Colorado Donuts
Apple Fritter
Ube Cake
Red Velvet Cake
Buttermilk Bar
Fried Twix
Raised and Glazed Peanut Butter Cup
Raised and Frosted Cookie Monster
Stacked Cookies n’ Cream Croissant Donut
Located a bit northeast of Los Angeles proper, and likely overlooked by the same folks who rave SK and DK as a result of its address, Colorado Donuts may seem like just another Asian donut shop amidst hundreds in the city, but a closer look at the cozy corner shop shows a surprising degree of diversity with several classics served up alongside some of the most whimsical fried dough this side of Voodoo.
Not particularly the most attractive of spots, a few tables and a rather uninspiring cooler of ice creams that looked to be several days old set beside several large cases and racks of fried dough, a visit to Colorado Donuts requires a bit of deliberation to decide which items look best and with social media check-ins and buy-six-get-one-free offers helping to offset slightly high prices an eight-part order was elaborated, the $16.12 total largely a result of selecting several $2+ specials soon to be boxed and bagged.
Sitting down to taste, some in house and the rest later on, first bites of a buttermilk bar found plenty of sour notes beneath the sugary glaze and although the raised and frosted Sesame Street themed ring was cuter that it was tasty, the version topped with chopped Reese’s was as soft and fluffy as those found at Donut Man or California Donuts, on par with the best in the city.
Moving on to cake, both the cocoa-strewn Red Velvet and semi-sweet bright purple Ube were supple yet toothsome beneath a light spread of cream cheese, and although exceedingly rich as well as quite messy, the laminated stack of Oreo fluff was every bit worth the calories, though perhaps a dish best shared.
Saving what was presumed to be the ‘best’ for last, it was into a longjohn labeled as “Twix” that a plastic knife was plunged, and meeting some resistance before slowly sawing through the flavors of melted chocolate, caramel, and crunchy cookie confirmed all rumors of the fried candy bar’s decadence, though the apple fritter that followed soon managed to wrestle away the spotlight with an exterior that crackled amidst glaze and darkly tanned edges, the interior soft and strewn with apples but virtually free of oil.
