June 1st is National Donut Day. Yes friends, praise the culinary gods for blessing us with a whole day dedicated to the celebration of donuts. Basically, an excuse for eating all. of. the. donuts. In spirit of this, I thought it would only be fitting to share with you what I think are the BEST donuts in Auckland.
If you call yourself a donut lover and you haven't tried the places I'm about to talk about, you're going to need to book out your diary this weekend. Let's jump straight into it, we've got donuts to eat.
If you call yourself a donut lover and you haven't tried the places I'm about to talk about, you're going to need to book out your diary this weekend. Let's jump straight into it, we've got donuts to eat.
My newest discovery (and obsession) is Grown Up Donuts, pictured above. Grown Up Donuts is a market hopping nomadic business supplying light and buttery donuts to Auckland and it's neighbouring towns. I'm lucky to live by one of their regular spots, and in the 3 times I've eagerly handed over my eftpos card, I've returned home with 8 different flavours. Lemon and lime meringue, gingerbread, belgian white chocolate orange, espresso... I could go on but I think by now you're probably drooling. MUST TRY.
My next recommendation really doesn't need an introduction because they are QUEEN'S. Little and Friday have been slaying the donut game since 2007, and believe me when I say these donuts are pure h-e-a-v-e-n. The Raspberry Creme Diplomat pictured above is creamy and sweet, with a cleverly balanced hit of tangy raspberries; it couldn't be more perfect. Note: if you don't end up covered in icing sugar, you're doing it wrong.
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Now this last suggestion may be controversial considering the company it's in, but I have to give credit where credit is due. After a late night trek to Manakau (trek isn't used lightly considering I live in North West Auckland) I discovered how simple and delicious a fresh, Original Glazed Donut from Krispy Kreme is. All I'm going to say is, trust me; even if there is the slightest bit of doubt in your mind. Although, don't take this suggestion as word if the donut is over a day old, it won't even come close.
By all means, form your own opinions, but please do the donut world justice and try one (or all of these) at least once. Plus! If you have any favourites lemme know in the comments; this long weekend is calling for some donut discoveries!
Rhi x
Rhi x
