STL Donut Blog

The sign says they are "World Famous", so I had to break my gluten free streak for 1 bite. Maybe 2. But honestly, they are really only good if you dunk them in coffee. Otherwise, they were really oily. Kind of crunchy on the outside and more like a french fry than a donut. Or a funnel cake minus the powdered sugar. Why don't they add some powdered sugar?! There's an idea. According to the Rocky Mountain Food Report , doughnuts have been sold on the mountain for around 125 years... "They’re high-altitude [cake] doughnuts — they can only be made above 14,000 feet. … We just make high-altitude adjustments to the recipe. And of course we do have our secret ingredient, which we can’t reveal, sorry.” I'm sorry, too, Pikes Peak. Maybe you were having an off day, but I wasn't impressed. I guess I'll have to wait until I'm at 14,000 ft elevation again to give them a second try. ** Note: Oddly enough, after writing this, I'm totally craving...

So this video kind of made me fall in love with this place (maybe because I'm a video producer and videos just get me?) I stopped here because I had an extra 10 minutes to kill before a meeting and it just so happened to be right there. What a great decision! I got a  Glazed, Twist, French Crueller, and Chocolate Long John  (so basically all my usual favorites). And they did not disappoint! The only one that was outside my norm was the twist and that was my least favorite. It had sugar coating and I just didn't think it was too special, though it is very pretty. Bello's Bakery used to be Clayton Bakery and back when I went to Webster U, they provided the donuts in the cafeteria. I probably gained some weight. They also have bread, cookies, coffee cakes, and other treats! There is a full menu  on their website . These boxes are for charity donations - so FYI, you can call in and they'll give you all the donuts that didn't sell for a charitable don...

My road trip with Melissa would not be complete without a new donut blogging adventure. A trip full of late nights, early mornings, and tripping into strangers, Kansas City is always full of fond memories with this girl. We decided to try Donutology  in Westport, KC. The concept is pretty straightforward - you write down your order on a page that feels like a quiz. You choose your type of base donut, icing, toppings, and drizzles. Toppings are mostly cereal or candies. I was happy to see coconut! You'd think I'd be good at this... Sounds simple enough. BUT it's very easy to over do it and go crazy. I tried to pick things that sounded like they went together, like a chocolate cake donut with vanilla icing, Butterfinger crumbles, graham cracker crumbles, and chocolate drizzle. But alas, it was just too much going on. Not to mention that the icings weren't very good. Too goopy & thick for my liking. As you can see, cereal plays a big role...

Well, it's been a few weeks since the hype of National Donut Day has worn off... now we've all settled into our usual donut routines. Has the 2017 Line-Up taught us anything? Of course. The Top 5 donuts in St. Louis were rated as follows: 1. FLORISSANT - Old Town Donut - boston creme 2. DOWNTOWN - Pharoah's - glazed  3. SHAW/THE HILL - O'Fashion - old fashioned  4. ST. LOUIS HILLS - St. Louis Hill's Donuts- dunking stick (oblong, glazed cake)  5. SOUTH COUNTY - The Donut Stop - jelly filled Note: Old Town won by 2 points & there were only 9 points between #1 & #5. Judging this year was slightly different - smaller portions, a smaller judging panel, and different contenders than 2016. The event itself is always a blast! Put on by Jazz at the Bistro, Donut Day in STL is a family friendly activity and true to STL, it's got plenty of FREE STUFF! Yep, free donuts, coffee, milk, balloon animals, a jazz performance, and even mor...

My dad lives in Chicago and as genetics would have it, also loves a good donut! We stopped by Stan's Donuts after eating an insane amount of Polish food. I really wish I had been more hungry and could've tried more donuts, because they had lots of fun varieties that sounded good. Donuts I thought about ordering included: Pistachio Captain Crunch Bismark Glazed Pretzel Biscoff Pocket Boston Cream Coconut Cream So as you can see, there were lots of options. My big complaint is that I didn't have time to see all my options before ordering. You see, the line is set up backwards. You go through the line with a bunch of people standing in front of the donuts and then you're IMMEDIATELY expected to know your order. I even had a snarky comment made from the guy behind the counter - he said something like "I can help whoever knows their order" - and he said it like he was frustrated with me staring at the 5 trillion options. Hard to see here, but t...

My mom is in town and staying with me for a few weeks, so this morning I convinced her to join me for some pre-work doughnuts! I made sure to wear my Fitbit and put it in the foreground of the pic so that everyone knows I'm actually a very healthy person that just happens to eat donuts ;) I'm super happy about the new Vincent Van Doughnut location in The Grove! I work in the CIC buildings right by IKEA and as the official self-dubbed Party Planning Committee of my company, I can plan company outings here now! We ordered a  Coffee Chocolate Doughnut  and a variety of  Doughnut Holes - cinnamon sugar & glazed.  We also got a  savory breakfast pocket with Ham, Egg and Cheese . It's nice that they serve more breakfasty items in addition to doughnuts. Breakfast pocket, fresh donut holes, and some seriously delicious donuts I liked the cinnamon donut holes better than the glazed. There are even gluten free op...