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Saturday, August 6, 2016

Dottie's Donuts



Dottie's Donuts
4529 Springfield Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19143
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It's a Saturday morning that started out pretty gloomy. Despite the sweltering humidity, the sky was a dismal shade of "how is it not actually raining right now" grey. Honestly, what better way is there to brighten up a gloomy day then to munch on some sugary goodness?
And that's exactly what you get with absolutely everything served up at Dottie's Donuts; sweet, sweet goodness.

For the past two years Dottie's Donuts could only be found sold wholesale through coffee shops, and other eateries throughout the city. But in March of this year owners Jeff Poleon, and Matt Quinn finally took the plunge, and opened up their very own brick & mortar shop in the heart of West Philly's Spruce Hill neighborhood. And this vegan right
HERE
could not possibly be any more happy.

Flavors shown in photo (Boston cream, apple fritter, maple pecan, cherry pistachio)

Offering up seriously creative, and delicious flavors like Cherry Pistachio, Blackberry Almond, Matcha Glazed, Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel, and even Crème Brulee. Their flavors are always inventive, and always changing. Though there are a couple standards which you'll see offered up almost everyday, like Cinnamon Buns, Apple Fritters, and Boston Cream. To see the full scope of their creative genius, and to get your mouth watering, check out their Instagram page to see all the beautiful new flavors they're concocting on the regular.

The shop boasts more than just donuts too, and they hope to continue expanding their grab-and-go selection. Though for now you can snag a bagel with your choice of different Tofutti cream cheese flavors, both sweet and savory, and of course an iced coffee from one of my absolute favorites, Elixr Coffee Roasters; with your choice of either soy or almond milk creamer.
Honestly, I'm not typically a fan of black coffee, but this is so good that I never feel the need to add any creamer, or sugar. Cold, and black is how I take it, and on an inescapably hot day like today, this hits all the right spots.
And the icing on the cake? Their cups are even vegan, made from plants, compostable, and made right here in the USA!


Over the years I've had the opportunity to try many of their various flavors, and I've yet to be disappointed. The donuts themselves have a light, almost airy quality about them. Which I've noticed has been a difficult texture for other vegan donuts to achieve. Dottie's Donuts are not what I've found to be typical vegan donuts, ones that are overly dense, and cake-like. You'd have to be told that these donuts are egg, and dairy free to believe it.
Today we made our trip a family affair, and my staunchly omnivorous Mother thoroughly enjoyed her Boston Cream donut. She actually said she enjoyed it even more than most others specifically because of how fantastic she thinks the cream filling is. I definitely agree with her. Again, any omnivore would need to be told that these donuts are vegan to believe it.



Today I tried two flavors that were new to me; Cherry Pistachio, and Maple Pecan. I actually wasn't sure how much I'd enjoy the Cherry Pistachio because I'm not typically a fan of cherry flavored anything, though I love actual fresh cherries. As a bit of a surprise, I really loved it, and the pistachio topping made a perfect combination.  Though honestly, how can you ever go wrong by throwing pistachios on any sweet, bready treat right? This flavor actually ended up becoming my daughters new favorite flavor, which used to be "The Homer," a Strawberry glazed donut with jimmies sprinkled on top to look like, you guessed it, the Simpsons donut.
(On National Donut Day they even made enormous, basically cake sized versions that were being sold at the storefront.)

With the Maple Pecan, I knew I couldn't go wrong. It's always been one of my most favorite flavor combinations, and this was particularly great because it didn't taste anything like a synthetic "maple flavoring." It was legitimately maple, you really can't beat that, and with pecans you've got yourself a no-brainer, all star donut. It's one of their more simple flavor combinations, by comparison, but it's absolutely one of my all time favorites.
Speaking of all time favorites, they didn't have them today unfortunately, but I've gotta say that their cinnamon buns are truly some of the best I've ever had. Again, one of their more basic flavors. But they do it so very well that it shines even amongst the delectably "out there," seriously inventive flavors. If for nothing else, and if you're not into non-traditional flavor combinations, definitely go just for the cinnamon buns. Honestly, I don't think you can go wrong with anything here at Dottie's Donuts. They do what they do extraordinarily well, from the basic everyday donut shop flavors, to the new and creative combos. They're consistently turning out quality food that's so scrumptious you can't even feel guilty about gorging on a few or more, or an entire box full. And the fact that someone like my Mother, who's still quite weary of vegan food, can seriously enjoy these fantastic donuts makes everything so much better.



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