--- description: Hot off the heels of the cruffin, the newest hybrid has hit the food world, just in time for lobster roll season. Meet the lobster dowich. title: Lobster Doughnuts Are Your New Summer Staple image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf35391971c70dc8a/69884ce93c163979a14578e5/kanes-dowiches.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Lobster Doughnuts Are Your New Summer Staple  by [Mandy Oaklander](/author/mandy-oaklander/)  ## Mandy Oaklander Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. May 16, 2015 3:06 PM CUT  Kane's Donuts  by [Mandy Oaklander](/author/mandy-oaklander/)  ## Mandy Oaklander Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. May 16, 2015 3:06 PM CUT Hot off the heels of the [cruffin](http://time.com/3731506/cruffin-foxcroft-ginger/ "undefined"), the newest hybrid has hit the food world, just in time for lobster roll season. Meet the lobster dowich: lobster salad smushed between two buttery brioche doughnuts to make a doughnut sandwich. The new savory-sweet treat is a creation from Kane’s Handcrafted in Boston, [reports Boston.com](http://www.boston.com/food-dining/food/2015/05/15/kane-donuts-puts-sweet-twist-the-lobster-roll/PHXLhZhhz5vqAtLXpEcH8L/story.html?p1=story%5Fhp "undefined") (and it’s also available in braised beef). “Brioche-based doughs make a wonderful vehicle for sandwiches,” said Kane’s Handcrafted president and co-owner Paul Delios to [Forbes](http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanneobriencoffey/2015/05/10/move-over-cronut-donut-sandwiches-are-the-next-food-obsession/ "undefined"). “People use Challah bread and other baked sweet breads in sandwiches, so why not a doughnut?” And you thought lobsters were only good _dipped_ in straight butter. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3881648/lobster-doughnuts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3881648/lobster-doughnuts/"},"headline":"Lobster Doughnuts Are Your New Summer Staple","datePublished":"2015-05-16T15:06:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:57.527Z","description":"It's a lobster roll...on a doughnut","url":"https://time.com/3881648/lobster-doughnuts/","keywords":["Newsfeed","food and drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf35391971c70dc8a/69884ce93c163979a14578e5/kanes-dowiches.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mandy Oaklander","jobTitle":"Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mandy-oaklander/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf35391971c70dc8a/69884ce93c163979a14578e5/kanes-dowiches.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"kanes-dowiches","caption":"","creditText":"Kane's Donuts","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/3881648/lobster-doughnuts/","name":"Lobster Doughnuts Are Your New Summer Staple"}}]}] ```