# Krispy Kreme for or against **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608 "2007-03-26T20:56:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Not\_a\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Not\_a\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_a_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608/101 "2007-03-29T01:16:53Z")
Against. I’ve only had KK a couple of times in my life, but they made my teeth hurt. It doesn’t help that I grew up with mainly low/non-sugar food, so something really sweet hits me like a stack o’ bricks. I prefer non-glazed doughnuts, of the cake variety. I’m also wondering about everyone insisting you have to have them straight from the machine for them to be good. If you only have an hour for them to go from amazing to gross… doesn’t that seem a bit odd to anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608/102 "2007-03-29T01:24:23Z")
Mmmm…Krispy Kremes. I like DD, but I think their real strength is their White Hot Chocolate. I was practically living on it this winter, during my commute. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608/103 "2007-03-29T02:00:51Z")
[QUOTE=Thorny Platypus] If you only have an hour for them to go from amazing to gross… doesn’t that seem a bit odd to anyone else? [/QUOTE] No. Why would it? Do you cook or bake? Some foods keep well and get better over time, others deteriorate unless they’re pumped full of preservatives. Deep fried foods are especially prone to deterioration over a period of time. Ever have reheated fried chicken or a French fry that’s been sitting around for more than 10 minutes? Does _that_ seem odd to you? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608/104 "2007-03-29T02:23:35Z")
Krispy Kreme is Rossie ODonalds favorite food. :eek: I’ll even say they’re a perfect match. :rolleyes: I wouldn’t eat either one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608/105 "2007-03-29T03:33:10Z")
Against. I try one about once a year and always end up smacking myself for my foolishness ( and leaving half a doughnut in the garbage ). It’s hard to tell if they are made of anything other than sugar or grease - where’s the actual dough? I like rich, greasy and sugary, but KK is a bit too heavy on the second and has far too much of the last. As several someone’s have said, I think, it’s more like candy than doughnuts. But, eh. Each to their own. - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![Secret\_Volcano\_Lair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Secret\_Volcano\_Lair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Secret_Volcano_Lair)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608/106 "2007-03-29T03:35:51Z")
I’ve never been able to see what’s so special about Krispy Kreme, I’ve had much better donuts. I also don’t like when places put unnecessary Ks in their name. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608/107 "2007-03-29T15:56:23Z")
[QUOTE=Secret Volcano Lair] I’ve never been able to see what’s so special about Krispy Kreme, I’ve had much better donuts. I also don’t like when places put unnecessary Ks in their name. [/QUOTE] **rispy reme**? ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608/108 "2007-03-29T18:29:46Z")
My husband got a $20 Krispy Kreme gift card for Christmas. We still haven’t used it. I used to live down the street from the original KK store in Nashville. Back then, if you wanted doughnuts, that was your only option unless you made them at home. So, I thought they were okay, as a kid. But I had my fill back then, I don’t want any more. I tried Dunkin Donuts once, (before KK devoured all the other doughnut places in Middle TN). It tasted like deep fried cake, which may be tasty to some people, but not me. So, I’m not in love with either one. But if I had to make a choice, I think KK would do less harm to my arteries. ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608/109 "2007-03-29T20:35:13Z")
Krispy Kremes are like Kryptonite for me. They make me weak, and I eat far too many of them in one sitting. Thank the Lord no one has brought any in during Lent. ---
**Author:** ![Constant\_Reader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8edcca/32.png) [@Constant\_Reader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Constant_Reader)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608/110 "2007-03-29T20:51:47Z")
Dunkin Donuts all the way. I was born and raised in the Northeast where they’ve always been as plentiful as Starbucks are now. The donut selection and taste are better. When the Krispy Kremes hit Massachusetts I dutifully tried them out. I ate them both hot and cold and they tasted the same…like greasy sugar coated stale sugar. At least Dunkins taste like greasy sugar coated goodness. I think the smell of the individual stores is also a deciding factor. I can’t get within a few feet of a KK without gagging on the hot sugar mess of smells erupting out of the place. Dunkins smells are inviting, warm coffee and yeasty goodness…even if they don’t make the donuts in house anymore. ---
**Author:** ![dre2xl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@dre2xl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dre2xl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608/111 "2007-03-29T21:03:39Z")
For. Strangely enough, I used to dislike KKs. I’ve never liked cake, and so, somewhere along the line, DD’s cake donuts started tasting like, well, cake; I’ll note that I’ve also lost my taste for brownies. Yeast donuts? Meh. Most yeast donuts, to me, taste like a sweet crossiant. Not bad, but I never could shake off the “something’s horribly wrong with making this sweet” feeling, particularly if it were a cold one. Now, KKs, they were an acquired taste. Initially they tasted too sweet, but I became appreciative of how the dough and sugar blend together, into a lovely whole that melts in your mouth, instead of sugar dumped on top of a pastry that shouldn’t be sweet. (I started eating KKs because I LOVE sprinkles and the KKs were the quickest way to get a sprinkle-and-icing fix; no DDs where I live now.) KKs, to this day, are the only sweet things that make my teeth literally hurt. I’ve always thought that it was a figure of speech till picking up a sprinkle-covered chocolate-iced glazed KK. :eek: Now if they made maple iced glazed KKs with sprinkles, I’d just die of a heart attack and go to heaven. You can reheat KKs to almost as good as hot off the line by nuking 'em in the microwave, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Secret\_Volcano\_Lair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Secret\_Volcano\_Lair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Secret_Volcano_Lair)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608/112 "2007-03-29T22:30:44Z")
[QUOTE=Nic2004] **rispy reme**? [/QUOTE] I meant that neither of those words is normally spelled with a K. I just don’t like when places do that. I would probably not eat at a restaurant called “Kountry Kitchen” simply because they spelled “country” with a K. ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608/113 "2007-03-29T22:49:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **CaerieD** > _That’s why I started making my own doughnuts in the deep fryer. Oh, man. Let me tell you, there’s nothing quite like a homemade doughnut that’s so hot and fresh you need to eat it with a fork._ Now you’re talking, my friend! We usually have a doughnut making party in February. We ask friends to come over with coffee, milk, powdered sugar, etc. and we fire up the old Fry-Daddy for some tasty, tasty times. Sadly, homemade doughnuts are too much of a pain to do for just two people, so we usually only make them during the party, but, oh, what a party! ---
**Author:** ![Not\_a\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Not\_a\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_a_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608/114 "2007-03-30T00:54:36Z")
[QUOTE=pulykamell] No. Why would it? Do you cook or bake? Some foods keep well and get better over time, others deteriorate unless they’re pumped full of preservatives. Deep fried foods are especially prone to deterioration over a period of time. Ever have reheated fried chicken or a French fry that’s been sitting around for more than 10 minutes? Does _that_ seem odd to you? [/QUOTE] Fair enough. They’re just the only brand of doughnut I’ve come across so far that deteriorate so quickly. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608/115 "2007-03-30T01:07:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Fair enough. They’re just the only brand of doughnut I’ve come across so far that deteriorate so quickly. No, you are right. If you don’t like Krispy Kreme doughnuts, the first thing those that do will say is “Well you have to get them right out of the oven.” It is incomprehensible to them that some people don’t like these doughnuts. Chances are that if you didn’t like them cold ,but still fresh, you will not like them right off the machine. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608/116 "2007-03-30T04:06:25Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] No, you are right. If you don’t like Krispy Kreme doughnuts, the first thing those that do will say is “Well you have to get them right out of the oven.” It is incomprehensible to them that some people don’t like these doughnuts. Chances are that if you didn’t like them cold ,but still fresh, you will not like them right off the machine. [/QUOTE] Hey, I only like them right off the machine, and that’s it. I totally understand people not liking them. I was very much anti-Krispy Kreme when they first came to the Chicago area. It was only after I had a fresh donut that I understood. It’s like saying “if you don’t like fried chicken cold, you won’t like it straight off the frier.” There’s plenty of bread that’s marginable after being out for a few hours but is absolutely _heavenly_ when it’s cooled down right out of the oven. Have you ever made a donut yourself? If you have, you would know that they go stale very quickly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kreme-for-or-against/397608.md?page=5)