Bring back Dunkin Donuts!!

Dreamer 7

Does anyone miss them as much as me???
When I was in Barca this summer I bought a whole box and brought them to the beach for the best picnic ever.

What was your favourite one??

Pighead

Now Dreamer 7, it may be the hangover, it may be the cranky fcuker inside of me or maybe its just Pighead being harsh but this is quite possible the worst thread of the week.

In Pigheads mind your opening post reads like:

I am Dreamer 7, i like daisychains. When I was a little boy, me and my mammy and my daddy went to the field in the village beside us and we made daisychains all day long. It was the best day of my life. Whats your favourite usage of daisys?

Pighead realises its Friday but c'mon buddy your better than this.

connundrum

Would they not have had to be here in the first place for them to be brought back?

And the last thing we need is more bleedin donuts

Nevyn

They were here.
They on o'connell st, grafton street.

Boston creme and apple and spice for the win.

seamus

Thaedydal wrote:

They were here.
They on o'connell st, grafton street.

Boston creme and apple and spice for the win.

I concur. FTW

Terry

Dough...nut?

I liked the ones you could get on the other side of O'Connell street. They were cheaper and tastier. Can't remember the name of the place. It was a little shop at the front of an arcade. Many, many years ago.

Dreamer 7

Number 1: Pighead I am ALL woman
Number 2: Yes they were here Thank You Thae
Number 3: I like donuts and want to spread some donut love around this Friday afternoon

PS My fav is powdered white choc supreme

Dreamer 7

Terry wrote:

Dough...nut?

I liked the ones you could get on the other side of O'Connell street. They were cheaper and tastier. Can't remember the name of the place. It was a little shop at the front of an arcade. Many, many years ago.

They are still there had sum last week:D

Morlar

Krispykremes for the win. Somebody is going to make a lot of money when they get an irish franchise for them.

Niamho!

Oh i remember there was one in the Square. never tried them though...

Tabnabs

Terry wrote:

I liked the ones you could get on the other side of O'Connell street. They were cheaper and tastier. Can't remember the name of the place. It was a little shop at the front of an arcade. Many, many years ago.

Sweet jebus don't tell me you actually ate those donuts? A friend of mine told me they had enough fat dripping off them to keep a chipper going for a month :eek:

The smell was always enough to make me gag any time I went past.

OP, wasn't/isn't there a DD in UCD?

Dreamer 7

OP, wasn't/isn't there a DD in UCD?[/QUOTE]

Yup there was, oh god the things i would do for one now!

Oh btw have I managed to silence Pighead????:eek:

Terry

Dyflin wrote:

Sweet jebus don't tell me you actually ate those donuts? A friend of mine told me they had enough fat dripping off them to keep a chipper going for a month :eek:

The smell was always enough to make me gag any time I went past.

OP, wasn't/isn't there a DD in UCD?

I couldn't stomach them after I turned 13 or 14.
They were/are the greasiest things on earth.
Great when you're a kid though.

Oh btw have I managed to silence Pighead????

He's more of a hit and run poster.


Also, I seem to remember a few franchises in service stations around the country.
Don't know if they're still there though.

Kintarō Hattori

Dreamer 7 wrote:

Oh btw have I managed to silence Pighead????:eek:

Pffft- Not bloody likely!

User45701

there anazing but i havent had them since they pulled out of ireland never got to try them since all i have is the memories...

Tarakiwa

I remember that for a short while in either 1995 or 1996 there was a Dunkin Donuts outlet at the end of the bar in the Maynooth University Students Union!!

It was BRILLIANT!!
Guinness & Donuts ......... cant be beaten!

mcauley

There was also a DD in Janelle in Finglas back in the day.

God I'd love one now....

On a recent trip to the States, I bought a dozen box (only $6?!).....I couldnt move for quite some time afterwards.

Nevyn

Oh there was, Janelle and crazy prices what a blast from the past.

Tescos in there and most tescos do boston creme but they are not the same.

DD coffe wan't the best but it was a lot better then most places at the time.

seamus

Tarakiwa wrote:

I remember that for a short while in either 1995 or 1996 there was a Dunkin Donuts outlet at the end of the bar in the Maynooth University Students Union!!

It was BRILLIANT!!
Guinness & Donuts ......... cant be beaten!

Indeed there was one in UCD that did a roaring trade.

Kinetic^

Dunkin' Donuts = fail

Krispy Kreme = win

Jesus Wept

I miss donut shops.

BC

seamus wrote:

Indeed there was one in UCD that did a roaring trade.

There was one in Trinity as well.

layke

Ah yas, when I was 14 it was a ritual to meet in town outside stephen's green park then promptly off to Dunken doughnuts!

What ever happened to them? They were always packed when ever I went in, why did they close?

stooge

I remember the dunkin donuts when I went to college . they had a deal that you get a free donut and coffee if you buy a sandwich.

I liked the ones with icing and the sprinkley thousands and millions things. Also, for the sandwich it had to be chicken, bacon and salad.

Then they closed down to be replaced by some fancy coffee shop..booooooo

:mad:

ciaran76

Boston cremes were the best by far.

Ger_Hankey

ciaran76 wrote:

Boston cremes were the best by far.

Jesus No! Whats wrong with you people?? It was cold custard inside a doughnut..

Cappuchino Donuts FTW!!!

Ruu_Old

There are 3 Dunkin Donut shops where I live but I prefer Krispy Kreme by far.

Jip

Ah the memories. Dunkin Donuts kept me in employment for a couple of years while in college about 11 or 12 years ago. I worked in every branch at some stage, they were
Tallaght, the Square,
Janelle as someone already pointed out
Ballyfermot
Grafton Street
UCD
Rathmines
can't remember if I missed anything there, and then they started opening some small ones in Texaco garages.

Used to hate working in Ballyfermot because of the scum it attacted (not saying Ballyer people are scum), UCD because many of the students looked down their nose at you not realising that I wouldn't let my B.Sc that I was working on at the time anywhere near my arse, unlike many of their Arts Degrees, and Rathmines because of the sheer amount of weirdos who hung around for hours every night over one cup of coffee and that you couldn't get rid of closing time.

They used to sell some amount of Boston Cremes indeed, but I don't know where the idea came from that there were dripping in fat ?!?

judas101

marble frosted for me

Duggy747

Eurgh!!! Dunkin' Donuts are muck!! When I was in America I got a box of them thinking they'd be delicious but, my God, they were not donuts. Waaaaaaaaaaaaay too sweet and sugary! Bleuurgh!

Kintarō Hattori

Jip wrote:

... but I don't know where the idea came from that there were dripping in fat ?!?

There is a place on O'Connell Street these days that sells Donuts which another poster has confused with Dunkin Donuts.

Terry

eo980 wrote:

There is a place on O'Connell Street these days that sells Donuts which another poster has confused with Dunkin Donuts.

No. Didn't confuse it with dunkin' donuts, just said I preferred it to dunkin' donuts.

chopperbyrne

Didn't they just get replaced by 911 over here. There was one of them in UCD anyway.

Jimoslimos

Morlar wrote:

Krispykremes for the win. Somebody is going to make a lot of money when they get an irish franchise for them.

+1

Powdered strawberry mmmmmm:p

Orlee

Terry wrote:

Dough...nut?

I liked the ones you could get on the other side of O'Connell street. They were cheaper and tastier. Can't remember the name of the place. It was a little shop at the front of an arcade. Many, many years ago.

That's still there Terry!!! You can get chocolate or sugar covered ones!
I think it's 5 for €2!

Dunkin Donuts used to come to my school on a Tuesday - You could get a donut and a can for £1 - Them were the days

Coffee was my favourite - 911 aren't too bad, they replaced Dunkin Donuts in
UCD

Last year I was in London and I got off a Tube halfway through my journey cause I saw a a Dunkin Donuts IN THE TUBE STATION!!!!

Now I really miss them (

MikeHoncho

I remember the days of my youth. Would organise to meet my friends in Dunkin Donuts on Grafton street on a Saturday afternoon. A boston creme, a coke and about 10 smokes later we would head around to the hideout to play pool and continue our smoking. Those were the days.

Has anyone seen Tesco are stocking the canadian Donut company Tim Hortons donuts? I had one on Saturday morning gone and it was a great cure for a mid level hangover.

Beano

I used to work in the one on O'Connell street. You wouldnt eat them if you seen how they were made.

Orlee

MikeHoncho wrote:

I remember the days of my youth. Would organise to meet my friends in Dunkin Donuts on Grafton street on a Saturday afternoon. A boston creme, a coke and about 10 smokes later we would head around to the hideout to play pool and continue our smoking. Those were the days

Somebody told me the Hideout was closed down a few weeks ago!

Say it isn't so!

monkey tennis

Beano wrote:

I used to work in the one on O'Connell street. You wouldnt eat them if you seen how they were made.

I wouldn't eat them anyway, but now I'm curious. Please enlighten the masses!

Zaph

Morlar wrote:

Krispykremes for the win. Somebody is going to make a lot of money when they get an irish franchise for them.

Hell yeah! Krispykremes FTW.

OP, the Tim Horton's doughnuts available in various supermarkets now are not altogether dissimilar to DD.

aequinoctium

some classy donuts

Beelzebub

Used to like dunkin donuts but recently I tried krispy kreme well a couple of years ago, I had to spit it out it was that sweet and sugary, pure sugar yeuch!

Not a big fan of donuts now...have to watch the blood sugar...

olaola

Tarakiwa wrote:

I remember that for a short while in either 1995 or 1996 there was a Dunkin Donuts outlet at the end of the bar in the Maynooth University Students Union!!

It was BRILLIANT!!
Guinness & Donuts ......... cant be beaten!

Oh yeah - a coffee and a donut for £1. Bargain. ('96 I think it was)

Mimikyu

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stickycreature

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this is so immature it's not even remotely funny...dunkin donuts grow up for christ sake....there are floods all over the world and ye are talking about biscuits...disgust doesn't even come close to what I feel for you people right now

nikolaitr

stickycreature wrote:

this is so immature it's not even remotely funny...dunkin donuts grow up for christ sake....there are floods all over the world and ye are talking about biscuits...disgust doesn't even come close to what I feel for you people right now

Bleeding Heart....

stickycreature

nikolaitr wrote:

Bleeding Heart....

if i find you I will break your face twice you dirty scumbag

phasers

shure all I ever get is cuisine de France, made in Kildare or something

shortys94

Tim Hortons isnt too bad.

I think the best donuts are the glazed ones you get in Wal Mart. When I was living in the states I used to get a ten or twenty box of them and I was set. A lot of melted sugar but worth it.

They have them in Tim hortons too, but you cant beat the wal mart twenty box for a few dollars.

Firetrap

I must've finished up in Maynooth just before they got the Dunkin' Donuts in there. They used to keep them in a glass cabinet thingie in the Quinnsworth in the village though. I used to buy them on a Monday morning after Geography class when I went there on my weekly shopping trip to buy food (usually pasta and tomato sauce). I like those Tim Horton doughnuts, especially the Boston Cream ones. And the coffee isn't bad either.

Pythia

Krispy Kremes are delicious. Brought a big box back from London when I was there last.
Tim Horton's in Canada are wonderful too.
You can still get some doughnuts in UCD. These chocolate covered ones with custard inside and a few others.