The Donut Guy Blog

You would think as a person who eats a lot of donuts that I spend a lot of time with Dunkin’ Donuts.

There’s not really a joke there because you’d be absolutely correct. I spend way too much time on the yummy snacks and carbohydrates that I can get from there. In a professional sense though, I don’t record while being at Dunkin or other national chains very often. It’s because, as a national chain, they don’t need additional press when they’re just living their best donut life.

However,  I do stop and review seasonal and new donuts when they come along. I think it’s important to recognize when national chains go in a new different direction in the name of progression. Sometimes they’re a win and sometimes they’re not, but I do acknowledge the effort to make a new and different donut experience.

Today that brought me to a trip in the Adirondacks after conducting a wedding. I found myself at the Dunkin’ Donuts in Boonville, New York. While there I noted that we now have an orange, vanilla seasonal doughnut, new to the rotation. We could not help ourselves, but take a moment with it and see how it tasted.

I primarily wanna talk about flavor, but of course you should know that a cake donut that has been sitting through the afternoon can get a bit dry. I try to give an allowances to that, but when I have help in my reviews from my children, they do not hold back the truth in their taste buds. This is not something done in error because also Dunkin sells drinks. Like a lot of them. A donut with a coffee is exactly the right decision in any of these situations.

This cake doughnut had both glaze as well as a bit of drizzle on top to work with the orange colored and flavored donut inside. Orange vanilla gives a cream sickle flavor in any form, and that was the same in this donut. I found the flavor to be on point for what you’re looking for and how it’s named. These days I prefer something more complex with an orange flavor, but I do respect that for something that is set up to be made in massive amounts that it is something that probably remains consistent.

All in all, I recommend this pastry over a few other flavors we have seen from Dunkin’ Donuts. Someday I will recount the vivid horror that was the watermelon doughnut, but that is a doughnut for another day. 

Last thought; Dunkin if you are reading this, please get help to those folks working in Boonville. Tremendously pleasant and great to talk to you, though the three of them were totally out, paced by the high demand in that area. They were great, but you need more like them for that shift.