Japan’s Pokémon donuts are back at Mister Donut, with Slowpoke making dount debut! [Pics]

Slowpoke will naturally, though, be arriving a little later than Pikachu and Diglett .

It’s become a yearly tradition for Mister Donut , Japan’s favorite donut chain, to bake up batches of Pokémon donuts as we get into the back half of autumn.

Every year sees the return of the Pikachu donut, because you can’t have a Poké-party and not invite the face of the franchise.

So with Mister Donut having just announced its Pokémon lineup for 2026, one of the treats is, naturally, the Fluffy Pikachu donut, filled with whipped cream and covered in custard-flavored chocolate flakes .

This year, for the first time ever, the donut’s rosy cheeks are rendered with a pair of chewy strawberry gummies .

But Pikachu never shows up to Mister Donut alone, as the chain always has at least one other Pocket Monster species represented in its collaboration lineup.

So on the same day as fans can start munching on the Fluffy Pikachu, they can also chow down on the Pon de Alolan Diglett .

The Pon de Alolan Diglett is a crossover within a crossover, placing a Diglett inside one of Mister Donut’s flagship Pon de Ring donuts (made up of a ring of eight balls of dough) so that the semi-subterranean-situated Pokémon looks like it’s bursting forth from the earth, with a sprinkling of crunchy chocolate bits playing the part of rocks and rubble .

Unlike the Diglett donut from 2024 , this one is an Alolan version, differentiated by the tuft on top of its head, and the coatings of caramel and chocolate , plus the Diglett’s custard cream filling , give you a variety of rich flavors to enjoy.

Both the Pikachu and Diglett donuts go on sale via pre-orders (via the Mister Donut website or app) on October 27, with in-store pickup dates from November 2 followed by walk-in availability on November 4 .

There’s also one more Pokémon donut in the works, but it won’t be going on sale until a few later.

That lackadaisical attitude is totally appropriate, though, because it’s a Slowpoke donut! ▼ “Let’s take it nice and slow,” says the Slowpoke donut announcement.

Yes, Slowpoke, whose bragging rights include holding the highest political office of any Pokémon species , is adding to its resume by making its Mister Donut debut.

The Slowpoke Donut is a creampuff-like confectionary with a white chocolate coating, dusting of strawberry milk sugar, whipped cream ears, and chocolate eyes and nose .