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Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 01-27-2006, 02:45 AM:

Hi all

The big news here in Melbourne Australia is that we will shortly have our first Krispy Kreme Donut outlet.

The news article I read waxed lyrical about the donuts and implied that people often went to great lengths to get these donuts.

Ok enough hype. You guys know all about Krispy Kreme. Can someone please explain to me what the stores offer and whether the donuts are any good? For example - are the cinnamon donuts fresh and hot? What other donuts do they offer? Do they offer churros? What else do they sell? Are they cheap? If they are good, what makes them better than other donut shops?

Thanking you

cheers Peter

Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 01-27-2006, 02:58 AM:

The powdered sugar on the doughnuts is actually cocaine, that's why we love them so much. Yeah, their good but I personally don't see the hype around them. But maybe I'm not a doughnut connoiseur.

Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 01-27-2006, 03:30 AM:

Actually I have a confession (like many Australians) to make.

It's kinda hard... you know... to talk about...

Yes, I admit it. I've never had a Krispy Kreme donut before. Soon will be my FIRST TIME (I'll visit Fountain Gate Shopping Centre and try one) and I'm a little nervous. I hope they have a discreet office with curtains.

Should I use lubricant (Jam?, Coffee? Victoria Bitter?). Should I use protection (A donut wrapper?). Or should I abstain from having a Krispy Kreme donut until one comes to my local suburb out of loyalty to that new franchise owner?

I also admit that I've looked at some hard core videos - you know, imported videos of people eating Krispy Kreme donuts, to get an idea of what goes on. What is the church's position on Krispy Kreme - are Krispy Kreme donuts holy?

Also I've been wondering a bit about positions. Should one eat a Krispy Kreme Donut side on or should one turn it into a vertical position? Can one get manuals on which positions to use when eating Krispy Kreme donuts? And I've heard about the 69 position too where two lovers eat each other's KK donut at the same time. Note that both the numbers 6 and 9 have holes just like donuts.

Hoping someone can give some adult guidance to a newbie.

cheers Peter

Posted by Stephen Brown (Member # 292) on 01-27-2006, 03:36 AM:

MMMM...Deep Fried Lard!

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 01-27-2006, 03:38 AM:

I have murdered people for Krispy Kreme donuts. Yes, they are that good, especially when they're warm. Believe all the hype. Get your hopes SKY HIGH! [beer]

Posted by Dan Lyons (Member # 1454) on 01-27-2006, 04:12 AM:

YUK!! I hate KK donuts! Not only are they almost twice the price of regular donut shops, they just don't taste very good!

They're much less "cake-like" and more "oil+sugar+air" than a standard donut.

[puke]

Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 01-27-2006, 06:01 AM:

I like KK doughnuts, but I don't classify them as doughnuts when I say I like doughnuts. Their signature "doughnut" is light, thin, and airy, coated in a rich glaze all over ... and you can see them being made. The stores I've been to proudly show off the "factory" through large glass windows. For my taste, though, they're perfect NOT when they're "hot & fresh", but as they've cooled a little, and still have a little warmth. You can eat tons of them. They're still good dead cold.

However, when I say I like doughnuts, I refer explicitly to the more cake-like, crumbly kind. Krispy Kreme, however, does not have good cakey doughnuts. They have them, but I don't think they're high quality. It's as if they went across town to the OTHER doughnut place, stocked up on the ones THEY had sitting out all day, and brought them in to sell.

As far as I know, no, they don't have Churros. Just a meagre variety of doughnuts, TONS of their signature kind, and a whole barrage of drinks: coffee, milk, and SODAS!

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 01-27-2006, 06:11 AM:

I much prefer Shipley's Donuts. Don't know if that's a nationwide chain, or just a small chain around Dallas. Krispy Kreme donuts quite literally give me a headache. It's like they have super concentrated sugar in them or something.

Other than that, it's hit or miss with the independent donut shops. If the owners (and entire staff) are Asian, odds are that the product will be quite tasty. If they are American just run away because we American's can't make a decent donut to save our lives. Anyone know why that is? It's just a freakin' donut!

Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 01-27-2006, 06:29 AM:

Thanks

Here in Australia Donut King are hard to beat when it comes to freshly made, yummy cinnamon donuts. They have a number of iced donuts but they are not freshly made so I avoid them. $A3.30 at my local Donut King gets me a Cappuccino + 2 cinnamon donuts which is a good deal.

Not to mention my Donut King card gives me an occasional free Cappucino as well.

The other good thing is that Donut King are at lots of shopping centres here in Melbourne, Australia. If any of you guys visit Australia try the donuts and lets hear what you think of them.

Maybe we can sell you a franchise? [Smile]

cheers Peter

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 01-27-2006, 08:24 AM:

quote: Peter Berrett
The big news here in Melbourne Australia is that we will shortly have our first Krispy Kreme Donut outlet.

You sure have my sympathy! You may want to warn everyone you know about them..... Krispy Kream's suck big time... they are all air. I prefer Banbury Cross or Tommy's here in SLC.

Mark

Posted by Kurt Zupin (Member # 2751) on 01-27-2006, 09:35 AM:

Eating a KK "donut" is like eating a fluffly glazed cloud...When I lived back in Michigan we would drive down to Grand Rapids, 2 hour drive. Just to get some KK "donuts"...well ok and go the IMAX also. [Big Grin]

Nothing beats walking in and having them hand you a fresh hot off the conveyor belt. mmmmmmmmmmmmm good [thumbsup]

Posted by James R. Hammonds, Jr (Member # 673) on 01-27-2006, 10:41 AM:

Brad, according to the Shipley website they pretty much operate in the south, with the vast majority of their stores in Texas.

I'm not a big fan of donuts myself, but if I do get them, I would prefer them from Shipley's.
I tried Krispy Kremes a couple of times and could feel myself getting sick after just a couple of bites.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 01-27-2006, 12:42 PM:

I think KKs are OK, but after hearing people talk about how awesome they are and how they would drive hundreds of miles to get them, I was let down. Like Brad said, they're JUST a donut.

The best thing about them is, they're still good even after sitting a day or 2. Personally I think the glazed donuts from the in-store bakery at our local grocery store are just as good or maybe even better, but they don't keep as well.

The best donuts in my world (raised type) are my Aunt Gardie's spud nuts and (cake type) my Grandma Blakesley's cake donuts.

Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 01-27-2006, 01:03 PM:

The "original glazed" is the doughnut that gets all the hype, and is the only one served "hot" at Krispy Kreme stores. It's light and airy as noted and has a taste like no other. They can also be good frozen, then microwaved for about twenty seconds. Or eaten frozen. My cat swears by them frozen.

They have other doughnuts, of course, but the hype is all about the original glazed.

The original glazed is my favorite of any glazed doughnut, but for frosted, cream-filled, or fruit-filled doughnuts, I prefer Dunkin' Donuts.

When we got a Krispy Kreme in Des Moines, people from Minneapolis made road trips down to get them. The newspapers up there covered this phenomenon when they broke ground on the first Minnesota store a few years later.

Mark...You like Tommie's?!? [puke]

Posted by Will Kutler (Member # 770) on 01-27-2006, 01:08 PM:

Sorry,

But Dunkin Doughnuts and Wenchel's kicks ass over Krispy Kreme!

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 01-27-2006, 06:55 PM:

quote:
Mark...You like Tommie's?!?

You betya. They are way better than Krispy Kreme. Less than a mile from my house is the bakery they make em at for the SLC area. Get em while they're hot and they're great!

quote: Sam Graham
and has a taste like no other

Thats because they're not really doughnuts. They are lard, sugar, lard, and more sugar and more lard and some grease. I wouldn't eat that crap!

Anyone remember Spudnuts? Those were great! Thanks to this thread I bought a dozen assorted this morning at Banbury Cross and took em in to work. They only lasted an hour.....

Will,
Whichell's and Dunkin around this neck of the counrty were all taken over by the Dot heads and then run into the ground. All gone now.

Mark

Posted by Ian Price (Member # 14) on 01-27-2006, 07:46 PM:

We had that same phenomenon here in Santa Rosa, the first Krispy Kream opened to lines and much hoopla. My staff was coming back with boxes of the things even though the store was 5-miles away passed every other doughnut shop in town.

I tried them, I even went there and waited for them to come hot off the line.

Here's what cured me;

I asked for one unglazed hot off the line...

Without all that sugar, they suck! [puke]

There used to be this nice little old lady that my mother used to visit in New Hampshire who made fresh Old Fashioned doughnuts when we used to come a calling. Now those were the best doughnuts I ever had.

The Beignets at the Cafe du Monde in New Orleans run a close second.

Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 01-27-2006, 07:59 PM:

Here's a little secret about Melbourne, Australia which you will never hear talked about but which is worth trying.

On weekends you will often see donut vans along the sides of major highways and near some major intersections. They make fresh donuts with an unusual, heavy dough on the spot and then pump hot jam into them, finally rolling them in sugar.

When our family moved to Perth for 10 years my mother used to say that the donuits there were never the same and how she missed them. Generally you can't get the same level of freshness and the particular taste of these donuts in stores so if you come to Melbourne for business or pleasure do make a point of stopping and getting some of these donuts. You can probably find a Donut Van at Victoria Markets.

Mmmmmmm doooooonuts (apologies to Homer Simpson).

Also did I mention that here in Australia we are harboring Donut Vans of mass destruction?

See link and article below

cheers Peter

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Posted by Wayne Keyser (Member # 2420) on 01-27-2006, 08:55 PM:

They are a culinary disaster - and I would shove my grandmother aside into traffic to get to the takeout counter first.

Posted by Paul Trimboli (Member # 1509) on 01-27-2006, 10:17 PM:

I wonder how long it will take for KK to open a store in Perth... I love Donut King, but I really used to like Puffin Fresh Donuts but I am pretty sure all those shops closed. My favorite is the figure 8 ones coated in the white iceing, now those are nice!

Posted by Jon Miller (Member # 163) on 01-27-2006, 11:07 PM:

quote: Peter Berrett
Also did I mention that here in Australia we are harboring Donut Vans of mass destruction?

Well, Southern California is the birthplace of a vehicular embodiment of a very common stereotype in the States: For an episode of Discovery Channel's Monster Garage, Jesse James and a build crew of police officers turned a Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor sedan into a rolling doughnut shop with an automated doughnut fryer in the trunk and a starboard-side display case. Sounds surreal, but the group was able to pull it off and maintain a sense of humor over the concept. I don't know, however, if doughnuts are made while the car is on display with other vehicles from the eccentric Monster Garage fleet during Discovery's promo tours.

On the subject of fresh doughnuts...KK's hot off the line are great, but 18% daily value of total fat and 15% DV of saturated fat per doughnut is kind of a buzz-kill. [Frown]

Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 01-28-2006, 01:44 AM:

For those in NSW

Link

Yes - somebody is auctioning of a Krispy Kreme voucher for 1 dozen donuts!

cheers Peter

[ 01-29-2006, 07:06 AM: Message edited by: Peter Berrett ]

Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 01-28-2006, 02:12 AM:

Now remember this about donuts kiddies: " A minute on the lips is a lifetime on the hips" [Smile]

Posted by Sean McKinnon (Member # 612) on 01-28-2006, 03:20 PM:

We got our first Krispy Kream store up here in the North of Boston area a year or two ago... It now sits vacant. I dont know how they thought they could compete with Dunkin Donuts? Us Boston people are addicted to thier coffee and there is a Dunks' about every ten feet... Seriously there will be a stand alone store then a gas staion with a dunks in it right next door! or 2 D&D's right across the street from each other... its sick. But they do have the best coffee ever... ah french vanilla ice coffee with cream and no sugar. [Smile]

Posted by Ian Price (Member # 14) on 01-28-2006, 10:34 PM:

So I drove by our local Krispy Kreme today to discover that it had burned out.

I searched our local paper for the story and didn't find it. But I did find that the store was closed in October.

I'd post the artical but I seem to be haveing trouble with posting the URL, so I decided that caution would be the better part of valor.

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 01-28-2006, 10:48 PM:

quote: Ian Price
So I drove by our local Krispy Kreme today to discover that it had burned out.

Now thats really makin em a tad bit too Krispy!!

Mark

Posted by Sam D. Chavez (Member # 1841) on 01-28-2006, 10:56 PM:

KK Donuts are way over rated. Better donuts through marketing.

As Woody Allen said "life is terrible food and such small portions".

Agree with Brad about the Asian shops.

Posted by Jim Ziegler (Member # 86) on 01-28-2006, 11:51 PM:

The KK in Visalia, CA is closed too.. From what I have heard, it was a dispute between KK and the franchisee and KK yanked the franchise...

Posted by Emma Tomiak (Member # 1862) on 01-29-2006, 12:06 AM:

I agree with Brad. Shipley's donuts have kept hunger and sleepiness at bay during many an all-night study session. The local central Arlington shop opens at 4 a.m. [Big Grin]

Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 01-29-2006, 12:25 AM:

I'm curious to try these Shipley's now. Guess I gotta travel a few states inland, though.

Damn, you get your day's worth of fat in just six or seven Krispy Kreme doughnuts? That's about how many you have to consume before you feel like you've eaten anything! Although, right about now, with a tall glass of ice cold milk, they sound like heaven.

Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 01-29-2006, 12:52 AM:

Brian,

Shipley Donuts are pretty good. I would taske them any day over Krispy Kreme's. That being said KK seem to be a very different donut in that there made using Potato Flour which makes them slightly lighter in feel than regular donuts.

Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 01-29-2006, 01:06 AM:

To Emma and Brad,

It is my belief that the magic ingredient in Shipley donuts is potato flour. Dunkin donuts uses enriched wheat flour, as will most donut shops/chains. I am not sure what krispy kreme uses because their recipe is not on their website.

Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 01-29-2006, 01:41 AM:

I can't say I know what it's like to taske something ... so I'm curious to try that now, too! [Wink]

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 01-29-2006, 08:39 AM:

quote: Brad Miller
If they are American just run away because we American's can't make a decent donut to save our lives.

Brad,

You definately REALLY do need to come to SLC. Here you will find the last great American made doughnuts in the country!

Mark

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 01-29-2006, 02:40 PM:

quote:
Here you will find the last great American made doughnuts in the country!

TRUE ! Goto a Winchells Donut store. Mark,is Winchells still down there on 27th S and State? Used to always head down there for excellent donuts.

-Monte

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 01-29-2006, 09:28 PM:

It was there till just a few years ago Monte. I think we can thank KK for snuffing that place out. Banbury Cross Doughnits is still going very strong though as was witnessed by the half hour line I was in last Friday to get a dozen.

Mark

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 01-30-2006, 02:58 AM:

I know where that it is - one block south of Trolley Square on 7th E on the corner. Too bad on the demise of Winchells-great place for the "sugar fit."

thx, Mark - Monte

Posted by Martin Brooks (Member # 1269) on 02-14-2006, 08:15 PM:

It's pretty hard to find a food that's worse for you than a donut. The Krispy Kreme business in the U.S. is in pretty bad shape....the stock has been down for quite some time for a number of reasons, including the trend towards low-carb diets, over-expansion of the chain and the fact that many of the stores are mini-stores and don't actually make the donuts on site.

There was a Krispy Kreme in our local UA Theater building, but it quickly went out of business. (Although so did a bakery, dog store and pizza place in the same location.)

Like most chain food, Krispy Kreme actually sucks, although I'll admit that they are better than Dunkin' Donuts. The best donuts in New York City are made by a place called the Donut Plant, which is on Grand Street in the Lower East Side, a few doors down from Kossar's, which is the most famous bialy bakery in the world.

They make amazing donuts from high-quality and all natural ingredients like Valohnra chocolate and real Vanilla-Bean. The donuts are made in small batches, hand-rolled, hand-cut and fried in Canola oil. They open at 7am and close when they run out of donuts. Some days that's pretty early. When you taste their donuts, you think, "oh...so this is what real chocolate (or vanilla, or whatever) is SUPPOSED to taste like." Then you realize how bad almost all other donuts and most baked goods really are.

Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 02-27-2006, 03:01 AM:

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Posted by Jim Henk (Member # 3628) on 02-27-2006, 09:15 AM:

No! No!!! Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! [Eek!]

Aughhhhhh!!!!!!!!! (pull back to shot of diet plummeting down side of Mt. Rushmore - credits)

Posted by Bryan Fournier (Member # 264) on 02-27-2006, 03:36 PM:

I'll give another vote to Dunkin' Donuts. Krispy Kreme glazed donuts are way too sweet!

Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 02-27-2006, 05:50 PM:

It gets worse

The following (see below) was received today.

book your flights for Melbourne NOW, Beat the rush.

10,000 FREE DONUTS

THESE PEOPLE ARE HARBOURING DONUTS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

I will be there [Smile]

cheers Peter

ps did anyone sign up for their free donuts at KK? Go on admit it!

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Posted by Joseph Pandolfi (Member # 223) on 02-27-2006, 06:14 PM:

If anyone is lived in the CT. area over the last few years remember the KK 'hype' it created when the first store opened in Newington on a major route. Traffic was backed up for miles 24/7 on opening week. A second store opened a year later in Milford and it created a traffic nightmare on US-1. Now guess what? The Newington store has been closed for a few months and the Milford Store is not far behind.

Posted by John Lasher (Member # 968) on 02-27-2006, 07:58 PM:

The KK in this area is gone for good. Never cared much for them. I usually get donuts at a Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins combo that's on Main Street right next to the college bookstore. Which means that if it's 3:27 AM on a weekend and I wake up with a monster craving for a Boston Cream donut and a 20 oz. Pepsi, I can have them both in just 5-10 minutes.

Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 02-28-2006, 02:30 AM:

Whilst at work today it suddenly occurred to me - what if the email I had received was a hoax? Imagine 10,000+ people all turning up at some vacant block hungry for free donuts only to be disappointed?

I checked back at the email again. It asked me to send the email to...

"Tell your friends, tell your family that the place to be is QV, but be quick...the question remains how long does it take to eat 10,000 doughnuts? Come along and find out."

It struck me that this is exactly what chain emails do. They get you worked up and then ask you to redistribute the email or the news to everyone you know.

I immediately rang Krispy Kreme who assured me that the email had been genuine so on Thursday when I go into Melbourne I'll get my 10,000 free donuts! (I might have to share a few though with the others that turn up or they will lynch me) [Smile]

cheers Peter

Posted by Phil Blake (Member # 2012) on 02-28-2006, 04:06 AM:

Maybe we should contact the LAPD they seem to be the best judge of donuts in the world [Cool]

I think all the chain type foods are never the quality of the smaller specialist vendors. The best damn donut I have ever had was from the CWA (country womens association) food van at our local show (county fair)they are second to none!

Posted by David Kilderry (Member # 142) on 02-28-2006, 07:00 AM:

I don't know how they are going to serve them warm Peter. I tried a box of them when in Sydney a few months ago (they already have several stores). I really enjoyed the original glazed, hot; they melt in your mouth.

My favourite doughnut? Well ours at the Lunar Drive-in are almost the best (we sell several hundred at busy intervals) and I do like Dunkin, but nothing tastes as good as the old Downeyflake Donuts they used to have back in the 1970's. They were like KK as you could watch the production from the giant windows. I remember the store at Northland Shopping Centre well........and the taste even better!

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 02-28-2006, 08:08 AM:

quote: John Lasher
I usually get donuts at a Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins combo

Great combo.... A couple of Chocolate Dunkin's convered with Baskin's Butter Pecan Ice Cream! [Big Grin]

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 02-28-2006, 10:29 AM:

Krispy Kreme are really good IF you get them hot. (The glazed ones.) Otherwise, they are just a donut.

Hype?... Probably. But they are the only place that makes donuts my wife can eat. She's hypoglycemic. If she gets too much sugar in her system she gets sick. (It's not diabetes. It's an entirely different thing.)

Krispy Kreme donuts don't have a lot of sugar in them IF you get them before they go through the glazer. (That shower of liquid sugar.) We can go to KK and ask them to take some donuts off the line before they hit the glazer so my wife can eat them. They wouldn't be sweet at all if it wasn't for the sugar shower.

So, we go to KK when my wife wants a treat. Otherwise, I go to one of two local shops. Mighty Fine Donuts or H & K Donuts The are both the traditional kind of donut shop where they open their doors at 4 A.M. and close by Noon.

Posted by Louis Bornwasser (Member # 3063) on 02-28-2006, 10:44 AM:

Louisville is a KK town. Louis

Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 03-01-2006, 02:55 AM:

Dunkin' Donuts = plaster before the water is added.
Ptooey. I don't understand folks who buy or continue eating them.
Krispy Kremes are good when hot.

Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 03-02-2006, 02:40 AM:

Attendance Today, 10.10 A.M. QV Square Melbourne

Event: Giving away of 10,000 free Krispy Kreme Donuts

This event was organised to promote the first Melbourne KK store which will be opening at Fountain Gate in June. The lines were long and fast becoming longer as hundreds of University students arrived. After a long wait they started giving out a classic glazed KK donut to everyone. A few people got T-shirts as well.

The funniest bit was looking down at the line when I first arrived and seeing two police officers dressed in Blue standing
in line. They stuck out like sore thumbs.

The donuts were not fresh but arrived in boxes.

The verdict after eating my first KK donut: Dough is ok, maybe a little fatty. Icing is ok but overall donut has too much glaze/icing relative to the amount of dough. It is like eating a donut that someone has added too much icing to.

Maybe a fresh donut would taste better - I don't know.

But hey I'm not complaining - a free donut is a free donut is a free donut. [Smile]

I think that the donuts are probably too sweet for Australian tastes. Some people will like them but we already have several different donut chains that provide very high quality donuts that do not use as much sugar.

cheers Peter

Posted by David Kilderry (Member # 142) on 03-02-2006, 05:39 AM:

When you are cruising down the Princes Hwy in Fountain Gate Peter, you will see the red flashing KK neon and you will know they are hot and fresh. Then you will know what all the KK hype is about!

Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 03-02-2006, 05:18 PM:

One day

Still have to wait till June though for a fresh KK donut.

cheers Peter

Posted by Don Sneed (Member # 955) on 03-03-2006, 07:32 PM:

Hey these Krispy Kreme Donuts SUCKS !!! I only eat these when there not a real donut shop around... For real Donuts, come to the Houston Texas area & get a Shipley Donut...you'll never eat a Krispy Kreme again....

[ 03-06-2006, 12:19 AM: Message edited by: Don Sneed ]

Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 03-03-2006, 07:41 PM:

quote: Don Sneed
you'll eat a Krispy Kreme again...

I really don't eat doughnuts all that often, but you are probably right. [Wink]

Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 03-07-2006, 03:01 AM:

WHOO HOO!!!!

My birthday is coming up next week. I looked in the mailbox today to find an envelope with a card inside. On one side it says "Happy Birthday". On the other side it says...

Happy Birthday!

To sweeten your day present this card at your nearest Krispy Kreme store and receive a free dozen Original Glazed on us.

From your friends at Krispy Kreme

Way Cool! The only problem at the moment is that my nearest store is in Sydney and I am in Melbourne. No worries as the card is valid until 30 June and we are due to have a store open up at Fountain Gate in June. I hope the store opening is not delayed.

So sign up for your free donuts today.

cheers Peter

ps I've now signed up my entire family. More free donuts!

cheers Peter

Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 03-15-2006, 04:42 AM:

Nobody has mentioned the Luther Burger ... supposedly Luther Vandross used Krspy Kremes as the bun for a bacon cheesburger... it even shows up in snopes

snopes

and now the Gateway Grizzlies baseball team is offering something similar as a concession item.

Grizzlies press release

Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 06-23-2006, 08:33 PM:

Krispy Kreme madness hits Melbourne

Link to Video

MMMM Donuts

I went down there on the opening day to find 3-4 hour queues. Hundreds of peopeles waiting in line. Police directing traffic and warning of the 3-4 hour queue if they go through the drive-through.

Wow.

Regards Peter

Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 06-23-2006, 10:05 PM:

I have a KK shop 2 block from my house. I used to have a friend that worked there... making the doughnuts. He always smelled like doughnuts. I've never eaten there.

I'm a doughnut nut,
I'm a doughnut nut.
I go nuts for Krispy Kreme!

--This is some of the local TV ad lyrics that are being plastered allover local TV. They sound like they were recorded with a portable reel to reel, not that there's anything wrong with that!

If not mistaken, KK's home base is Hickory, NC, less than 100 miles from me. Im not much of a doughnut nut at all.

Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 06-24-2006, 01:27 AM:

DAMN!!!

How is this for a story. Results of a blood test came back today and it appears that, as I have suspected for some time, I am a coeliac. That means I have an intolerance to wheat.

Guess what KK donuts are laden with? Gluten.

DAMN!!! [Mad]

Fortunately the intolerance is not too severe so maybe I can eat just one once in a while [Smile]

cheers Peter

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 06-24-2006, 11:34 AM:

I can't eat anything with milk in it or else.... [bs]

Even if I take lactase pills it only buys me about a half hour before the fireworks start. However, there are times when it's "worth it" to eat milk.

My wife bakes these KICK ASS cinnamon buns with sour cream icing. One bite of that icing and I'm a goner but they are so good I can't resist. I just take a handfull of pills and hope for the best.

You should decide if KK are worth it for you. IMHO, if you get them hot, right off the conveyor belt they would be worth it. Otherwise take a pass.

Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 06-25-2006, 05:49 AM:

deleted - see below

Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 06-25-2006, 05:49 AM:

It is probably worth the risk (particularly as I have a free voucher for a dozen donuts [Smile]

however I don't trust myself to eat just one. [Smile]

cheers Peter

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 06-25-2006, 01:00 PM:

It's funny how some things affect me more than others.

I can eat pizza because the cheese doesn't have so much lactose in it. One or two slices will have little effect. So long as I don't make a pig of myself, I'll be OK.

On the other hand, just a couple bites of ice cream and I'm toast. No amount of lactase pills will help... only delay the onset.

The effects also seem to be cumulative. If I stay away from milk or foods that contain milk for a while my tolerance goes up. If I've been eating milk, on and off, for a few days, I have no tolerance at all.

If I stay away from milk for a whole week I can have that sour cream icing on my cinnamon rolls. If I've been eating milk regularly, even the pills become useless.

The only real problem is when I eat things that I don't expect to have milk in them. Lots of breads and baked goods are made with milk and butter. Lots of gravies and sauces are made with milk too. Most people don't have the problem of lactose intolerance, or at least they don't have it bad enough that they have to worry about it. They don't think twice about milk as an ingredient. When I eat out or at somebody else's house I have to be extra vigilant to be sure I don't get more milk than I can handle.

I don't know a whole lot about Celiac but I imagine you have some kind of tolerance to gluten even if it's very low. I bet, if you are good about eliminating gluten from your diet all week, you can have some donuts on Sunday and the effects will be tolerable if not minimal.

I think a free dozen of hot KK donuts are worth it.
Just make sure you share some. It'll reduce the temptation.
[Big Grin]

Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 06-26-2006, 05:52 AM:

Yes I think I will have to share

Coeliac disease is an allergic reaction to gluten which is found in some cereals.

Some people have the disease really bad and have severe reactions to even minute amounts of gluten.

Fortunately for me my condition is mild and I find that I can eat some products with no effects and others, like a can of spaghetti leave me aching for hours.

But the immediate effects are only one concern. The gluten affects the small intestine and that can lead to cancer in the longe term. Unfortunately that is exactly what caused the death of my mother at age 53 although she was never diagnosed with (and probably had ever heard of) Coeliac disease. It is a shame she never had the tests done.

So it is a serious disease but the good news is that with some modest dietary changes one can avoid the ill effects.

Regards Peter

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 06-26-2006, 10:28 AM:

Y'Know... This gives you a perfect excuse to be the hero of your office.

You come walking in with a dozen donuts and say, "Hey! You guys have to eat these! They're great but I can't eat them. C'Mon! Dig in!"

You get to have your one or two Krispy Kremes then you get to win a lot of friends giving them free donuts.

[Big Grin]

Posted by John Koutsoumis (Member # 1855) on 01-22-2007, 12:16 AM:

Krispy Kreme... what's the big deal.

I was walking around the food area of the Melbourne Central complex in the CBD and came across a new store. And there it was "Krispy Kreme". So I thought I will give it a try. I bought the blueberry glazed and a cream filled with choc icing. The latter was good but they are really average. I've bought better at asian bakeries too and no one beats the hot jam donuts from the donut van in Footscray.

Posted by Chad M Calpito (Member # 3736) on 01-22-2007, 12:58 AM:

I've had Krispy Kreme a few times and they are alright, but, I prefer either Dunkin Donuts or Winchell's. For now though, I'm staying away from the stuff for dietary reasons. [Big Grin]