Dunkin Donuts Croissant Donut Review

First, a disclaimer: I have not had an original cronut or any other of it's many imitations.

Now that that's out of the way, I can tell you that I loved the croissant donut!

It is a bit pricey, at $2.49 each.  That makes it much more costly than a regular Dunkin Donuts' donut.

But in my opinion, it was totally worth it. Two thumbs way up!

Dunkin Donuts Review

I bit the bullet and taste tested Dunkin Donut's latest donut creations: brownie batter and cookie dough.  It was a tough sell, but I did it for you guys.  These appear to have been created specifically for Valentine's Day, but I will let you in on a little secret.  I went to get these donuts a week and a half after V-Day and they still existed.  In fact, they had a ton of them.  This was a pleasant surprise because I'm fairly certain anytime there is a new donut flavor, I can't seem to get my hands on it.

The brownie batter filled donut is topped with colored sprinkles. The cookie dough filled donut comes with chocolate chips on top.

The filling on both of these successfully tasted as advertised.  Unlike the cookie dough Oreo debacle, seen here. I would say I liked the brownie batter one a bit better, although its filling distribution was pretty embarrassing.  Why can't they ever make the filling even throughout? My donut partner in crime was partial to the cookie dough flavor because it seemed a more impressive feat.

Overall, I would not turn down either one of these donuts.  They are a welcome change from the usual donut flavors.

Cronuts

Has everyone caught on to the cronut craze?  It's really heating up in NYC, but I haven't ever eaten one.  The idea of a deep fried croissant has had me salivating for months though.  I was even considering driving 15 miles to find an imitation cronut at one point a few months ago.

Then low and behold over one of my Pinterest binges I discovered that you can very easily fry up some cronuts in your own home.  Just take some Pillsbury crescent dough, fry, and cover in cinnamon sugar.

And that is what I did around 11 o'clock at night one Saturday evening.  When the cronuts were fresh out of the fryer we tossed them in cinnamon and sugar.  They were delicious!

New York City Walkabout

Sorry I haven't cooked anything in a while, I promise the second half of my vacation will be spent in front of the stove.

Here's what I have been up to...

On Tuesday I went on an incredible adventure around New York City.  We started down in Battery Park.

After a depressing stroll over to the World Trade Center site, we took a serious walk, 2 miles, to The Meatball Shop.  I got a spicy pork hero with pesto sauce.

 Chris got 3 sliders: classic with tomato sauce, pork with mushroom, and jerk chicken with pesto.  We were both very pleased with our choices.  I highly recommend this joint. Hop to it.

Next we headed over to the Highline which is a lovely park/walkway made from old elevated railroad tracks.  If you haven't been, I recommend it.  It was my favorite part of this adventure.

We hopped off the Highline at 23rd street where we stumbled upon the Doughnut Plant. I got a coconut cream which was unbelievably delicious.  Chris got banana pecan which I refused to taste despite his comment that you really can't taste the banana in it.

Our final foodie stop was Eataly.  Here you can purchase mushrooms for $250 a pound, pig shaped cheese, and balsamic vinegar that is so expensive they keep it locked behind glass.  I'd love to check out their roof-top bar some day.

All in all we walked from Battery Park to 53rd Street which is about 10 miles.  When we got home I was exhausted, full, and definitely had no desire to cook a damn thing.