Donut Fantasy

I took the liberty of driving all the way from Southeast Fresno to Donut Fantasy just to see what all the hype is about. As you’re driving from the 41 Hwy west on Bullard towards West Avenue, you have to look on your left or you’ll miss their small sign that reads Donut Fantasy. Just driving by, you might miss them because their store front is blocked by a business that is located right on the street.
On the day that I visited, I walked behind a group of people. It was packed for about 10 minutes. You had people seated at tables along the windows. The line to the donut ordering area is short but depending on who is in front of you, it may take a couple of minutes, or a lot longer. The great thing is that they have several people working the counter. This helped to move the line a little bit faster.
Their prices are color coded according to a sign they have on top of their donut casing. For me, it seemed pricey as compared to my usual donut place.
I bought a couple of donuts just to name a few: The hostess, german chocolate, glaze, Rocky Road, Mint, Cookies and Cream, Butterfingers, strawberry jelly.
I love the way that the donut itself tastes. It’s a soft, and light chewy dough. I have a sweet tooth so the hostess chocolate was my favorite. One bite into the donut, you had a mouth full of sweet white hostess like filling.
They also have other fancy donuts such as ones with: hot cheetos, potato chips, nerds, sour worms, cereal on top, etc.
Overall, I love the ambience of the place. It feels different from other donut shops I’ve been to. The people were helpful and happy. The donuts aren’t too bad too. 4 stars.

I am staunchly confused as to why this donut house has so many one start reviews! The décor leaves a bit to long for, but I spent zero time here looking at the walls — I was fixated purely on the donuts. Our customer service was quick and the employee helping us was kind. But we all know the real reason you’re reading my review — the donuts.
Most of the donuts at Fantasy are yeast donuts, and fairly dense at that. In my opinion, this type of donut is perfection. However, they have some cake variety donuts as well. I didn’t exactly try the specialties that seem to be talked about in most other reviews, but went for what I thought looked good (unfortunately, they people ahead of us bought the last two Bordeaux, so you won’t hear about the only flavor I truly care about trying). The German Chocolate cake donut had incredible topping, just like a German Chocolate cake. Chocolate donuts aren’t my favorite to start with, but the donut itself was decent. Next, we had a Vanilla Sprinkle yeast donut, which was nothing short of perfect. Their donut holes (both crumb and sprinkle variety) were the best consistency. However, the BEST donut hands down that they have here is the Hostess donut. Filled with what must be actual cake frosting and topped with chocolate, this yeast donut was everything I was looking for in a donut AND any other form of confection. I could probably eat one daily. That alone was enough for me to give them 5 stars, but given all other factors? This place is a fabulous must-​visit.

Solid donut shop with styles you don’t find very often in Fresno. The cream filled cronut was great. Blueberry fritter was nice as well. Butterfinger donut was

Well I’ve been to a few doughnut shops in my lifetime and I think I can tell a good doughnut from a not so good one.
With that being said if you take away the fantasy frostings then what your left with is a mediocre doughnut lacking taste. They color code the pricing on their doughnuts and some are pricy. Their apple fritters where too doughnutty if that’s a word. LOL. Lacking sugar density. Anyone who has had a good fritter will know what I mean. I also tried the German Chocolate doughnut. The topping was very good but the doughnut itself was bland. My daughter and son in law thought the same of the ones they ate also. No complaints from the grandkids though, although they ate the frostings first.
Would I go back — I doubt it.

I dig the diversity for sure. I went here with my almost-​6 year old daughter and she was drawn to the birthday cake donut immediately. Like her mother, she is attacted to sprinkles and shiny things. What can I say? We’re related, after all.
The guy behind the counter was friendly. I know that many reviews said that the customer service sucked, but this guy was making recommendations and letting me know what the top sellers were.
Daughter and I sat down with the birthday cake donut (or whatever it’s called) and the donut with the chocolate frosting and Ruffles on top. I do agree that if Donut Fantasy stepped up their donut game, the entire thing would be a winner. I wasn’t too amazed by the donut itself but the concoction had a lot of potential.
I would most certainly come back to try more of their offerings. I admire and appreciate the fact that there’s a niche little donut place like this in NW Fresno and hope they work on their donut; it’s a bit too dry. Maybe used traditional glazed donuts instead? Here’s hoping they improve and get more clientele — would really like to see a cute little place like this succeed. :)

The BEST most delicious Donuts… with great names! «When Pigs Fly» maple bar with bacon, «When Dirty Pigs Fly» chocolate bar with bacon, «Puppy Paws» glazed and ««Classic Cinnamon Roll»…plus many others to choose from, great coffee too! To go or eat in.

Most of my donut consuming has been from local mom and pop donut shops through out the years like Fosters or Judy’s. I have been spoiled by Donut Bar in San Diego the past couple of years when I’m down there on vacation and they’re the closest place I’ve been to that resembles what Donut Fantasy wishes it could be. I love desserts and snack foods and would definitely say that I have a sweet tooth. You’d think a place like this would appeal to me. I wasn’t too impressed with a lot of their donut combinations, but I love chocolate and I love cake so I decided to try the German Chocolate donut. Let me just say that I am not impressed and especially considering the price tag on their donuts, disappointed. I don’t know what kind of donut fantasies other people have, but mine involves a donut that actually tastes good. This particular donut was pretty dense, a bit dry, and flavorless except for the faint chocolate flavor. It’s sad when my favorite part of the donut is everything but the donut. If only they could master the art of making a donut, then the fantasy could begin. I tried a bite of the Heath Bar donut, and it too suffered from the denseness I found in my German Chocolate. It tasted a little better than mine, but why wouldn’t it when it’s topped with chocolate toffee candy?
I ate my donut on top of a white paper towel and shortly after I noticed what I thought were tiny dark hairs. I tried not to panic as I looked closely and inspected it. The little hair like bits broke apart easily so I realized it must be paper or something from the cardboard box. I looked in the box and sure enough there were little stringy bits of cardboard in the corner and through out the box. Kinda surprised they didn’t lay any wax paper or something down on the bottom like most donut places do. I was relieved it wasn’t hair, but it was still kinda gross nonetheless. I think this place is overrated and overpriced for what you get and I would rather spend this kind of money or a bit more on some nice pastries or save some money and get a better tasting donut from a Foster’s or Judy’s.

The interior is sparce but clean, with a big long display case of all of their donut variants. Based on the selection they had at the time I got the maple bar that had the bacon on it, the donut was pretty good but the bacon seemed to be a tad on the burnt side. Burnt may not be the correct word, but it tasted ever so slightly off.
The rest of the selection I didn’t see a ton of other options I wanted, but I will admit I am not the biggest dessert/​baked goods fan. However looking at their website it appears that they either rotate items out or they have expanded, because I see 3 other kinds that were not present when I was there that look pretty good, so I will have to go back to check it out and see if any of them are available.
All in all a pretty good place, would come back in the occasional instance when I feel like a donut.

This place is great. I’ve been twice and I genuinely have no idea what the negative reviews are on about. The base donuts are really good. Any of the raised (or yeast donuts) have been fluffy and chewy, the cake donuts have been denser but still soft. Being chewy is not a negative and isn’t a sign of a donut’s age (or staleness), it’s more often the result of the prep and elasticity of the dough. It’s also worth noting that the donuts themselves aren’t over greasy (the worst part of any donut).
The toppings I’ve had have been great, from the fresh out of the fryer caramel apple fitter (still warm and dripping) to the basic glazed. They’re all very good.
These are not the best donuts I’ve ever had (and I can see why some people would take issue with the lack of variety) but they’re very good and for a place that’s only been open five weeks, I’m incredibly satisfied.

After reading some of the responses to bad reviews (Jennifer Cs especially), I was already turned off to try this place. I don’t care who you are, what you do, etc a smart ass comment is not good business, plain and simple. That person gave you their money– don’t be a B!
Their doughnuts are not good. My dad who absolutely loves doughnuts, threw his away. I thought I’d treat him (since he’s very ill) to some of his favorite food, and this didn’t hit the mark at all. We had «When Pigs Fly», «Fluffernutter», and the hot Cheetos doughnuts. Stale, boring, and too sweet isn’t a good combo.
Sprinkles doughnuts is still the best.

Gave it a second chance and even more disappointing. The donut base is just NOT up to par.
Fluffernutter — horrible! Donut with Skippy peanut butter creamy and marshmallows. AWFUL! No sweet and no savory.
Chipper– horrible donut texture, light chocolate and too many chips. Not even tasty chip choice. Store brand version of Ruffles.
Butterfinger — very butterfingery. Very sweet. Overwhelms the donut.
Voodoo Donut Copycat from Portland.
Flaming Cheeto” — Cheeto topping is a nice compliment to the sweet. Cheetos have softened after it sits so definitely get this when it is fresh.
«When Pigs Fly» — tasty. Good sweet and savory compliment. Not worth $ 2. The donut is nicely made and soft.
Décor– it shows that the owner is barely ready to open. Buzzing fluorescent bulbs — annoying. Staff who haven’t eaten the product — indicative of poor staffing or staffing under poor management. Definite lack of training. Seating is limited and not sufficient. Donuts half price after 5. Needs an edgier staff, better seating and to ditch the family vibe.

Yucky! We had some delivered to our office the other day & I thought they were gross. I stopped by omw home to try again… they have no flavor! Sure they are topped with all kinda of delicious stuff, but that doesn’t hide the bland boring doughnut and lackluster frosting.
I honestly don’t think that this place will make it, using the recipe they have now. Idk if it’s the oil they are using, maybe it’s stale…
There are far better places to get good doughnuts in Fresno.
** let me clarify** I stopped by after work so I could let my family try them, after all my opinion is just my own.
Side note… family thought the same as I did

Doughnuts or donut, certainly everyone has got their «ideal» way of spelling it and certainly everyone has different ways of enjoying their donuts while building their rotundness in their midsections, for me and probably even Homer Simpson. ‘Donut Fantasy’ fulfills not only the fantasies of eating a donut the size of my head (yes a donut 10 inches wide) or some truly unique creations such as the Cheetos, Kool-​aid, blackforest, reese, M&M’s encrusted donuts, it also fulfills the ultimate taste test in my opinion.
Its density, its texture, and overall sweetness was well balanced, primarily distinguishing itself apart from all the donuts I’ve tasted so far in Fresno, there is nothing like it, its probably the only place in Fresno where Yeast, Cake and Old Fashioned donuts are offered. Sure most people have only savored the yeast varieties (in Fresno), and can’t seem to relish its other siblings (the cake and old fashioned), but certainly understanding the differences would be the marvel reason to making the right choices and actually enjoying the donuts of fantasies.
40+ different varieties of donuts are offered here (not all at once of course), including their 10 inch sized donuts, everything from the simplistic glazed, bear claw, long john, and chocolate covered donuts to the bizarre and unique offerings of savory and sweet encrusted choices such as Cheetos, M&M’s, Potato Chips, Banana Icing, peanut butter cups, candy cane. Beautiful nightmare of sweet dreams, these donuts certainly fulfills the fantasies of many, especially me– I normally have to travel 150 miles to LA to savor unique donuts such as these. Surely the attraction of coming here might primarily be exerted from its bizarre choices, nevertheless the taste itself is unique and different in my opinion.
Each donut here is pretty unique in texture, there is the fluffy and light texture one like at most places — and these are the yeast donuts, and than there is the cake like donuts, now these varieties are usually leavened not with yeast, but baking soda instead, therefore giving it a denser and often crustier donut. The majority of its uniquely encrusted donuts are topped on its cake donuts, which might not be an attraction for people who enjoy the fluffy pillowy kind, but for me, I like the denser donuts that dips impeccably into my cup of coffee. Fret not, they do have the yeasty donuts, and these are the glazed varieties. There is also offerings of filled donuts such as jelly and whipped/​buttercream.
The encrusted donuts certainly embodies the flavor of its description. For example the reese pieces, tasted like I was actually savoring reese packet. Chocolate covered banana was also pretty uncanny to the real bananas. The sweetness was also on point, not too sweet, neither was it lacking the sweetness.
During closing a.k.a HAPPY HOUR (5.00pm to 6pm) the donuts are 50% off– fabulous for those thrifty mongers. However on normal operation hours the donuts are priced according to color coding, with pink varieties at $ 1 each, purple at $ 1.25 each, red $ 1.50 each, yellow at $ 2 and black at $ 2.50. Donut fantasy has some casual indoor seats for those who choose to dine in. They do also offer drink menu of coffee to protein drinks at affordable prices of $ 2 and under.
They will close when selection is finished for the day, therefore calling ahead is wise, and they will reserve donuts for people who call and reserve. Parking can be an issue in this shopping centre, but its not impossible either. Definitely a unique donuts destination for Fresno thats worth a try at least once. Donut Fantasy also caters for events, office surprises and parties– calling them ahead is well recommend.

I’ve been on an ongoing quest to find the best donut in Fresno. This place isn’t it.
But because I do my best to try everything twice, today was my second time here. Each time I’ve arrived prior to 730am and each time the selection was kind of pathetic. Just the variety, there wasn’t much to chose from. Maybe I was just expecting too much.
On my first visit I got a maple bar and the hostess cupcake. Today I got the maple bar with bacon and a plain glaze.
The flavor is there. The maple glaze is good and the bacon has a nice, but artificial, smokiness to it (I would suggest using black forest bacon rather than hickory smoke flavoring). The glaze was fine, basic. I took one bite of the hostess cupcake one and that was it. Waay to sweet for me.
The texture is chewy. Honestly, the best way to describe these donuts is they taste old. Like a day or two days old. They have been very cold each time. You couldn’t convince me these donuts were made the same morning without seeing it for myself.
Overall, I can confidently say I won’t go back and wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone, especially at the high cost. Good attempt at gourmet donuts but I think it has a long way to go.

Just had 2 different donuts from there. Had to throw the second one away. They were not soft and the Bordeaux had a horrible taste. One girl was too busy talking to even wait on me even though I was standing right in front of her. She was too bay talking about her wedding. I finally asked her if she available to wait on me or else I might still be standing there. I will never go back there, nor will I recommend it to anyone. Regular donut shops are so much better.
In response to your answer… there were several women working in there and except for the customer talking there were no other customers in there so they were not busy. And talking about the wedding, the employee was talking about when she had hers.

***Update– The owners of the business reached out to me via my review, and we talked back and forth about this incident. They generally seemed like they felt bad and wanted to make this issue right. They said they spoke to the ladies that were on staff yesterday, so this doesn’t ever happen again. They seemed genuine about it and were very polite in their exchanges. Much appreciated on that end.
This is a fine example of how you handle customer service! Props to them for being pros on this. You have a great product and you responded to a complaint is an amazing fashion. Keep up the great work and your business will succeed!

Good donuts but hostile unfriendly customer service from old ladies working there. Won’t be back.
This is an update to my original review:
The owner contacted me, he was very nice and polite, and took care of problematic employee, will definitely give them another chance, since the donuts were very delicious, especially the banana flavor with chocolate sprinkles on top.

Picking up more gourmet donuts!
Getting «When pigs fly»
«Flamin chettio»
«Nuttermonkey»
Hot coco! :)
Yummy, Yummy Donuts!!!

We just picked up an assortment of different flavors and brought them home for dessert. They were all DELICIOUS! Fresh and creative new flavors! Loved the Cherry-​cherry fritter and the Butterfingers ones! Great customer service! Friendly. The shop was spotless! Go support these young entrepreneurs!

! Super creative donut choices BUT you need to come early in the morning! Very friendly atmosphere! Two thumbs up!