Duck Donuts opened up to some fanfare last fall with their made-to-order donuts and large variety of flavors.
What helps with efficiency is that all the donuts are cake donuts. While there are endless ways to customize your donuts, an easier approach is to choose among the 24 “Fan Favorites.” These include the Sand Dollar (creamy vanilla and coconut) and the French Toast (maple icing, powdered sugar, cinnamon sugar).
I got a dozen ($25) in the Fan Favorites box. Other boxes include the Breakfast Dozen, Random Dozen and Party Dozen. Some notes:
- The Maple Bacon was topped with chopped bacon for a nice mix of sweet and salty.
- The S’Mores didn’t quite hit the mark for its namesake, since it used graham cracker crumbs that were too fine.
- I knew I would like the Boardwalk, which has bits of Oreos, powdered sugar and a vanilla drizzle.
- My Blueberry Pancake was missing the powdered sugar but was still enjoyable.
I was surprised to see sandwiches on the menu. You get your preference of donut or English muffin but of course, you’re going to get a donut. I tried the sausage, egg and cheese donut ($6). It’s just a normal cake donut with no toppings, but I liked it better because you get the unfettered fried flavor of the donut to complement the delicious egg and sausage.
Just for the heck of it, I also got a donut-topped milkshake ($7). Your choices are S’mores, Cookies & Cream or Strawberry, and I elected for the Cookies & Cream, which was outstanding. I appreciated that the Oreo cookies were blended enough that they could pass through the straw. My milkshake was topped by–get this–a cookies and cream donut. If you order this, I encourage you to remove the donut right away because the bottom half will get very soggy from floating in the milkshake.
Duck Donuts is open every day for breakfast and lunch.
