Yes... the 4Kids dub did goof some stuff up in anime. But come on - they dub it for the English kids, and the English aren't even going to know what takoyaki even is. Forget about it already.

Even children know what a rice ball is and know that these are not donuts

A rice ball ≠ takoyaki.

They couldn't have edited it to make it actually look like donuts?

Yeah, they could've, but someone on the editing team probably forgot.

The only time they didn't censor the takoyaki in full (both appearance & dialogue wise) was in the "Kirby: Right Back at Ya!" episode "The Big Taste Test".

Isn’t that not an Onigiri?
*sips vodka*
I-
I think I'll just play Alex Kidd in Miracle World now...

umm brock that is a rice roll.

thats a fawking rice ball

Exactly

Jelly filled rice balls are gross. I would know🤮