Little Bob hits the road

Little Bob hits the road
Little Bob hits the road

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Voodoo Doughnuts

I'm back to talk about Voodoo Doughnuts. We first had these in their home town of Portland, OR. They have traveled quite well to Universal Orlando Citywalk.  Today we ate the last 2 of the dozen we purchased on Friday night! We needed a lot more than 2 mornings to eat a dozen! So, I have some favorites and some not so favorites. We got an itemized receipt, so I know what we had. Here goes...
Clay's favorite is Apple Fritter. At $2.95 and dinner plate-sized, it is a bargain. Sharing or 1/2 a day seems a good idea. Clay tried to eat one + help eat his share on the first morning after the ant clean up and I think that just about did him in. That brings me to Memphis Mafia, our least favorite and most expensive at $5.25. It is described as Fried dough with banana chunks and cinnamon covered in glaze, drizzled in chocolate and peanut butter with peanuts and chocolate chips on top. It could serve a family of 4 dessert. It was overwhelming and too many flavors and too greasy. We advise against it. We ended up with one of these because when we originally ordered, Clay requested 2 apple fritters and they were out. As we walked away, the guy behind us called us back as the fritters had been restocked. Clay got his fritter but we kept the Memphis Mafia. Some of my favorites have cereal on top. Those did not store or travel well. The cereal was soggy by the morning after. Keep that in mind when ordering. If you aren't going to eat them immediately, I'd advise again cereal topped doughnuts. We got Triple Chocolate, Chocolate cake doughnut with chocolate frosting and Cocoa Puffs at $1.95. We got Oh Captain, My Captain, Raised yeast doughnut with vanilla frosting and Captain Crunch at $2. One of my favorites was Grape Ape, Raised yeast doughnut with vanilla frosting, grape dust, and lavender sprinkles at $2, a delicious blend of sweet and tart. A new seasonal favorite was Grinch at $3.75, another great combination of sour apple custard filling with sweet icing on top. It even traveled really well. Among regular selections, I also have as favorites Portland Cream (Raised yeast shell filled with Bavarian cream and topped with chocolate and two eyeballs, representing the vision of the great city of Portland at $2.45), the signature Voodoo Doll (Raised yeast doughnut filled with raspberry jelly topped with chocolate frosting and a pretzel stake (characteristics of Voodoo Dolls are all different) at $3.20), Old Dirty Bastard (Raised yeast doughnut with chocolate frosting, Oreo cookies, and peanut butter at $2.60) and PB&J (Raised yeast shell filled with raspberry jelly, topped with peanut butter and a side dip of peanuts at $2.95. The last 2 regular doughnuts that were not too special after all that, were Bar Maple (Raised yeast doughnut with maple frosting on top at $1.60) and Diablos Rex (Chocolate cake doughnut with chocolate frosting, red sprinkles, a vanilla frosting pentagram, and chocolate chips in the middle at $2).