Some kind soul brought a box of donuts in to work this morning. As usual, I made a pig of myself and ate more than my share. They were the overwhemingly popular and faddish Krispy Kreme variety.
What is it, exactly, that’s so revered about these things? They’re usually fresh-tasting and good, as donuts go, but they’re also small and expensive. They certainly aren’t head-and-shoulders above fresh grocery store donuts, fresh Dunkin Donuts donuts, or fresh local-bakery-shop donuts, IMHO.
Yet some people seem to get excited about them. Anyone care to speculate/explain why?
I’m with you on this one, but I’ll go one step further. Krispy Kreme’s are crap! They’re small, like you said; but they’re also over-glazed and their frostings and fillings are way, WAY too sweet. And I’m a certified sugar-hound, so that’s saying a lot. To top it all off they leave a weird chemical-y aftertaste I’ve never quite been able to identify.
Cold Krispy Kreme doughnuts are fine, as doughnuts go, but really not that spectacular.
HOT Krispy Kreme doughnuts are mana from heaven. Elixir of the gods, people. Hie thee to the Krispy Kreme shop when the sign is flashing. Here, you walk in, doughnut lady opens the box and walks back to the production line. Where she oh-so-gently removes the conveyor. So hot she has to use a knife to get it in the box. So hot most of the icing melts off. And so hot, if you’re not careful, you will burn the roof of your mouth.
Let me tell you, hot Krispy Kremes and coffee at 2 am. There is nothing better on this earth.
Well here in Australia they are marketing geniuses. The first shop in Australia opened last year ( I think ) and they have given away donuts at local high schools, sporting events and anything else they can think of so that they get free mentions in the media. People who otherwise wouldn’t care less become interested. My boss at work knows I live near Krispy Kreme and told us if we all completed our surveys she would buy 2 dozen.
I’m no great fan of donuts but most people at work are now hooked after one exposure. Quicker than crack, I reckon.
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts are the gustatory zenith… the apex of doughnut evolution. It is my experience that those who do not like K.K. doughnuts are either culinary cretins unused to the finer things (as far as food is concerned), or are yankees… but I repeat myself.
Hot K.K.‘s and a tall cold glass of milk… hold one over the top of your head and your tongue will drill a hole in the roof of your mouth tryin’ to get at it!
two more quick notes… first you get what you pay for… you want the best it may cost a little more… and secondly it ain’t the size of the doughnut it is the size of the TASTE of the doughnut…
I too had one once, and it was nothing special as far as I’m concerned. But when I was growing up, our town had a bakery that made all kinds of things: bread, cake, pie, cookies, etc., and doughnuts. Their doughnuts were absolutely the best ever, they were literally as if you had made them yourself at home. I sure wish someone where I live now made doughnuts like that. Krispy Kremes are just overly sweet doughy junk.
I’m shocked by the blasphemy that runs amok in here!! :eek: JK!!
I agree that Krispy Kreme donuts are best hot/warm and that they ARE THE BEST donut ever made! (I admit bias. I remember getting donuts at Krispy Kreme on Sundays with my dad at a young age and waiting for that red neon light to come on saying “HOT” so you knew the donuts were freshly made and ready for eatin’!!)
I don’t think that Dunkin’ Donuts are that great, but not bad, and I definitely think grocery store donuts are on the bottom of any donut list no matter the grocer.
Everyone has their own opinion. I’m not bashing, nor do I wish to be bashed. I am truly shocked however that there are those who do NOT like Krispy Kremes. Oh well, to each their own. (I’m easily shocked AND confused! lol!)
They are nowhere near as good as those made by the King of the Donut, Tim Hortons.
I don’t understand the point of picking something up that will leave half its sugar on my fingers. Why don’t they just put half the sugar on in the first place ?
The best things about donuts is that they (a) are cheap and (b) come in many varieties. This means you can pleasantly mull over whether you would prefer a Sugar Twist or Chocolate Sprinkle or Banana Cream, and then buy one, savour it, realize you should have chosen a different one, buy it, savour, etc, repeat as necessary.
KK don’t seem to work this way. I’ve never been in a store (so maybe I am wrong) but the variety seems to be very small, and there’s only so many Honey Overly-Glazed (With Kreme Filling) that I’m really interested in eating at one sitting.
Hot Krispy Kremes are just as god awful as regular Krispy Kremes, only the funky after taste is magnified. "Oooh, but they’re so light and fluffy and melt in your mouth!’ you say? BAH!, I say. Donuts are supposed to be substantial and thick and not disintegrate if you get the urge to dunk them in your coffee.
Now, I admit, I like Krispy Kreme’s chocolate cake donuts, and their jelly filled are good, as are their sugar donuts. But the basic plain glazed donuts that everyone seems to love so much? Nothing but fluff, and overrated fluff at that.
I could accept that I was a Yank and therefore a culinary cretin - when it comes to fine seafood, sophisticated Continental cuisine, cheeses, wines, appriciation of fine lagers, sausages, national dishes steeped in tradition, or anything that was made from, say, a sheep’s stomach.
But we’re talking about junk food here, and I’m sorry, but I believe we of USia make the kreme de la kreme, if you’ll pardon the pun, of junk food. It just fits our national culture so well. Instant gratification, bigger-better-more, and damn the torpedoes. I may not know haggis from suet from tripe. But donuts, ice cream, peanut butter, candy bars, Cheetos, biggie-sized fries and flame-broiled Whoppers, I know, and I’m sticking to my guns on this small point:
With the stipulation, I guess, that the ordinary donut suppliers mentioned be in or near a US metro area. I don’t mean this in an insulting way at all, but is it possible that the other donuts you’ve had just, well, stink?
And hey, if you still maintain that Krispy Kremes just taste better, there’s nothing wrong with that. I just wonder what specifically it is about the taste that is better?
Krispy Kreme donuts come with instructions on the box to microvave for eight seconds. True donuts are eated at room temperature. KK “donuts” have sadly lost their way and strayed from the exalted state of true donutosity.
They’re not bad, but their rep is way out of line with their taste. In addition, they don’t have NEARLY the selection of Dunkin Donuts. Dunkin Donuts Chocolate Creme Filled donuts are the best donuts known to man, and Krispy Kreme doesn’t have enything like them.
Seriously, if you think Dunkin’ Donuts are fit for human consumption, you will never understand the Krispy Kreme phenomenon. Some people will posit that you must be a verminous cretin who was born without taste buds. Other people (who are clearly wrong) will posit that there’s nothing wrong with you, you just happen to like cake donuts.
Krispy Kremes are pastry doughnuts for people who love pastry doughnuts. On the dial from 1 (pure cake) to ten (pure pastry), they go to 11. They are as far from the vile, lard-smeared shit you’ll get at DD’s as humanly possible, which can only be a good thing.
Krispy Kreme… YUM. Unfortunately, they equal too many Weight Watches points.
I think they are the best donuts. We had them at one of my former places of employment…I think we bought more of them than the customers did. Microwave them for a few seconds and Oh my Heavens!
I also had the opportunity of visiting one of the places where you could buy them fresh. Now that was awesome.
Man, I can sure tell it’s time for lunch! I shouldn’t have opened this thread.
variety!!! what the… variety!!! you GOTTA be kiddin’ me! doughnuts aren’t supposed to have variety… unless you consider yourself unworthy to approach the majesty of an elegent, perfect GLAZED doughnut…
sprinkles… we don’t need no stinkin’ sprinkles!
Uh, I’m fairly sure VB was referring to the part of the US you’re from, noth the fact that you’re from the US. He specifically called you a yankee, not a yank.
I think he’s probably got a point, there. The KK vs. DD debate seems to run along cultural lines like that, just like the sweet tea vs. unsweet debate, the soft, hot bread, vs. cold, hard bread, and other culinary divides.
I like Dunkin Donuts and grocery store donuts a lot better than Krispie Kreme. They are too small, and the sprinkles and glaze tastes funny. Not to mention, they spell it “doughnut”.
Oh well, to each their own. (I’m easily shocked AND confused! lol!)
I LOVE KRISPY KREME!!