# The Maple Donut. It is my opinion that there is no better donut in the world. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973 "2019-06-24T16:08:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/21 "2019-06-24T21:41:33Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Yeast or cake? Cake donuts are an obscenity. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/22 "2019-06-24T22:55:45Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Cake donuts are an obscenity. Don’t talk dirty. Cake are the only way to roll. I’ve never had a yeast donut that was half as satisfying as a good cake, preferably with a semi-oddball frosting. And I’ve eaten at Tim Hortons! ---
**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:** [June 24, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/23 "2019-06-24T23:37:07Z")
Nope. Yeast donuts FTW. But they have a shelf life of about two seconds, so get em while they’re hot. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/24 "2019-06-24T23:40:41Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Cake donuts are an obscenity. Yes but like most obscenities, when shared with someone you care about, they can be quite pleasurable. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/25 "2019-06-24T23:49:24Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > I have to concur. The poor maple doughnut is always the last lonely survivor left in the box at work. Sometimes lingering, shunned and ignored, into the next day. I sure don’t want it. Not if that box is anywhere near me! Mine! I love almost anything maple. I say almost because I tried some maple flavored water a while back and it was nasty! Tasted like very weak iced tea. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/26 "2019-06-25T01:11:36Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > Yes but like most obscenities, when shared with someone you care about, they can be quite pleasurable. They certainly hold up better when someone tells you to “take a flying fuck at a rolling donut.” Yeast donuts just collapse when you try to roll them, and maple bars are right out. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/27 "2019-06-25T01:13:43Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > …and maple bars are right out. That shows a tragic lack of imagination. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/28 "2019-06-25T02:18:12Z")
At the risk of being mocked, I confess that my favorite type is the humble plain old-fashioned. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/29 "2019-06-25T02:26:00Z")
You people have never been more wrong. Sour cream glazed donuts are the only ones worth the eating. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/30 "2019-06-25T12:45:57Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > You people have never been more wrong. [Sheldon] More wrong ? Wrong is an absolute state and not subject to gradation. [/Sheldon] ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/31 "2019-06-25T14:02:57Z")
I, too, love tree-flavored donuts. But apple fritters are more my thing. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/32 "2019-06-25T14:07:48Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > I, too, love tree-flavored donuts. But apple fritters are more my thing. See post #20 > [@ftg](#): > > [Sheldon] > More wrong ? Wrong is an absolute state and not subject to gradation. > [/Sheldon] - Must resist …need…to give…obvious …reply!..GAH!..suspension bridge! (uses both hands to shove a maple glazed cruller down my throat)\* Sorry about that. Ill go quietly now. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/33 "2019-06-25T14:41:31Z")
One of my favorite “oddball” beers [del]is[/del] was Rogue Brewing’s [Voodoo Doughnut Maple Bacon Ale](https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/132/72720/). It was very good, even when compared to more mainstream ales. Also, two summers ago I attended a beer-donut pairing on a Sunday afternoon. The beers were mostly high-alcohol stouts, and the combination of three gourmet donuts and beer was debilitating. Everyone left the event and fell asleep. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/34 "2019-06-25T15:04:10Z")
My husband is a huge maple donut fan. Long-john, donut, swirl, twist…any and all of them. My favorite is a chocolate frosted glazed 🙂 Then: Raspberry bismarck Plain glazed Anything cinnamon-y Chocolate frosted cake Orange frosted cake Banana frosted cake (when I was a kid the bakery had banana donuts shaped like a banana) ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/35 "2019-06-25T15:37:40Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > You people have never been more wrong. > > Sour cream glazed donuts are the only ones worth the eating. I came in here to add my love of sour cream glazed donuts. I’m glad there’s at least one more of us who know what a really good donut is all about. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/36 "2019-06-25T16:27:44Z")
> [@digs](#): > > [raises hand] I’ll take one! > > Went for the longest bike ride I’d ever done, ended up in a small town I’d never been in. Exhausted, I thought “Hey, now I’ve gotta ride home. I know, I’ll stop in that mom’n’pop grocery store and get a treat!” > > And there it was: a bakery case full of maple bacon long johns… > …not sure anything’s ever tasted so good. If I had rode all that way, and knew just as long a journey awaited me in going back, and I stopped at a mom ‘n’ pop shop, and joyously discovered maple long johns, and then bought one with ecstatic anticipation, and brought it outside to my bike, and took a big bite, only to discover there was bacon in it… …I would immediately take my bike and ride it off the nearest cliff, unable to cope with a world that would play me such a foul trick. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/37 "2019-06-25T16:29:15Z")
Custard filling would like a word with you. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/38 "2019-06-25T16:46:54Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > If I had rode all that way, and knew just as long a journey awaited me in going back, and I stopped at a mom ‘n’ pop shop, and joyously discovered maple long johns, and then bought one with ecstatic anticipation, and brought it outside to my bike, and took a big bite, only to discover there was bacon in it… > > …I would immediately take my bike and ride it off the nearest cliff, unable to cope with a world that would play me such a foul trick. A few years ago we did a long kayak trip with a large group of people. Everyone had their own plans for after the trip, but one woman accepted our offer to come to our home for snacks and drinks. That morning I’d prepped a bunch of appetizers, so I put the trays of cheese stuffed jalapeños wrapped in bacon, bacon wrapped water chestnuts, bacon wrapped asparagus, and bacon wrapped scallops into the oven. Turns out the woman who we had just met that day was an observant jew. She was equal parts close to tears and laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/39 "2019-06-25T16:53:01Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I came in here to add my love of sour cream glazed donuts. I’m glad there’s at least one more of us who know what a really good donut is all about. Another glazed sour cream fan. Back in my donut hunting days I would stare far too long into the nearly empty box at a lonely sour cream doughnut that had been laced with maple goop, eventually to turn away. Hungry. Like a cave man who knew to turn away from a rotting carcass because it was so fouled as to no longer be food. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973/40 "2019-06-25T17:27:47Z")
I’m not a fan of maple flavor–I like real maple syrup but that artificial flavor is naaaasty. My general favorite that I might have a shot at getting at an average donut shop is the chocolate glazed cruller. Man, something about that eggy fluffy goodness with the chocolate just hits every button I own. In the specialty corner is the single Heavenly Donut shop in my area (town of Gladstone, in case anyone in the Portland OR area wants to know) has blueberry frosted cake donuts and those are so, so good. If they ever put the blueberry glaze on crullers I am DOOMED and will be a torpid 600lb diabetic inside of six months. It would be worth it though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maple-donut-it-is-my-opinion-that-there-is-no-better-donut-in-the-world/835973.md?page=3)