When I was a little guy, we lived on Pace Street in Raleigh. Starting at about age three, I used to make the trip over to Person Street by myself. They were suckers for a small child with a doughnut jones. Some habits you just can’t shake. I ate six of them yesterday and plan on finishing the box today.
Feature at the Smithsonian, Krispy Kreme is an American Icon.
MMMmmm! Heaven for your tongue.
I love doughnuts but not the calories. That means mostly I must say “no thanks.”
Best bang for calorie counters lies in candy, not pastries.
I thought this thread would be about Chris Christie...
Dang, now I have donut craving.
Krispy Kreme used to have tart donut which is a glazed donut topped with whipped cream & a cherry. I put pounds on remembering the delicious taste of it.
And every one of them makes 'em better than Krispy Kreme.
It’s been decades since you could by a good doughnut around here — dunkin donuts drove the mom and pops out of business, then sold out to indians who sell stale, shortening soaked crap.
13. The Brits made a $1,685 doughnut
Featuring Dom Perignon vintage 2002 Champagne jelly with raspberry and Chateau d’Yquem creme, a 23-carat gold-dusted Belgian white chocolate lotus flower, and edible diamonds, this pricey pastry lived at a London department store for a brief time this year. It now resides in Scrooge McDuck’s trashcan, along with a half-eaten, $3,000 croissant.
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That’s nothing. Entenmanns (has a display at the end of the aisle) makes a $219,000 Duke of Windsor wedding cake. or maybe it’s $2.19. Can’t remember.
AH! - I had 2 on MON - if you buy 6 from Speedway - the 7th is free using your rewards card!
One here and there...won’t do you in...you gotta savor the moment...
I watched a TV historical program - said the guy got the recipe from a card game he won - the guy that lost said it was a family secret....he opened up his first store and eventually had to install a window where people could walk up and to pick them up while going to work...
If you are ever in Chicago - there a little outdated green truck that sits on Clarke Street one block south of Madison - that lady makes homemade traditional (heavy) donuts for $2 - worth it!
Donuts give me heartburn. Taste good but it’s not worth the pain later...
30 years ago, one of my college jobs was making and delivering donuts. I made 700 dozen donuts a day. Still cannot eat a donut.
I don’t get it. A couple of KK stores opened up here in Connecticut and closed within a year. Theres nothing to these doughnuts, they’re mostly air with a sugar coating. Now, Dunkin’ Donuts are substantial and come with way better coffee.
To each his own but I am seriously underwhelmed by KK.
No donut shops here, but sometimes find a bag of iced Homer Simpson specials marked down—it’s hard to stop @ 3, though.
Glad they don’t make cinnamon cake doughnuts. I can resist glazed but not cinnamon cake.
Admittedly, I’ve never set foot in a Krispy Kreme store, but I have to recommend Shipley’s donuts- they are all over the place in the Houston area (and apparently other cities- Wiki shows them as having 250 stores in five states). Made a point of taking the wife and kid to Shipleys on a recent weekend trip to Houston- naturally, they both loved it!
My wife grew up in the deep south, where Krispie Kremes are the religion. To this day, if I want to score points with my sweetie, I stop by the Krispie Kreme when I go to Gainesville and buy a dozen to take home to her. They are gone within a couple of days. She still weighs 105 lbs, the same weight she was when I married her 40 years ago.
Boy, I hate that about her.... :-)
Greased-soaked fried dough smothered with sugar glop?
Sounds tasty. NOT.
When I was single, I would swing by Krispy Kreme in the early hours, after a night out dancing, and get a jelly donut-—or sometimes a lemon one-—and a carton of milk.
I like to limit the carbs now, but a rare treat won’t kill anybody.
Stopped at a K-K in Athens GA late one night when the Hot Light was on. They were in full production with the conveyor loaded with plain glazed slowly moving by. While ordering my two hot ones, I notice the conveyor was carrying the donuts all the way to the end of the line... where they fell into a big garbage can. No idea what they heck they were doing, but I convinced myself they were troubleshooting some problem with the system or training a new guy or something.