Crunch Donut Factory
Brad Fritter – Classic Apple Fritter
Bet Me White – Old Fashioned Glazed Donut
Snoop Doughgy Doughg – Long John with Chocolate Icing and Filled with Bavarian Cream
Marilyn Mondough – Red Velvet Cake Donut with Strawberry Cream Ring
David Doughy – Yeast Donut with Salted Caramel Icing, Cream Cheese and Chocolate Drizzle
Matt Frank Dough – Chocolate Cake Donut dipped in Chocolate Icing with German Chocolate Frosting
Beyonce Doughles Lemonade – Yeast Bismarck filled with Lemon Filling and Lemon Frosting
Recently opened in the same shopping plaza as Al’s Donuts, a location directly across Maryland Parkway from the UNLV Student Union seemingly the perfect spot for 24/7 fried treats, Crunch Donut Factory brings its concept west from Arlington Texas and with clever celebrity names for each of their concoctions the results are mostly impressive.
Not exactly as ‘artisan’ as Donut Bar pretends, yet not as slipshod as a place like Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland, Crunch Donut Factory on Harmon Avenue splits the difference between tradition and modernity with a bevy of Cake, Yeast and Filled choices topped with simple glaze or many preconceived combinations, an added bonus offered by way of building one’s own at the Crunch Creation Station.
Decorated in pink and white stripes with green detailing, each booth bearing a logo with a bizarre Donut man smiling for selfies in back, service at Crunch just prior to 6:30am on Saturday came by way of a chipper youngster, gleefully shouting greetings about Crunch Time to each patron who enters.
Perusing the glass case, Donuts fried throughout the day to replenish supply as needed, most options range anywhere from $2-$3, a cheaper-by-the-dozen-or-half deal yielding six carefully boxed rings plus a Fritter for a pre-tax cost of just thirteen dollars.
Chuckling at the seemingly nonsensical references involved in some of the choices, though Betty White makes perfect sense in the setting of a soft and rich Old Fashioned while the knockoff of Voodoo’s “Blazer Blunt” based on Snoop Dogg proved superior to the original despite Vanilla Cream only filling a quarter of it, “David Doughy” was lost on me both in terms of taste as well as title as the ‘yeasted’ base was far too dense, particularly with the glob of unsweetened Cream Cheese filling.
Pun-infesting an Apple-heavy Fritter that could have stood to be crispier with Meet Joe Black as a whole lot of sour Citrus filled a fluffy pocket topped with Lemon frosting for Mrs. Jay-Z the best bites from Crunch Donut Factory came by way of their Cocoa-heavy Cake choices, the Marilyn Mondough accenting moist Red Velvet with Strawberry Cream while Matt Frank Dough was intense and indulgent with Darker Chocolate first shellacked in Chocolate Icing and then slathered in German Chocolate Frosting.
FOUR STARS: Anticipating this opening for some time, the signage replacing a Shave Ice spot several months ago, Crunch Donut Factory brings good Donuts to a neighborhood in desperate need of them, a strong competitor to Donut Mania or Pink Box with the ability to customize to ones liking presenting something entirely new to the Las Vegas area.
RECOMMENDED: Marilyn Mondough, Matt Frank Dough, Bet Me While.
AVOID: David Doughy.
TIP: 24/7 with ordering and delivery online via UberEats.
WHAT THE STARS MEAN: 5 World Class, 4 Excellent, 3 Good, 2 Fair, 1 Poor.
http://www.crunchdonutfactory.com/
