Grilled Cheese Donut
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This Tom and Chee inspired recipe makes the most amazing sweet and savory grilled cheese donut! Cheddar cheese is slowly melted between a buttered glazed donut for a fun sandwich recipe.
Don’t forget to check out my other delicious donut recipes! You will love my Cookie Butter Donuts, Apple Cider Donuts, Chocolate Cake Donuts, Fried Scones, and Maple Bacon Donut Recipe!
Recipe Features:
- Quick and Easy– This recipe is SO simple and one of our favorites!
- Sweet and Savory– The mix of the sweet donut with the cheddar makes this an irresistible combination.
- Perfect Copycat Recipe– Inspired by the sandwiches at Tom and Chee!
This recipe is exactly what you think it is. It is a grilled cheese sandwich using a glazed donut as bread. There is no doubt in my mind that you will fall in LOVE with this flavor combo.
If you have never been lucky enough to visit a Tom+Chee, you are missing out on the most creative sandwiches and melts. They have a menu that surpasses none. With their crown jewel being a sandwich very much like this. It is like nothing you have ever tried and takes less than 10 minutes to make!
Grilled Cheese Donut Ingredients
The list of ingredients for this tom and chee grilled cheese donut is short, I’m talking only 3. Which means there is zero reason not to try this out! Leftover donuts, if that’s really a thing, are perfect for this salty sweet treat!
The crispy outside you get from grilling the donut in butter and the saltiness from the cheese is a match made in heaven. You get a crunchy outside with a soft center that hits the right taste buds. You never knew how bad you needed this treat in your life until you tried it yourself!
- Donuts: Use a glazed donut. The traditional Tom and Chee Grilled Cheese Donut Recipe uses glazed and it works.
- Butter: Salted or unsalted butter will work with this recipe.
- Cheese: Cheddar cheese. Do not use Kraft. Following the original recipe, cheddar cheese pairs beautifully with the glazed donut!
Why This Flavor Combination Works
If you ever find yourself ordering a grilled cheese donut tom and chee, you will probably wonder at some point how this is going to work. Good news is that these flavors were made for eachother.
The sweet glaze from the donut melts with the butter on the pan giving you the most incredibly crisp outside. The cheese slow melts on the center adding just the perfect salt. When you take that first bite your brain will explode with happiness.
Still not convinced? Think of it this way…. When you build, or eat, from a cheese board… There are a handful of different cheeses AND sweet fruits. Same concept but taken to an entirely new level with the donut.
How To Make A Grilled Cheese From A Donut
- Place a skillet on the stove over medium heat.
- Use a bread knife to cut your donut in half, creating two slices. Flip them inside out and lay them sliced side up on a plate.
- Spread both pieces with softened butter.
- Place one slice of donut, butter side down, on your hot pan. Layer cheese and the remaining donut piece.
- Cook one minute on each side, or until browned and cheese is melted.
Looking for the classic? Try my Grilled Cheese Recipe! It is truly the best, especially when you use homemade garlic butter!
Recipe Notes:
Honestly, this dessert recipe is exactly what it sounds like… A grilled cheese made with a donut.
The bread you would typically see in the classic grilled cheese recipe is replaced with a fresh glazed donut. The donut is sliced, spread with butter, and grilled with cheddar cheese sandwiched between.
You can try any yeast based donut. However, I suggest staying away from cake donuts. They tend to be crumbly and do not slice well. Classic glazed donuts do the best and pair with the cheddar cheese amazingly.
Tom and Chee uses classic cheddar in their donut grilled cheese recipe.
Get creative! Try different donuts and different cheese combinations! Don’t limit yourself to cheddar and glazed.
This recipe is an excellent way to use up stale donuts. You’d never even know they are an hour or two outside of their prime.
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Grilled Cheese Donut
Ingredients
- 3 glazed donuts
- 3 tablespoons soft butter
- 3-6 slices cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Place a skillet on the stove over medium heat.
- Use a bread knife to cut your donut in half, creating two slices. Flip them inside out and lay them sliced side up on a plate.
- Spread both pieces with softened butter.
- Place one slice of donut, butter side down, on your hot pan. Layer cheese and the remaining donut piece.
- Cook one minute on each side, or until browned and cheese is melted.
Nutrition
The nutrition facts provided are calculated using a third-party tool and are estimates only. Actual nutritional content may vary based on the ingredients and brands you use, as well as portion sizes. For accurate results, please consult a registered dietitian or nutritionist.
Jess!! This looks delicious :)!! wow cheese and donuts? yumm I might have to make this for my donuts loving husband! PS: Amazing photography as always!
Wow!! How cool and interesting is that? I never would have thought to use donuts as a “bread”. Very cool. Speaking of a grilled cheese shop, have you tried Melty Way in Salt Lake City? Lots of yummy melty cheesy sammies! Love it.
This is quite the odd combination. However, I said that about chocolate covered potato chips and those things are amazing. I might have to give this a try.
you’ll have to make it for me, I’m a bit nervous about this…
but I love donuts AND cheese…. GAH I can’t stop thinking about it now!…
Wow! This is not on my diet. But if I ever have some doughnuts and cheese around I will need to try this!
I want to try this just to see! Looks delicious!
I think I’ll have to try it out of pure curiosity! I’ve thought about doing this before but I’m such a dork would have never thought to flip the donut haha
I actually only figured that one out the hard way. I didn’t flip the first one and it was a sticky mess!
I’m not a donut fan, but hubby sure is. AND he loves grilled cheese. I may have to make this tasty treat for him!
YES! Can’t wait! So remind me – what was your fav cheese combo on these delicious donuts? And thanks for the link back!! Love your face!
I loved Gruyere. Gives it a salty sweet taste. Or sharp cheddar.
I have heard of burgers on donuts, so this might be fun to try as well!
I was not brave enough to try the grilled cheese donut while I was there, but the sandwiches we did try were absolutely delicious!
I wasn’t brave enough either. My husband INSISTED. :0)
I love salty and sweet together so I may have to give this one a try – yum!
Oh wow…I kind of wish I hadn’t seen that! Everything in moderation, right? Now where can I get a donut, like, right NOW?
Wow – this is so crazy! I NEVER would have guessed this was a donut. I have never heard of Tom + Chee, but it sounds like something I’d love to try 🙂
YES..you SHOULD try T & C…the menu board is fantastic and the choice will NOT be ez !