The Lord of the 'Rings': The Return of the Donut King

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A couple of weeks after Dunkin' Donuts [blog post to come]opened up in West Des Moines, I wandered out there on a chillySaturday morning, more interested in sampling breakfast sandwichesthan doughnuts. Finding a fifteen minute wait inside, anddrive-thru traffic backed up onto Eighth Street I angrily stormedoff to revisit Donut King nearby on Grand [seeblog post of previous visit].

Despite thehubbub at Dunkin' Donuts – not unlike the maddening clamor whenKrispy Kreme rolled into town a few years back – business at DonutKing was brisk and lively, seemingly unaffected.

If therewas one ring to rule them all it would be the Peanut,available either on a plain or chocolate doughnut. Surprisingly moist. A damn fine doughnut!

The Raspberry,a jam-filled raised doughnut is light and airy, and not as sweetas I would have expected with all that powdered sugar. Mydoughnut exhibited uneven filling, concentratedto one side. Such idiosyncrasies should be expected from amade-by-hand product.

The Buttercrunchwith a pebbly, yellow-tinged exterior is sweet and messy. Alittle sweet for my tooth, but the kids should like it.