We went on a Krispy Kreme doughnut splurge. Just one of those notions. So 24 bought in 24 hours. That's it for at least six months. They are filling, the jam and apple ones are well stuffed with fruit and not overly sweet. The cream type fillings are generous too. I'm not a fan of the chocolate they use as it's rubbish. They ain't cheap either, at £12 for 12 if you choose your own selection. You'll save £1 for 12 if the store imposes 12, which are mostly unfilled ring type doughnuts. I prefer Dunkin Donuts but they aren't back in the UK........yet. As for its origins: Vernon Rudolph didn't set out to be an American doughnut king. It all started for him when his uncle bought a general grocery shop and paid a Frenchman, Joe leBeau, who was a river barge cook on the Ohio river, for his yeast based doughnut recipe. Joe had a reputation for light, fluffy doughnuts. Vernon then opened his own shop in 1937 and using his uncles purchased recipe began selling his own Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts, first to other stores then to customers who called for hot doughnuts during production midnight to four am. Thereafter he began franchising. Fast forward 78 years and we have a company with a near half billion dollar annual turnover and a wheat product suitable for vegetarians, is certified halal and claims to be kosher, but not yet so certified. For all this progress the doughnuts still have artificial flavours, still aren't made with free range eggs, they have trace trans fat but advertise as trans fat free as U.S. regulations allow companies to round to zero any product with 0,5 grams or less trans fat per serving. They are fried in a mix of palm and sunflower oils - but the oils aren't all from sustainable sources and this matters when you produce millions of doughnuts each year. Still an occasional guilty pleasure.