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<\/a>\nFrom upper left, clockwise:
\n• Boston Cream, custard filled and topped with chocolate glaze and \u201csoil\u201d
\n• Brooklyn Blackout, a chocolate doughnut filled with chocolate pastry cream and topped with \u201cchocolate soil\u201d
\n• Banana Hazelnut, not a filled variety
\n• Cheesecake with Red Velvet Topping<\/p>\n
And for those who crave a look into the inner workings: Now for the heresy: I\u2019m glad I bought four (at $4.50 each!) because had there been only one, I would have thought, \u201cDamn, it\u2019s a little stale – probably a day or two old\u201d, but the odds of all four being substandard were infinitesimal. They were thick, dry, dense, heavy, bready, not flavorful \u2013 actually a little sour tasting but not in a yeasty good way, with a paucity of filling \u2013 and not very good filling at that.<\/p>\n And just to be snarky, here\u2019s a photo from years ago of the outstanding product from Doughnut Plant that I hadn\u2019t really intended to include in this post until now.<\/p>\n Had the opening been on April 1 rather than April 24, I might have caught the joke. But it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n Seriously, people, what am I missing?<\/p>\n If you’re one of those folks who get all twitterpated over Dough\u2019s doughnuts, please explain your passion to me \u2013 particularly if you\u2019ve ever reveled in the joy that is a Doughnut Plant doughnut. An exclamation typically used by Homer Simpson when something bad has happened to him. As it has to me. Read on…. Continue reading
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\nBoston Cream<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBrooklyn Blackout<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBanana Hazelnut<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nCheesecake with Red Velvet Topping<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nTop row: coconut cr\u00e8me (filled), peanut butter blackberry jam (filled); bottom: vanilla blackberry jam dough seed, cr\u00e8me br\u00fbl\u00e9e dough seed, marzipan star.<\/p>\n
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