When I got married, my wife and I made a web-page that listed Atlanta-area
restaurants that we rated. Krispy Kreme got a 5-star / 1-star rating:
5-stars if the "Hot Doughnuts" light was on, 1-star otherwise. I think they
are amazingly tasty when they are piping hot, but nothing more than a
sugary greaseball when cooled. You can reheat them in the microwave to
improve them slightly, but it's not the same.

On the other hand. I had developed a Krispy Kreme ice-cream recipe on the
occasion of a friend's birthday party, and it was quite popular. Here it
is:

Triple Kreme Ice Cream
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Ingredients
1 egg
5 egg yolks
7 oz sweetened condensed milk (1/2 can)
2 c heavy cream
1-1/2 c milk
3/4 t vanilla
1 pinch salt
1-1/2 t flour
1/4 t dry yeast
1/2 t malt extract
1 t honey
3 Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts

Wisk eggs, egg yolks, and sweetened condensed milk in a bowl. Set aside.

Combine cream and milk in pot and heat over medium-low heat, stirring until
it begins to bubble.

Pour milk and cream mixture into egg mixture and wisk together. Add vanilla,
salt, and flour.

Return the mix to the pot and heat over medium-low heat, stirring until the
mixture has a thick custard-cream like consistency.

Remove from heat and add yeast, malt extract, and honey. Wisk together.

Place doughnuts in a blender or food processor (one with at least 1-1/2 qt
capacity) and pour the custard mixture over the doughnuts.

Blend at high-speed for 1 minute or until there is little or no trace of
doughnut bits.

Pour into a bowl and let cool. Place the mixture in the fridge, covered,
overnight.

Process into Ice Cream per the directions of your ice-cream maker.

Good when served over a hot doughnut. Strawberry or raspberry jelly or
custand creme make good toppings.




Sheryl Rosen wrote:

> 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.
>
> Is it just me, or is Krispy Kreme a lot of marketing hype and not much
> else?
>
> I miss the donuts I used to be able to get at Stop and Shop. They were
> big, with LOTS of filling. I always brought my dad some. He'd go there
> himself for their donuts. And with a Dunkin' and another local donut shop
> across the street, he preferred the donuts at Stop and Shop because they
> were bigger, cheaper and were all about the fillling. Dad loved jelly or
> apple filled donuts. Oh well.