Red Apple Farm, a fourth-generation family-owned farm in Phillipston, Mass., operates a stall inside the Boston Public Market that pumps out Mini Apple Cider Donuts on the spot. If the sight of a compact assembly line frying doughnuts before they’re coated in cinnamon-sugar doesn’t mesmerize you, you’ll be transfixed by that fresh doughnut smell. Year-round, these little delights are available warm and fresh, but during the fall, look out for cider-glazed and other seasonal options, as well as specialty drinks from the kiosk’s Cider Bar. You can also visit the farm in Phillipston for apple picking and a hard cider taproom.

At this Lexington farm stand, you can find everything from Chinese eggplant and Tuscan melons to a full-fledged baking operation pumping out sugar-caked doughnuts every weekend. Alongside cookies, muffins, and dozens of pie flavors, Wilson Farm Cider Donuts are available hot and fresh Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. through September and October. Other autumnal treats include freshly spun caramel apples and cold-pressed apple cider. We don’t really need an excuse to drive into the leafy suburbs on a fall afternoon, but Wilson offers yet another annual draw: the iconic wall of pumpkins.

If your apple cider doughnut fix must come from an actual orchard, Honey Pot Hill Orchards is the place to go. Autumn activities are the perfect way to work up an appetite for cider doughnuts, and this orchard in Stow, about an hour outside of Boston, offers it all. Not only apple picking and hayrides, but even the largest hedge maze in North America: at two miles long, it’s called “The Big Green Monster.” For visitors 21 and older, there’s also sometimes an on-site Hard Cider Tent, featuring Honey Pot’s Last Press Cider. 

Jacqueline Cain updated this guide.