--- title: The Ramen Donut (Ramnut) Is A Real Thing description: Meet the 'Ramnut' canonical: https://time.com/3583473/ramen-donuts-ramnut-food-fusion/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-13T16:01:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:35.885Z og:title: Ramen Donuts Wins Our Vote for Weirdest Food Hybrid Yet og:description: The food fusion no one asked for og:url: https://time.com/3583473/ramen-donuts-ramnut-food-fusion/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ramen Donuts Wins Our Vote for Weirdest Food Hybrid Yet twitter:description: The food fusion no one asked for twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ramen Donut Wins Our Vote for Weirdest Food Hybrid Yet by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Nov 13, 2014 4:01 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Nov 13, 2014 4:01 PM UTC When asking yourself whether food fusion has gone too far, please consider the foodie world’s latest jaunt in made-for-the-internet cuisine: The ramen donut. Also known as the “ramnut.” > [](https://twitter.com/CulinaryBroDown/status/532726549485604864) This unexpected mashup comes from [Josh Scherer of Culinary Bro-Down](http://culinarybrodown.com/), the mastermind behind [ramen poutine](http://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/ramen-poutine-recipe-by-culinary-bro-down) and [sushi corn dogs](http://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/spicy-tuna-roll-corn-dog-recipe-by-culinary-bro-down). And in case you were wondering if this is all a sick joke, Sherer wants his blog readers to know “I’m incredibly serious about this sh\*t.” He even provides a [recipe for the creation](http://culinarybrodown.com/2014/11/ramen-donuts-ramnuts-im-incredibly-serious-about-this-shit/). > [](https://twitter.com/NoshableAdam/status/532576863919820800) Will the Ramnut become as famous as its predecessors the [cronut](http://dominiqueansel.com/cronut-101/) and the [ramen burger](http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/01/14/the-most-influential-burgers-of-all-time/slide/ramen-burger/)? Only time will tell. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3583473/ramen-donuts-ramnut-food-fusion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3583473/ramen-donuts-ramnut-food-fusion/"},"headline":"Ramen Donut Wins Our Vote for Weirdest Food Hybrid Yet","datePublished":"2014-11-13T16:01:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:35.885Z","description":"Meet the 'Ramnut'","url":"https://time.com/3583473/ramen-donuts-ramnut-food-fusion/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3583473/ramen-donuts-ramnut-food-fusion/","name":"Ramen Donut Wins Our Vote for Weirdest Food Hybrid Yet"}}]}] ```