Travel Edition - Pikes Peak "World Famous Donuts" at 14,000 ft

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 one. Even though I'm talking about how I don't like them. They had this strange addictive quality... maybe that's the "secret ingredient".



This is the way to do it!

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