Sheryl Rosen > wrote in message >...
> My local Shaw's market recently began selling Krispy Kreme donuts.
> This is kinda funny to me, because the other major market in our area, Stop
> and Shop, has a Dunkin Donuts kiosk in most stores. Coffee, donuts, muffins,
> the whole nine yards.
>
> Anyway, stopped at Shaws on the way home from work. The first thing I put in
> the cart was a pair of very small donuts. One chocolate frosted with Cream
> filling, the other similar, but with custard filling. They were 75 cents
> each!!!!! And let me tell you. SMALL!!!! I mean, maybe 3 inches in diameter
> and only about an inch tall. And nothing special. I had the cream filled
> donut just now. Nothing special. Light, yeah, good chocolate frosting, but
> no better than the donuts they used to sell there, that they made there (or
> were made elsewhere by Shaw's and brought in, who knows.) and half the size
> for 50% more! I did like the cream filling, that was tasty, and different
> than most donut fillings I've had, but there wasn't enough of it for my
> taste. Overall, for the money and all the hype, I wasn't impressed.

Neither am I. I've had them fresh from a KK store, and I could never
see what the attraction was. To me, they're pretty greasy, and not
all that tasty.

-L.