During the first week of 2026, the Washington Post surveyed 1,021 people about their New Year’s resolutions. Fourteen percent said they planned to lose weight. For a brief moment, my local Austin gym appeared to believe them.
By mid-January, however, treadmills were vacant and elliptical machines were lonely again. Which makes this a fine time to celebrate Texas’ most famous donut. On Jan. 13, Tasting Table released a list of the best donut shops in every state, and Texas’ selection came as no surprise: Round Rock Donuts.
In 2024, Round Rock Donuts landed on Yelp’s list of the Top 10 Most Outrageous Oversized Eats for its 13-inch Texas Sized Donut. Glazed, frosted, powdered or stuffed, here’s why Round Rock Donuts earned its well-deserved ranking as the Lone Star State’s go-to destination for fried dough.
Round Rock Donuts started in 1926
The story of Round Rock Donuts begins with Reinhold R. Moehring, who opened the Lone Star Bakery in 1926 on Round Rock’s Main Street. Throughout the 1930s, Moehring experimented with and refined his dough recipe, perfecting his method for the now-renowned Round Rock donut by the early 1940s…