We’ve seen galaxy doughnuts, , , doughnut burgers and doughnut ice cream cones; it’s been a big year for the pastry with a hole in the middle.
Unicorns got a particularly cute look-in on the "hole" thing:
It seemed like perhaps the doughnut trend had been exhausted for 2016; but of course, there’s always room for one more weird pastry creation.
Meet the doughnuts making ripples in New York, and created by Chelsea-based doughnut institution Doughnut Plant, which announced its new masterpiece with
Yep, the new doughnut craze is, well, ripple doughnuts.
As , the pastry concoctions is comprised of three sweet or savoury layers of doughnut, weaved together into a huge ripple shape.
First off the rank is a Thankgsiving themed doughnut with sweet potato, cranberry and ginger flavours; the menu will also feature berry parfait and moccachino creations.
As far as we can tell, these ripple doughnuts are the first of their kind anywhere in the world, and will be sold for a massive US$24 each.
The man behind them, Mark Israel, has been servicing New York city with doughnuts for over 22 years.
We haven’t heard any whispers of these woven pastry creations hitting Australian shores yet, but we wouldn't be suprised "holiest" doughnut designers give the trend a whirl.
Until then, here are some eyecatching weird and wonderful doughnuts from around the country - just because.