Free donut at Dunkin' Donuts w/beverage purchase, June 1.

Today is National Donut Day, as you may have heard, and Dunkin' Donuts is also participating, though not as generously as Krispy Kreme, which is just giving away a free donut of your choice. At Dunkin', you get a free donut with purchase of a beverage today, June 1.

Still, I hear Dunkin' Donuts coffee has a very loyal following, so this may not be a problem for their fans!

Free Krispy Kreme donut June 1.

Tomorrow is National Donut Day! And Krispy Kreme is celebrating with a FREE donut for everybody. Stop by a participating store tomorrow, June 1, and you can get a free donut of your choice, any variety.

If only more holidays involved the public giving of free donuts...

Dunkin' Donuts: Free donut on June 3, National Donut Day.

We already knew that Krispy Kreme was offering free donuts on National Donut Day, but Dunkin' Donuts is giving away free donuts on June 3 too! Stop in and get a free donut of your choice with any beverage purchase.

OK, that's not quite as free as the no-strings-attached Krispy Kreme offer, but you need something to wash that frosting and grease down with, right?

Krispy Kreme: Free donuts on June 3, National Donut Day.

It's been a while since I went to a Krispy Kreme, but maybe this freebie will lure me in:

"On Friday, June 3, Krispy Kreme will give back to its guests by offering one FREE Krispy Kreme Doughnut on National Doughnut Day. The free doughnut offer is good for one doughnut of any variety per customer at participating U.S. Krispy Kreme retail shops."


That's posted on their Facebook wall, so maybe we'll hear more details as the day gets closer, as far as needing to print out a coupon or what have you. Hopefully, we'll all just be able to march arm in arm into our local Krispy Kreme and choose our free pastries!

Free Krispy Kreme, Dunkin Donuts on National Donut Day, June 4.

Remember, everybody, June 4 (Friday) is NATIONAL DONUT DAY! Krispy Kreme will give you a free donut of any flavor you like, and Dunkin' Donuts will hand you a free donut of your choice with your beverage purchase.

In case you thought this was bogus, let me assure you that National Donut Day is totally for real. Evidently it has its origins in WWI, when Salvation Army lady volunteers bravely fried up dough circles for Our Boys on the Front, and then the entire nation developed a taste for donuts and a tradition was born. And that's why we're all fat now.

Happy National Donut Day!

Free Krispy Kreme donut for National Donut Day, June 4.

Looks like Krispy Kreme is jumping on the free-fried-dough-circle bandwagon for National Donut Day, June 4. Stop in to any Krispy Kreme and get a free donut of any variety! No purchase necessary, but donuts and coffee are BBFs.

In addition to all the usual flavors, they have a couple of special seasonal flavors each month. We don't know what June's will be yet, but this month's flavors are Chocolate Fudge Cake and S'mores, so I'm sure they'll be sufficiently sugary and fatty.

June 4 is Free Donut Day at Dunkin' Donuts.

Yes, this is quite a bit of advance notice, but free donuts are important and I want to make sure you have as much time as possible to plan accordingly. Friday, June 4 (that's the week after this coming Friday) is National Donut Day, and Dunkin' Donuts wants you to have a free donut with any beverage purchase. Coffee, tea, chocolate milk... whatever floats your donut boat.

Mark your calendars with a big greasy chocolate thumbprint!

Get a dozen free V-day cards and donuts at Krispy Kreme.

I haven't been able to verify this Krispy Kreme offer (by way of Buxr.com), but supposedly, through February 14, when you buy a dozen doughnuts, you'll get a dozen Valentine's Day cards free... and each card contains a coupon for a free single doughnut. So it's basically a BOGO, but it's valentines, too! See how that works?

Also, participating Krispy Kreme stores have heart-shaped doughnuts specially available for Valentine's Day, which your coworkers would probably enjoy more than that stale box of punctured, leaky chocolate-covered cherries. Just a thought.

Krispy Kreme: Buy 1 doz donuts, get 12 free-donut gift tags.

This freebie is a little complicated to explain, but bear with me. When you buy a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts through Dec. 25, you'll get a dozen free gift tags, and the gift tags are actually coupons (good in January) for a free donut. Sooo, it's kind of like getting a free dozen donuts, individually. But of course you're going to share them, right?

Seattle: Free Mighty-O donuts for piratical kids on Nov. 28.

Just in case your kids need a leetle more sugar this weekend to help endear them to the extended family, Mighty-O Donuts is here to help. November 28 is Pirate Donut Urchin Day or something at Mighty-O, wherein all children dressed as pirates get a free donut. The details:

"Come join us at Mighty-O Donuts on Saturday, November 28th, 2009 from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm for the launch of our Spiced Rum Cake Donut. Any child that is dressed as a Pirate will receive a free mini-donut of their choice."

You parents might want to slosh a little extra spiced rum on your donut, though. Yarrr.

(Tip from the Seattle Times Freeloader, a new column listing freebies in Seattle.)

Free creme-filled donut at Krispy Kreme, September 14.

Today, I am learning, is National Creme-Filled Doughnut Day, at least according to Krispy Kreme. To celebrate, they are giving away free creme-filled (or possibly kreme-filled) doughnuts to anyone who walks into a store and says "Happy National Kreme Filled Doughtnut Day." Easy enough, right?

I haven't been able to verify this one on the Krispy Kreme official site, so if you try this and it works, let me know in the comments!