Now have to say that when Krispy Kreme came into my market I was like, okay, gotta try 'em, and I thought they were no better than, say, LaMars. But much much better than Safeway’s. But I will eat a Safeway’s donut, no prob.
There is a dedicated donut shop near my house called something really boring like “Donut House.” Maybe “Donut Hut”? They are great. But they also close when they run out of donuts so I don’t usually get there in time. I mean, sometimes they close at 11am. They should have made more donuts!
I wish they just had a simple powdered sugar version or something not quite as glaze-y. The first time I had anything I would describe as an “orgasmic” donut was at my aunt’s house on their family farm in Poland, of all places. Made with a little bit of farmer’s cheese in the dough and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Fresh hot off the fryer they were just otherworldly. With Krispy Kreme, I could somewhat replicate this experience when the HOT DONUTS sign is on. It’s like the difference between getting fried chicken or French fries out of the fryer vs eating it a half hour later. That’s about the only time I will be tempted to buy a donut. When I see a KK with the HOT DONUTS sign lit. Otherwise, there’s a lot of other sweets I prefer to donuts that do better at being served room temp.
I had a class that was trying to order pizzas, and arguing over where from and what toppings. I finally resorted to writing on the board: “The thing about a bad pizza is… it’s STILL PIZZA!”
There are few things in this world more delightful than a fresh-off-the-conveyor Krispy Kreme glazed donut. They are insanely sweet and rich, they basically dissolve in your fingers when they are still warm, and that’s why they are manna from heaven. If you don’t want sweet and rich, why are you eating a donut?
That said, the Krispy Kremes you get at the grocery or convenience store are an affront to the brand. They are basically the bastard child of a Entenmann’s and a stale Dunkin. I mean I’ll still eat one and it’ll still be an indulgent treat, but it in no way is a Krispy Kreme in my book. Sadly those stores with conveyors full of fresh made deliciousness are basically gone in my part of the country. So the only Krispy Kreme you’re likely to get is the pre-made ones.
Dunkin’ is solid. It’s basically the standard donut and I like the old school varieties like the Long John and the Boston Creme (nevermind that dogshit Cruller). I’d rather have the local donut shop donuts that I grew up on…shouts to the Pac Man donut…but they’ve all been out of business for 25 years, so Dunkin will have to do. Getting them early in the morning is a must though, since they go stale on the racks in all of about 45 minutes.
The rest fall into 2 camps. Highfalutin hipster doughnuts that try WAY too hard to be cool; slapping strips of bacon and breakfast cereal on top of heavy, oversized hunks of greasy bread to be sold to stoners and drunks after hours. And glorified gas station donuts who couldn’t be bothered to rotate them out after 48 hours of being fingered aside by cops and cabbies reaching for a fresher one. It’s a sad state of affairs, glad I’m not a morning person.
I haven’t seen a Dunkin anywhere near me siI used to stop at the one near my office when I worked in Chicago in the early 2000s. DH liked a coconut donut, but I was on that DD coffee train early on!
Doughnut/donut. I lost a spelling bee in fifth grade because my word was “doughnut”, and having never seen that version, I spelled it “donut” like at the grocery store. I’m still bitter!!
Since coffee has been mentioned a few times, I don’t feel like I’m hijacking here.
For years I’ve been making my cold brew at home using ground DD coffee. Sometimes regular, sometimes Vanilla.
Awfully tasty and due to the cold brewing, wicked smooth.
I grew up in North Carolina, the state where Krispy Kreme was founded. They are the doughnuts of my childhood. I don’t think I even realized they were only a regional thing back then; they were so ubiquitous in my world I just assumed they were everywhere, like Coca-Cola and McDonald’s. In short, for me Krispy Kremes are comfort food.
I just hit a weight-loss milestone today! I’ve been on minimal carbs for months, and you know how people say “You won’t even want carbs!”…?
They don’t know me.
I was planning on taking myself out for a treat when I hit this weight. Thanks to this thread I’m stopping by the donut joint tomorrow morning.
If they’re closed for some reason, there’s a Dunkin’ down the street.
(But our one KK closed! They built one lousy store, way outside of town next to a feed mill and an industrial park. Horrible location.)
If they didn’t intend to make them either crispy OR creamy, they should have called them something else. Next!
Where the hell did Dunkin Donuts’ DUNKING donut run off to? It’s like if KFC decided to only sell burgers and hot dogs, with nary a bird on the horizon.
I don’t understand the issue people have with the name “Krispy Kreme.” Problems with metaphors or poetic description? “Crispy cream” perfectly, at least to me, describes their basic donut hot out of the fryer. If (whipped) cream could be crispy, it would be something like that donut. It’s a great name.
Krispy Kremes are too airy for my taste. I think the Dunkin donuts will vary by location or the time of day you go. Get there in the morning and the donuts are reasonably fresh and in my opinion, pretty good. I think local chains are going to give you a fresher donut- in my area it’s Quality Dairy stores.
While I expect a donut to have a firm body and some texture to it – it shouldn’t be like a pudding – “crispy” implies something altogether different.
The first definition that popped up on the internet was:
Fried chicken is crispy. Potato chips are crispy.
Doughnuts ought not to be “dry and brittle”, and shouldn’t be “crispy”. If they are, they’ve gotten too old and dried out, and I don’t want any part of them.
FWIW, fresh Krispy Kreme donuts I’ve tried have never been “crispy” or “Krispy”. But I’ll bet they get that way if I leave them sitting uncovered for a couple of days.
shrug I guess I have a more expansive definition. A freshly fried donut is delicately crispy on the outside. I actually don’t know how I would describe it without using the word crispy.
I lost a spelling bee in fifth grade because my word was “doughnut”, and having never seen that version, I spelled it “donut” like at the grocery store. I’m still bitter!!