Bagels and donuts both have holes in them—what if they could be combined? “Bagnut” and “doughngel” were cited in print in 2003. “Dogel” was cited in print in 2008. “He just stood in line for hours to get a much-hyped ‘bagnut’’— half bagel, half doughnut” was cited in print in May 2014, in a review of an episode of the television show Orange Is the New Black. ” Bagnut (or Dogel)” was listed in a June 2014 BuzzFeed article, “13 Foods That Should Exist. And some that definitely shouldn’t.”
 
The bagnut/dogel is mostly just a made-up food name, although the product has been attempted by some bakers. One variation is literally half a bagel and half a donut. “Introducing the bagnut: a doughnut with melted cream cheese. History has been made” was cited on Twitter on April 11, 2014.
 
   
Halfbakery
Doughnut-Bagel Hybrid
Part doughnut, part bagel
It’s got the texture and heft of a bagel, but the sugar coating and jam filling of a doughnut*. For added kick, you can toast it and apply cream cheese.
It would be called either “bagnut” or “doughngel”.
*or chocolate coating and custard filling
— AO, Jun 19 2003
   
Movie Forums   
Word that aren’t words
allthatglitters
11-17-04
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Bagnut- a bagel that has colored cream chees on top and sprinkles, thus making it look like a donut.
 
nemu-nemu
Bagel or Donut?
August 11, 2008
It’s the question that has crossed the minds of many: which is better, bagel or donut? Nemu tells you his findings!
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COMMENTS
Of course now that he has two halves he can put them together and have a dogel. problem solved. :D
AmandaRuth | August 11, 2008 7:11 AM
     
Riding the Quirk Bus
February 2, 2011
Thinking About the Dogel
By compositionalendeavor
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That got me thinking; what if a doughnut and a bagel were combined to make… a dogel??? It would probably taste really weird. But Then again, who knows?
 
Twitter
Heaven LeAnn
‏@HeavenLeAnn
Bagnut RT @xo_neeq Dounut or Bagel ? Hmmm ...
BOTH ;D #fatgirltweet .
12:40 PM - 18 Oct 2011
 
Twitter
Peyton Lengacher
‏@p_lawnagrr
Someday I wanna find a pastry dessert thing that’s a half donut half bagel… #dogel
2:56 PM - 6 Mar 2012
 
Twitter
joel weidl
‏@joelweidl
Bagel/donut combo: Bagnut or Dogel?
2:15 PM - 30 Dec 2013
 
Twitter
Adrian Cristobal
‏@ayen_cristobal
Introducing the bagnut: a doughnut with melted cream cheese. History has been made. #YoureWelcome #ProvingIrinaWrong pic.twitter.com/eXWwFVbb1X
10:33 AM - 11 Apr 2014
 
Entertainment Weekly
‘Orange Is The New Black (2014)
Reviewed by Melissa Maerz on May 21, 2014
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When Larry (Jason Biggs) tells Piper that he just stood in line for hours to get a much-hyped ‘‘bagnut’’ — half bagel, half doughnut — she sighs, ‘‘I forgot what it’s like to have all that freedom to waste.’‘
   
BuzzFeed
13 Foods That Should Exist
And some that definitely shouldn’t.
posted on June 5, 2014, at 3:05 p.m.
Dan Meth
BuzzFeed Staff
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6. Bagnut (or Dogel)
For when you can’t decide.