Here's where to get free doughnuts in Indianapolis on National Doughnut Day Follow the Westfield Donut Trail, score free doughnut holes and enter to win a diamond and gold doughnut

Liz Biro | IndyStar

Show Caption Hide Caption Why Indiana is doughnut country Hoosiers have a major thing for doughnuts. Here's why and where to get some of the best doughnuts in Indianapolis and Indiana.

The best holiday in Indianapolis, after the Indy 500, is National Doughnut Day. Free doughnuts are all over the place June 1 and into the weekend.

Don't miss a couple of huge free doughnut celebrations Downtown. At one, you might win a diamond and gold doughnut.

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Wherever you go to get free doughnuts, arrive early. Lots of shops run of out of doughnuts quickly, and not just the free ones.

Taylor's Bakery

6216 Allisonville Road, Indianapolis, and 8395 E. 116th St., Fishers, taylorsbakery.com

The first 1,000 people to visit each location of this more than 100-year-old bakery on June 1 get a half-dozen free doughnut holes. Bakers will stash prizes into many of the 400 boxes of doughnut holes that will be for sale. Two hundred boxes will contain coupons for a free dozen doughnut holes. A $10 gift card will be tucked into 20 boxes. “Taylor’s Tickets” hidden in four boxes get winners free doughnut holes for the rest of the year. Boxes hold 24 doughnut holes each.

Rise'n Roll

1277 N. State Road 135, (317) 300-1841, risenroll.com

Arrive early. Free doughnuts are available June 1 “while supplies last.” Don’t miss the famous cinnamon caramel doughnut, a pillowy puff of pure pleasure.

Monument Circle

Salvation Army volunteers give away 2,500 free glazed doughnuts 6 to 10 a.m. June 1 in front of radio station WIBC-FM 93.1, which hosts #DonutDayIndy, a competition to select Indy's best doughnut. Lucky me! I'm a judge.

Vote in the people’s choice best doughnut shop contest online at wibc.com beforehand for a chance to win a diamond and gold doughnut pendant necklace.

Remember to thank a Hoosier for National Doughnut Day. When Salvation Army ensign Helen Purviance, a Fort Wayne native, decided to fry doughnuts for World War I troops, she put doughnuts on track to become an American favorite. Back home in the U.S., veterans wanted those doughnuts, creating an ever-booming market.

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The Salvation Army created National Doughnut Day, to honor the men and women who served doughnuts to those troops.

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We love our neighbors in Ohio, especially when they bring us doughnuts. The Butler County Visitors Bureau passes out a bunch of free doughnut holes from the Ohio Donut Trail 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 1 on Downtown Indy’s Georgia Street. Play Plinko to win more free doughnuts, T-shirts and other prizes. By the way, the Ohio Donut Trail is only about two hours from Indianapolis. The dozen shops include Holtman's Donuts, established in 1960 in Loveland, Ohio, and family-owned ever since. Doughnut recipes have been passed down through the generations.

Titus Bakery

820 W. South St., Lebanon, (765) 482-1740, and Monon Market Place, 17471 Wheeler Road, Westfield, (317) 763-1700, titusbakery.com

Get free doughnut holes 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 1. A Salvation Army Donut Girl dressed in an old-timey uniform hands them out. Kids who go on Titus’ scavenger hunt in Lebanon get a free doughnut just for participating, but the one who arrives first at a special location on the hunt will receive a dozen Pershings, Titus' popular maple-frosted, cinnamon-filled doughnuts. Radio Mom from 91.1-FM also gives away a dozen doughnuts every hour from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Westfield Donut Trail

Follow the Westfield Donut Trail June 1, 2 or 3, but before you do, pick up a Donut Trail Passport at Centier Bank, 3002 Ind. 32. The passport’s map lists the trail's dozen “sweet stops.” Collect stickers from all of them and you’ll earn a dozen free doughnuts. Learn more at westfieldwelcome.com/donuttrail

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Dunkin’ Donuts

Dunkin' Donuts locations give away a classic doughnut of your choice with the purchase of any beverage all day June 1. Classics include jelly-filled, cinnamon sugar, blueberry, Bavarian cream, chocolate-frosted and coconut, among others.

Edible Arrangements

ediblearrangements.com

If you’re one of those (weird) people who feel guilty about eating too many doughnuts, get the freebie at any Edible Arrangements. It’s a crisp, doughnut-shaped Granny Smith apple slice dipped in chocolate. Everyone who stops by stores June 1 gets one, and only one, while supplies last.

Doughnut drive-thru

3405 E. 86th St.

Racing down Keystone trying to avoid pot holes and stay in the fast lane, who's got time to stop for doughuts. If you're coming from or headed to the north side, hit F.C. Tucker and Co. real estate office. Employees will give away free Taylor's Bakery doughnuts 7 to 10 a.m. June 1 in the parking lot.

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