Krispy Kreme v. Dunkin' Donuts - The Final Showdown

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I just saw this comment, but just because I mentioned coffee first doesn't mean that their donuts are awful.

Oh, I didn't say that. Well, I mean, I did say that I think their doughnuts are pretty awful , but I didn't say that the fact that people mention DD's coffee first means DD's doughnuts are awful. I just think it's funny and noteworthy that for a business called Dunkin' Donuts, people mention their coffee before they mention the doughnuts.

To me, all of KK's donuts look and basically taste the same.

Yes. Awesome.

But all kidding aside, yes, it's certainly a case of to each is or her own. As has been said many times, to some degree it boils down to whether one prefers cake doughnuts or yeast doughnuts. I love yeast doughnuts while cake doughnuts don't do a thing for me at all. I eat one and then think "Why did I waste money and calories on that?"

[PeppyGPhiB]

We don't have DD here, and we only got KK about 10 years ago. I really don't see what the big deal is about either of them, except KK glazed are good when they're hot.

I grew up with Winchell's...anyone else?

The local fav here is Top Pot donuts...they are YUMM-O!

[AZTheta]

Best.Donuts.Ever:

http://www.elriobakery.com/index.html

They go so fast there's not even a decent photo of them in the slideshow! They are indescribable; drenched in glaze, rich, light, and melt in your mouth.

Where are my car keys?

[APhi4Ever]

http://www.shipleydonuts.ws/

If you are from Texas, Shipley's is the best, the donuts melt in your mouth!

[MysticCat]

Son and I just returned from the 10th annual Krispy Kreme Challenge. Around 8000 participants, 5 miles, $200,000 for NC Children's Hospital, and almost 100,000 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.

Ain't nobody running (or walking) 5 miles on a February morning to get Dunkin' Donuts.

Just sayin'.

[DrPhil]

MESSAGE!!!!!!!!

MEH-EH-EHHHHH-SSAGE!!!!

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by APhi4Ever

http://www.shipleydonuts.ws/

If you are from Texas, Shipley's is the best, the donuts melt in your mouth!

Shipley's are to die for. They are what both DD & KK aspire to be.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by amIblue?

Shipley's are to die for. They are what both DD & KK aspire to be.

I've lived in TX for a year, and I've yet to have a donut from Shipley's. Everyone tells me I'm missing out.

Maybe I'll make a trip there this weekend...

[OPhiAGinger]

Originally Posted by APhi4Ever

http://www.shipleydonuts.ws/

If you are from Texas, Shipley's is the best, the donuts melt in your mouth!

I went to a big alumnae event at Texas A&M last year and was impressed when I heard that one of that chapter's founders owned several Shipley's stores in the area. (I was even more impressed to meet the chapter founder who owned an award winning regional winery, but that's for another thread.)

[OPhiAGinger]

Like many on this thread, I am a devoted fan of DD coffee and make it at home every day. I grew up with Krispy Kreme and that *used* to be my hands-down fave, until... I discovered a little local shop here in Phoenix called Rainbow Donuts. Not only do they have amazing doughnuts in all the expected flavors, they also make a couple of specialty flavors topped with chopped bacon. And (be still my beating heart!) they are the only shop I've ever seen who makes kolaches just like I came to love in central Texas. The clerk explained that their head-baker used to live in Texas, where almost all of the independent doughnut shops make them. Rainbow Donuts attracts displaced Texans coming from all over Arizona to get them.

And if that's not enough for them to win the GreekChat donut battle, one of the reviewers on yelp said this:

Donuts are the source of more smiles than both rainbows and unicorns. Combined. I read that somewhere on the ol' interweb... and dangit, I believe it. Especially if those donuts are from Rainbow.

Yep. Better than rainbows and unicorns.

[AZTheta]

Ginger, I found a local shop called "Young Donuts" and they cannot be beat for cake donuts. But El Rio Bakery is still the best. One of these days the Tucson GCers need to meet the Phoenix GCers midway, in Casa Grande, for a donut taste test.

[Dnpgopenguins]

Voodoo donuts, hands down

[DrPhil]

Bump for National Donut Day. Thanks, ASTalumna06.

I shall ignore the fact that ASTalumna06 was the last poster in this thread and she's posting about DD instead of KK. How dare she.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Bump for National Donut Day. Thanks, ASTalumna06.

I shall ignore the fact that ASTalumna06 was the last poster in this thread and she's posting about DD instead of KK. How dare she.

I'll definitely be traveling to the nearest DD this Friday!

We don't even have a KK in Houston, so no need to worry about that on donut day. Although, I hear they're opening up 10 new stores soon (after they all closed about 7 years ago). We'll see how well they do. I know that a lot of Houstonians are loyal to their Shipley Donuts.

[honeychile]

It looks as if there's only one KK in the Chicago area. Sheesh, what haven't I given up in moving here???