# Krispy Kremes, Anyone else not like them?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 4, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064 "2004-12-04T15:46:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/1 "2004-12-04T15:46:14Z")
[In this post from the Starbucks thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5568528&postcount=89) **Aesiron** takes issue with my opinion of Krispy Kreme doughnuts.
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> Be … be … better than Krispy Kremes? Low Standard? I think I’m having an aneurysm. Those words combined in that order just don’t compute.
Rather than hijack that thread, I decided to start a new one.
I’m a native of Southern California. Krispy Kremes come from the South, or someplace. I grew up eating Winchell’s doughnuts; and later, Spudnuts. To me, this is how doughnuts are supposed to taste.
A few years ago Krispy Kreme came to Southern California. There was a lot of excitement, and long lines at the stores. Seems there are a lot of people who moved to SoCal from KK-land, and they were ecstatic to have a ‘taste from home’.
Well, I tried KK doughnuts. I found them to be overly-sweet and overly-greasy. As a side note, I was also unpleasantly surprised when I ordered an iced tea in Alabama and it was full of sugar. _ick_ Maybe too-sweet things are popular in the South? I mean, Winchell’s and Spudnuts are sweet enough; KK doughnuts make my mouth feel like my teeth are rotting from the sugar. And the grease leaves an unpleasant feeling in my mouth.
IMO KK is popular because it reminds people of growing up ‘back home’. I can understand how they would love something they grew up with. But for me, they’re not that good. Give me a good ol’ Winchell’s or Spudnuts chocolate cake doughnut without icing or glaze, and a cuppa strong black coffee to drink with it.
FWIW, I haven’t been to a doughnut shop since I’ve been in the PNW. I did eat a KK doughnut the boss brought in; but I didn’t know what it was, and didn’t like it when I ate it. I’ve been to a Tim Horton’s twice in Canada (is that technically a doughnut shop? If so, I guess I _have_ been to a doughnut shop after all) and thought the doughnuts there were okay. Better than KK, but nowhere near as good as Winchell’s.
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### Author:  [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/2 "2004-12-04T15:49:55Z")
Too light, too sweet. I like a donut with a little oomph to it.
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### Author:  [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/3 "2004-12-04T15:50:22Z")
I think they’re nasty.
I also don’t like the way they look all neatly arranged in the box. I don’t know what it is; it makes them look machine-made or like cartoon doughnuts.
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### Author:  [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/4 "2004-12-04T15:50:30Z")
Way too sweet. Their jelly donuts are actually better than other bakers’ versions I’ve tried - if you scrape half the glaze off, that is. I like donuts that are lighter and not so gooey/greasy.
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### Author:  [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/5 "2004-12-04T15:53:08Z")
I’m with you. Krispy Kremes are grease bombs and I’m convinced they’re made with lard. I do not understand the appeal _at all_.
Whenever there’s a story on the news with throngs of people camping out for days outside a soon-to-be-open Krispy Kreme store, I get really annoyed. What a shallow, trashy society we live in where _this_ is what people care about.
Why doesn’t Dunkin’ Donuts inspire such fervor? They’re much lighter, fresher, and better in my opinion.
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### Author:  [@Leonard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leonard)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/6 "2004-12-04T15:53:20Z")
I don’t particularly _dislike_ them, but they don’t taste that different from any other run of the mill doughnuts that I’ve eaten. I prefer Shipley’s.
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### Author:  [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/7 "2004-12-04T15:57:57Z")
Their glazed do-nuts are very overrated–do-nuts from my grocery store bakery are far superior.
But I do like some of their other selections like the apple fritters and jelly donuts.
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### Author:  [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/8 "2004-12-04T16:01:15Z")
First, a little background: I love those mini doughnuts that you by in packs of 24 – the ones that are _covered_ in powdered sugar.
With that in mind: Krispy Kreme doughnuts are _way_ too sweet for me. They have on occasion triggered migraines with their sweetness. And they taste like they are more shortening than dough – like eating glazed lard.
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### Author:  [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/9 "2004-12-04T16:02:23Z")
Not a fan either. My parents love them.
Give me a good chocolate cake donut any day.
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### Author:  [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/10 "2004-12-04T16:03:26Z")
I see no difference between KK and what I can get at cub foods.
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/11 "2004-12-04T16:03:47Z")
I love 'em hot, right off the conveyer belt from the river of grease, having just passed under the curtain of sugar.
But if you don’t get them fresh and hot, they’re pretty damn pedestrian, and not worth a special trip.
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### Author:  [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/12 "2004-12-04T16:04:18Z")
[Homer Simpson]…MMMMMmmmm, glazed lard…[/Homer Simpson]
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### Author:  [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/13 "2004-12-04T16:04:40Z")
I’m with you other folks above - they’re so sweet, they make my teeth hurt! I’d never voluntarily buy any. I come from the land of Tim Horton’s, which gives me my idea of what donuts are supposed to taste like. I prefer cake donuts over yeast ones. If I need any, I’ll go to Dunkin Donuts.
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### Author:  [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/14 "2004-12-04T16:07:00Z")
I’m from deep in Krispy Kreme country, and I’ve never liked them. I’d be very surprised if they’re not made with lard, but that’s what makes things good. My problem with them is their sweetness. I much prefer Gibson’s, a local place.
-Lil
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/15 "2004-12-04T16:12:29Z")
Also from KK Kountry (“KKK? That can’t be good!”), and I’ve had these all my life. Like QtM says, you gotta get 'em hot. They’ve been the mainstay of school fundraisers forever. Kinda like the “hamburgers” from Krystal (what’s with the “K” names, I wonder). Once the heat has dissipated, you got sludge on a bun.
They’ve been the mainstay of school fundraisers forever.
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### Author:  [@AmyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmyG)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/16 "2004-12-04T16:17:18Z")
The Emperor has no clothes!
I have been baffled by the cultlike devotion many seem to have to Krispy Kreme for years. There again, I don’t really like glazed donuts.
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### Author:  [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/17 "2004-12-04T16:21:34Z")
I don’t see what the big deal is with them, either. When I do eat doughnuts (about twice a year, or so), I prefer to go to an old-fashioned bakery for my glazed/honey dipped tidbits of love.
I admit I’ve never had them hot, though.
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### Author:  [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/18 "2004-12-04T16:25:28Z")
It’s simple. I don’t like them because I don’t consider sugar and grease (regardless of temp) flavors. But some very unfortunate people were raised with high doses of these substances and their bodies crave them. Rather than withdrawing from obviously harmful substances, they become addicts and seek them out.
For you KK lovers out there: go cold turkey on grease and sugar for 3 months and then try one. You’ll gag.
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/19 "2004-12-04T16:28:11Z")
I have heard that they are great when fresh and hot. I have never had them this way. I don’t like them at all. I definitely prefer Dunkin Doughnuts. DD used to be better when they were made fresh in the stores. Now a lot of the stores have renovated and put in more seating. They did this by removing the kitchen and having the doughnuts made in a central location.
I am a cop so therefore I am the subject matter expert.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/20 "2004-12-04T16:28:43Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#):
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> I don’t see what the big deal is with them, either. When I do eat doughnuts (about twice a year, or so), I prefer to go to an old-fashioned bakery for my glazed/honey dipped tidbits of love.
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> I admit I’ve never had them hot, though.
My brother works across the street at the local Krispy Kreme’s, so I pretty much have the luxury of getting free donuts from them almost any day of the week. That said, I only take advantage of this maybe once a month. Maybe.
The donuts are actually quite good and ethereal, in my opinion, but the entire point of Krispy Kreme’s relies on getting the donuts hot off the conveyor belt. Otherwise, it’s just a donut like any other. Fresh, though, it’s quite a treat. I don’t think I could eat more than two of them at a sitting, and they do require a bitter black coffee to counteract their syrupy sweetness.
OK, maybe I will just trot across the street and get meself a donut.
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