The Donut Thread [Split from Popeyes]

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by rvd123

Tried this place https://www.prettysweetco.com/menu/donuts/ The donuts were no good.

They have like twenty different kinds of donuts, but only allow a maximum of 4 varieties in a box of a dozen. Even if they tasted like ambrosia from heaven I wouldn't be buying any with a dumb restriction like that.

[Hack&Lube]

This is more of a grind my gears thing but half the Tim Horton's donuts should be outlawed!

Everytime someone brings a dozen or half dozen into the office, half of them are those inedible ones that no one wants, like the plain donuts. People eat the maple, chocolate dip, sprinkle, and boston cream. Then nobody wants the rest that are in there ever and they sit there stale and get thrown out.

[photon]

Give all the Honey Crullers to me.

[jayswin]

For plain are you talking about numbers 1 and 5? Those ones are always gone fast at my work.

[Shazam]

I just don't like their old fashioned, and will tolerate the rest, moreso if someone else bought them. At least they finally, finally improved their honey dip so it almost resembles what they made 20 years ago.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by jayswin

For plain are you talking about numbers 1 and 5? Those ones are always gone fast at my work.

1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12

I'm sure Photon and some others like the Honey Crullers but nobody eats them here. Everybody gets the actual dipped donuts and leaves the rest or they get begrudgingly eaten with complaints at the end of day if someone is hungry. They are just overly floury/starchy whether it's the old fashioned to the bear claw.

[Shazam]

Hoopla old fashioned >>>> TH OF.

[calgarygeologist]

What is #12? Looks like some sort weird blueberry donut?

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12

I'm sure Photon and some others like the Honey Crullers but nobody eats them here. Everybody gets the actual dipped donuts and leaves the rest or they get begrudgingly eaten with complaints at the end of day if someone is hungry. They are just overly floury/starchy whether it's the old fashioned to the bear claw.

If I apply for a job where you work will I get hired if write "Will gladly eat the Honey Crullers"?

[photon]

I like the honey cruller because it's so sweet I can taste it in my soul. It's so sweet my unborn children got diabetes.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

So I've decided that I'm going to try to find the perfect homemade donut recipe and I'll probably gain a bit of weight doing it. Started my first batch today and they are decent but I'm not entirely satisfied. I want something a bit more fluffy. I will probably have to try again next weekend and hope for a better result. I might need to buy some new fresh yeast as well and hope for better results.

Proof your yeast, even if new. I've had terrible luck with new yeast the past while - multiple jars just full of dead yeast.

[timun]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

This is more of a grind my gears thing but half the Tim Horton's donuts should be outlawed!

[...]

NSFW!

You know what grinds my gears? The ####ing donkey who numbered those donuts. From left-to-right, top-to-bottom, like everything else in the English-####ing-language, they'd be

1-2-3-4
5-6-7-8
9-10-11-12

Instead some weirdo numbered them

10-6-8-11
2-1-12-9
7-3-5-4

Who does that?! #### that image.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by timun

Who does that?! #### that image.

I assumed it must be some sort of ranking because otherwise it makes no sense.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

I assumed it must be some sort of ranking because otherwise it makes no sense.

I pulled it off Google images. Obviously ranked by a madman.

https://www.insider.com/best-doughnu...-review-2020-2

[Meelapo]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

What is #12? Looks like some sort weird blueberry donut?

I think it might be the Blueberry donut:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDoRLVr8it0

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

I pulled it off Google images. Obviously ranked by a madman.

https://www.insider.com/best-doughnu...-review-2020-2

Thanks for posting. I did not know Tim's had a caramel filled chocolate dipped donut (#2 in the picture.) That sounds very interesting and I actually want to try that now.

[blankall]

I love me a plain-ish donut. The only one from Tim Horton's I somewhat enjoy is the sour cream glazed, as it has a slightly savory and less sweet taste to it. The rest of their offerings are sub-par.

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Pro-tip for the pro-Safeway donut crowd at least at the North Hill location. Single donuts from the cabinet are $1.49 now(!), but there's a wheeled wire rack cart (usually in front of the bakery counter) with a box of 6 assorted donuts for $3.99. They were still as tasty as the ones in the cabinet.

After the big renos the glorious cabinet-of-donuts is unfortunately only 1/2 of a single cabinet now...but 6 donuts > 4 donuts....

[OutOfTheCube]

That peanut butter cheesecake donut at Tim’s is actually pretty good

[OutOfTheCube]

Was interested in trying the new donut place in Airdrie, Mavericks, and was left disappointed. All the donuts were overbaked to the point of having a way overcrisp outside layer. I wanted to try the gingerbread one and it was super heavy on the ginger like I was eating Thai food aftertaste. My boys all had a few bites of the sprinkle ones and gave them back to me, all preferring the bog standard Tim Hortons.

Overpriced too, a half dozen set me back $20.

Might try it for a single donut again in a couple weeks to see if they've figured it out but not a great first impression.