National Donut Day 2022 Is Friday: Where To Find Deals In FL

FLORIDA — You can start Friday off with a free tasty treat at some well-known sweet shops for National Donut Day .

These portable, sugary treats are hard to resist. The Krispy Kreme hot light signaling glazed donuts are ready for you and the dozen assortment of donuts in the break room waiting for you are not diet friendly. But, it's almost irresistible when some of your favorite donuts are being offered for free on National Donut Day.

Patch has your craving covered. Below is a list of places providing donut deals all day on Friday:

Dunkin’: Customers can get a free classic donut with the purchase of any beverage.

Krispy Kreme: Customers will get a free donut of their choice (no purchase necessary) and $1 original glazed dozens with the purchase of any other dozen on National Donut Day.

7-Eleven: The national chain is offering buy one, get one free donuts for 7Rewards and Speedy Rewards members at participating 7-Eleven, Speedway, and Stripes stores.

Shipley Do-Nuts: The Houston-based chain is giving away a signature glazed donut to all customers with any purchase on June 3 from 5 a.m. until noon.

National Donut Day, or National Donut Day, was created by the Salvation Army in 1938 as a way to honor the organization’s “Donut Lassies” who supported troops on the front lines during World War I.

The Donut Lassies came to be in 1917 when the Salvation Army wanted to find a way to provide spiritual and emotional support to soldiers fighting in France. About 250 volunteers traveled overseas and set up small huts near the front lines where they could give soldiers clothes, supplies and baked goods.

After discovering that baked goods would be difficult to serve due to the conditions of the huts and limited resources, two volunteers began frying donuts in soldiers’ helmets.

The women who served donuts to troops are often credited with popularizing the donut in the United States when the troops returned home from war.

National Donut Day is celebrated annually on the first Friday in June.