STL Donut Blog

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...

What's a beignet? "Beignet, synonymous with the English "fritter", is the French term for a pastry made from deep-fried choux pastry. Beignets can also be made from other types of dough, including yeast dough."- Wikipedia Thanks, Wikipedia! It's basically a fried little donut covered in powdered sugar. Sometimes they come with a dipping sauce that is chocolatey. Bar 360 in Downtown STL has beignets and they are a great sharable treat. They are bite sized and airy, like little pillows. These beignets tasted like they had cinnamon involved. They came out hot, but I almost liked them better cold. For $7, they give you a lot of beignets! We had 6 friends trying to conquer this plate and could barely do it. We also ate pizza, though. I read some Yelp complaints that the beignets weren't all cooked the same (some doughy, others crispy), but I didn't have this issue. They were good, but it was really all about the sauce, for me. They ...

The Winner Is... Congrats to Pharaoh's Donuts for taking home the trophy this year for STL's top donut shop! So far, no one that I've told has heard of Pharaoh's, so hopefully this win will inspire people to get downtown and try these! This year, 653 people attended Jazz at the Bistro's Donut Day celebration & they went through 1500 donuts in just over two hours. Woah. Pharaoh's Donuts submitted a glazed donut , which I was getting a little sick of by the time their's appeared in front of me. But seriously. It was so good. The judge sitting next to me had to take a time out - it was just that good. On my notes, it scored the highest and earned a "YES." next to it. Top right: The aftermath of sampling 15 donuts The top five of the fifteen were: 1. Pharoah's Donuts  2. St. Louis Hills Donut Shop  3. Lubeley's Bakery (tie)  3. Donut Drive-In (tie)  4. The Donut Stop 5. Old Town Donuts How the Competitio...

Hello, Friends! Friday is National Donut Day & STL is doing it BIG. So in the MORNING, I will be judging donuts from around STL at Jazz at the Bistro's Event . It's right by the Fox Theater.  It's FREE! AM  In the EVENING, I'll be here: PM Strange Donuts National Donut Day Event  is $12 admission (includes Strange Donuts & Kaldi's coffee). They'll have Mission Taco available for purchase.  This event benefits Strange Cares . Location: Kaldi's Coffee Roasting Co. (3983 Gratiot Street) 6-10pm