Carol Lee Donuts

I like all of the doughnuts here! Toasted coconut, Bavarian, raspberry, cookie n cream, cinnamon, and sprinkles are the ones we normally go for! The doughnuts are greasy they are cooked nicely and are light and fluffy!

LOVE this place! Carol Lee Donuts is an iconic Blacksburg spot that everyone needs to try at some point.
Pros:
VALUE: Their normal donuts are $ 0.70 each and the filled donuts are $ 0.85. It doesn’t get much better than that.
TASTE: These are the best donuts I’ve ever had.
VARIETY: They have tons of different donuts to choose from! Everything from cream filled to sprinkles or just plain! :)
FAMILY OWNED: I love that Carol Lee Donuts is a family owned spot that has been in operation since 1968. Everyone who works there is super friendly! :)
Cons:
I can only think of 1, but they only accept cash or checks. Although there is an ATM on site :)
This place is amazing and I hope it’s around for many more generations to come!

Honestly best donuts I’ve ever had. The donuts are light and delicious and all the people are so nice! Don’t forget to try a plain glazed they’re amazing

If you didn’t get Carol Lees at least a thousand times, did you really go to Tech? LOL jk, but really, Carol Lees has some of the BEST donuts I’ve ever had (and I’ve tried a lot of donut places).
The store itself is tiny. It was in walking distance from my apartment so I’d walk out there on the weekends for my donut fix. Bring cash because if you need to withdrawal, the ATM takes a fee.
My favorite donuts are the blueberry and chocolate cake donuts. They are perfectly made. The Bavarian cream donuts and the sprinkles were also a hit in my apartment. I typically don’t like filled donuts, but the Bavarian cream one is not overly sweet and is quite delicious. Actually, all the donuts here are delicious. I recommend them all.

One of my favorite things about Blacksburg!!! A visit is never complete without eating at least a dozen carol lee donuts…

Got a chocolate with sprinkles, pretty much the only donut anyone needs. It was great and met all donut expectations. I’d go back for sure.

Making my way downtown, walking fast, faces pass and I’m homebound… But first stop by Carol Lee’s for bomb diggity donuts! Split a box of half a dozen with a friend and it tastes like donut heaven! Flavors I tried so far. toasted coconut, cinnamon sugar and chocolate glaze with sprinkled! Gotta get ‘em all!
Also we went around 11am. Not super busy but still had lots of great selections!

God-​like doughnuts. Go early because doughnuts go fast and will be gone by close. Never visit blacksburg and not go here. Cash only has an ATM. Price is more than fair. These are the best doughnuts you may ever have. My whole life I have loved Chocolate Glazed (a chocolate donut with glaze…) and I think it’s the best I’ve ever had. Bavarian Crème is great.
If you are a Student Org looking to make an impression on a company, get carol Lee. I just moved across country and getting half a dozen Carol Lee’s and grinding out work for a few hours is something I will miss.

This is a total gem of a donut shop. I imagine it would be very easy to miss– it is a very small little shop that could be really easy to drive right past. My husband’s family adores this shop, and I totally understood why. We went in one morning and the ladies working filled up a box of donuts for us. We just looked on their counter at the list of many donut options that were available and called out whatever looked good to us. Meanwhile, they were shuffling about the shop to fill our box up. The prices are hard to beat; you practically pay nothing! And in return you get these divine, fresh donuts that are rather addictive… Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

The plain glazed donut at Carol Lee’s takes this humble breakfast confection to new heights. I urge you to skip all the overly sweet toppings and try a plain one first. I would drive well out of my way for these.

Stopped here late one morning. Interesting little place, the donuts were delicious I got a toasted coconut, regular glazed and a cinnamon sugar. My favorite by far was the toasted coconut! Can’t wait to go back !

Yum! Soft, yeasty deliciousness! The taste lingered in my mouth for hours causing me to crave more. I wanted to go back to get more to take back home with us but we were «too far» away to go back. We will go back!!!
Loved the $ 1 mystery bags and they had $ 3 day old box of a dozen.
For a fresh dozen and two mystery bags (5 – 6 donuts) we only paid $ 10!

I went here this morning. It’s Sunday. The parking lot was cray cray. But this isn’t a parking lot review or a seating review or a décor review from me, this is a donut review. We got two glazed, One coconut glazed. two choco glazed and an apple filled glazed. I ate three and they made my tastebuds and belly very happy. I went for a jog after. Because I don’t want to have donut body. K bai.

Carol Lee’s is a Blacksburg staple. Back in the day, they were located down on College Avenue. They have always had THE best blueberry cake donuts. Especially good warm, as are the blueberry holes! We also inhale the chocolate glazed donuts, twists, and lemon filled; a family favorite.
All though, Krispy Kreme & Dunkin’ Donut shops seem to be popping up all over the place like a crazy Ex, hold out for Carol Lee’s. She’s got the good stuff.
I was happy to hear from the lady at the register they cook in soybean oil, no hydrogenated oils (artery clogging trans fats), so eat Carol Lee’s not Krispy Kreme, your heart will thank you.
If you want a donut and you are in the New River Valley area, try Carol Lees.
They are a cash only business, so bring it, or use the ATM.

Best donuts I’ve ever had! They sell out early on game weekends so get there early. My personal favorites are the maple and glazed. Yum!

This shop certainly serves one of the best donuts. I’ve had amazing donuts in Georgia, and I really wanted to go back. Fortunately, this shop serves even better donuts! The only downside is that they only take cash, but the price is so darn cheap that it’s almost embarrassing to use debit/​credit cards to begin with.
I normally eat their donuts for afternoon snacks when I am pressed with immense amount of work. Their donuts always help me brighten my mood!
Seriously, give this a shot.

Not much I can add to what other reviewers have already said, but:
Carol Lee, if you’re reading this, you make the best doughnuts in the world and I love you.
Try the Bavarian Cream, cinnamon sugar, and chocolate glazed with peanuts. Coffee is good too.

Best donuts! It is cash only, but they do have an ATM if you forget.
The Blueberry Cake donut is fantastical! So moist and perfect. The White Delight was heavenly, the crème was just sweet enough, but not so sweet to overpower the goodness of the donut itself (which is delicious). The coffee is perfect donut shop style coffee and piping hot.
Super inexpensive as well. Only $ 5 for half a dozen mixed donuts and 2 coffees. Can’t beat it and well worth every penny.
It does not have indoor seating, but there are a couple of covered tables outside.
This is a must visit place in Blacksburg.

Unilocal star rating is based ONLY on the Donuts and ONLY on One Visit and only the three Donuts we consumed! Overall we were pretty disappointed! The Donuts were ok, not awful, just not real good
Bavarian Cream-​Filled, Chocolate Iced Donut was the best of the Three we ate, until I got to the Cream… Without the Cream 3 ½ Unilocal stars and I know I usually like very few «Creams» yet I was hopeful this would be a Very Good one
Chocolate Iced «white» Cream filled Donut (of course) hmmm this one had better Cream (better than their Bavarian) though the Donut itself was just ok
Glazed Simple Donut, 3 Unilocal stars! This could have been so much better and maybe if we had arrived many hours earlier I could have ranked this one with the greats though I’m not sure how much better it would be
Value! This are Better than almost all Grocery Store Variety and are Cheaper than most Donut shops, slightly figured in for my inflated Unilocal star rating!
Worth Mentioning even though the following comments were NOT factored in to my Unilocal star rating:
Décor (hardly cute) though this place should have a Ton of Charm being in a restored, though NOT refreshed Gas Station, you need to be going there ONLY for the Donuts!
SRO: If I had a Business like this I would do just as they have done with NO Place to sit = NO Tables, NO Chairs! Just enough standing room to place your Order and Leave… Though it is SMART it is NOT Welcoming!
No Tables or Chairs Outside, so I sat on the RED «Box» (covering for the old gas pumps) and enjoyed these Donuts (as much as I could).
Staff was one Girl, very pleasant and did not treat me as if I had never seen a Donut shop like this
Sign is HIGH in the sky, though VERY Drab, a little too plain

Oh my word, these are the most amazing donuts I have ever had. These donuts are dream-​stuff wrapped in dough and then fried in such a way as to just explode with deliciousness in your mouth.
You may think I’m overstating things, that I’m letting myself get carried away with how awesome these donuts really are but all I can say is that I assure you that these are otherworldly and lovely.