This Aloha shop is the place to be for those who love a cake doughnut — moist and almost custardy, the crumb on Donut Day’s fritters and chocolate glazed is downright decadent. The raised rings also have a nice fluffiness, for those who prefer something a little lighter.

This Tanasbourne doughnut shop is beloved by its neighbors, thanks to its doughnuts’ deep color from a longer fry in shortening. That means these doughnuts have a nice touch of crispness that gives way to a light, soft crumb. The shop serves vegan doughnuts on Saturdays, with curbside pickup available for those who call ahead.

This Beaverton doughnut shop has a varied selection of fried and baked treats, including classic standards like bear claws, maple bars, cinnamon twists, and crullers. The filled doughnuts are particularly nice, whether it’s hiding a core of raspberry jelly or vanilla cream; the vanilla cream-filled doughnuts often come with a handful of different topping options, including coconut and cinnamon crumble.

A chain with locations along the West Coast, Heavenly Donuts is the casual shop busting out glazed doughnuts most similar in taste and flavor to Krispy Kreme’s: super fluffy, with a touch of grease and the ideal coating of sugar. The shop also has an impressive array of flavored fritters, long johns, and doughnut holes, making this an optimal place to grab a variety box for a family at home.

This San Diego-based chain recently set up a stall within Pine Street Market, and the variety and creativity of the flavors is worth a visit alone: Any given dozen may include ube with toasted coconut, strawberry limeade, caramel apple, or peanut butter and jelly mini-doughnuts, similar in size to Portland’s own Pip’s Original. Specialty flavors rotate, but the shop offers its glassy glazed and chocolate frosted doughnuts every day.

Because of its central location on Southeast Grand, the cheerfully blue Delicious Donuts gets plenty of traffic, with some of the city’s freshest fried doughnuts. The parking lot can get cramped and crowded with folks grabbing doughnuts on their way to work, but it’s still worth a stop for fluffy maple bars or elaborate peanut-butter-and-jelly-slathered behemoths. Pro tip: Delicious Donuts does take online orders, for those who want to reserve a peanut maple cake doughnut.

Voodoo Doughnut’s second Portland location has ample parking and far shorter lines than the downtown location, making it a good choice for Voodoo visitors wishing to avoid the commotion. The eastside shop boasts all the same flavors that made Voodoo Doughnut famous, like maple bacon, “Old Dirty Bastard,” and the “maple blazer blunt.” Orders can be placed online or in person.

What started as a pop-up specializing in butter mochi doughnuts has turned into a tiny shop on Portland’s 28th Avenue restaurant row. This 100-percent gluten-free shop serves rings of soft, springy doughnuts with a gentle give, in an exciting range of rotating flavors. For example, any given visit may involve doughnuts filled with passionfruit curd, rings glazed with maple-chile-crisp icing, or orange-hued Thai tea pastries. Mikiko is also available via delivery.

Blue Star Donuts is a culinarily-minded doughnut chain in Portland — in shops that are bright, airy, and modern, Blue Star crafts brioche-based doughnuts topped and filled with ingredients more commonly found in a high-end pastry chef’s kitchen. Although the doughnuts are much pricier than most and have a heavier, denser crumb than a traditional raised doughnut, it’s worth the stop to indulge in fancy varieties like horchata glazed, passionfruit and cacao nib, and blueberry bourbon basil.

In a pristine location in the Hollywood District, Doe Donuts is the vegan answer to both Blue Star and Voodoo. Doughnut flavors are on the more creative side, with options like strawberry milk and earl grey available year-round. Doe is also one of the few Portland shops to sell seasonal savory doughnuts — think: green chile mac and cheese. Although the doughnuts are on the pricier end of the spectrum, Doe makes all its ingredients in-house and donates to various local charities each month.

Neighborhood coffee and chai shop Pip’s Original hawks fresh-to-order mini doughnuts reminiscent of the state fair. The menu is small and mighty, with only a handful of toppings and coatings to choose from. Pip’s also offers a lovely variety of house-made chais, using different blends of teas, spices, and herbs. Seasonal flavors are often a strong choice here, with options like mango-ghost chile and sweet potato pie.

This little red barn of a doughnut shop serves golden doughnuts fried fresh throughout the day. The flavors range from cherry cake to coconut cream raised, often with a generous dose of sprinkles or glaze. Donut World is a fun spot for those seeking doughnut holes — often a necessary pit stop pre-road trip.