Krispy Creme doughnuts

splashthecash

Someone just walked past be in town (Dublin) with a dozen sized Krispy Creme donut box - does anyone know where these are sold??

<Insert drooling Homer pic here>

BoJack Horseman

Some Tesco stores?

SparkySpitfire

Didn't someone set up a fake Facebook page so people would get their hopes up that it was coming here?

Last time I was in Edinburgh I brought a box of them back on the plane with me...

anncoates

Somebody gave me one a while back and while it was nice, it was just, you know, normal doughnut nice.

I suspect a case of Apple or Superquinn sausages level of blind brand affection here.

Menas

Shyte. Am I missing out on a new craze here?

The Backwards Man

I walked into once. No scones or baps. Walked out.

Lollipops23

I love them and the coffee there, there's one around the corner from my gaff here in Toronto. I'll be delighted if they pop up in Dublin before my return in July.

Custardpi

Lollipops23 wrote: »

I love them and the coffee there, there's one around the corner from my gaff here in Toronto. I'll be delighted if they pop up in Dublin before my return in July.

How do they compare with Tim Horton's?

readyletsgo

Well if there isn't one in Dublin then where sells the best doughnuts?

beertons

They're amazingly good.

Generic Dreadhead

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I walked into once. No scones or baps. Walked out.

What did you expect?

Pumpkinseeds

OP's in Dublin, Dublin. Could ya not have chased the donut carrier down and mugged em

Lollipops23

Custardpi wrote: »

How do they compare with Tim Horton's?

Timmies is cheap and cheerful. Like a medium mocha will set you back $2.48 (about E1.85) which you can't really argue with.

KK's vanilla spice latte is a force to be reckoned with though.

The Backwards Man

Cormac... wrote: »

What did you expect?

A bakery.

If I wanted sugar in a bag I'd go to a Special K shop.

endacl

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I walked into once. No scones or baps. Walked out.

Any buns at all?

retro:electro

Omg I love them. Kinda hope they don't come here cos I really could do with not getting fat

Menas

I am off to Edinburgh next week...must try them.

SparkySpitfire

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I am off to Edinburgh next week...must try them.

It's a little bit out of the way, in a Carrickmines type place. It's only a 20min bus or so but we were slightly drunk going at the time and got a taxi for 20 pounds :eek:

So...don't do that. We got a bus back and ate them in the hotel watching Graham Norton.

Magico Gonzalez

Lollipops23 wrote: »

KK's vanilla spice latte is a force to be reckoned with though.

For people who don't like coffee, maybe.

UCDVet

Does anyone know why the Dunkin Donuts in Dublin shut down? I just can't imagine them not making a killing here, but maybe the Irish just don't eat a lot of donuts?

biko

Nearest Topaz has donuts. You'll find them countrywide.

Happy to help

miezekatze

biko wrote:

Nearest Topaz has donuts. You'll find them countrywide.

You have clearly never tasted krispy kremes!

Jet Black

UCDVet wrote: »

Does anyone know why the Dunkin Donuts in Dublin shut down? I just can't imagine them not making a killing here, but maybe the Irish just don't eat a lot of donuts?

That and probably just bad timing. I don't think the coffee culture we have now was really around. People were mostly tea drinkers and having more that a biscuit with a tea was a bit much. I remember the one in Janelle shopping center in the mid ninthys always being empty

biko

miezekatze wrote: »

You have clearly never tasted krispy kremes!

Nope, even for all my time in the US I've actually never had them. I did have Dunkin' Donuts doughnuts a couple times but amen't really a fan of doughnuts in general.

Stheno

Custardpi wrote: »

How do they compare with Tim Horton's?

Even more sugary and glazed

HeidiHeidi

Am I raving, or was there a Krispy Kreme outlet on Grafton St about 20 years ago? On the corner beside Bruxelles, I think there's a jeweller's there now?

Dangerous Man

I never had one. I used to live about a five minute walk from one in Toronto for over two years and never bothered going in - I could tell you all about Tim Horton's donuts though - which are disgusting and so full of sugar they make your teeth hurt.

Stheno

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Am I raving, or was there a Krispy Kreme outlet on Grafton St about 20 years ago? On the corner beside Bruxelles, I think there's a jeweller's there now?

Was that not dunkin donuts?

Stheno

Dangerous Man wrote: »

I never had one. I used to live about a five minute walk from one in Toronto for over two years and never bothered going in - I could tell you all about Tim Horton's donuts though - which are disgusting and so full of sugar they make your teeth hurt.

First time I came across these in Canada was horrifying the colours of the glaze on some of them would hurt your eyes

HeidiHeidi

Stheno wrote: »

Was that not dunkin donuts?

Nah, they were everywhere.

I'm convinced it was a KK - but it was so long ago that I can't be sure..... showing my age now

Pacifico

Stheno wrote: »

Was that not dunkin donuts?

It was. Was one in the square tallaght too...

So where did this box of Krispy Kremes come from?!

john the one

For context, 1 doughnut will cost you a half hour on a treadmill.




Sorry.

Das Kitty

I got a box of em in Bath last week and was allowed to bring them home in my Aerlingus hand luggage.

Jam and cream are not classed as gels and liquids in Bristol airport in case anyone is wondering!

biko

Krispy Kreme is NOT coming to Ireland any time soon

Jesus Wept

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

Didn't someone set up a fake Facebook page so people would get their hopes up that it was coming here?

Last time I was in Edinburgh I brought a box of them back on the plane with me...

Same with Hooters.
Sadistic bastards.

Lollipops23

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

For people who don't like coffee, maybe.

I make no apologies for the fact that I like sweet coffee.

LizT

I've tried them before, did not get the hype at all.

brummytom

Most Tescos over here sell them. Don't think they're any nicer than doughnuts from the bakery, tbh.

UCDVet

LizT wrote: »

I've tried them before, did not get the hype at all.

Did you get them fresh off the line, or was it in a shop somewhere?

The first time I had them, someone brought them in to work, they picked them up at a gas station (this was in the US) and I thought, 'Eh - these aren't very good'.

Months later a friend insisted we drive to a Krispy Creme at 9:30pm - I went. It was amazing.

LizT

Got them fresh. They were nice but not as amazing as everyone makes them out to be.

HamsterFace

Can't imagine that doughnuts from the US would be anything other than overly sweet crap

anncoates

LizT wrote: »

Got them fresh. They were nice but not as amazing as everyone makes them out to be.

The minute they do eventually open here, everybody will disown them and move on to some other hard to source niche foreign product.

Zaph

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Nah, they were everywhere.

I'm convinced it was a KK - but it was so long ago that I can't be sure..... showing my age now

It was definitely Dunkin Donuts I'm afraid - I passed by it on my way home every evening.

HeidiHeidi

Zaph wrote: »

It was definitely Dunkin Donuts I'm afraid - I passed by it on my way home every evening.

Really? Really really???

Was Dunkin Donuts not a later incarnation? I'm talking a VERY long time ago here!

I'm utterly convinced it was briefly (like for a year or two, not a lot longer) a Krispy Kreme outlet. It was a most unusual shop for the time, a real novelty.

Stheno

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Really? Really really???

Was Dunkin Donuts not a later incarnation? I'm talking a VERY long time ago here!

I'm utterly convinced it was briefly (like for a year or two, not a lot longer) a Krispy Kreme outlet. It was a most unusual shop for the time, a real novelty.

I'm thinking of the mid to late nineties and am sure it was dunkin donuts