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Best Holiday Donuts & Baked Goods in Charleston
Holiday season in Charleston tastes like gingerbread biscuits by the City Market, stollen in West Ashley and Charleston Chewies by the pan. Here are the seasonal treats we send friends to, grouped by neighborhood, and you can taste a few favorites on our Charleston Historic City Market & Sweet Treats Tour.
By the Underground Donut Tour team · Updated November 2026
Looking for year-round favorites? See our Best Donut Shops & Bakeries in Charleston guide.
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FRENCH QUARTER & CITY MARKET
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Toast! All Day (Meeting Street)
127 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29401
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Southern brunch all day a few steps from the Market, with warm, sugar-dusted beignets that hit the spot on a chilly December morning. It is a stop on our Charleston Historic City Market & Sweet Treats Tour.
Donut Tour Recommends: Beignets
FRENCH QUARTER & CITY MARKET
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● Women-owned
Callie's Hot Little Biscuit (City Market)
188 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29401
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Hand-shaped, buttery biscuits baked hot all morning, plus a molasses-spiced gingerbread version that makes a cozy holiday breakfast. It is a stop on our Charleston Historic City Market & Sweet Treats Tour.
Donut Tour Recommends: Gingerbread Biscuits
FRENCH QUARTER & CITY MARKET
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Carmella's Cafe & Dessert Bar
198 E Bay St Ste 100, Charleston, SC 29401
A glowing dessert bar with cases full of cakes and cannoli, and a holiday lineup with eggnog cheesecake and chocolate peppermint crinkle cookies. It is a stop on our Charleston Historic City Market & Sweet Treats Tour.
Donut Tour Recommends: Eggnog Cheesecake
FRENCH QUARTER & CITY MARKET
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● Latino-owned
Tinto y Crema
6 Vendue Range, Charleston, SC 29401
Colombian-roasted coffee and creamy gelato by the waterfront, a sweet warm-up stop on a December stroll. It is a stop on our Charleston Historic City Market & Sweet Treats Tour.
Donut Tour Recommends: A festive seasonal flavor from the case
FRENCH QUARTER & CITY MARKET
Kaminsky's Dessert Cafe
78 N Market St, Charleston, SC 29401
A late-night dessert cafe by the Market with towering cakes, and holiday orders bring bourbon pecan pie to the table.
Donut Tour Recommends: Bourbon Pecan Pie
KING STREET & MARION SQUARE
River Street Sweets (King Street)
351 King St, Charleston, SC 29401
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Warm pralines poured fresh on marble, plus divinity and toffee boxed up for holiday gifting.
Donut Tour Recommends: Pecan Pralines
UPPER KING & NOMO
● Women-owned
Welton's Tiny Bakeshop
684 King St, Charleston, SC 29403
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A tiny shop with big seasonal baking, best known for its honey pie and holiday cookie boxes that sell out quickly.
Donut Tour Recommends: Holiday Cookie Box
UPPER KING & NOMO
The Harbinger Cafe & Bakery
1107 King St, Charleston, SC 29403
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A neighborhood cafe known for its cookies and bakes, with apricot choclava bars that make a ready-made holiday gift.
Donut Tour Recommends: Apricot Choclava Bars
CANNONBOROUGH & WESTEDGE
Sugar Bakeshop
59 1/2 Cannon St, Charleston, SC 29403
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A charming little Cannonborough bakeshop where December brings chocolate peppermint cookies and DIY gingerbread house kits.
Donut Tour Recommends: Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
CANNONBOROUGH & WESTEDGE
● Women-owned
Annie Mae's Bakeshop
185 St Philip St, Charleston, SC 29403
A newer Southern bakeshop with sweet potato praline pie and coconut cream cake by the slice, made for holiday cravings.
Donut Tour Recommends: Sweet Potato Praline Pie
EAST SIDE
Mercantile & Mash
701 E Bay St Ste 100-1, Charleston, SC 29403
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A Cigar Factory market and bakery case that goes all in for the holidays, from gingerbread houses to gourmet doughnuts.
Donut Tour Recommends: Gingerbread Houses
WEST ASHLEY
● Women-owned
WildFlour Pastry
1750 Savannah Hwy, Charleston, SC 29407
Famous for Sunday sticky buns, with a holiday case of stollen, gingerbread men and a candy cane spin on its pluff mud pie.
Donut Tour Recommends: Stollen
WEST ASHLEY
Baguette Magic
1028 Wappoo Rd, Charleston, SC 29407
A West Ashley bakery known for its round Supreme pastries, which turn into eggnog and jelly-filled sufganiyah versions in December, alongside mini panettone.
Donut Tour Recommends: Sufganiyah Supreme
WEST ASHLEY
Duck Donuts (West Ashley)
1812 Sam Rittenberg Blvd Ste 16B, Charleston, SC 29407
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Warm made-to-order cake donuts, dressed up each December in gingerbread, crinkle cookie and snowball flavors.
Donut Tour Recommends: Christmas Cookie Dozen
WEST ASHLEY
Krispy Kreme (Savannah Highway)
1491 Savannah Hwy, Charleston, SC 29407
Watch for the Hot Now light, then grab a box of the season's festive doughnuts, from holiday sprinkles to playful Santa designs.
Donut Tour Recommends: Holiday Sprinkle Doughnut
NORTH CHARLESTON
● Black-owned
Daddy's Girls Bakery
2021B Reynolds Ave Ste 102, North Charleston, SC 29405
A family bakery built on gooey Charleston Chewies, a holiday-party staple sold by the dozen or by the pan.
Donut Tour Recommends: Charleston Chewies
MOUNT PLEASANT
Paris Baguette (Mount Pleasant)
656-G Long Point Rd, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
A bright bakery cafe whose winter menu brings a mocha bûche de Noël, peppermint mochi donuts and fluffy cream cakes.
Donut Tour Recommends: Bûche de Noël
MOUNT PLEASANT
Kudzu Bakery & Market
1100 Bowman Rd #100, Mt Pleasant, SC 29464
An old-school Southern bakery for holiday cakes, pies, stollen and gingerbread men, plus a cinnamon raisin bread that sells out.
Donut Tour Recommends: Stollen
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Charleston Donut FAQ
Are these holiday spots ranked?
No. Every donut shop and bakery here is one we would happily send a friend to, so we list them by neighborhood instead of ranking them.
When can I find these holiday treats?
Most holiday specials appear from late November through the New Year, and many bakeries take pre-orders for pies, stollen and cookie boxes. Menus change every season, so check each shop's site or social before you go.
Can I taste some of these on a tour?
Yes. Our Charleston Historic City Market & Sweet Treats Tour visits Toast! All Day, Callie's Hot Little Biscuit, Carmella's and Tinto y Crema, winding through the historic French Quarter and City Market.
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