The best chain donuts I remember were from Mr. Donut in PA. I think they all got absorbed by Dunkin.
Posted on 07/14/2023 9:27:04 AM PDT by Red Badger
Oh look, Krispy Kreme is doing it again: They're nearlygiving away their donuts!
On Friday, July 14, customers can score a dozen original glazed donuts for just 86 cents with the purchase of a regular-priced dozen donuts.
Now, you may ask yourself in wonder: "Gee, how is it that Krispy Kreme could afford to sell a dozen donuts for just 86 cents? That's just seven cents per donut!"
And I got the answer for you right here: Their donuts just aren't that good.
We all know it. You can admit it here. This is a safe space.
Yes, Krispy Kreme donuts are covered in a shimmering, microns-thin, explosively sweet sticky glaze. At first it seems incredible.
But then you realize that the only reason they go to all that trouble is to conceal donuts which are little more than like 1/3 of an ounce of lame yeasted dough. They have to douse it in all that sugar to conceal the fact that they made pretty much no effort to make a good base-level donut.
If your donut's no good, it doesn't matter what you do to dress it up, it's still gonna be a disappointment.
Dunkin' Donuts, on the other hand, is much better. I'm not saying they're a world-class donut. They're not. Most of their donuts sort of taste like they were made in Council Bluffs, Iowa, like two weeks ago. There's no denying it.
Still. The donut itself is better. Many of their donuts are of the superior cake-based variety, more fulsome, with a better texture. Even their more pillowy yeasted-style doughs are better than Krispy Kreme's, though. It just feels like someone took more pride in making them is all.
Plus, the Dunkin' coffee is way better than Krispy's. The Krispy Kreme coffee tastes like it's been sitting on a Hobart burner for 60 years. A Dunkin' cup of coffee isn't going to win any Good Food Awards or anything, but it at least tastes like it was made at some point after the Nixon administration.
And don't forget Krispy went all-in on the Rona vax hysteria:
VIDEO AT LINK..................
Don't be lured by the siren song of cheap Krispy donuts! It's a trap! Go Dunkin' or go home!
Nail salons and donut shops. Asians own the market.
Holy cream filled! You beat me by seconds!!
Personally, I love KK. Dunkin’ does have better coffee though.
The local farm stands make apple cider donuts. Sometimes pumpkin as well. Those are fresh and they suffice.
two of those and cup of hot apple cider - YUM.
We have DD and KK, and some local donut makers as well..............Stay with the locals if you can..........
The best chain donuts I remember were from Mr. Donut in PA. I think they all got absorbed by Dunkin.
Dunkin are the crappiest donuts on the planet..
Half the time they are stale right out of the case.
This guy’s just looking for click bait.
Dunkin’s donuts are so aweful they even formally removed Donuts from their name..
Agreed. My dad and I went to Winchell’s every Saturday morning in the 60s. Their chocolate frosted Devils Food donuts were the bomb.
When I first moved to California back in the 80s, there was a Winchell's just doors down from my apartment. Many mornings I'd grab a cruller and a coffee for the drive to work. Delicious!
We had Mister Donut in Wallingford, CT. Back in the day, they were the only late night place other than bars and Bickfords.
Good Gawd! Where did they find a pair of pants that would ... accommodate him?!
Y’all can come to central Michigan...
https://copsdoughnuts.com/listing/cops-doughnuts-headquarters/
Proof of the statement that politics is Hollywood for ugly people.
Yep - they figured someone had to be there to actually make the donuts all night long. Might as well open the door and turn on the cash register.
Go to any bakery in Japan, and you will never ever ever ever ever ever go to any franchise donuttery again.
“Go to any bakery in Japan...................
That’s an awful long way to go for a donut................
Yeah right. Like the melt in your mouth awesomeness of a fresh Krispy Kreme donut should even be compared to the stale month old flavor of a Dunkin donut cake. I do like Dunkin coffee better though.
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