# Krispy Kremes, Anyone else not like them? **URL:** \ **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:** 16\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/101 "2004-12-07T00:07:58Z")
> [@Barbarian](#): > > [hijack] > Someone 'splain to me what the difference is between a cake doughnut and a yeast doughnut. I’ve never heard either term. Yeast doughnuts taste good. ---
**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/102 "2004-12-07T00:36:12Z")
Put me in the cake donut crowd, though my first handheld breakfast love is KOLACHES! I don’t think you all have these outside of Texas. Think of a slighlty sweet dough wrapped around spicy link sausage and cheese. The best ones are from little Czech and German convenience stores in central Texas. Oh, I don’t get the KK fuss either. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/103 "2004-12-07T00:41:50Z")
> [@Kat](#): > > And–for those of you pushing continually on the “you have to eat them hot”–what good is a doughnut that is only edible for 10 minutes? Not everyone is buying doughnuts to eat on the spot (especially when they’re buying a dozen or more). There are certain foods that must be eaten soon after frying or they go bad. I mean, look at French fries and pretty much any other deep fried goodie. If you wait more than ten minutes, they become vile. A good yeast-based donut should be eaten right away, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. I only buy one donut at a time, so it makes little difference to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/104 "2004-12-07T00:55:32Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > There are certain foods that must be eaten soon after frying or they go bad. I mean, look at French fries and pretty much any other deep fried goodie. If you wait more than ten minutes, they become vile. A good yeast-based donut should be eaten right away, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. I only buy one donut at a time, so it makes little difference to me. Which makes the Krispy Kreme execs look like a bunch of morons, because here they’re selling their “only good for 10 minutes” donuts at places where they can’t possibly have just been made. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/105 "2004-12-07T01:30:56Z")
> [@Ferret Herder](#): > > Which makes the Krispy Kreme execs look like a bunch of morons, because here they’re selling their “only good for 10 minutes” donuts at places where they can’t possibly have just been made. Well, they do have more than just their original glazed donut (which needs to be eaten hot, in my opinion.) And Krispy Kreme execs apparently aren’t a bunch of morons because their product still sells like crazy. I really don’t understand it personally, because their cooled down donuts are no better than Dunkin Donuts (which I actually prefer. Yummy krullers.) But for a hot fresh donut, nothing beats Krispy Kreme…at least not around here. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/106 "2004-12-07T01:37:16Z")
I don’t know the definition of the word “Krispy,” but I’m guessing it doesn’t mean “crispy”. I also don’t know the definition of the word “Kreme;” similarly, I’m guessing it doesn’t mean “cream.” Still, when I heard all the hype back when Krispy Kreme opened theit first Southern California store in La Habra, and I responded to the hype by buying a Krispy Kreme, and learning that it was neither crispy nor creamy, I felt I had been hoodwinked. ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/107 "2004-12-07T03:20:13Z")
All y’all anti KK people are nuts. I live in a town bereft of donuts. Oh, there’s a local chain, but my G\*d, they suck. Their donuts have rabid adherents, about whom it must be sadly concluded that they have never tasted the wonder that is KK, or DD, or Tim Hortons, or even those nasty-ass stale boxed donuts, as I can’t see how anyone who HAS could stomach one of these monstrosities. Horrid, stale texture, nasty glaze, and “creme” filling made of a cross between menthol and that expanding foam stuff one uses to seal cracks in walls. Oh, and just try getting a donut in this town after 10 a.m. Can’t be done. Place shuts down by then: if one wants “fresh” donuts – or as “fresh” as they get, better get there by 6:30 a.m. at the latest. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/108 "2004-12-07T05:32:19Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > But, my all-time favorite chain is no longer alive: Mister Donut. **Duke** , if you’re ever in the West Springfield, MA area, be sure to spend a little time on Riverdale Street (US Route 5.) On the northbound side, just north of the I-91 interchange, you’ll find a genuine Mister Donut, complete with their vintage early-1960’s sign. You won’t be able to miss it. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/109 "2004-12-07T08:28:26Z")
> [@JayElle](#): > > KOLACHES! I don’t think you all have these outside of Texas. Think of a slighlty sweet dough wrapped around spicy link sausage and cheese. The best ones are from little Czech and German convenience stores in central Texas. Actually, I was introduced to these lovely things while I was living in Ontario, Canada. They were just called sausage biscuits, but… looking at a few recipes, they’re pretty darned similar. And my word, I want… 😃 Y’all can have my share of KK, I’ll be getting some Kulaches/sausage biscuits. (No relation to the fast food version you may know. bleh.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/110 "2004-12-07T13:39:11Z")
> [@JayElle](#): > > KOLACHES! I don’t think you all have these outside of Texas. Think of a slighlty sweet dough wrapped around spicy link sausage and cheese. The best ones are from little Czech and German convenience stores in central Texas. I guess they didn’t understand my Southern California accent. When I tried to order these, they brought out a pair of big rubber boots! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/111 "2004-12-07T14:00:59Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > **Duke** , if you’re ever in the West Springfield, MA area, be sure to spend a little time on Riverdale Street (US Route 5.) On the northbound side, just north of the I-91 interchange, you’ll find a genuine Mister Donut, complete with their vintage early-1960’s sign. You won’t be able to miss it. Road trip, road trip, road trip… Seriously. I’ll be out there. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/112 "2004-12-07T16:08:14Z")
Another vote here that (a) cake donuts are far superior, and (b) KK donuts are gross. Yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/113 "2004-12-07T16:45:15Z")
> [@HelloKitty](#): > > (Krispy Kreme’s) glazed do-nuts are very overrated – donuts from my grocery store bakery are far superior. Ditto. I prefer the heavier, yeastier grocery donuts over KK as well. I do like KK custard-filled donuts (not the “creme” filled … blech!). ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/114 "2004-12-07T19:02:08Z")
Love KK, and just brought in two dozen for the co-workers this morning. If the election were held today, I would be Cool Office Guy Of The Week for bringing them in…the two dozen were gone in about 10 minutes. Anyone remember a chain called Spudnuts from decades ago? Made with potato flour and were actually quite good. Sort of like the KK but slightly heavier in weight and texture. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/115 "2004-12-08T03:37:59Z")
They make me sick. They’re wayyyyyy too fatty/greasy. I prefer Dunkin’s. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064/116 "2004-12-08T12:38:35Z")
I’ll eat KK’s because they’re convenient, but I think they’re WAY too sweet. Other than that, I kind of like the texture. In my home town growing up, a local bakery made unbelievable donuts. I’ve lived in a lot of towns with a lot of home made donuts, and never had their equal. There’s a decent bakery near where I live now in B-more, but they don’t make great donuts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krispy-kremes-anyone-else-not-like-them/278064.md?page=5)