Stacy Conradt
The Quick 10: 10 Details about Doughnuts
by Stacy Conradt - June 5, 2009 - 2:26 PM

Since it’s National Doughnut Day, we thought we would rerun this doughy delight from March. Now go get yourself some fried, cakey goodness!!

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I stumbled upon the Dunkin’ Donuts “Create Dunkin’s Next Donut” contest last week and have had doughnuts on the brain ever since. Anyone who follows the Q10 regularly knows that if I’m obsessed with something, I do my best to make you obsessed with it too. So if you go out and down a couple of Krispy Kremes after this, don’t feel bad – it’s totally my fault. And no, I’m not getting paid to reference this contest… we don’t even have Dunkin’ Donuts here (sadly). The doughnut I created, by the way, was a sour cream dough with lime-flavored sugar. I think it would be delightful.

1. Adolph Levitt invented the doughnut machine in 1920. Before that, doughnuts were made one by one in a frying pan. His machine dropped dough rings into fat, browned them, flipped them and cooled them. He called it the Wonderful Almost Human Automatic Donut Machine. It took him and an engineer 12 tries to perfect, but once he did, they sold like hotcakes – er, doughnuts – and the industry hasn’t been the same since.

dunker2. There is a National Dunking Association and it used to be a big deal. Actress Mae Murray is said to have started the whole dunking craze when she accidentally dropped her doughnut into her coffee and raved about the results. It just goes to show you that things haven’t really changed in the past 80 years – a celebrity does something and it sweeps the nation. Card-carrying (seriously… there were membership cards) celebrity members of the National Dunking Association included Johnny Carson, Zero Mostel, Pearl Buck, Martha Graham and Red Skelton. Jimmy Durante even ran for president of the association.
3. Economists have said the size of the hole in the doughnut directly mirrors the state of the economy. The bigger the hole, the worse the economy is. Makes sense, really – means bakers can use less dough per doughnut and charge the same price.

4. But why does the doughnut have a hole? I mean, not all of them do, but when you think of a doughnut the first thing that usually comes to mind is the type that looks like a circle with a hole in the middle. So why that and not just a solid round of dough? Well, there are a lot of different stories. This is the one that probably goes around the most often, though: Sea captain Hanson Crockett Gregory was eating a small cake while steering his ship in 1847. The ship was suddenly caught in a freak storm and the captain quickly shoved his cake down onto a spoke of the ship’s wheel so he would have both hands free for steering. Once the storm was over, he realized how convenient the hole in the middle of the cake was and ordered more just like it from the cook. Gregory himself said that he and his crew were having problems digesting the greasy cakes when he realized that cutting a hole in the middle might solve the problem. He later said the hole was the best part of the doughnuts, and told the reporter he was talking to, “You’d think so if you had ever tasted the doughnuts we used to eat.”

randys5. The Chock Full O’ Nuts Whole Wheat Donut is, according to aficionados, the Holy Grail of doughnuts. Chock Full O’ Nuts was a chain of lunch counters (later resulting in the coffee of the same name) that apparently had amazing doughnuts. There are still Chock Full O’ Nuts joints in the New York area, and from their website, it would appear that the whole wheat doughnut is still on the menu. So what gives? Why do so many people wax nostalgic about this doughnut? Did the recipe change? Or is it just harder to find these days? If you can fill us in on the Chock Full O’ Nuts Whole Wheat Donut mystery, please do.
6. Stella Young was the original Doughnut Girl of WWI. They served trays of the fried rounds to hungry soldiers who would line up outside of the Salvation Army tents to get a little taste of deliciousness. In fact, some say that’s where the term “doughboys” came from, but like the story of the doughnut hold, there are a few stories circulating on the origins of that term. Although there were lots of Doughnut Girls (AKA Sallies), Stella was the one on the cover of the sheet music for the song “My Doughnut Girl.” Stella once narrowly escaped death when a bit of shrapnel hit her doughnut pan and missed her. She saved the shrapnel.

7. Washington Irving of Sleepy Hollow legend may have coined the term “doughnut.” The earliest reference anyone can find of that exact word is in a short story of his dated 1808, except he was probably talking about what we call the doughnut holes today.

8. “Doughnut” is the original spelling, but “donut” has become accepted as the shortened form. Kinda like “Drive-thru” vs. “Drive through.” I prefer “doughnut” myself, but “donut” goes back so far I might as well accept it: the first reference comes from The Los Angeles Times in 1929.

9. My post is a bit premature, because National Doughnut Day in the U.S. is the first Friday of June every year. Um, consider that marked down in my calendar. In pen.

10. Renee Zellweger said she ate 20 doughnuts a day in order to go from a size six to a size 14 in just three months so she could portray Bridget Jones. I wonder if she means mini-doughnuts… surely 20 full-sized doughnuts a day would have you gaining several sizes faster than three months, since doughnuts can be up to 25% fat (they absorb a lot of the fat they are fried in because they are so porous). But that’s not going to stop me from eating them.

And hey – tell me about Randy’s Donuts. I’m visiting L.A. over Memorial Day weekend and am curious as to whether it’s worth a stop or not. Otherwise, let’s discuss your favorite doughnut in the comments. For me, it’s hard to top a fresh cinnamon and sugar – still warm and full of melt-in-your-mouth deliciousness. Mmm… [insert Homer drooling noise here]

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Comments (75)

  1. “The doughnut I created, by the way, was a sour cream dough with lime-flavored sugar. I think it would be delightful.”

    GO LIME!!!

    posted by Sarah in CA on 3-30-2009 at 3:53 pm

  2. I think the chocolate chip ones with actual chocolate chips and chocolate sauce in the middle are perfection. I could also never turn down a jelly-filled one.

    posted by Colene on 3-30-2009 at 4:05 pm

  3. Science fiction author E.E. “Doc” Smith created a process for making powdered sugar adhere to doughnuts more thoroughly without melting.

    posted by Steven on 3-30-2009 at 4:08 pm

  4. MMM donuts… I am a huge fan of donuts but NOT Krispy Kreme. Other than being part of the reason children can’t spell nowadays, they are just big balls of grease. I’ll take a mom and pop round chocolate covered any day over those mass produced hunks of fat. (I really don’t like Krispy Kreme)

    posted by Tricia on 3-30-2009 at 4:09 pm

  5. Haus’ Cider Mill in Canfield, OH makes a cake donut made with their own cider. Plain, powdered sugar or cinnamon-sugar, they are the greatest donuts on God’s Green Earth, and I’ll fight any man who says otherwise!

    posted by TBV on 3-30-2009 at 4:16 pm

  6. Randy’s Donuts are landmarks in Los Angeles and surronding areas, i lived here my whole life, but i cant say i’ve ever been to one… odd. not sure if because they’re not all they’re cracked up to be. now, Granny’s donuts is where we locals go for the good stuff

    posted by Krystal on 3-30-2009 at 4:17 pm

  7. mmmm….Krispy Kreme……especially if the hot sign is on…..you could inhale 2 dozen and not even realize it. oh and their chocolate iced cream filled are my favorite filled doughnuts

    posted by casey on 3-30-2009 at 4:19 pm

  8. I used to spend summers in Los Angeles and would regularly down a dozen from Winchell’s. Do they still exist?

    posted by Jonathan on 3-30-2009 at 4:21 pm

  9. In Krispy Kreme related news, click my name for a link to an article from ESPN.com about the annual Krispy Kreme run in North Carolina. 2 two-mile runs sandwiched around eating a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts. Winner must finish in under an hour and retain (internal) posession of all twelve donuts.

    Good times, good times.

    posted by Jonathan on 3-30-2009 at 4:30 pm

  10. When I was growing up, my great-uncle would make homemade powdered sugar donuts that he would stuff to the brim with a key lime filling. A wonderful conbination of flavors.

    posted by Walter on 3-30-2009 at 4:31 pm

  11. Randy’s Donuts is super close to LAX, so if you are flying into there, it’s definitely worth a stop. For the most part, it’s hard to find a *bad* donut in Los Angeles.

    posted by sarah on 3-30-2009 at 4:43 pm

  12. In 1925 there was a “Bobby Brown” greaseless donut that were made to order and sold 2 for a nickle, a half dozen for 15 cents and a dozen for a quarter.

    posted by Steve on 3-30-2009 at 4:50 pm

  13. The Tim Horton’s near my work has a new Lime doughnut…I’m pretty sure it’s exactly as you described! I’ll try one and report back. Or mail it to you, if you’re daring….

    As for my favourite: old fashioned plain followed closely by Boston Cream. Ooh, and powdered timbits.

    posted by Jenny on 3-30-2009 at 4:58 pm

  14. Fun Fact: Jelly donuts are one of the official foods of chanukah– ostensibly because they are fried in oil.

    And as for favorite kind, I probably have to go with the cream-filled ones.

    posted by MsPrufrock on 3-30-2009 at 4:59 pm

  15. TBV — I’ve never been to Canfield, OH, but I’ll agree with you that fresh apple cider doughnuts are the best food on the planet. The last time I got some, my cousins’ dog got a hold of the bag and ate them ALL (and part of the bag) before I could have one. I can’t remember ever being more mad at an animal.

    posted by Christina on 3-30-2009 at 5:02 pm

  16. We have a bakery in Omaha called Pettit’s that makes the best doughnuts. I was never a huge fan of doughnuts in general until I had Pettit’s a few years ago – I ate 5 in a row the first time!

    posted by Danielle on 3-30-2009 at 5:04 pm

  17. Spudnuts in Charlottesville. Made from potato flour. The shop has been there for over 50+ years. They sell out of spudnuts before 10 am.

    posted by Andy on 3-30-2009 at 5:17 pm

  18. @Danielle – I’m more of a cinnamon roll kind of person, but I LOVE Pettit’s. They truly are the best in the world!

    posted by bzzyb on 3-30-2009 at 5:27 pm

  19. I’ve always been partial to maple.

    My grandma made a version of a semla (Scandinavian pastry) that was doughnut shaped and filled with fresh lingonberry jam and topped off with hot milk. Heavenly.

    posted by hilly on 3-30-2009 at 5:40 pm

  20. I miss Timmies!

    The best part of winter in Montreal was sitting in Tim Hortons downtown (or the Krispy Kreme in Brossard)…while watching the snow engulf the city streets.

    Yay for glazed…nom nom nom.

    posted by biffy on 3-30-2009 at 5:47 pm

  21. I *love* Ken’s Donuts in Austin. My eyes roll back in my head when I think of their lemon filled doughnut and their cream filled bar. There’s another place in Austin called Mrs. Johnsons that was doing the “HOT” sign before anyone south of the Mason-Dixon had even heard of Krispy Kreme. It was the best when you’d been up all night and you realized it was 5am and you could hit that first batch of fresh hot goodness. *sigh* Sadly, they changed ownership a few years back and it’s not the same anymore.

    When it comes to “corporate” doughnuts, it’s Shipley’s all the way.

    posted by nikki on 3-30-2009 at 6:05 pm

  22. casey, I’m with you. That ‘hot donuts now’ sign is like a magnet (and I’mmm steel…) Those hot Krispy Kreme donuts just melt… And I love the chocolate covered creme filled too…

    posted by vickey on 3-30-2009 at 6:27 pm

  23. I just cant understand how some people dont like Krispy Kreme. I understand the irritation at the [lack of] spelling skill, their doughnuts are what doughnuts are supposed to be as far as I’m concerned. I can smell a hot and fresh dozen from miles away. I’ll even take the not-so-fresh ones from the store.
    That said, I cant stand Dunkin’. If I wanted cake – I’d get cake! I didn’t have my first DD doughnut till I was in my early teens and didnt have my first DD coffee till….a month ago (I’m 26). All my “Yankee” friends were appalled, but eh, when you grow up on Krispy Kreme, there’s no reason to go anywhere else.
    I’ve always had strong feeling about my doughnut preference but I’m surprised to see so many others do too!

    posted by Elphaba on 3-30-2009 at 6:29 pm

  24. My husband, myself and our 2 children tried Randys after seeeing them as part of a must try donut segment on cable tv. We thought they were good…not great. We actually prefer Granny’s donuts in San Pedro. They are super yummy, always fresh, and they have a large variety. They are also open 24 hours.

    posted by Angela on 3-30-2009 at 6:46 pm

  25. don’t got to randy’s its in the ghetto. just google the webcam, watch, and eat donuts from anywhere and get all the excitment of being there

    posted by jason on 3-30-2009 at 7:05 pm

  26. TBV-About the first week of August I said to my sister, “Guess what time it almost is!” She immediately replied, “Hot apple cider donut time! I thought of that weeks ago!”

    We were not talking about any type of food at the time.

    posted by Jess on 3-30-2009 at 10:54 pm

  27. I’ve lived up and down the east coast and even worked at a Dunkin Donuts in high school, and my vote goes to:

    Tim Horton’s!(a Canadian brand that you can also find in the NE) Their Walnut Crunch and Cherry Sour Cream(?) are my favorites, and their Boston Creme far and away trumps DD which is a Mass. brand!

    That being said, DD carried a limited edition donut that was wildberry filling with vanilla frosting and crumbled white chocolate/berries on top! You’d feel really guilty after eating it but it was bada**.

    posted by Lynn on 3-30-2009 at 11:04 pm

  28. I love trips to Canada for Tim Hortons, they have the best crullers ever…in fact the last time I got to go was actually in Port Huron, MI when my dad and stepmom decided to elope and I was the only one who knew. After a 3 hour drive we had to stop I made it my only condition and the woman in front of us overheard our conversation and bought us wedding coffee’s. Really a memorable start to a memorable day.

    posted by Sarah in IN on 3-30-2009 at 11:13 pm

  29. If Andy’s whetted your desire to try Spudnuts, there are a few in LA; the one I remember from when I worked just south of downtown is at 3001 South Figueroa Street. And if chance takes you to the San Gabriel Valley (approx. 15 miles east of downtown) and you really want a Freudian experience, there’s The Donut Hole at 15300 Amar Rd, La Puente…it’s quite literally a drive-thru doughnut shop, a tunnel-shaped building whose entrance and exit are grandly arched with huge demi-donuts.

    posted by VM on 3-31-2009 at 12:47 am

  30. I don’t think there are any Dunkin Donuts down here in Bama (or any in the South?) But I love a rasberry doughnut from Krispy Kreme! But I did buy some Dunkin Donuts coffee and it was better than I’d expected.

    posted by Rachel* on 3-31-2009 at 12:53 am

  31. Christina, that is the funniest story. Your saying that you’ve never been more mad at an animal made me laugh until I cried!

    posted by Jessica on 3-31-2009 at 1:04 am

  32. I don’t like doughnuts. I do, however, find them very beautiful–I know that’s weird to say about food, but I love their variety. They always look good enough to eat (imagine that), and even though I know I won’t actually like the taste, I always find myself saddened by that, because they look so lovely.

    posted by kate on 3-31-2009 at 1:24 am

  33. drooling at the thought of apple cider donuts. apple cider and the accompanying donuts are the ONLY thins I miss about new england…

    posted by moonablaze on 3-31-2009 at 3:02 am

  34. I love my dog, but if he tore through a bag of apple cider donuts… well, I couldn’t get mad… who could blame him!

    I will admit the last time I got apple cider donuts, I ate 4 there and bought another dozen to bring home (90 mins away). I put the donuts in the trunk as I didn’t want to be tempted. Good plan in theory, but I ended up pulling over on the Ohio turnpike three times to pop the trunk and get more donuts. By the time I got home there were two left.

    posted by TBV on 3-31-2009 at 9:20 am

  35. I myself prefer the fresh hot glazed from SHIPLEY’S, but also love the mini’s from Dunkin Donuts!! Shipley’s ROCKS in Houston! They are all over Texas. The only Dunkin donuts I know are on FM1960 and Antoine St in Houston.

    posted by Kim on 3-31-2009 at 10:50 am

  36. My default donut whenever I try a new place is a chocolate-covered one. If they can do a decent chocolate donut, they’re okay in my book.

    posted by Ted on 3-31-2009 at 10:50 am

  37. Der Dutchman creme filled longjohns from Plain City, OH are hands down one of the best donuts I have ever had. Not your traditional round donut, but truly a delightful treat. They are so big that one is like a small meal!

    posted by JW on 3-31-2009 at 10:52 am

  38. People, you’re killing me with the apple cider doughnuts. Where can I get some? Only during the fall? You know I’ll use any excuse for a roadtrip… :)

    posted by stacy on 3-31-2009 at 11:16 am

  39. Who knew so many Pettit’s fans would show up here?

    I would gladly trade three Krispy Kremes for one fresh, plain cake doughnut from Pettit’s. They’re light. They float. They’re not greasy in any way.

    Oh, hell, there goes lunch…

    posted by Julia on 3-31-2009 at 12:09 pm

  40. I stopped by a gas station a few weeks ago that I hadn’t been to in a while and they now not only sell Dunkin Donuts but make them as well. I was standing in line with my diet coke; I swear the blueberry donut was calling my name. Once I gave in and got it the darn chocolate one underneath was like “hey what about me?” so before I new it I was in the car and had them both eaten before I even pulled out of the parking lot! Darn tasty fresh treats! Needless to say I bypass that gas station now!

    posted by Jen on 3-31-2009 at 12:26 pm

  41. Another potato flour donut is a fastnacht. its a pennsylvania dutch traditional donut and boyyyy is it good. sounds kind of the like a spudnut, but probably better :)

    posted by Emma on 3-31-2009 at 1:20 pm

  42. Cider donuts win every time, with me at least. I live in Upstate NY and one of my good friends owns an orchard. Perfect apples, cider, and cider donuts, every year… mmm…

    posted by Meghan on 3-31-2009 at 1:22 pm

  43. If you ever find yourself on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, you have to stop at the Tato-Nut Shop in Ocean Springs!
    Just like the Spudnuts place a couple of you have mentioned, Tato-Nuts are made with potato flour, and they are pretty much the most delectable thing you’ll ever stuff your face with. You can’t go wrong with any of their varieties, but you will do yourself a disservice if you do not try at least one with their chocolate frosting (it’s a secret recipe). Make sure you go early, though. They make fresh doughnuts every day, but when they run out, they lock the doors.

    posted by David on 3-31-2009 at 1:33 pm

  44. ooh, good call on Der Dutchman, JW. Haven’t been there in YEARS.

    Stacy, I don’t know if cider donuts are year-round or fall-only. I only ever think to go there in the fall. I should check that out.

    posted by TBV on 3-31-2009 at 2:35 pm

  45. In high school I worked at a bakery ran by a very old marine. He made the best doughnuts in the universe. They were nothing like anything you buy now – they were made with his old recipes, the dough, the icing, everything. Everyone in all of my and my coworkers’ classes were always trying to get us to bring doughnuts to class. I was very popular ;-) Although smelling like sweets all the time might sound awesome, it really wasn’t.

    posted by Laura on 3-31-2009 at 2:43 pm

  46. Mmm Cider dounuts. Charlottesville has several orchards that make them, and absolutly covered in sugar too. Washed down with a gallon of cider, non pasturized of course.

    One of the VP’s of Krispy Kreme is an alumni of my esteemd college: Emory & Henry College, and no he doesn’t send vans of the goodness to the school every year :(

    posted by Andy on 3-31-2009 at 2:52 pm

  47. My fiancee and I love Krispy Kreme doughnuts so much that we’re having a tower of them as our Wedding cake this summer! You can contact their corporate office, and they’ll send you a brochure of fantastic celebratory creations!

    posted by mags on 3-31-2009 at 2:57 pm

  48. Krispy Kreme are my favorite!!! I like the glazed chocolate topped with sprinkles and the blueberry glaze!

    posted by Becca on 3-31-2009 at 3:24 pm

  49. I can’t believe no one here has mentioned Voodoo Doughnuts from Portland Oregon. They make the best doughnuts ever and have the weirdest and most delicious selection ever. Maple bars covered in bacon, chocolate glazed covered with cocoa puffs, capt’n crunch. Their selection is amazing and the doughnuts are sooooo good! You can even get married there!!

    Click on my name to get there!

    posted by Lore on 3-31-2009 at 7:23 pm

  50. I’ve been going to Randy’s since the age of 10. Every Sunday I would drive up to that window. I still go once in awhile. At one time in my teen years, I ate a donut every single day for a year straight. I GOT REALLY FAT. This best fried food on the planet. Thank you for this cute insight of dough info.

    posted by Allison Glass on 3-31-2009 at 8:39 pm

  51. I am completely obsessed with Dunkin Donuts!

    posted by Kukster on 6-5-2009 at 3:17 pm

  52. Not in LA but Portland, OR has Voodoo doughnuts and they’re fabulous. Everything from covered in bacon, chocolate and cocoa puffs and everything in between. I love them.

    Make a trip to Portland and check them out!

    posted by Lore on 6-5-2009 at 3:23 pm

  53. Believe it or not, one of the best doughnuts I have had was from 7-11. It was the one made for the Simpsons movie – glazed with a pink frosting topping and sprinkles. Delicious, but a sugar overload!

    I’m partial to Boston creme doughnuts and apple fritters (not technically a doughnut, but still).

    posted by Steve In San Diego on 6-5-2009 at 3:36 pm

  54. We live DANGEROUSLY closed to a Krispy Kreme shop (not even a mile!). In our house, the Kripsy Kreme chocolate-covered kruller rules.

    BTW, Paula Deen has a recipe for a Krispy Kreme bread pudding that is absolutely sinful!

    posted by Patrick in Birmingham on 6-5-2009 at 3:53 pm

  55. Tim Horton’s coffee & doughnuts are hands down the best. Ever. The first one opened in the city I live in now, and there’s a Tim’s about every 2 blocks. I can honestly walk to 5 different ones in less than 5 minutes.

    And yes, this year they did come out with a key lime version, sour cream dough with a key lime flavoured icing. Very tasty!

    The doughnut “holes” – Timbits – are oh-so addictive! Just try not to eat the whole 2 dozen in one sitting!

    posted by Amanda on 6-5-2009 at 3:57 pm

  56. Couple things:

    Favorite? Apple fritters, if they count as donuts. If not, I’ll do a glazed cake donut.

    Great places? I’m in Minnesota, and there are 2 I suggest. There’s Mel-O-Glaze in Minneapolis and Granny Donuts in West St. Paul. Whatever side of the Cities you’re on, you can get good donuts. Yum.

    Josh

    posted by Josh on 6-5-2009 at 4:37 pm

  57. I must agree with David about Tato-nut in Ocean Springs, Mississippi (over the bridge to the east from Biloxi). Thier Bavarian Creme Chocholate Covered and thier holes are delightful… applesauce cake is great too… I had better stop because I am making myself hungry. *You know the food is good when it is 8:00 on a Saturday and people are smiling while standing in the rain for their turn. (It is more common than not for the line to be out the door and down the street on Sat mornings).

    posted by Debra on 6-5-2009 at 5:06 pm

  58. My dad would make malasadas for us when I was a kid. Malasadas are the Portuguese doughnuts. No holes. Just fried and covered with sugar. There’s a place in Hawaii that is famous for their malasadas called Leonard’s. People go crazy for them during Fat Tuesday.

    posted by Reddkatz on 6-5-2009 at 6:24 pm

  59. In Alaska we don’t have any Krispy Kreme or Dunkin’ or any other chain, just privately owned bakeries. Which are nice, but none are anything exceptional (excluding the doughnut “seeds” (holes) from Slack’s Sugar Shack, I could eat those by the handful). Doughnut chains are such legend that a common fund raiser for clubs is to have someone who is going out of state on a trip fly back with cases full of Krispy Kreme doughnuts. You’ll see kids holding signs on the side of the road “Krispy Kremes – Just Flown In!”. Always a big seller!

    posted by Moth on 6-5-2009 at 6:37 pm

  60. I am definitely not a fan of Krispy Kreme – they invaded our area a few years ago and seemed to be all over the place, but a lot of them have closed now which is just fine with me. They’re too greasy and sweet in my opinion.
    My absolute favorite is Daylight Donuts, which is what I grew up with and is based out of Tulsa. You cannot beat a regular chocolate glazed from Daylight Donuts. Mmmm…dang, now I have a horrible craving for one!

    posted by Nicole on 6-5-2009 at 7:31 pm

  61. Two things:
    1. Homemade donuts/doughnuts are awesome. I had an Uncle Armin who specialized in making homemade donuts and pancakes. Wonderful amazing incredible to-die-for creations.

    2. I understand the legend of the cake on the ship wheel thing, but I have also heard that the more practical reason why donuts have holes is so that fried donuts cook evenly all the way around. Does anyone know anything about this one?

    posted by Walter on 6-5-2009 at 7:55 pm

  62. Lore, I’m glad you posted about Voodoo Donuts. I’ve never been there (Portland is quite a jaunt from Columbus, GA), but I’ve seen them multiple times on the Food Network and the Travel Channel (there’s a great episode of “Man vs. Food” that profiles Voodoo). If ever I make it to Portland, Voodoo will be my first stop.

    I’ve always said that I don’t really like doughnuts, but somehow I always end up eating them when someone brings them into work. Dunkin’ Donuts Munchkins are my favorite – Krispy Kremes are too sweet for me (they make my teeth hurt).

    posted by Lynley on 6-5-2009 at 8:34 pm

  63. Not to high jack the thread, but still related to food…
    @ Ted–your “default doughnut” made me laugh. I thought I was the only person w a default food for new/new to me restaurants. Mexican-its Enchiladas Verdes, Thai is pad thai, Chinese is usually cashew chicken…though I’d like a new default there. Maybe I travel and eat out too much…And then there could be doughnut roadtrips?

    Too funny…recaptha is “sames sighted”

    posted by Ashley on 6-5-2009 at 11:57 pm

  64. I used to be a donut fryer for Vons bakery and I used purposely destroy a few apple fritters right after I took them out of the fryer and glazed them (for my own consumption). There is nothing greater than a warm donut with fresh glaze. Mmmmmm!!!!

    posted by Kelli on 6-6-2009 at 1:06 am

  65. I have access to a Chock Full O’ Nuts. I’ll look into the mystery of the Whole Wheat Donut.

    posted by Dee on 6-6-2009 at 10:55 am

  66. my grandparents lives in westchester near LAX and randy’s donuts was on the way. me and my sister would get excited everytime we saw it because our mom’s name is randi!

    posted by alison on 6-6-2009 at 2:54 pm

  67. Should check out Voodoo doughnuts in Portland, OR. If you can dream, it, they have already made it…bacon doughnut!

    posted by ND on 6-6-2009 at 5:50 pm

  68. Just to clear things up: in Dallas, Dunkin’ Donuts was around before Krispy Kreme. I don’t really like either, however. I prefer to go to the little family-owned donut shop down the street from the house I grew up in. Their bear claws are heavenly….

    posted by Megan on 6-6-2009 at 10:28 pm

  69. I used to live in Upstate NY. I’d go back in the fall just for apple-cider doughnuts.

    Long, long roadtrip, anyone?

    posted by vegasgirl on 6-7-2009 at 3:17 am

  70. Fun Fact: Here in Canada we call doughnut holes “Timbits.”

    Just thought I’d share.

    posted by Emma M. on 6-7-2009 at 3:58 pm

  71. I created 3 different doughnuts for the DD contest. Unfortunately none of them made the finals.
    I’m a blueberry doughnut fan, but regular glazed Krispy Kremes are delicious.

    posted by Monica on 6-7-2009 at 9:05 pm

  72. Stacy, go to Randy’s It is worth it !!

    posted by Mark on 6-8-2009 at 7:40 am

  73. The best doughnuts I’ve ever had are in Atlanta at a little shop called Sublime Doughnuts right by Georgia Tech. Absolutely amazing doughnuts from Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup to Fresh Strawberries and Cream. If anyone is in the Atlanta area, that’s the place to check out.

    posted by Allison on 6-8-2009 at 11:49 am

  74. “Timbits” is a Tim Horton’s branding of donut holes….if you went to another donut shop and asked for Timbits, they would be offended.

    We don’t have any good local donut places. Only one place does the donuts for Fat Tuesday and boy does everyone rave about them (I can’t spell the proper name for these Fat Tuesday donuts and I’m not going to butcher it). Had one, and it was kinda gross. I do not like fruit pieces in my donuts. I prefer the jelly donuts with gel – no fruit. So I guess I like gelly donuts.

    Love Krispy Kreme, Love Amy Joy, Love Dunkin Donuts, Love Donuts.

    REALLY LOVE BOSTON CREME DONUTS.

    posted by Jamie on 6-8-2009 at 4:15 pm

  75. I am sick in love with Der Dutchman Apple Fritters. Literally weak in the knees in love with these calorie and carb infested lumps of dough. Mmm.

    posted by Tricia on 2-3-2010 at 1:42 pm

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