Spanish Fork
Donuts in Spanish Fork, Utah: What to Know Before You Go
24 September 2026 · 6 min read
Spanish Fork is where this started, and it is still the shop that moves the most food. The Donut Run, 1306 E Center St, open at 5:00am Monday through Saturday. Here is what is actually worth knowing before you drive over.
The hours, first, because they decide everything
Most breakfast in Utah County does not begin until six or seven. We open at 5:00am, which is the hour that matters if you are heading to a job site, driving north to Salt Lake before the point backs up, or starting a shift.
The Donut Run — Spanish Fork
1306 E Center St, Spanish Fork, UT
(801) 416-0800
5:00am – 3:00pm Monday–Thursday · 5:00am – 2:00pm Friday & Saturday
· Closed Sunday
The longer version of why is here, and if you want the county-wide picture at that hour, what is open at 5am in Utah County.
The Cowboy Donuts thing
If you have lived in Spanish Fork a while, you knew this shop as Cowboy Donuts. Same building, same corner of Center Street, same people frying. The name changed to The Donut Run; nothing else did. We wrote that out properly in Cowboy Donuts is now The Donut Run, mostly so nobody drives past looking for a sign that is not there any more.
What to order
Not a ranking. A set of honest answers depending on why you came in.
| If you want | Order | Price |
|---|---|---|
| The classic, done right | Traditional glazed | $1.50 |
| Crunch and something to chew | Old fashioned | $2.50 |
| Something off the board | Specialty — Bismark, Long John, Persian, buttermilk bar | $2.75 |
| Actual breakfast | Large kolache — egg, potato, meat, cheese | $4.75 |
| Something quick | Small kolache — meat and cheese | $2.50 |
| Coffee | Drip, fresh that morning | $2.50 |
| Feeding people | Assorted dozen | $22.50 |
If you have never had a Persian, that is the one to try — large, soft, cinnamon-laced, closer to a cinnamon roll than to a ring donut, and you will not find it in many places. The rest of the board is broken down in the specialty board explained.
What a dozen actually costs
An assorted dozen is $22.50, and a dozen is buy ten get two free — so you are paying for ten and taking twelve. That is the whole trick; there is no smaller print. Full breakdown, every price, in how much is a dozen donuts, and if you are trying to work out how many you need for a group, that is here.
The afternoon deal
Every donut in the case is half price after 2:00pm at Spanish Fork, Monday through Thursday. Friday and Saturday we close at two, so the window is Monday to Thursday only. Same donuts, fried the same morning — the case is just thinner by then, and what tends to be left is cake donuts, which are the ones that hold up best anyway. The full rules are here.
Kolaches, which is the unusual part
Spanish Fork makes a lot of kolaches — more than anything else we do by volume. A kolache is a savoury filling baked inside soft bread dough, not served on it. Small ones with ham, sausage, cheese and jalapeño combinations from $2.50; large breakfast ones — bacon egg cheese and potato, sausage egg and gravy, ham ranchero — from $4.75.
If you are hungry rather than just sweet-hungry, a large kolache is the order. It eats with one hand and it will hold you to lunch. Start with what is a kolache or go straight to kolaches in Spanish Fork.
Ordering ahead
For anything over a couple of dozen, call the day before — (801) 416-0800. We bake to the morning rather than to a target, so a large order that has not been phoned in may simply not be sitting there at five. A day's notice is plenty. Counts, timing and what travels are in the large orders guide, and feeding a crew has its own page: breakfast for a work crew.
Sunday
Closed. If you need a box for Sunday morning, buy Saturday and buy cake rather than raised — cake donuts are noticeably better the next day. Dinner rolls do the same job: frozen by the dozen at $4.95, baked at $6.95.
The other two shops
- Ogden — 554 Washington Blvd, (385) 865-1029. Perks coffee and The Soda Run dirty soda counter. Donuts in Ogden.
- St. George — 922 E Brigham Rd, (435) 628-9290. Perks coffee. Donuts in St. George.
What is different about each shop is written up in our three shops. Everything we make and what it costs is on the menu, and every item has an entry in the Utah Donut Index.
Common questions
Where can I get donuts in Spanish Fork, Utah?
The Donut Run at 1306 E Center St, Spanish Fork, UT. Phone (801) 416-0800. Open 5:00am to 3:00pm Monday through Thursday and 5:00am to 2:00pm Friday and Saturday. Closed Sunday.
What time do donut shops open in Spanish Fork?
Ours opens at 5:00am, Monday through Saturday. The fryers start well before that, so the case at five is the first of the morning rather than the end of yesterday.
How much is a dozen donuts in Spanish Fork?
An assorted dozen is $22.50. A dozen is buy ten get two free, so you are paying for ten. Traditional glazed are $1.50 each, old fashioned $2.50, and specialty donuts from the board $2.75.
Are donuts half price in the afternoon in Spanish Fork?
Yes. Every donut in the case is half price after 2:00pm at our Spanish Fork and St. George shops. Monday through Thursday, since Friday and Saturday close at 2:00pm.
Was The Donut Run in Spanish Fork called Cowboy Donuts?
Yes. The Spanish Fork shop traded as Cowboy Donuts before it became The Donut Run. Same shop, same corner, same fryers — the name changed, nothing else did.
Is there coffee at the Spanish Fork shop?
Drip coffee, $2.50, made fresh that morning. The Perks specialty coffee is at our Ogden and St. George shops. Both are coffee; they are just not the same coffee.
Can you get kolaches in Spanish Fork?
Yes. Small kolaches from $2.50 and large breakfast ones from $4.75 — sausage, egg, cheese and potato baked inside the dough rather than served on it.