Our Visit to Krispy Kreme

February 23, 2011 By: thenhbushman Geotag Icon Show on map Category: Food, local cuisine, Travel, USA

Photos by MJ Klein

Part of the 2010 USA Trip Series

I know we’ve dragged this series out longer than any other we’ve done, but we’re coming to the end! After this installment, we’re going to show you what we did on the last day, and then what happened to us on the way home, so there will be 2 more and then the series is closed. I recently traveled to the Philippines and I want to start a new series on that trip, so without further delay, we bring you this installment:

People love ‘em or hate ‘em. There’s no middle ground with Krispy Kreme. Personally, I love them. When I was a kid, our favorite place to go after church on Sunday was Krispy Kreme. Hui-chen had never even seen one before so I made it a point to take her to one and sample their brand of doughnuts.

I like how they call it a “doughnut factory.”

Inside is a large glass wall and behind it is the doughnut making equipment (although it’s not easy to photograph through the glass).

While we were there, the equipment was not running, but there were people inside the factory doing other preparation work.

Out front, the display case tells the story of what’s on offer. It was hard to make a selection with all those to choose from.

Krispy Kreme has a lot more on offer than they did when I was a kid!

The store is efficiently sectioned into different departments.

They have what they call “Kool Kreme” and also offer iced drinks.

We chose some doughnuts and sat down at a table in their impeccably clean dining room.

This is what we got (clockwise from the top left) regular doughnut, cream filled, lemon filled, and French cruller. Now for the beauty shots of each one:

Now, for the tasting:

The first thing that you notice when you bite into them, is how fresh they are. These particular examples were made on-premises and therefore spent no time on a truck in transit.

You can see how light they are.

I loved the cream filled one, but my tastes have changed since living in Taiwan for so many years. I found it to be a little too sweet (we’ve previously discussed the differences in doughnut shops between the US and Taiwan, in this article).

Hui-chen liked them but also found them to be a bit too sweet.

Nevertheless, she was smiling!

One last overview shot of the store.

We enjoyed our visit to Krispy Kreme. We hope they come to Taiwan soon!

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7 Responses to “ Our Visit to Krispy Kreme ”

# 1 globeseeing Says:
February 23rd, 2011 at 3:37 am
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# 2 mike01905 Says:
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:30 am
They opened up so many places in the Boston area… and I think they only lasted about 2 years before they were all shut down. I tried Krispy Kreme when I went out to Nebraska back in 2002… and I really didn’t like them. I never went to a Krispy Kreme when they were here in the Boston area.

The “cream filled” with the chocolate on top… looks like a Boston Cream doughnut. There are probably different flavord cream fillings that get used at doughnut shops… so even tho it may look like a Boston Cream (which s my favorite donught)… it won’t taste like a Boston Cream.
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thenhbushman reply on February 23rd, 2011 11:33 pm:

hi Mike. i remember you saying that you don’t like them. like i said, there is no middle ground with KK. one either loves them or not. i’m in the former category from a long time ago. they seem to be more successful/popular in the South for some reason. i think that the doughnut you were talking about is a lemon doughnut. but it does look like a Boston Cream. like you, i also like Boston Creme doughnuts and also the pie. thanks Mike.
# 3 Emi Says:
February 23rd, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Hello MJ,

I guess you like to eat sweets.
It’s seems so tasty daughnuts.
I’d like to try them too.

Have a nice day!
Emi

thenhbushman reply on February 23rd, 2011 11:34 pm:

hi Emi. i like to eat some sweets, but not too sweet. i took my wife there because i wanted her to try them. i hope you have a chance to try them someday. take care!
# 4 Carolyn Says:
February 24th, 2011 at 12:11 am
Krispy Kreme stores are always very clean. At least every one I have been inside. I am not a fan of them, but I go with my friends and drink coffee while they enjoy the donuts. Once you have a heart attack you will not be eating them either, so I will not disrupt your enjoyment. I am looking forward to hearing about your trip to the P.I.. We are snowbound today. At 7am the snow was 7 inches high and more has come down.

thenhbushman reply on February 24th, 2011 8:37 am:

hi Carolyn, sorry you can’t indulge anymore. we don’t have their stores here in Taiwan, and who knows if they ever will be here. i like them a lot but i can’t take the sweetness level anymore. those sample doughnuts we got were all we could take and we felt overloaded with sugar afterwards. we also don’t have snow! please take care!