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| - Straight up, I am not typically a donut person, but I'm down for anything that tastes good and I like trying things so early one morning I picked up a dozen of these babies and took them into work. When I walked into the store it was smokey and smelled like perhaps something had burned. The décor was hippy and laid back with a bunch of tie-dye stuff. I noticed only one other customer. A dozen of the fancy little donuts will set you back $14.75 and per the staff everything is made from prepackaged ingredients ("it all comes out of a can or bag"). They start off with a plain donut and dip it into the frosting and add toppings right there in front of you; not a long wait, but without having time to set, some of your toppings will drip/fall to the bottom of the box.
At work we cut the baby donuts in half to allow for more trying of different flavors. The base is a fried donut that had a crispy texture for some and a softer cake like one one for others. This tells me there is an inconstancy in the cooking process. Some tasted like Hostess's Mini Crullers and others tasted like slightly dry yellow cake. Toppings wise - I mean, you're dealing with artificial flavors, I don't know what you want me to tell you. Raspberry icing tasted like raspberries the best it could, the chocolate curls were nice and so was the chopped bacon. The chocolate sauce on the Samoa was disgusting. Pretzels on the Salted Caramel were stale.
I personally got 3 bites out of a half, but I could definitely see how you could devour a whole one in two bites. Pricing is a bit high considering a dozen regular sized Jack Frost Donuts is only $10.95. Also, it's the same base donut, the only variety you get is with the different toppings. Overall, my co-workers said they liked the donuts, but most of them were one and done (2 halves). I didn't really care for these at all and have definitely had better donuts. Just seems like the focus is more on selling a groovy gimmick than a tasty well-made product.
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