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Lidl Bakery Donuts Review – Assorted Flavors and Prices

We’ve decided to try all the donuts at Lidl. We will refresh this post as new donuts become available… It’s a trial, a real burden, but we are willing to do it for you 😉

Glazed Donut .39

★★★★

Let’s start with the classic glazed donut.

The Glazed Donut at Lidl is called an “argola”. Well, all the donuts I saw today were called argolas. Other stores call them “dots”, for example. 🙂

Learn Portuguese:

Argola is a Portuguese word meaning “ring”.

Quick take on the glazed donut: “I liked it.”

How would you describe it? “Good fluffy texture, nice fried donut-y taste. The glaze wasn’t too sticky. It was a good price – pretty good for a donut I think!”

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I would tend to agree.

To be honest there are a lot of really tasty donuts in America and during our time in Portugal not every donut has been a contender in the game, but I think they are steadily improving.

The glazed donut was fluffy and the glaze had just the right thin-shell sweet sturdiness that you’re looking for. Flavorful, but not overly greasy. A nice sweet treat that you don’t regret afterward!

Sprinkle Donut .59

Quick take on the sprinkle donut: “Less good (compared to the glazed), a little gummier. The donut taste wasn’t as good as the glazed. Maybe the sprinkles detract, I’m not sure. Just get the glazed.”

Did you dislike it? “No.”

So overall decent, just not as good as the glazed? “Exactly.”

Coming in at a whopping 20 euro-cents more than the plain glazed, the sprinkle donut may not be the best bang for your buck, however listen… when you want a sprinkle donut, you want a sprinkle donut.

I tried the sprinkle donut first and I was like “Wow this is a good Portugal donut!”

When I followed up with the first bite of the glazed donut I was surprised how airy it was, as you could see in the photo. The donut sprung back up whereas with the sprinkle donut it stayed squished down, hence the “gummier” description.

I assumed the base donut experience would be identical on these, but actually no!

Unfortunately I missed a cross section pic of the sprinkle donut (or “argola party” as the sign says in Portuguese lol) so this can only mean one thing: I will have to try another one and add the photo so you can see the difference 😉

Lidl Donut Review

Lidl in Portugal is making some decent donuts! While they do cycle through special edition donuts, so far our favorite is the classic glazed donut. How about you?