 These have been available on Tim Hortons' doughnut menu since the chain's inception in 1964, and a 1991 "Toronto Star" report found these two were the chain's most popular type of fried dough in Canada.There are many other specialized doughnut shapes such as old-fashioned, bars or Long Johns (a rectangular shape), or with the dough twisted around itself before cooking.In the northeast United States, bars and twists are usually referred to as "crullers".