Craving for Donuts
Where to get donuts in Seattle for the first time visitor?
I am writing a road trip novel, called One Light Year Road Trip. Every time I write about a character eating sweets, I have to take a break. And because I have been seeing Halloween cookies, candies, cream everywhere these past few days, an intense craving for donuts hit my tongue. After I had gone through a period of purging sugar, I don’t get the cravings like before. However, the past couple of days, I was dreaming of donuts. I grew up with donuts, fresh out of the shop. My dad would get us a dozen for the family. Everyone in my family had their preferences: the plain, the twist, chocolate filled, cream filled, and strawberry jelly filled. Oh man, thinking of those sugar cakes makes my mouth salivate sweeter! Those iced and glazed delights were served warm at 5 p.m on Saturdays. When I think of those donuts, it’s tough for me to resist fried doughs with holes.
If you are new to Seattle, and you are craving donuts, these are good three places for donuts. Of course, there are more donut places here, but these are the three that I go back to satisfy a quick crave or when a celebration is in place. I could categorize them several ways, but this is the way I am going to do it.
Three places for donuts
- Craving light and an airy donut. Krispy Kreme would be a good place. There are only three places, two in Seattle and one in Issaquah. They have gotten pretty crafty with decorating their donuts for holidays.
- If you are looking for dense and heavy donuts, Top Pot is a good stop. When I have added walnuts on top of their donuts, sometimes that would suffice me for lunch. They are located all over Seattle and the outskirts of the city.
- If you are a foodie and don’t mind spending money on morning desserts, then open your mouth and your wallet for a mini donut with all that. There is a place called Lola located in downtown Seattle. That is a place to go when you are celebrating an event or if you are looking for a different kind of donut. Though a bit on the pricey side, they have good food. Have brunch or breakfast if you want their specialty donuts with jelly and mascarpone cheese.
By saying that, the music man and I, the research girl drove to Krispy Kreme after an errand. When we walked into Krispy Kreme, their donuts were cooling off on the belt. At the display side, it was cute to see that they had the Halloween theme going on their donuts.
Fresh donuts in Seattle coming up
I choose what I craved: chocolate iced and plain glazed. He chose the donuts with cream and sprinkles. My limit for donuts is two. All my three donuts disappeared in under five minutes. Those donuts went very good with my coffee. Speaking of road trips, a quick stop to a donut place would be definitely good road trip food when you are in the mood for a quick snack.
Tidbits:
If you are are hunting for donuts Downtown Seattle and Capitol Hill you would have to pay to park if you are driving.
For Lola, you might need reservations if you are going there on the weekends or brunch.