Official Pokémon Donuts revealed, but there's a catch

Pokémon collaborates with a donut shop to create new donuts, but they are only available in Japan. It is the latest collaboration between Pokémon and Mister Donut, a popular Japanese donut chain.

Officially Pokémon Donuts have been introduced almost every year as limited edition collaborations, with series favorites like Pikachu, Psyduck and Jigglypuff receiving the donut treatment over the years. Entries tend to vary, although Pikachu, as the series' mascot, is almost always available when these collaborations are running.

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This year Mister Donut and Pokémon have revealed the latest collaboration, introducing a pair of Pikachu-themed donuts, Diglett-themed donuts and a Pokeball donut. According to Siliconera, the varieties vary in price from about $1.44 to $2.12. The Pikachu donut is shaped like Pikachu's head, including ears, filled with whipped cream and covered in caramel pudding-flavored chocolate. Resembling a round mochi donut, the Diglett donut is covered in chocolate crunch and vanilla custard cream and features a sweet Diglett in the middle that is a caramel cream puff.

On the simpler side, a Pokeball Donut is available that resembles a regular round donut with a hole in the middle. It's covered in white chocolate and strawberry sugar to recreate the look of the iconic red and white Pokeball. Finally, there are a pair of donuts that are more based on Pikachu and Diglett. These are essentially yellow and brown donuts filled with custard and whipped cream. Pikachu's is custard flavored while Diglett's is caramel flavored. The event with these donuts starts on November 6th. The end of the event is not specified, but based on the Christmas advertising they will likely be available until at least December.

Pokémon Donut collaborations are common, but not in the West

Mister Donut isn't the only donut chain offering it Pokémon Donuts in the past. Krispy Kreme has also collaborated with Pokémon But strangely, despite being an American company, they were not available in the United States. This is probably disappointing for fans of the series, but over the years there has been no move to bring it to the US.

While Pokémon Fans are out of luck with official fan-made ones in the US Pokémon Donuts in the past to celebrate the legendary gaming series and its pocket monsters. While some hope that such collaboration will happen in the West as well, making your own might be the best option for now.

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