QotW (Week): 05 Oct - 12 Oct 2015: Donuts!

[padyofurniture]

I don't eat many donuts either. When I was a kid, I rather enjoyed an apple fritter, chocolate timbit or a sour cream glazed one. Nowadays, if I happen to have one, I can usually taste the shortening and it spoils it for me.

[Lynn49]

^ Yuppers!!! And that strawberry goodness on the inside!!! BE SURE THEY DO NOT GIVE YOU THE LEMON LOL

I'll take the lemon one!! Gimmee, gimmee!!!

[Natalka]

^ I love lemon ones, too! Actually love any type of filling in bismarks.

Husband really, really misses dutchies - he doesn't eat many sweets, and those were his go-to.

[Shwa Girl]

Then there's the walnut crunch from Tim's - oh, they used to be so good. Even when they changed a few years ago, they were still okay. They might be gone now, I think - I don't know, haven't been to Tim's in a year.

agree
walnut crunch from back in the day

[Natalka]

Can't forget bowties - best deal ever for a buck, my son and I would share one, they were so big.

[Darth Penguin]

not a donut type person...

[danger_dan]

[QUOTE=Lynn49;6481671...the raisin ones? I don't see them there anymore...[/QUOTE]

The one's with the raisins are the Dutchie TimBits...The Lady and I absolutely love the Dutchie donuts

unfortunately, I don't think many other (or enough any way) liked it enough for Tim Horton's to continue making them...I've asked at every single (yes EVERY SINGLE) Tim's I've been to for the past few years...they don't have them anymore...some servers look at me with questioning eyes and say they don't even know what that is...

I grew up on Zehrs dutchies and apple fritters, and they were huge and substantial and fresh and natural with big chunks of fruit.
Of course as a kid I hated them, I would have rather had anything with sprinkles...but now I think of them as the ideal donut ...

AHA, Danger_dan!! I knew it couldn't be only me who noticed that they were missing from our orders! They were my absolute favourites!...

Husband really, really misses dutchies - he doesn't eat many sweets, and those were his go-to.

Do we need to petition Tim Horton's to #BringBackTheDutchie?

[danger_dan]

not a donut type person...

I guess there's no Tim Horton's franchise on the Death Star huh?

[walkonby]

I will not go out of my way to buy donuts .....but if any donuts happen to land here it is because of DH, ( a weakness of his ) and I will partake only so he does not feel bad!!
I can actually take or leave donuts ( other things not so much ) but it must be because I have a negative association with Tim's donuts now.
When I was working whenever the management had any bad news to deliver they did it in a conference room and supplied boxes of Tim's donuts to ease the pain maybe? and clear their consciences?
Plus when we celebrated b'day's or other career milestone's for employees the staff always provided them AND also at Pot Lucks, coworkers that did not cook would bring them as their contribution.
So yeah, got old and tired real quick! ( the donuts!! not me! )

If I had to pick a favourite it would be Boston Cream. I love the chocolate that is on top, but I do not care for donuts where the batter is chocolate like in some of their double chocolate kinds.

[Natalka]

So here, since Tim's has gone downhill, Robin's is the alternative franchise where the doughnuts are a tad better.
However, one is MUCH better off going to any of the many local bakeries we have to get not just doughnuts, but a variety of baked goods.

[saddlebag]

When I was a kid, there was this small restaurant that made homemade apple fritters. I can still imagine the taste....mmmm

i used to like some of the Tim Hortons donuts, but now I find they are all just flavourless and sweet.