A couple weeks ago, I met a college friend for dinner at Coppelia's, a latin themed diner in Chelsea. I had some great beef nachos that had a small after-kick and lots of flavor (I would attach a picture but low quality pic, high quality food). However, as I walked up to the diner, I spotted the Donut Pub a door down and was told by a friend that I needed to try it.

Essentially, I was excited for dinner but much more excited for dessert because I think the whole world knows that I am obsessed with donuts. I'm known as "the donut girl" multiple places...

Since I was so excited about this donut place (it's open 24 hours so thankfully I do not live nearby...), I couldn't settle for just one donut. So the ones I settled for were:

My latest adventure in the World of Sweets was going to Dough Loco off of 97th and Madison. I stopped in before classes one morning  cause sometime you just have to treat yo' self. I ordered 3 donuts, unsure of which I was going to eat myself. The flavors included guava honey lemon, coco loco, and blood orange. I tried a bit of the guava frosting that had melted while on the train and realized that guava was not for me so I gave it away. I went for...

I was hoping for a strong orange flavor, however my expectations were not exceeded. The glaze was just OKAY not great. The texture of the dough however... wow. That was great. It was layered with the perfect amount of squish when I bit into it. If I return to Dough Loco, I think I would go for the simple chocolate frosted because I have to remind myself that sometimes fancier isn't better.

So since I now live in New York where there are bakeries on every other corner, I decided to challenge myself.


So I started out my quest to find the greatest donut and ended up at Dough, right off of W 19th and 5th Ave.

As I walked into the wooden doors, I almost ran into the last person in line. The line was about 15 people deep. I thought to myself "Wow, this place must be good if there is a line for donuts at 3pm". I tried to get a peek at the display case that was stocked with so.many.donuts. However, only being around 5' tall, that was kinda tricky because a very tall man was in front of me. Once I got close to the counter, one donut in particular caught my eye.


It sounded and looked like the perfect combination of crunch and chocolate. So I had no other option than to order that perfect donut. However, I think I may have to also try the salted caramel chocolate on my next visit...

After I received my donut, I headed to Union Square to enjoy a beautiful donut on a beautiful day.

My oh my... this donut completed my soul. It was so fluffy and had the perfect amount of glaze and crunchy topping. The little bit of brown sugar and cinnamon in the almond crunch topping went perfectly with the chocolate glaze. And this donut was just slightly smaller than my head. The bigger the better.

Start spreadin' the news, because I've officially lived in the Big Apple for over a week now.


I have already experienced what it is like to shop at Whole Foods *cough* Whole Paycheck *cough*, being on an overly crowded subway at 7am, and sleeping on a $90 futon from IKEA instead of my wonderfully plush bed back home.

I am just a midwestern girl with big dreams, small wallet, but a larger than life heart. This blog is going to be my way of sharing my experiences (mostly about awesome sweets I find) during my time here in the City of Dreams, NEW YORK CITY!

XOXO

Gina