Exclusive | Iconic donut shop shares sweet tribute to Super Bowl hero Patrick Mahomes

Get a taste of this sweet Super Bowl ring — of dough — which a Kansas baker dedicated to his hero, Patrick Mahomes.“They all look at it and they’re like, ‘Oh my God! It looks just like Patrick Mahomes!'” Johnny Chen, owner of Mr.

D’s Donut Shop in Shawnee, KS, told The Post.Chen dished on its winning recipe, which starts with their signature yeast-raised donut.“We got the headband, made of red vanilla fondant, with KC written on it.At the bottom is maple icing for the face and at the top is chocolate icing and chocolate sprinkles and that’s Patrick Mahomes’ head.”The 50-year-old shop started making Chiefs-themed donuts in 2021, when the team made the playoffs — and quickly came up with the idea for creating a donut in the MVP’s image.“We gathered our team and we were like, ‘Who’s our best player?’ Obviously at the time it was, and still is right now, Patrick Mahomes,” recalled Chen, who runs the store with his wife, Boggie Otgonbayar.Since the 2022 playoffs, Chen has been hosting charity challenges with donut shops in the opposing teams’ cities, with the loser having to make a donation to charity and send over donuts.For this year’s Super Bowl, he tried to team up with Federal Donuts in Philly, famous for their Eagles’ green “Iggle” donuts, but didn’t hear back.“They all have turned me down,” he said.

“We are the new villain in the donut world.”Mr.D’s makes a total of six Chiefs donuts — which retail at $2.50 each — and the others are decorated with the team’s arrowhead logo as well as mini jerseys crafted from vanilla fondant, complete with the players’ numbers.The shop currently has around 150 pre-orders for their Chiefs’ dozen donut boxes ahead of the Super Bowl, and 15% percent of their proceeds will go towards a local charity.In past years, they have supported charities such as Mahomes’ 15 and the Mahomies Foundation, dedicated to children in underserved communities, and this year, they’...