oona McGee
  Mar 6, 2026

Proof that hanami flower-viewing season is a delicious time of year in Japan.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Mister Donut • sakura • sakura sweets • sweets)

Japan manners debate: Is it OK to put a Mister Donut donut back on the shelf after taking it?

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 8, 2026

Mister Donut is Japan’s most broadly loved donut chain, but this kind of behavior is more divisive.

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• (COK • donuts • etiquette • food • manners • Mister Donut • sweets)

Mister Donut releases a secret Godiva doughnut you won’t find in stores

• Oona McGee
  Jan 23, 2026

With four doughnuts in one, this might be Japan’s most decadent doughnut – but there’s a hack to buying this hidden treat. 

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Godiva • hack • Mister Donut • sweets)

Mister Donut and Godiva continue their sweet sweets relationship with new treats on sale now in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 16, 2026

Reunited and it looks so good.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • donuts • food • Godiva • Mister Donut • sweets)

Pokémon doughnuts appear at Mister Donut, with all-new Pikachu and Foongus

• Oona McGee
  Nov 11, 2025

Find out if these new Pokémon are worth capturing.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cute • diglett • donuts • doughnuts • food • Foongus • manga • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games)

Never forget that Mister Donut’s super-simple ramen is actually very hard to beat

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 10, 2025

The chain may not be called “Mister Ramen,” but that doesn’t mean they don’t know how to make a really good bowl of noodles.

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• Japan
• (donuts • food • Mister Donut • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Japan’s new Pokémon donut treat marks Ditto’s Mister Donut debut!

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 8, 2025

Mister Ditto.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • ditto • donuts • food • manga • Mister Donut • Pokemon • Pokémon donuts • sweets • video games)

Japan is getting the cutest Pikachu donuts ever, and another Pokémon will make its donut debut

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 28, 2025

Pokémon/Mister Donut collaboration continues to evolve.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cute • donuts • food • manga • Mimikyu • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games)

Japan’s black cat Halloween donuts are so cute they require pre-orders

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 19, 2025

Mister Donut and Black Thunder have one more Halloween treat for us.

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• Japan
• (Black Thunder • cats • chocolate • COK • cute • donuts • food • halloween • Mister Donut • sweets)

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