Pie Girl and myself like to live the healthy, crunchy lifestyle: organic veggies, tofu, free range eggs, twigs, jute twine... however, we do have our kryptonite. Obviously, pie is one form. But pie usually contains fruit (in our case organic fruit) which makes it marginally nutritious. Also, as Bill Cosby would agree, the crust contains wheat and eggs (and also butter and sugar, but whatever). Another form of kryptonite for us is DONUTS. Note the lack of any "ough" in this, the correct spelling.
The nearest Dunkin Donuts is 355 miles away in Phoenix, AZ.
Total Est. Time: 5 hours, 22 minutesTotal Est. Distance: 355.11 miles
And while I do appreciate the fact that giant chains seem to have less of a presence here, at least in the SD area, Dunkin has a special place in our hearts. We found out about a local chain called Sunny Donuts which was supposed to be a local buyout of what would have been Dunkin outlets... Interest piqued (and pancreas cramping in anticipation of all the insulin it would soon be producing) we set out to find a Sunny Donuts.
We recently found a kindred spirit here in SD: Rich Clavin. Besides having awesome hair, Rich is a Honda mechanic and CR-V owner, rides motorcycles, and loves donuts! It was destiny. Rich also grew up in New Hampshire (among other places) and also understood our cultish dedication to the pink and orange. Naturally, he wanted in on this plan, and we were all too willing to oblige.
At the helm of his CR-V, Rich bites his nails in anticipation of sweet goodness.
Sure enough, we find a Sunny Donuts a few miles north of SD. But would they live up to Dunkin standards??
The promise of fried dough, 24 hours a day
Once inside, the offerings look promising - all of the usual Dunkin varieties, even the fonts are identical!
Pie Girl weighs her options. Oh, come on, we all know you want the vanilla kreme!
Having obtained our goodies, we rushed back to the comfort of our Fortress of Solitude to enjoy the sugar rush of our sweet, sweet vice. Later, as we struggled to fall asleep well after 2 am, we vowed that next time we would go in the MORNING. All told, Sunny Donuts were pretty close, but not quite the real deal. Not quite...
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I guess there will be no old-fashioned letters. This is how we will get our news from you. We're enjoying it and the pictures. Love, Momma
Woot! Dunkin' donuts! But no report on the coffee... do they have the coffee regulah? I find that anywhere outside of New England does not seem to have the same crack-laced Garelick Fahms cream and mounds of sugar that makes the coffee so darned addictive.
Make mine a chocolate glazed and sugared jelly donut, please.
And Rich does have a great head o' hair.
The coffee was so-so. Not Dunkin- and really isn't the whole experience part donut and part coffee? Kurt and Rich had regular coffee (not to be confused with coffee regulah) and I had decaf. Theirs came out of a large dispenser; mine came out of one of those push-on-the-top-and-coffee-squirts-out-into
-your-cup thingies. A bad sign. I have heard of a place that sells Dunkin Donuts coffee in disguise
Oh, and since I HATE sugar in my coffee, I am not a good judge of "coffee regular". Although Dunkin Donuts is the only place that I allow myself to have cream! I think the addictive chemical is in the cream.
I have a gift card from Dunky (thanks Pam) so when you come home, we'll load up on Vanilla creme!!
Love, Mom
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