{"id":17326,"date":"2014-07-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=17326"},"modified":"2023-08-12T14:31:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T00:31:14","slug":"review-krispy-kreme-carrot-cake-doughnut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/31\/review-krispy-kreme-carrot-cake-doughnut\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Krispy Kreme Carrot Cake Doughnut"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Krispy<\/a><\/p>\n

Advice to my 3-year-old self from the future:<\/p>\n

1) Don\u2019t put Barbie in the microwave.
\n2) Alistair Cookie<\/a> is your mentor. Watch him. Glean from him many morals.
\n3) Remember: Play-Doh hamburgers are not actual hamburgers, even when you dip them in Ranch dressing.<\/p>\n

Somewhere down this list, I\u2019d probably put, \u201cTry, just try<\/i>, to eat your carrots.\u201d While I always liked my broccoli, it\u2019s the carrots that gave me grief as a kid. They\u2019re sweet, but stringy. Woodsy, but super \u201corange-y.\u201d Absolutely mushy when overcooked, but slap me sideways when done right. I hate them. But I love them.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019m celebrating my love\/hate relationship. And celebrations demand sugar and sugar demands cake and cake demands to be deep-fried. That\u2019s the scientific chain of events, right?<\/p>\n

Well, that\u2019s what Krispy Kreme thinks with their newest iteration on deep-fried toroids, all gussied up to resemble carrot cake.<\/p>\n

\"Krispy<\/a><\/p>\n

Devotees of the dense cake doughnut, celebrate: this dough is a solid cake specimen, sturdy enough for the deepest dip in your tea\/coffee\/milkshake. While perhaps a smidge dry, it\u2019s chock full of a cinnamon-sugar-honey sweetness accompanied by specks of raisin nibs and carrot shreds that give it a little zing. Said carrot and raisin nibbles may not be abundant in number, but are present enough to add their trademark sweetness without making the doughnut taste like Old McDonald\u2019s Farm.<\/p>\n

And the frosting. It\u2019s everywhere. On the doughnut. On my fingers. On my elbows (how did it get there?). I love it. The film of cream-cheesish frosting\/glaze on top is a smidge tangy, but mostly adds a sugary sweetness that rounds out the out-of-season (but still delicious) blend of fall spices. There\u2019s even a sheen of regular sugar glaze beneath the cream cheese icing for extra sweetness. All this melted sugar leaves a slight film of oil and glaze on your hands, but, so long as you have some napkins and don\u2019t wear neatly pressed white linen gloves all the time, this shouldn\u2019t be a problem.* <\/p>\n

*I just realized: Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny will both<\/i> have this problem. Take off your gloves, guys!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s better is, as you make your way to the center, you uncover the crispy little bit in the middle of the doughnut\u2019s ring. You know what I\u2019m talking about. It\u2019s that ring where the doughnut hole was carved out. It\u2019s crunchy, sweet, gooped with frosting, just on the cusp of being burnt. My favorite. This is why I spend them dolla dolla bills.<\/p>\n

\"Krispy<\/a><\/p>\n

In an unofficial endorsement of the food pyramid, Krispy Kreme is providing you with a prime opportunity to overachieve in your life by consuming both fruit (raisins) and vegetables (carrots) via cake. <\/p>\n

Unless my taste buds are undergoing some sort of reverse trauma from a hyperglycemic fit, the end result was tasty: the cake was cinnamon-y, the carrots were present without being stringy or overbearingly \u201corange-y,\u201d the cinnamon and nutmeg gave some subtle spice, there was deep-frying going on, a few raisins splattered here and there added chewiness, and the tangy frosting added some cheesy zing. I may have even detected a hint of citrus zest in there? Oh, Krispy, you sneaky, conniving, brilliant conglomeration. Not a perfect \u2018nut, but pretty good.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 340 calories, 130 calories from fat, 14 grams of fat, 6 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 20 milligrams of cholesterol, 310 milligrams of sodium, 52 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 35 grams of sugar, and 3 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Krispy Kreme Carrot Cake Doughnut
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $1.10
\nSize:<\/b> N\/A
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Krispy Kreme
\nRating:<\/b> 7 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Solid cinnamon cakey goodness. Deep-fried. Cream cheese icing. Sugary glaze. Chewy raisin bits. Good for dipping. Fulfilling fruit\/vegetable requirement via cake. Morals gleaned from Alistair Cookie.
\nCons:<\/b> Cake gets a little oily. Could maybe use more carrots\/raisins. Crestfallen pineapple lovers. Reflecting on the foolishness of my three-year-old self. Consequences of putting Barbie in the microwave. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Advice to my 3-year-old self from the future: 1) Don\u2019t put Barbie in the microwave. 2) Alistair Cookie is your mentor. Watch him. Glean from him many morals. 3) Remember: Play-Doh hamburgers are not actual hamburgers, even when you dip them in Ranch dressing. Somewhere down this list, I\u2019d probably put, \u201cTry, just try, to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1477,1482],"class_list":["post-17326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-fast-food","tag-krispy-kreme"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17228,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/17\/fast-food-news-krispy-kreme-carrot-cake-and-banana-pudding-doughnuts\/","url_meta":{"origin":17326,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Krispy Kreme Carrot Cake and Banana Pudding Doughnuts","author":"Marvo","date":"July 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Krispy Kreme\u2019s new Southern Summer Classics doughnuts line features two varieties: Banana Pudding and Carrot Cake. 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