How to Freeze Glazed Donuts

How to Freeze Glazed Donuts
Published: Jun 16, 2011
Updated: Jan 10, 2019
2 minute read
...
Nicolas Agustin Cabrera/Demand Media

Maybe you overestimated how many doughnuts a recipe would make. Or perhaps your grocery store was having a fantastic sale on your favorite glazed doughnut. If you have a surplus of doughnuts, don't attempt to eat them all. Doughnuts freeze and thaw quite well. If you've made your own, know that homemade glaze doesn’t handle freezing as well as the dough. If possible, freeze them bare and save the glaze for when you’re ready to eat them.

...
Nicolas Agustin Cabrera/Demand Media

Lay a large square of plastic wrap on a table or counter.

...
Nicolas Agustin Cabrera/Demand Media

Set a doughnut -- cooled if homemade -- a few inches from one end of the square at the center of a side. If this is a store-bought, pre-glazed doughnut, note that the glaze might not look as nice when you thaw the doughnut, but it will still be edible and taste like a sugary glaze.

...
Nicolas Agustin Cabrera/Demand Media

Fold the edge of the wrap that’s closest to the doughnut over the top of the doughnut. Start flipping the doughnut forward, wrapping the rest of the wrap around it so you end up with a long tube of wrap with a doughnut in the middle.

...
Nicolas Agustin Cabrera/Demand Media

Fold one arm of the tube over the doughnut, then fold the other arm on top of that. If you wrap the doughnut by placing it in the center of the wrap and just gathering the wrap around it, the wrap could open up, exposing the doughnut and leading to early freezer burn.

...
Nicolas Agustin Cabrera/Demand Media

Sit the wrapped doughnut on the table or counter with the folded arms of the tube tucked under the doughnut.

...
Nicolas Agustin Cabrera/Demand Media

Wrap each doughnut and place them in the freezer. Store all of the doughnuts in a large freezer bag or pack individual doughnuts in spaces throughout the freezer.

Photo Credits

Nicolas Agustin Cabrera/Demand Media

Suzanne S. Wiley

Suzanne S. Wiley is an editor and writer in Southern California. She has been editing since 1989 and began writing in 2009. Wiley received her master's degree from the University of Texas and her work appears on various websites.

Sponsored
Our Everyday Life Logo

Explore our everyday life, the best source for food and drink tips, health and general wellness, healthy relationships and much more.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2026 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.