I grew up and spent much of my adult life in Dunkin’ Donuts country. My idea of the perfect doughnut was forged by the variety of delicious treats that graced the shelves of my local Dunkin’ Donuts establishment.
I loved to stop at Dunkin’ Donuts on my way to work for a cup of hot coffee and a doughnut. But I admit that I’d rarely tasted any other establishment’s doughnuts, so I had little by way of comparison.
Around 15 years ago I was on a business trip in North Carolina. An associate of mine who lived in the area picked me up early one morning at the hotel and, as we were driving to the meeting, I asked him if he knew where the nearest Dunkin’ Donuts was.
He gave me a quizzical look because he was unfamiliar with Dunkin’ Donuts. “You want to stop and get a doughnut?” he asked. “There’s a Krispy Kreme near here. We can stop there.”
I’d never heard of Krispy Kreme before, but since I hadn’t had time for coffee or to eat anything before he picked me up, I readily agreed.
“Ah, we’re in luck,” he said.
“How so?” I asked.
“Do you see that neon sign in the window?” he asked.
“Yeah,” I answered. “What does it mean?”
“It means that they just finished cooking up a fresh batch of glazed doughnuts,” he said. “Our timing is perfect.”
My world was rocked that morning. Never had I experienced anything as light and airy as a Krispy Kreme doughnut. It was like eating a sweet, delicious, glazed cloud.
Sorry Dunkin’. We had a good thing going, but your heavy, cakey doughnuts don’t cut it next to those incredibly delicious Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Especially when they’re fresh and hot from the cooker. Oh yum!
I’m afraid just walking past one of those things make me feel ill – maybe it’s because I didn’t see one until I was already too old to be influenced by that smell. Sorry.
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They’re not for everyone.
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I can relate to this, both places are here so it can be a tough choice, LOL.
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Dunkin’ Donut existed here in the UK about 15-20 years ago then disappeared from most places. For years we went without decent dounuts – then about 2 years ago Krispy Kreme’s started appearing everywhere. Life has never been so good since then 🙂
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Dango, can you tell me how you really feel about doughnuts?
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well hell…….we don’t HAVE any Krispy Kremes within 100 miles and now, thanks to you (yes YOU) I am craving them!
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It may be worth the drive.
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I like kk doughnuts but the coffee at dd is hard to beat!
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True. KK for the doughnuts, DD for the coffee!
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I don’t eat doughnuts.
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What kind of human being doesn’t eat doughnuts?
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Me. My kind.
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The win goes to DD for me. Cakey over light and airy any day. B tells me I really want a muffin 😁
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DD does have good blueberry muffins.
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Those are my fave
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Now I am hungry for doughnuts! We have a local grocery store that does gourmet doughnuts in their bakery that are pretty tasty, but pricey too.
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