Location: 963 Dovercourt Road, Toronto
Website: https://www.betterdaysdonuts.ca/

Better Days Coffee & Donuts is a delightful new doughnut shop on Dovercourt, and you know what?  I’m not going to beat around the bush.  The apple fritter here is the best I’ve ever had.

Better Days is inspired by the classics, with the owner telling Toronto Life that they won’t have any “stunt doughnuts” (i.e. social-media-friendly creations with elaborate toppings) on the menu.  I enjoy a good stunt doughnut every now and then, but you can’t beat the classics.

And it doesn’t get more classic than an apple fritter, which is unbelievably good here.  Again: it’s the best apple fritter I’ve ever had.

It’s just the perfect combo of a crispy/craggly exterior and a moist interior with enjoyably tender apple chunks interspersed throughout.  It covered in a sweet glaze, but it’s never cloying, with a delicious balance of sweetness that feels just right.  I could eat about a million of these.  Strap me down into one of those Homer Simpson doughnut force-feeding machines, please.

I also tried the double chocolate, which was a delicious cake doughnut with a satisfying chocolatey punch.  Nothing can compare to that glorious fritter, but it’s still clearly above average.