Dunkin Donuts is a classic chain, known to coffee lovers and donut connoisseurs for low prices and quality food. I hate the bitterness of coffee, the brown liquid sliding down my throat would cause a grimace each time. Even with all the sugar packets and milk I added, I could not bring myself to enjoy the drink. Every time I went to Dunkin, I would opt for hot chocolate with a donut, but the choice of the donut was crucial. A stale donut, or an awful tasting one, has the capacity to destroy the flavor of the hot chocolate — creating a disaster. Here is my well thought out list of the best to worst donuts at Dunkin.
#5: Chocolate sprinkled donut
The chocolate sprinkled donut stems from the og chocolate frosted donut. The gently baked vanilla donut with a hardened chocolate frosting on top creates a nice feeling on the mouth. However, the sprinkles add an entirely different texture to the donut. Giving it a nice crunch, the chocolate sprinkled donut catapults itself to another level of donut. It has nice, classic elements that allow the eater to feel nostalgic, reminiscing on the past as the dough and chocolate melt in the mouth. However, the crunch of the sprinkle gives it the perfect balance between pure sweetness and crunch. Another special thing about this donut is that it tends to have seasonal specialties. For example, during the holidays, Dunkin will release seasonal donuts with seasonal sprinkles like green and red for Christmas or orange and red for Thanksgiving. Even though the potential of this donut is great, I do not believe this donut is able to achieve the perfect donut title.
#4: Chocolate Long John
The chocolate long john is a unique donut. Rather than the classic donut shape, a circle with a hole in the middle, a long john is in a rectangle shape with no holes. This creates a nice feeling while eating because you don’t pause while eating. With a regular donut, you feel a gap between the dough of the donut and the teeth, which isn’t the most pleasant feeling when you are trying to enjoy yourself. This donut is good because you still have the og chocolate frosted donut to fall back on, but you also have better eating experience. The dough of the donut is fluffy and you get more frosting than you would on the og donut. It is basically a classic donut with more perks than the classic donut.
#3: Cinnamon Sugar
Cinnamon sugar is definitely not your average, classic donut. It does not stem from any og donut, but that downside is also what makes it so good. It’s an unexpected donut. I, personally, have a huge sweet tooth, so this donut caters directly to me. Some people dislike the way the cinnamon sugar gets on your finger while eating, however, I think that is the best part. Even after the donut is long gone, the sugar still remains on your fingers, and you can lick off the sugar off of your fingers, basically enjoying the flavors of the donut all over again. The cinnamon donut’s uniqueness in flavoring secures its #3 spot in my rating.
#2: Boston Kreme
Boston Kreme is similar, only in terms of uniqueness, to the cinnamon sugar donut. It creates the penultimate combination of all my favorite donuts all rolled into one — with extra perks. The outside appearance of the donut is like the classic chocolate glazed donut, and like the chocolate long john, it does not have any gap, however, it is circular. On the inside though, the donut is filled with a vanilla custard, giving it the unique flavor, similar to the cinnamon donut. Because of the custard, the donut is gooey, which is balanced out by the fluffiness of the donut. Chocolate and vanilla has always been considered the ideal combination of flavors, and this is what the Boston Kreme donut offers the eater.
#1: Glazed
The glazed donut is such a classic donut, it was no surprise to have been placed first on my list. You can never go wrong with this donut. In some cases, the sprinkled donut and long john are too plain and boring, and the Boston Kreme and cinnamon sugar can be too messy and chaotic. However, the glazed donut has the nostalgia of a cakey donut, but the glaze on top gives it an extra punch of sweetness and adds on to the soft texture of the donut. Afterall, isn’t all we want in a donut a soft, fluffy bite that just melts in your mouth. It is this feeling that propels this donut to first place on my list — its reliability and texture are unmatched.