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Best Holiday Donuts & Baked Goods in Nashville
Nashville gets merry with Southern holiday pies, cookie tins and festive donuts, and the fun keeps rolling with king cake treats once Carnival season starts. Here are the holiday treats we send friends to, grouped by neighborhood so you can plan your route.
By the Underground Donut Tour team · Updated November 2026
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DOWNTOWN / SOBRO
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Parlor Doughnuts
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Parlor's layered doughnuts bake up flaky and crisp, and the case turns festive when the season changes. Pie-inspired flavors like Maple Pecan Pie and Ube Sweet Potato Pie take over for the holidays, along with the return of Apple Pie. Bring a dozen to the family table and watch it disappear.
Donut Tour Recommends: Ube Sweet Potato Pie doughnut (seasonal)
DOWNTOWN / SOBRO
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Rise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken
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Rise pairs fluffy scratch biscuits with crispy righteous chicken, and its fried treats get a cozy seasonal makeover. Pumpkin spice beignets and an apple cobbler biscuit bring holiday flavor to the morning rush. Grab a bag of beignets to share on your downtown holiday stroll.
Donut Tour Recommends: Pumpkin Spice Beignets (seasonal)
DOWNTOWN / SOBRO
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● LGBTQ+ owned
D'Andrews Bakery & Cafe
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D'Andrews brings buttery French technique to downtown, with flaky croissants, homemade pop tarts and cookies baked fresh every morning. For the holidays, its holiday pies and boxes of treats are made for the family table. Pick up a box of cookies and pastries for the easiest hostess gift in town.
Donut Tour Recommends: Holiday pies (seasonal)
DOWNTOWN / SOBRO
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● Women-owned
Five Daughters Bakery
5036 Broadway, Ste C-224 (Assembly Food Hall)
Five Daughters is home of the 100 layer donut, a croissant-donut hybrid with crackly layers and rich fillings. Its Christmas box has starred a Nutcracker-inspired quartet, with Sugar Plum, Candy Cane, Hot Chocolate topped with house-made marshmallows, and Strawberry Waltz. It is a perfect pick-me-up between downtown holiday shows.
Donut Tour Recommends: Nutcracker Donut Quartet Christmas Box (seasonal)
DOWNTOWN / SOBRO
Beignets & Brew
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Tucked inside The Arcade, Beignets & Brew serves hot, pillowy beignets under a snowfall of powdered sugar. When Carnival season arrives after the holidays, King Cake Beignets and a King Cake Latte bring a taste of New Orleans to Music City. Get an order to go and keep the celebration rolling into the new year.
Donut Tour Recommends: King Cake Beignets (seasonal)
THE GULCH
Paris Baguette
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Paris Baguette fills its cases with soft cream cakes, buttery pastries and crusty breads made in the Korean-French bakery style. December brings a holiday cake collection, with festive roll cakes and chocolate hazelnut celebration cakes. It makes a showstopping centerpiece for any holiday party.
Donut Tour Recommends: Holiday Chocolate French Roll Cake (seasonal)
THE GULCH
Shipley Do-Nuts
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Shipley has been making fluffy, fresh glazed donuts and kolaches for 90 years. Its holiday menu has featured the Candy Cane Crunch Donut, iced in chocolate or white and loaded with peppermint crunch. Pair one with a classic glazed for a sweet holiday morning.
Donut Tour Recommends: Candy Cane Crunch Donut (seasonal)
THE GULCH
Christie Cookie Co.
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Nashville's hometown cookie company bakes warm, buttery cookies all day at Nashville Yards. The holidays are its time to shine, with festive cookie tins that have been a Music City gifting tradition for decades. Build a custom tin for everyone on your list.
Donut Tour Recommends: Holiday cookie tin (seasonal)
THE GULCH
Arnold's Country Kitchen
This beloved meat-and-three is just as famous for its pie case as its plate lunches. For the holidays, whole chocolate chess and chocolate meringue pies head home to Southern tables all over town. A slice after lunch is a must, and a whole pie is even better.
Donut Tour Recommends: Chocolate Chess Pie (seasonal whole pies)
12 SOUTH
The Butter Milk Ranch
The Butter Milk Ranch is a bright, buzzy 12 South bakery known for its glossy viennoiserie and creative pastries. Its holiday Yule log is a bestseller, layering flourless dark chocolate cake with bergamot chai mousse and chocolate caramel ganache. It is the dessert that steals the show at any holiday dinner.
Donut Tour Recommends: Yule Log (seasonal)
12 SOUTH
● Latino-owned ● Women-owned
The Salty Donut
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The Salty makes small-batch brioche donuts in creative flavors, plus house-roasted coffee. Its seasonal drops keep the fun going after Christmas, like a King Cake Donut Knot for Carnival season. Follow along for limited holiday boxes and grab yours before they sell out.
Donut Tour Recommends: King Cake Donut Knot (seasonal)
EAST NASHVILLE
● Women-owned
Five Daughters Bakery East Nashville
The East Side outpost of this family bakery serves the famous 100 layer donut alongside paleo and vegan options. Around Thanksgiving it has offered a pie box of donuts in flavors like maple pumpkin, apple, chocolate chiffon and huckleberry cheesecake. It is a playful swap for the usual pie at the holiday table.
Donut Tour Recommends: Thanksgiving Pie Box donuts (seasonal)
EAST NASHVILLE
FatBelly Pretzel Bakery & Deli
FatBelly hand-twists soft, chewy pretzels and piles them into hearty deli sandwiches. After the holidays it turns its dough into a pretzel king cake, plus king cake cookies, for a Nashville spin on the Carnival classic. Order one for the office and see who finds the baby.
Donut Tour Recommends: Pretzel King Cake (seasonal)
GERMANTOWN
● Black-owned ● Women-owned
The Cupcake Collection
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This Germantown cottage bakery bakes moist, from-scratch cupcakes inspired by its founder's New Orleans roots. Its signature sweet potato cupcake tastes like a Southern holiday table in one bite. Pick up a dozen for the family gathering, or ship a box to loved ones far away.
Donut Tour Recommends: Sweet Potato Cupcake
SOUTH NASHVILLE
● Women-owned
Dozen Bakery
Dozen got its start as a holiday cookie pop-up at the Nashville Farmers Market, and now bakes sourdough, pastries and pies in Woodbine. The holiday season brings pies like buttermilk pear, butterscotch and chocolate cream, plus festive cookie decorating parties. Grab a loaf and a pie for the table while you are there.
Donut Tour Recommends: Buttermilk Pear Pie (seasonal)
SOUTH NASHVILLE
Baked on 8th
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Baked on 8th is a candy-colored dessert shop known for over-the-top cakes, sugar cookies and towering pies. Its winter favorite is the pink peppermint pretzel pie, and the fall case has featured a pumpkin crumble pie with pecan streusel. Order ahead for holiday pies and decorated cookies that look as good as they taste.
Donut Tour Recommends: Pink Peppermint Pretzel Pie (seasonal)
SOUTH NASHVILLE
Gluten-Free Goose Bakery
Gluten-Free Goose bakes dedicated gluten-free and nut-free treats so everyone can share dessert. Its holiday pies, from apple to pumpkin to mixed berry crumble, are a favorite for Thanksgiving and beyond, and the pumpkin Swiss roll is a seasonal standout. Do not miss the chocolate cake and French crullers.
Donut Tour Recommends: Pumpkin Swiss Roll (seasonal)
SOUTH NASHVILLE
Krispy Kreme
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When the Hot Now light glows, it is time to grab a warm Original Glazed straight off the line. The holiday lineup brings festive flavors like a Sugar Cookie Doughnut, a Hot Cocoa Doughnut with Ghirardelli and a Caramel Toffee Cheesecake Doughnut. A mixed dozen makes the easiest holiday party contribution.
Donut Tour Recommends: Hot Cocoa Doughnut with Ghirardelli (seasonal)
WEST NASHVILLE
Loveless Cafe
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Loveless is a Nashville icon for fluffy biscuits, homemade preserves and Southern pies. Its chess, fudge and Steeplechase pies are holiday staples, and Thanksgiving meal packs take the work out of the feast. Add a jar of preserves and some biscuits for a gift that tastes like Tennessee.
Donut Tour Recommends: Chess Pie
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Nashville Donut FAQ
Are these holiday spots ranked?
No. Every bakery and donut shop 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 show up from late November through New Year's, and king cake treats arrive with Carnival season in January and February. 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 Downtown Nashville Music City Donut & Walking Tour visits Parlor Doughnuts, Rise, D'Andrews and Five Daughters. Lineups can vary by day and season.
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