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| - As an (almost) native Las Vegan who was raised in the Spring Valley area (and remained to be a resident of the area until about a month ago), the donut place I grew up with was Dee's Donuts. I never thought it would ever go away, and what do you know, recently it did.
In the search for a new non-chain donut shop, I stumbled upon the new location for Pinkbox.
I have always heard rave reviews about the place but seeing how far the original location was from where I used to live, I didn't think it was worth it to go THAT far just to try a donut. I'm happy they've decided to open up more locations so people in the whole valley can give it a try.
Now in this department, I may be a bit of a heathen. It appears that the main donut here that everyone's so crazy about is the bacon-maple bar. As for me, I wasn't interested. I honestly just don't get the "bacon in sweets" craze. Maybe I'll try it another time, but now just wasn't that time. The donut that caught my eye, was the Fat Elvis.
A peanut butter filled donut with a chocolate glaze, brown sugar and a banana slice on top. I personally found the banana slice on top a tad excessive, but other than that, I'll take YUM! for 200 Alex! And it's a tiny banana slice that can easily be removed, no biggie.
I was also intrigued by many of the cereal and candy bar inspired donuts as well, but alas, the people I was with weren't as adventurous as I am, so the Fat Elvis was the only one of the "gourmet" ones that ended up in our box. The "normal" donuts if you will were all of good quality as well, but seeing that this is a place that prides itself on being experimental and unconventional with it's donuts, going to Pinkbox for a plain ol' glazed donut or maple bar just kinda defeats the point of coming here in the first place I feel.
Anyways, the Final Verdict:
Pros:
Experimental take on a traditional treat.
The Fat Elvis
Still offers "normal" donuts for boring people, lol
Cons:
Some of the donuts looked like an instant heart attack
Also a tad pricey, but it's still worth it
Return Factor: 9/10. Would be a 10/10 if I still lived in the area.
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