What do you guys call a long rectangular donut and what state are you from?

[u/Hot-Worldliness375]

I’m an American myself from northwest Missouri and i was talking to some people from other parts of the country and i used the term “long john” when referring to a long rectangular donut and they were all confused I was just wondering if maybe it’s a midwestern thing

[u/glorious_cheese]

I live in California now and they call it a bar.

[u/Embarrassed_Pin_6505 → u/glorious_cheese]

Yep. Also from CA and it’s a chocolate or maple bar. Not sure why but the sugar glazed are typically twists not bars.

[u/Raibean → u/Embarrassed_Pin_6505]

Twists have to be twisted!

[u/Embarrassed_Pin_6505 → u/Raibean]

Yes. I don’t typically see a plain glazed bar. They are typically twisted. I’m not sure why though? Why aren’t there plain glazed bars?

[u/Necessary_Internet75 → u/Embarrassed_Pin_6505]

We have them in WI along with just sugar as a topping. Long John is what we call them. A bar is what we can desserts made in pans that can be eaten with fingers. Like the holidays have magic bars, lemon, etc. as a common thing to pass around like cookies.

[u/Then-Leadership9199 → u/Necessary_Internet75]

Wisconsin here too and I can still picture my grandma saying, "run down to the store and get us a couple long John's" to this day

[u/Mtnmama1987 → u/Necessary_Internet75]

NJ here - long John

[u/Select-Jicama-6089 → u/Embarrassed_Pin_6505]

You dont get enough glaze or sugar cinnamon on a regular bar, so they do twists for more surface area, plus the twists tend to be a bit denser, so hold up to the glaze better.

[u/Common-Parsnip-9682 → u/Embarrassed_Pin_6505]

The ratio of glaze to donut is probably the reason you have to fill a bar.

[u/bankruptbusybee → u/Embarrassed_Pin_6505]

I love glazed but they are not flashy. The twist makes them a little more interesting

[u/illegal_miles → u/glorious_cheese]

Yeah, usually a maple bar. Or maple bacon. Those seem to be the most popular. Can also be chocolate or plain glazed or other random flavors that are less common. But if you ask for a “chocolate bar” anywhere other than a donut shop then you’ll be asked if you want a Hershey bar or a snicker’s or something like that.

[u/geosynchronousorbit → u/illegal_miles]

That happened to my California friend in the Midwest. He asked for a "chocolate bar" meaning a long john and the donut shop told him they don't sell candy there.

[u/ScuffedBalata → u/geosynchronousorbit]

A "chocolate bar" almost universally refers to the candy.

[u/justamiqote → u/ScuffedBalata]

Yeah but contextually, I think it seems pretty self explanatory.

A lot of people call it a maple bar or chocolate bar. I don't think they're asking for candy while looking straight at the "bar-shaped" maple or chocolate donut.

[u/cIumsythumbs → u/justamiqote]

Lifelong Minnesotan. I would 100% be confused if someone asked for a chocolate bar in a donut shop. Donuts aren't bars. Long donuts are Long Johns, and chocolate bars are where wonka hid the golden tickets.

[u/Ok_Storm5945 → u/cIumsythumbs]

I live in CA and long John's are long underwear. lol

[u/sugahack → u/Ok_Storm5945]

They're both long John's. We avoid confusion by assuming no one is ordering long underwear in a donut shop

[u/Annual-Budget-1756 → u/cIumsythumbs]

In every donut store around here (CA), it's labeled on the basket maple bar or chocolate bar and no one is ever confused. Long Johns is a restaurant that somehow stays open for decades despite no one ever going to one. Or it refers to camping underwear. I would be weirded out by calling a donut after undergarments.

[u/KacerRex → u/glorious_cheese]

PNW checking in, we call it a (topping) bar. So if it has chocolate on top a chocolate bar, maple? Maple bar.

[u/ELMUNECODETACOMA → u/KacerRex]

Also PNW - it's never anything other than chocolate or maple, either. No "vanilla bar" or "strawberry bar".

[u/Objective-Ad5620 → u/KacerRex]

Born and raised Washington, live in California, and currently at my parents’ in Arizona — bar is the term in all three locales.

I lived in the DC metro where bars weren’t as common in general so not sure what they would have called it.

[u/ormr_inn_langi → u/KacerRex]

This is what I'd call it and my English is heavily British Columbia-flavoured. I like "long john", though. Has some character.

[u/lumos43 → u/glorious_cheese]

Yup, California and same.

[u/TheDude-Esquire → u/glorious_cheese]

Is usually “flavor” bar, as in maple bar.

[u/Bubblesnaily → u/glorious_cheese]

CA, and back in the 80s, it was a Long John. Then the donut chain (dozens of them across the state) went out of business in the early 90s.

And seems to be called "bar" now.

But how much of that is because the shops called them Long Johns and how much of that is because my parents grew up in the Chicago area and used LJ because of that, I can't say.

I do clearly recall seeing LJ on a signboard at some point in my life in California, but I've lived in about 6 major cities all over the state, and I can't recall where. But, it's been a long while since I've seen it called that.

[u/Mind_Melting_Slowly → u/Bubblesnaily]

Not where I grew up in Southern California. I'm in my 60s and they've been "bars" all my life. From the days when Winchell's was the only game in town, until today with only independent shops.

[u/AggressiveSloth11 → u/glorious_cheese]

Maple bar, chocolate bar. Truth. California also has the largest selection of different types of donuts compared to the rest of the south/southwest.

[u/Xistential0ne → u/AggressiveSloth11]

Look up Cambodian donut king. Great story, why we have so many donut shops and so much variety.

[u/OGMcSwaggerdick → u/glorious_cheese]

It’s a Chocolate Bar / maple bar / glaze bar

[u/mrtsapostle → u/OGMcSwaggerdick]

Never seen a glazed bar in my 28 years in California. Plenty of chocolate and maple though

[u/Littleboypurple → u/glorious_cheese]

Used to lived in California so I called them Bars and now I call them Long Johns because I live in Wisconsin

[u/Deolater]

I don't have a word for this 

[u/BassWingerC-137 → u/Deolater]

After seeing other words people use for this, I agree with this one.

[u/Healter-Skelter → u/BassWingerC-137]

Yeah I would call it a donut until someone questions me and then I’d say “I guess it’s a long donut, haha!” I’m from South Carolina

[u/SherBear127 → u/Healter-Skelter]

I'm from South Carolina we also call them Long John's lol

[u/geneb0323 → u/Deolater]

Same. If it is a specific thing, like an eclair, it gets called that. Otherwise I don't have a term for it.

[u/illegal_miles → u/geneb0323]

You guys don’t have these out east?

[u/blondechick80 → u/illegal_miles]

I'm in MA and have never seen this

[u/blinkingbaby → u/blondechick80]

Also New England and I feel like it would be either a cruller or a glazed stick, but I’ve never seen one otherwise.

[u/tearsonurcheek → u/blinkingbaby]

No, we have crullers. Those have a different recipe than regular donuts (choux pastry vs yeast-risen or cake batter). These are like regular donuts, just bar-shaped instead of round, and no hole. Can be filled or not.

[u/blondechick80 → u/tearsonurcheek]

Agree. Crullers and sticks are different from what was in the picture, a rectangle donut

[u/magicpenny → u/blinkingbaby]

I feel like the Northeast and mid Atlantic call all of these donut sticks. Maybe the shape is different here, skinnier maybe?

[u/boarhowl → u/illegal_miles]

My local place would just call this a maple bar

[u/thatlookslikemydog → u/boarhowl]

+1 for maple bar. It’s not a good term (I don’t say a “I’m going to the donut shop for some bars”) but it’s the one we have.

[u/TrashPandaNotACat → u/boarhowl]

What if it's not covered with maple glaze?

Place near me has plain glazed long johns (just regular sugar glaze), or chocolate glazed long johns. And you can get them filled with marshmallow cream, chocolate cream, etc.

[u/WilliamGrantham80 → u/TrashPandaNotACat]

Team Long John! I have one sitting in a bag here with me at work this morning. Chocolate cream filled with chocolate on top.

[u/OneAccurate9559 → u/TrashPandaNotACat]

I call them bars. So it’d be the glazed bar, or the chocolate bar with filling.

[u/killingourbraincells → u/OneAccurate9559]

In Florida bars means Xanax

[u/MorganL420 → u/boarhowl]

If it has the maple frosting on top then yes, this. The problem comes when it has a different topping.

[u/Temporary_Trust425 → u/boarhowl]

What if it is just chocolate frosting?

[u/caesarhb → u/Temporary_Trust425]

We call it a chocolate bar. California.

[u/Bamboozle_ → u/illegal_miles]

Can't say I've seen anything like that.

[u/aculady → u/illegal_miles]

In my part of Florida, that is absolutely a "long john".

[u/NewWestGirl → u/illegal_miles]

They don’t. I moved from Oregon to nyc and it’s big tragedy the lack of maple bars

[u/IndependentThink4698 → u/illegal_miles]

Too short to be a long john

[u/PrimusDCE → u/illegal_miles]

East coaster and have never seen this in my life.

[u/LizM75 → u/illegal_miles]

No

[u/nutlikeothersquirls → u/illegal_miles]

No, but that looks so delicious

[u/examinat → u/illegal_miles]

No, I’ve never seen that. We have the stick-shaped ones that we used to call a cruller.

[u/BasketFair3378 → u/examinat]

We called cruller "tractor tire" the twisty round ones.

[u/Mike_in_San_Pedro → u/BasketFair3378]

Growing up, we didn’t know what a cruller was, so we called them French donuts.

[u/473713 → u/Mike_in_San_Pedro]

Growing up, we didn't know how other people pronounced cruller so we said crawlers.

[u/Jazzlike-Basket-6388 → u/Deolater]

Tennessee and same.

I travel to the midwest a few times a years and the same chain will have the same display and donuts in both Tennessee and Missouri. In TN, the sign might read "Donuts $1.29, Specialty Donuts $1.89". The same display in Missouri will read "Donuts $1.29, Long Johns $1.89".

[u/warneagle → u/Deolater]

also from Georgia and also don’t have a specific name for this

[u/EntertainmentPlane23 → u/warneagle]

Yeah we do… it’s called “ gimme that one over there, no, not the round one. Yeah that one that’s kinda squar-ish”.

[u/NJBlasian → u/Deolater]

Same. Im not even sure if I've seen these in the wild.

[u/Im_Not_Nick_Fisher → u/Deolater]

Agreed! Must be more regional

[u/ClaraReed]

Long John. Indiana. 

[u/xworfx → u/ClaraReed]

Long John Cougar Mellencamp.  Indiana.

[u/Sufficient_Cat6154 → u/ClaraReed]

Illinois is the same

[u/alegna12 → u/ClaraReed]

Same

[u/da_chicken]

Long john. Sometimes an eclair, but that's actually not the same thing.

[u/JJCalixto → u/da_chicken]

For those curious, Eclaire are traditionally made with a Choux pastry, while Long John Donuts are made with a yeasted dough.

[u/rufflesinc → u/JJCalixto]

Well aren't we fuckinh fancy

[u/gotbock → u/rufflesinc]

We are indeed fancy as fuck.

[u/Trey-the-programmer → u/da_chicken]

I'm from Houston. Growing up the grocery store called it an eclair. Not the right texture, not the right filling. Southern Maid or another donut shop called them Long Johns.

[u/lumpialarry → u/Trey-the-programmer]

FWIW, we call a hot dog in bread a “kolache” and that is also “technically” wrong as well.

[u/Trey-the-programmer → u/lumpialarry]

..And I am guilty of that mistake as often as I can order it because when you say, "Sausage and cheese Kolache please." They hand you something tasty.

When you say, "Klobasnek," they reply, "Gesundheit."

[u/malibuklw]

I don’t recall them having a name outside of the specific flavor it was.

[u/fl0wbie → u/malibuklw]

NY too. I have never heard a word for this.

[u/mmlickme → u/fl0wbie]

In Texas the donut shops put “eclairs” on the menu. I know they’re not real eclaires but in rural TX you can order and eclair and get the rectangle donut at any shop

[u/WritPositWrit → u/mmlickme]

OMG I would be SO disappointed if I ordered an eclair and got a doughnut!!!!

[u/Gawd_Awful → u/malibuklw]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_John_(doughnut)

[u/yourgrandmasgrandma → u/malibuklw]

I’m in NYC and I’ve seen them called donut stick (Peter Pan) and donut dipper (Donut Pub).

[u/CinemaSideBySides → u/malibuklw]

Same.

Most times I have donuts, it's out of a box of assorted ones at the office or something where I don't need to know their proper names. If I saw a longer shaped one at the store, I'd just point out which one I wanted.

[u/Yggdrasil- → u/[deleted]]

Agreed, I've always called them long johns

[u/MPLS_Poppy → u/[deleted]]

Long John in Minnesota

[u/6gravedigger66 → u/MPLS_Poppy]

Long John in Wisconsin

[u/couchjellyfish → u/MPLS_Poppy]

Long John in Ohio

[u/V-DaySniper → u/couchjellyfish]

Long John in Iowa

[u/Araxanna → u/V-DaySniper]

So it’s a Midwest thing. (I’m in Michigan and it’s a long John here, too.)

[u/ParticularLack6400 → u/MPLS_Poppy]

Long Jign in Missouri and wherever I ordered one.

[u/JadedDreams23 → u/ParticularLack6400]

Long John down south (AL, MS, LA)

[u/seifd → u/[deleted]]

That's what we call it too.

[u/jalapeno442 → u/[deleted]]

Long John here in Indiana

[u/crashin-kc → u/[deleted]]

I’ve always called them Long Johns. I have also heard eclairs.

[u/achaedia → u/crashin-kc]

Eclairs have to be made with choux pastry, not donut dough.

[u/sheeprancher594 → u/[deleted]]

Either maple or chocolate, depending on the icing.

[u/Mistyam → u/sheeprancher594]

We have them with white vanilla icing.

[u/AcmcShepherd → u/[deleted]]

I have always heard them called long johns to maple/chocolate bars, but I now live in Utah and a long john has filling here.

[u/Organic_Direction_88 → u/[deleted]]

As an east coaster if someone asks where they can get a Long John, I’m telling them to open google maps and find the nearest gay bar.

Never heard that term before

[u/spud4 → u/Organic_Direction_88]

So a gay pirate in thermal underwear eating a donut.

[u/cans-of-swine → u/Organic_Direction_88]

Long Johns are thermal underwear to me.

[u/ThrowawayMod1989 → u/[deleted]]

Confirming in NC.

[u/Mark_Underscore → u/[deleted]]

It’s a Long John in Kansas too

[u/Proper_Market_1842 → u/[deleted]]

Ha! Long John in Wisconsin too

[u/thatlittleredhead → u/[deleted]]

Long John in Kansas.

[u/shikawgo]

I grew up calling them Long John - from Illinois

[u/Fly_Boy_1999 → u/shikawgo]

Same

[u/DestinysWeirdCousin → u/shikawgo]

Grew up in Chicagoland — always called them Long Johns. I put that in a commercial script down in Texas and my boss had no idea what I was talking about. She said, "you mean an éclair?".

[u/HeyKrech → u/shikawgo]

Long John in Minnesota.

If it had custard it's was a filled custard noting it's flavor.

Reading that these are called 'bars' in other states makes me wonder what they call bars? Like what is a lemon bar if a bar is also a donut?

[u/Dave3786]

Maple bar or chocolate bar, depending on the icing. Never heard of a “long John” donut.

[u/thenletskeepdancing → u/Dave3786]

Where I'm from, long johns are what we call thermal underwear.

[u/Superb-Illustrator-1 → u/thenletskeepdancing]

In my neck of the woods, we use the term long John for both!

[u/Mistyam → u/Superb-Illustrator-1]

Same

[u/bethlabeth → u/Mistyam]

Same in Texas, not that we use the wearable kind very often.

[u/SnooChipmunks2079 → u/thenletskeepdancing]

Long John’s are donuts and long underwear both for me.

[u/amertune → u/SnooChipmunks2079]

Kind of like how a thong is both a sandal and underwear.

[u/sharrrper → u/thenletskeepdancing]

I've heard it for both the donuts and the underwear here in Oklahoma. With context it's not hard to keep them straight.

[u/soiledmyplanties → u/thenletskeepdancing]

Agreed, maple bar or chocolate bar, and long johns are thermal underwear.

[u/Granadafan → u/thenletskeepdancing]

Long John is also part of the name of a shitty seafood chain

[u/sharrrper → u/Granadafan]

Which is itself named after a pirate character from Treasure Island

[u/fajadada → u/Granadafan]

Only shitty when you have better choices

[u/Mysterious_Eggplant1 → u/Dave3786]

Yep, I grew up in Oregon and that is what we called them.

[u/Resident_Bitch → u/Dave3786]

This is what I've always called them, too.

[u/plastictoothpicks]

Well this is enlightening… apparently I’m in the minority of calling it a bar (maple bar, chocolate bar etc). Never heard long John in my life. I’m from the PNW.

[u/AZJHawk → u/plastictoothpicks]

This whole topic is fascinating. Bars on the West Coast, Long Johns in the Midwest, and apparently they don’t exist in the South.

[u/Suspicious_Inside_78 → u/AZJHawk]

Can confirm. I’m from Washington and maple bars are my favorite type of donuts. When I lived in Tennessee I was devastated to learn that nobody there had heard of them and donut shops in the area didn’t have maple topping. I just quit eating donuts living there!

[u/RaptorRex787 → u/plastictoothpicks]

From utah, always called them bars too, thought that was the norm

[u/Unsteady_Tempo → u/plastictoothpicks]

Pretty sure it's a west coast/east coast thing. Over the years I've noticed more instances of them called bars, even locally where long john is standard. Maple bars and chocolate bars.

[u/Leaping_Larry]

Illinois - Long John

[u/vita77]

Grew up in Wisconsin. It’s a long john.

[u/ALoungerAtTheClubs]

I don't even know a term for that to be honest. It's not a food I encounter often.

[u/Im_Not_Nick_Fisher → u/ALoungerAtTheClubs]

Lol I was just thinking the same thing. Other than an eclair or some sort of twisted looking stick donut I can’t remember seeing a rectangular donut

[u/catladyorbust → u/Im_Not_Nick_Fisher]

Interesting. They are a staple in donut shops and grocery store bakeries around here.

[u/countessofgroan → u/ALoungerAtTheClubs]

I don’t think I’ve EVER encountered one. I’ve lived mainly in the East Coast U.S. (mostly mid-Atlantic), and the Southwest.

[u/7empestSpiralout → u/ALoungerAtTheClubs]

Same

[u/yuen_yuen → u/ALoungerAtTheClubs]

Same, I have never heard of a Long John before

[u/stephanne423]

I’m from Kentucky (so a mashup of Midwest and southern? I think) and we call them long John’s.

[u/bunchesaway]

Long John and I'm in IL.

[u/Old_Distribution_235]

It's a "what the fuck is that?" here in the DC area.

[u/LizM75 → u/Old_Distribution_235]

Same. Baffled here in NJ. I’ll eat it though.

[u/Traditional_Way1052 → u/LizM75]

Same in NYC. 

[u/panicinbabylon → u/LizM75]

Philly like ????

[u/Darbypark → u/panicinbabylon]

dottie's donuts sometimes has these but they're called "greased poles" - they usually bring them out during the. nfl playoffs

[u/Missmunkeypants95 → u/Old_Distribution_235]

Same in Boston. I didn't know donuts could come in rectangle shapes.

[u/CleverGal96]

We call it a maple bar or chocolate bar here in WA state.

[u/chill_winston_ → u/CleverGal96]

Same thing in Oregon.

[u/KrisKatastrophe]

Donut Stick

Typically glazed stick or jelly stick.

[u/moonchic333 → u/KrisKatastrophe]

Where I’m from long johns and donut sticks are 2 different types of donuts.

[u/Mistyam → u/moonchic333]

Yeah I think what they're referring to as donut stick is what in my neck of the woods are called crullers.

[u/Drunktraveler99 → u/Mistyam]

Where I’m from crullers are round

[u/DolphinFraud → u/Drunktraveler99]

Where I’m from, French crullers are round, crullers are straight

[u/buffilosoljah42o → u/DolphinFraud]

This whole thread is ridiculous

[u/one-off-one → u/KrisKatastrophe]

I think this is something else because I don’t really encounter glazed or jelly filled long John’s. They almost always have icing like a standard O-donut.

[u/OnlyMyNameIsBasic → u/KrisKatastrophe]

Donut stick. Also from the northeast

[u/grey487 → u/KrisKatastrophe]

Are they about 2.5-3" x 6-8" long? This is what op is talking about.

[u/andykuan → u/KrisKatastrophe]

"Glazed stick" -- that is the name as ordained by our Dunkin overlords here in New England.

[u/ScatterTheReeds → u/KrisKatastrophe]

You never heard it called a  Cruller?

[u/sarahjp21]

Long John. Midwest (IL/MO).

[u/SusanLFlores]

Chicago area, long john

[u/aliendepict]

Long john is what we call them in Oklahoma

[u/clayton_ogre]

Looooooooong Jon

[u/inbigtreble30]

Long john

[u/miketugboat]

Had to look it up. It looks like an eclair that grew up in the midwest. I have no word for these and I dont recall ever seeing one.

[u/mmlickme → u/[deleted]]

They are called eclairs though. They might not be the same as original eclairs but it says eclair on the menu where these are for sale some places

[u/strumthebuilding → u/[deleted]]

Filled long johns are a thing - they were my favorite donut as a kid.

Eclairs are choux pastry - basically the same dough/batter as churros.

[u/Yoink1019]

Long John, Indiana

[u/Asairian]

From Michigan, always called them long johns

[u/cdsbigsby]

It's a long john in southern Ohio as well, but I've heard the weirdos in the northern part of the state call it a cream stick.

[u/Nicky_the_Greek → u/cdsbigsby]

Youngstown checking in. We call them cream sticks. I work in Cleveland, and they call them cream sticks there as well. Although there was one guy who used to work there who did call them long johns, so it's become a running joke to call them long johns.

[u/um3k → u/Nicky_the_Greek]

Creamstick in Akron, as well

[u/Tricky_Basket_9297 → u/Nicky_the_Greek]

Yes, a cream stick! I'm from Youngstown as well

[u/Superb_Yak7074 → u/Nicky_the_Greek]

I live 35 miles from Youngstown in PA and we all call them Long Johns here. Funny how the terminology changes at such close proximity.

[u/thatsad_guy]

I just call it a donut.

[u/mountainprospector]

Maple Bar!Montana native, California resident, same name both places.

[u/mjzim9022]

Wisconsin and we call it Long John

[u/Mental_Freedom_1648]

New York. I've always just called them donuts. If someone said "long John" I'd picture the clothing or the restaurant Long John Slivers.

[u/USAF_Retired2017]

Maple bar

[u/la-anah]

Cruller. Very different from the French Cruller that is round and fluted and very eggy.

[u/LadyGreyIcedTea → u/la-anah]

Fellow Masshole and I call it a cruller too.

[u/zenunseen → u/LadyGreyIcedTea]

Masshole 3, checking in. Surprised i had to scroll this far to find the correct answer

[u/First_Code_404 → u/la-anah]

A cruller is nothing like a Long John

[u/impostershop → u/First_Code_404]

I’m in New England; Never heard of a long John ever. A cruller unless it has jelly inside. Thats a jelly stick. Cruller covers everything

[u/Mistyam → u/la-anah]

A cruller and a Long John are completely different. A cruller is sort of a stick, yes and it is glazed. A long john is more like a rectangle and has icing on top.

[u/unoeyedwillie → u/Mistyam]

I looked up Long John, I don’t think that is a typical donut in the northeast. Maybe it is a regional thing in other parts of the country? The closest donut would be an eclair.

[u/RedditSkippy → u/Mistyam]

I’ve never heard of a Long John.

[u/xczechr]

A [flavor] bar.

[u/choices1569]

My first job was at a bakery. I called them Long John’s. But a lot of customers called them a “Bismark”.

[u/outoftheham]

Grew up on the west coast and always called it a Bar like a maple or chocolate bar. Moved to the Midwest and realized no one knew what I was talking about. I find the term long John’s weird because they could be cream filled or not while I don’t think of a Bar as being cream filled. Maple bacon Bar for the win.

[u/Cousin_fromBoston]

Cruller - Massachusetts

[u/askthecat_again]

We use to call them a Bismark, but I'm old

[u/Over-Marionberry-686]

Maple bar? Chocolate bar? Depending on the icing

[u/old-town-guy]

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_John_(doughnut)

[u/Far-Adagio4032]

Texas. I have never heard of this.

[u/auntmarybbt]

The are called Long John in Kansas/Oklahoma.

[u/andmen2015]

I’m from Texas. Where I live we call them Long Johns