Pinkbox Doughnuts
Buttermilk Bar – Buttermilk Cake, Glaze
Green Machine – Pistachio Cake Doughnut, Glaze, Pistachio Cream Cheese Buttercream, Pistachio Cake Crumbs
Mr.Blueberry – Yeast Doughnut, White Frosting, Blueberry Cheesecake Filling, Golden Oreos, White Chocolate Chips, Blueberry Glaze
Veegee – Vegan Carrot Cake Doughnut, Vegan Vanilla Buttercream, Orange Frosting
Chocolate Diva – Chocolate Cake Doughnut, Chocolate Frosting, Sprinkles
Ol’ Fashioned – Old Fashion Doughnut, Glaze
Feelin’ Toasty – Yeast Doughnut, Toasted Coconut, Glaze
Maple Bar – Yeast Doughnut, Maple Frosting
Maple Ol’ Fashioned – Old Fashion Doughnut, Maple Frosting
Blue Rainbow Ring – Vanilla Cake, Blue Frosting, Rainbow Sprinkles
Occupying 9435 West Tropicana Avenue inside Crossroads Plaza Shopping Center and open 24-hours with fresh bakes replenishing supply as necessary, it was with items carefully boxed and delivered to an office three miles away that Pinkbox brightened Wednesday morning.
More and more social-media savvy over the years this visit entailed more than the usual “OG Classics,” and although PinkBox’s Old Fashioned Cogwheels are still Las Vegas’ best additional traditional choices are mostly as expected and more expensive than spots like Real Donuts or Ronald’s.
Fully committed to clever nomenclature, though Sin City’s best Buttermilk Bar remains exactly that, “Veggee” takes the Poomoji in new directions via Vegan Carrot Cake and luxurious “Cream” while Mr.Blueberry makes Roberto Armanino’s Cheesecake Bavarian better with Fruit and textural toppings.
Finishing with an all-new “Doughnut of the Month,” a preference for Cake Doughnuts admitted, the “Green Machine” is nothing short of revelatory in terms of both its moisture and nuttiness, but the manner in which Pistachio Cream Cheese Buttercream manages to be sweet yet lightly sour and full of nuance.
FOUR AND A HALF STARS: A fan of the staff and fried Dough at Pinkbox for nearly nine years there remains no place better for Ol’ Fashioned and artisan choices, but as prices have inched upwards the value for more basic forms of Bars or Raised Donuts has diminished even as creativity has flourished.
RECOMMENDED: Maple Ol’ Fashioned, Buttermilk Bar, Veegee, Ol’ Fashioned, Green Machine, Feelin’ Toasty.
AVOID: N/A.
TIP: Open 24/7
WHAT THE STARS MEAN: 5 World Class, 4 Excellent, 3 Good, 2 Fair, 1 Poor.
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