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| - Hurts was originally founded in Missouri, and as of late last year, they've been expanding. Lucky us, they opened a new store in Tempe. Upon first entering the new Hurts Donuts locations, you can't help but notice the Emergency Donut Vehicle (ambulance) outside. With "25 hours a Day, 8 Days a Week" as their motto, you can already feel the passion for donuts, or, awesome branding.
But when you walk in - it's easy to immediately get overwhelmed by the selection. Like, really easy. They have Cereal Killers - frosted donuts topped with Captain Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, or Flinestone Cereal, S'mores donuts and Bart Simpson ones with butterfingers on top, and even glamorous donuts of the hot pink or purple variety with sparkles on top.
I ordered the Cookie Monster donut- a blue frosted donut with Oreo cookies and a Red Velvet donut drizzled with chocolate and dollops of cream cheese on top, as well as a Kolache - a hot dog with jalepeno and cheese baked into a bun. The Kolache was okay, not as good as the staff raved on about, but I didn't taste the cheese and there was too much bread wrapping the dog. As for the donuts? Hurts Donuts are just plain fun. I devoured my Cookie Monster donut and it looked like I purposely put on blue lipstick. Not my fault it was delicious! Red Velvet? Same verdict, gone before I knew it.
I would take my friends back here because I appreciate their creativity, branding, and awesome customer service, much respect!, but honestly their donuts are too hopped up on sugar for my taste. Just know to fast before you come here, and come here with a group!
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