{"id":19212,"date":"2015-10-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=19212"},"modified":"2021-01-04T19:21:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T05:21:10","slug":"review-hostess-donettes-maple-glazed-mini-donuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/19\/review-hostess-donettes-maple-glazed-mini-donuts\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Hostess Donettes Maple Glazed Mini Donuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Hold the phone, lower the pitchforks, and pause the Science Channel Documentary on Unicycle Wheel Hubs because, potentially freeing us from the burden of choosing between pancakes and doughnuts ever again, Hostess has stocked the shelves with new Donettes, all gussied up with maple frosting. <\/p>\n

This promise bodes well in a person whose fingers twiddle at the mere thought of a powdered Donette poofing the cusp of one\u2019s upper lip. While we are few, I know there are other, like-minded packaged doughnut enthusiasts out there. These Donettes? They offer a bright new hope for both Donette aficionados and indecisive breakfast eaters alike, so put away the doughnut pan and that bottle of Aunt Jemima. There is no need for syrup where we\u2019re going.<\/p>\n

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

Mini doughnuts can be like small dogs: bold, yippy, potentially overrated, and\/or cute. You never know what you\u2019re going to get. In this way, they are always surprising. Here, we\u2019ve got a crumbly cake of a doughnut. It\u2019s moderately soft and, while not exactly fresh (hey, it\u2019s been in a sack for a few weeks), it\u2019s also not too dry, greasy, or messy to be offensive. <\/p>\n

The glaze is all around and cracks through with a good combination of gritty and smooth. When combined with the neutral cake beneath, the taste comes through with vanilla, artificial maple flavor, straight sugar, and\u2026science! <\/p>\n

Sometimes, science has positive outcomes, like when you build a space satellite or invent a gym sock that always smells pleasant. Other times, science has negative outcomes, like when you create a shrink ray and your neighbor\u2019s baseball crashes through a window and you accidentally shrink your offspring (lookin\u2019 at you, <\/a>Wayne Szalinski). <\/p>\n

Here, science did okay. While all the preservatives saved the Donettes from mold and sustained its certain cakey quality, there\u2019s still a bit of a metallic afterglow in the cake that keeps me from giving these an A-plus endorsement. Don\u2019t get me wrong: it\u2019s not like you\u2019re eating the crushed metallic remains of the Terminator or anything, but the slight chemical aftertaste keeps the flavor from being the full-throttle, running-from-rampage, Terminator 2<\/i> Arnold Schwarzenegger-type of a Donette it could be.<\/p>\n

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

As packaged donuts go, these succeed fairly well. They\u2019re not too sweet, messy, or dry and have a delicious sugared glaze that crackles into maple-like sugar as you bite in. They\u2019re also not perfect. Indeed, you may find yourself pushed away by the slight chemical aftertaste, the fact that they\u2019re not doused in Grade-B maple syrup, or the non-fresh nature of Donettes as a whole. <\/p>\n

On the other hand, if you enjoy packaged doughnuts, have a predilection toward maple syrup flavors, and struggle with Pancake-Doughnut Indecisiveness (a serious social issue), you may never have to make a decision about breakfast again, and that\u2019s a platform I can get behind. Less stress. More mini doughnuts.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 3 mini donuts \u2013 190 calories, 80 calories from fat, 8 grams of fat, 4 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 105 milligrams of sodium, 27 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, 18 grams of sugar, and 1 gram of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Hostess Donettes Maple Glazed Mini Donuts
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $1.99
\nSize:<\/b> 10.5 oz package
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Kroger
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Not too dry. Crackly, maple-forward glaze. Thoughtful balance of sweet glaze and neutral cake. Wayne Szalinski. Infinitely pleasant-smelling gym socks. Science Channel Documentaries on Unicycle Hubs.
\nCons:<\/b> Still kinda dry. Cake doesn\u2019t taste like much. Yippy small dogs. Accidentally shrinking one\u2019s offspring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hold the phone, lower the pitchforks, and pause the Science Channel Documentary on Unicycle Wheel Hubs because, potentially freeing us from the burden of choosing between pancakes and doughnuts ever again, Hostess has stocked the shelves with new Donettes, all gussied up with maple frosting. 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