Top of the line donuts! We have always gone to Spunkers as are go to for fresh good donuts!!!

Their coffee used to taste good, been coming here for years every now and then but tonight my boyfriend and I noticed their coffee was super weak and watered down! Maybe they had someone new working there tonight who doesn't know how to make coffee right? read more

No frills donut shop that was consistently busy but had a lot of employees keeping the line going. Sad to see they don't offer vegan options but the tastes donuts were good. read more

Love this place. However, today was my daughter's 8th birthday. We were standing in line when a jerk customer cut the line and came right before us. My request to the business owner is to put some kind of system or a poster with bold words DO NOT CUT THE LINE. read more

They have all my old fashioned favorites! Peanut, coconut, chocolate cake...good coffee and friendly people. And open 24-7!

Great variety of doughnuts and they tasted great. All the classic styles of doughnuts present with added flavors in the different styles.

Very friendly staff... delicious donuts!!! Go check it out!!! Your kids will love it!!!

Very delicious. Lots of filling in the jelly filled ones. Apple fritters large and moist. Cake dough ones solid but moist. Will definitely go back read more

Absolutely love this place! It really is one of my hometown favorites and I always make the time to go when I'm in town! The store is open 24 hours and the donuts are always fresh. This place has spoiled me and I now have a hard time eating donuts from other places. I love how they always have a featured donut of the month and my personal favorite is the Peanut Butter and Jelly Donut in August. Highly recommend, you won't regret your decision of stopping in! read more

Spunky Dunkers Donuts - a box of dozen donuts - Donuts Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

AMAZING, DELICIOUS, & FRESH DOUGHNUTS. Definitely recommend this place over the other local shoppes and especially Dunkin' Donuts. read more

I absolutely love this 24/7 donut shop! As a self proclaimed donut connoisseur, having a 24/7 donut shop relatively nearby with actually great quality donuts is such a find! It was the middle of the night, around 1 am when my sister and I began to crave donuts but didn't want those generic bland tasting Dunkin' Donuts. Then I remembered reading about this place on the news recently so we decided to give it a try. It was a bit of a drive but when you go at 1 am, there's no traffic and you can get there fairly fast from the city. Once we got there I was so surprised by the huge selection of donuts and that many of them had just been made. We got a dozen random donuts and their apple fritter and loved everything. The highlight for me was the apple fritter though. It was incredibly thick and soft on the inside with a wonderful crunch on the outside and filled with apple jelly and small apple pieces. It was heaven. I also loved their yeast donuts in general regardless of the toppings, whether it was the fun sprinkles or the Oreo or the plain honey, the dough was so fluffy and tasted great while the topping gave it a nice twist on flavoring. I'm not a fan of cake donuts in general so those were not my favorite but still had good flavors and very unique toppings. Overall, I loved the huge variety and quality of these donuts. I definitely see myself returning sometime soon when that donut crave hits in the middle of the night. read more

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Great donuts and muffins. Great staff. Always quick and friendly. Hometown favorite!

They are Pączki imposters! They are never cut in half . They are filled by injection and Spunky Dunkers took advantage of their customers. They can't even pronounce Pączki correctly! They are scammers! read more

Why is this place so good and also why does it have the best possible donut place name? The lemon drop donuts are heavenly and the Bavarian cream donuts are perfection in donut form. Chicagoland donuts are vastly superior to Texas donuts but this place stands above the rest. 10 gallon hats off to y'all read more

Best fresh donuts around! Wish they had better coffee though. Donuts come in a lot of fun flavors.

Love Spunky Dunkers! The donuts are always fresh, and they offer a great variety of donuts to choose from. read more

Spunky Dunkers Donuts - Donuts Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

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donuts are great. service from the young women with the weird earring on 8/6/23 at 3:45pm was nothing but terrible. She has the worst customer service. she didn't even know if they made lattes or not and treated my question on if they make lattes as if I was the stupidest person for asking.. you sell donuts.... Coffees go with donuts, a latte is a coffee? Thanks for the passively aggressive service. I'll go to Deerfields Bakery instead! read more

Kind of old, but open real late. Not sure about the hygiene of the kids working the place but then again if you're going to a place this late at night you probably don't care about hygiene. Coffee was burnt read more

Support your local business! They were very polite and followed COVID-19 guidelines! The donuts here are fresh and if you check in you get two dollars off your dozen donuts! Screw Dunkin, Stan's and Krispy Kreme! These donuts are wild and out of this world! The best donuts in Illinois! read more

Spunky Dunkers Donuts - Finally checking this place out! - Donuts Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

Nothing beats a donut from Spunky Dunkers. The bavarian cream donut and the lemon drop are just to die for. they may not be everyone's first choice of donuts, but they really just hit the spot. It brings back good memories of what home is like. From grade school till now, Spunky's has always offered more than just good donuts. They brought us a little bit of love and comfort with every doughy goodness treat they made. read more

The best red velvet cake donuts of life! I will always return to Spunky Dunkers.

Love spunky dunkers! Never disappointed. Thanks for giving our community deliciousness!

Great selection always open when we want donuts. Give it a try you won't be disappointed.

I was so excited to find that I could get donuts to fulfill my late night snack cravings! I got the regular donut with the chocolate iced ring. My boyfriend got the German chocolate. Both were fresh and tasty! We will definitely be back again to try some different flavors! Guy at the register was very personable and polite and can recommend a donut to you!!!!! read more

Spunky Dunkers Donuts - Chocolate iced donut and a chocolate milk! Yum!!! - Donuts Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

Drove past this business one morning and stopped in because so many cars were in the parking lot. Good move! Tasty scones and flavorful donuts. Staff are very service-oriented. My daughter saw the manager give a little girl a donut she wanted, after the girl's dad had completed their purchase. Look forward to stopping next time. [And their donuts are still good 24 hours after purchase.] read more

Great doughnuts! My 7 year old daughter said that they did a good job making them. If we're ever in that neck-of-the-woods again we'll definitely stop again. read more

Get there early or any time. This location often has a tasty variety of bakery fresh donuts. A stop here or two -- or a dozen -- will be on our radar as we re-examine many NW suburban areas in 2022. read more

Open your car door in the parking lot of this old, small town looking doughnut shop, you are immediately guided to the front door by some mystical force calling you to the experience of cake donuts. Walking in, the plumes wash over you and there is little question you've found a little piece of donut heaven known as Spunky Dunkers. Bottom Line: Best cake donuts in the burbs. They are crispy and lightly coated on the outside. One split of the donut hears a slight crackling met with a tremendously soft cake. Ambiance/Experience There is nothing special and that is why it is oh so special. Ol' school diner seating greets you usually with a regular or two sipping coffee with a single donut. The paradox of customer service comes when you interact with the little old ladies who are pleasantly grouchy - they are full of donut wisdom if you can draw it out of them. Then there is usually a teen anxious to talk donuts. It is quite awesome. Clear sights to the back put on display the freshness you are about to experience. What to Eat The cake donuts are the king. Yes, there are others but the difference makers for this place are the cakes. Outside of the sugar raised, stick with the cakes for your first trip or make it your primary focus. This will give you the greatest experience! My preference goes like this... 1. Red velvet 2. Glazed Cake 3. Chocolate glaze 4. Cinnamon Cake 5. Old Fashion Sour Creme or Home Cut The rest are outstanding too but the above are my go-tos before I fill in with the rest. Tips Tip 1: Stick with cakes unless a special -- Strawberry raised ring is delicious! Tip 2: Seasonal specials rock! Tip 3: Be sure to visit in the fall. Great cider donuts. Tip 4: The other goodies never really hit the mark for me so I stick with the donuts. Tip 5: there are a couple of locations. Each has a few different donuts but all taste the same read more

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5 stars for the name alone... Spunky Dunkers - who are they? Would that be the customers? 'Cuz they'd be the ones doing the dunking, no? Or would it be the lovely ladies who dunk the batter into the hot oil turning thick liquid into fluffy tasty pastries? Whoever it's named for, one thing is for sure. They know how to make donuts. You know you don't eat donuts because they're great fuel for yoga or anything like that. I mean, I know what I think when I eat a half dozen of them, I think, God, I'm disgusting. That's usually how I feel after eating 6 donuts from a remedial donut shop. After I ate 6 donuts from here, I didn't feel bad because I figured, well, if I'm going to pretty much eat empty calories, at least it was worth it. It's like the difference between blowing your calorie deficit at the movie theatres eating regular old soybean oil phony flavored popcorn, and eating the popcorn from Hollywood Palms which is made with real butter. I dunno, that was the best analogy I could make. So if you check-in, you get an offer for a dozen at a discounted price. One of the more memorable donuts I got was the.... Chocolate Iced Buttercream x 1. It was like the best of both worlds, of cake and donut. Buttercream, mmm....the food of the gods. Not really, but it's crazy that I've never encountered such a thing before. Any why not? It makes sense. Donuts are kind of a cake, of sorts. The other donuts I got were.. Glazed French x 2 - Quite possibly the freshest cruller I've eaten in my life. And the cruller is my favorite donut. So Spunky Dunkers gets an A+. Do you know how many times I've ordered a cruller and then when I get in my car and take a bite and it's stale, hard, and making crumbs? If you're a cruller aficionado, you know that a proper cruller does NOT have crumbs. Sugar x 2 - My wifes favorite donut. Fluffy, pillowy, like eating a cloud dipped in sugar. Soft on the inside and slightly crisp on the outside. Bavarian Creme x 2 - Now we're getting to the part where if you haven't had enough of the sweetness, this takes you over the edge, If you haven't had a Bavarian Creme, and I don't know how that's possible, it's a powdered sugar donut filled with creme. Bavarian creme. I don't really know if it's the creme that is Bavarian, or if it's the donut, because the cream in a Boston Cream tastes pretty much the same? Just get one or two. Every dozen should have at least one. Honey Dip x 2 - Raised donut (raised donuts are less cake-y), and just a teeny bit less sweet than a regular glazed donut, which I appreciate very much! And the freshness of the glaze makes all the difference in whether you will be wearing your donut or not. German Chocolate x 1 - OMG genius! A chocolate cake donut dipped in toasted coconut?! I actually like the donut better than the cake, without the frosting, the donut owns the cake, big time. Sour Cream x 1 - Some people cringe at the thought of eating a "Sour Cream" donut. Let me be the first to tell you, a sour cream donut doesn't taste like sour cream. No, it tastes more like nectar from an sapling tree in the Elysian Fields. I'm just kidding, but really, it doesn't taste like something you put on a baked potato or a Taco Supreme. It's crispy exterior and muted sweetness will make you forget the word "sour". Buttermilk x 1 - I've had some buttermilk donuts that really left a bad taste in my mouth, literally. and some of them also left a bad waxy feeling in my mouth ahem! *cough (Dunkin Donuts) Spunky Dunkers has shown me the way, a life where I can eat a Buttermilk donut and enjoy it thoroughly. Washed it all down with a cup of coffee and a cup of hot chocolate. Come on down to Spunky Dunkers, have a visit with the ladies and you won't regret it. I guarantee it. read more

Spunky Dunkers Donuts - $2 off a dozen - Donuts Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

Always have a great experience and wonderful product. I have been a customer since they were Mr. Donut and I think they have improved over the years. I also believe in supporting local (especially when they are the best around!). read more

Donuts are one of my guilty pleasures. Since I was a kid watching my beloved anime pal, Homer Simpson suck down donuts like tic tacs, I have considered donuts to be one of the best food creations ever invented and one that I reward myself with on occasion. And coming from Texas, where there is a donut shop every 20 feet, a small part of me died when I noticed only a few independent donuterias (yeah, I just made that up) besides Dunkin' Donuts in Illinois. It was a grim future for the donut-loving fatty inside of me until my friend walked into the room with a dozen donuts from Spunky Dunker at 9:00 pm. Not sure if it was my imagination or not but when she presented the opened box, I'm pretty sure I saw a bright, golden light shining from the bottom. They were all there: sprinkle, cake, creamed-filled, powdered, chocolate, fritters, and glazed. My favorite is always the blueberry cake donuts so I hurriedly grabbed one along with a Boston cream like a food hoarder and carefully placed it in a Ziploc bag for my breakfast the following morning. Very long story short, it was amazingly delicious and fresh when I ate it several hours later. The blueberry cake was delectable as it should be and the Boston cream was rich and also highly recommended. And who doesn't love a 24-hour donut shop? #Donuteria! read more

Tiny shop with a huge selection of delicious donuts and other delectables. Run smoothly by the politest high school/college aged "kids" I've ever seen. Totally worth the drive to Palatine, especially for their red velvet, German chocolate, and blueberry jelly-filled donuts! read more

I had to try this place out because Keith thinks highly of their crullers. So I had their glazed cruller and chocolate-frosted cruller, along with the sour cream and buttercrunch donuts. The total came to about $4. Glazed cruller - 4 stars. Loved the soft, eggy inside texture with the slightly crisp, delicate crust, but mine was seriously lacking glaze. I liked the taste of the glaze so if there had been more, I'd have rated it an easy 4.5 stars, maybe 5. Chocolate-frosted cruller - 5 stars. The best cruller I've had so far. The frosting was thick enough where it stuck to the walls of the paper bag in globs haha. Sour cream - 4 stars. Not overly sweet. Krispy Kreme's glazes theirs, but Spunky Dunker's is great as it is. A glaze would kill the crust's incredible, finely-crisp texture. Buttercrunch - 4 stars. I'm not sure what they use for the crusty exterior (I'm guessing coconut), but this would be the sweetest of the 4. Friendly service and excellent selection, especially considering that I came in on a weeknight. Well-stocked with 15+ varieties, and the donuts tasted fresh too. read more

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Literally the best donut place in Chicagoland. It's suck a treat to go here and everything is always fresh. Creative, too!

OK- the best donuts anywhere. Mark's #1 donut pick of all time- and it's just around the corner from my job!! Note that the google map is weird, this place is on Route 14 right near Palatine Rd. So I'm personally partial to three donuts in general when I partake- Chocolate Bavarian, Chocolate French Cruller, and Jelly. Spunky Dunkers has mastered them all! First, the chocolate icing here is really good- chocolatey and smooth, layered on each donut just right! The Bavarian cream is loaded in on the heavy side, like I like 'em! The cruller is like a sugary puff of air- so light, the perfect segway to the Jelly donut finale. This place has really good jelly filling- expect actual seeds in the fruit filling- it's made with fruit!!! None of the donuts are ever greasy, and they're always super fresh when I pick 'em up in the AM- they keep pretty good too (don't rule out an afternoon donut and coffee). The inside isn't as nice to eat a donut as some places (country donuts in Schaumburg is ideal), but it's very clean and the people working here I trust to make my donuts. Plus they've got cute donut painted stuff- you'll have to see for yourself- it's worth the trip if you're out this way. read more

Spunky Dunkers Donuts - Best Donuts EVER!!! - Donuts Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

Spunky Dunker Donuts for my birthday! We wandered in on a Saturday for a dozen donuts. We ended up with 13 donuts and an apple fritter. The dozen went home. One apple crisp donut and apple fritter didn't even leave the shop. We sat at the counter and shared our treats. The perks include some really tasty donut flavors. Caramel apple donuts. A great red velvet donut. And I really like the apple crisp donut. Unfortunately, they weren't the freshest this weekend. I've visited the other location near Buffalo Grove HS a few times. It's new and nice. This location has more charm and character. But the charm and character don't come without a price. It's kinda dingy in here and I felt like some of the employees in the back were just kinda watching us. Weird. This place also seems to attract characters. I felt really bad for the young girl working. A gentleman came in after us. He did nothing but cause her grief. Changing his donut order after she put the first one he ordered in front of him. Asking her odd questions that were borderline inappropriate. Honestly, it caused us to leave. We still had time to kill, but decided against doing it there. I felt bad, but it was just too much for me. read more

Spunky Dunkers Donuts - Cupcakes are bigger than they appear! - Donuts Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

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Without a doubt, the best doughnut shop in the area. The doughnuts always have excellent texture and good flavor. Many people probably don't consider doughnuts to be a gourmet food, but that's just because you haven't visited Spunky Dunkers. It's definitely worth a special trip like Ambrosia Euro American Patisserie. read more

Early in the morning or straight after work, every time I come here they're always making the donuts. All of their donuts are fantastic, you can't go wrong with their staple selection and they always have something seasonal. German chocolate, PB&J, red velvet, peach, blueberry - they are always outstanding and consistently fresh. In the fall I think they have pumpkin and the most unusual was I "think"... cherry coke? I ordered 2 dozen on Monday for work and had the counter guy just mix it up for me. Everyone in the office who stopped by my desk for a donut were astounded by the variety. Let's just say I was the most popular person for the rest of the week. I can't think of any place that is better and I've been to Portland's Voo Doo donut shop multiple times, quite honestly, I think Spunky Dunker does it better. If there's still room in your stomach, get the apple fritter too! read more

My favorite Donut Place I've been coming here since the High school days in the 70's when it was Mr Donut, Its basically the same, as I remember the owners worked here then also. late at night We use to get the day old donuts for like 50 cents a dozen, then walk over to jack in box and pig out there too.This place hasn't changed much from back then keeping with the charm it has. The donuts and muffins continue being the best that i have ever have had. I had to stop coming here for awhile because an everyday donut stays with you after awhile ( had you loose some weight) but now I'l go here every once in awhile because there is always that craving . Go here you'll love it. read more

Amazing doughnuts I always order from them. I'm never going to stop getting doughnuts from them! Can't get enough!