Too lazy for a real cronut
I finally did it! I got up early, I took the train in to SoHo and I waited in line for a taste of the sweet sweet cronut.
Just kidding, this is the one from Dunkin Donuts, I only had to wait 3 minutes. I love croissants and I love doughnuts, and the croissant donut commercial had been taunting me every morning for weeks, so finally today on my way to work I decided to just get one.
Since I have not yet stood in the Dominque Ansel line, I can't compare this to the official cronut, so I'll just compare it to other donuts I've had and to the croissant donut I imagined in my noggin.
The inside is not as flakey and layered as it looks on the T.V. commercial, and it did not have the break-apartness of a croissant. I think in my head I expected it to be buttery and sweet, as if each layer of my favorite croissant had been first dipped in sugar before being placed down atop the layer before it. It was definitely a delicious donut, but it didn't feel SO much better than say a regular glazed donut, except that the croissant donut was a bit more satisfying than a regular glazed donut because it was a bit heftier. Where a glazed donut is more airy, this one is slightly more dense, but still fluffy. It also had less glaze, which I also liked. In conclusion, it was a great regular donut, and I wish it was priced as a regular donut because that's what it is. (Croissant Donut was $2.49 versus all the other regular donuts which are $1.19).
For my grammarphiles:
Why did I use donut vs dougnut in this post? I just want to make sure people know I know that the correct word is doughnut for non-branded versions of this particular treat. Since my comparisons were all to other Dunkin Donut donuts, I stuck with the branded version of the word. I've had doughnuts from places other than Dunkin Donuts. For example last month I had an apple-cider doughnut that a coworker brought in, and it was amazing. However I didn't know where it came from so I didn't bring it up because that would be a tease to tell you how good something else and then say "oh i don't know where you can get one, sorry!"
That's my jam!
Esther Fiesta
Just kidding, this is the one from Dunkin Donuts, I only had to wait 3 minutes. I love croissants and I love doughnuts, and the croissant donut commercial had been taunting me every morning for weeks, so finally today on my way to work I decided to just get one.
Since I have not yet stood in the Dominque Ansel line, I can't compare this to the official cronut, so I'll just compare it to other donuts I've had and to the croissant donut I imagined in my noggin.
The inside is not as flakey and layered as it looks on the T.V. commercial, and it did not have the break-apartness of a croissant. I think in my head I expected it to be buttery and sweet, as if each layer of my favorite croissant had been first dipped in sugar before being placed down atop the layer before it. It was definitely a delicious donut, but it didn't feel SO much better than say a regular glazed donut, except that the croissant donut was a bit more satisfying than a regular glazed donut because it was a bit heftier. Where a glazed donut is more airy, this one is slightly more dense, but still fluffy. It also had less glaze, which I also liked. In conclusion, it was a great regular donut, and I wish it was priced as a regular donut because that's what it is. (Croissant Donut was $2.49 versus all the other regular donuts which are $1.19).
For my grammarphiles:
Why did I use donut vs dougnut in this post? I just want to make sure people know I know that the correct word is doughnut for non-branded versions of this particular treat. Since my comparisons were all to other Dunkin Donut donuts, I stuck with the branded version of the word. I've had doughnuts from places other than Dunkin Donuts. For example last month I had an apple-cider doughnut that a coworker brought in, and it was amazing. However I didn't know where it came from so I didn't bring it up because that would be a tease to tell you how good something else and then say "oh i don't know where you can get one, sorry!"
That's my jam!
Esther Fiesta
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