Blue Dot Donuts
Holes – Plain, Powdered, Cinnamon-Sugar, Apple Fritter
Chocolate Dough
Peanut Butter and Jelly
S’mores
Sour Cream Old Fashioned
Blueberry Cake
Red Velvet
A small shop serving locals on Canal Street, the sort of place where visiting for more than ten morning minutes will assuredly see four or more patrons enter and be greeted by name, Blue Dot Donuts is one of those classic mom n’ pop places that has evolved over time without abandoning the principles from which it originated, everything still made on-site with novelties served alongside the classics.
Proudly noting their Donuts to be hand-mixed and cut, but not charging the high tariff of a place like District Donuts +Sliders + Brew, those entering Blue Dot are likely to be tempted by nearly two-dozen daily options including Cake, Raised, Filled and Fritters, the latter surprisingly offered as “Donut Holes” and thus capitalizing on the items two best aspects by maximizing the crunchy surface area without allowing the fruity inside to become saturated with oil.
Using holes to try a few other yeasted choices, all par for the course while a larger Cocoa-infused ring unfortunately came across dry beneath the thin layer of glaze, S’mores proved to be a messy little treat with sticky Fluff and Chocolate shell applied haphazardly along with a dusting of Graham Cracker crumble, the PB&J pocket good enough, though the “jam” was essentially fruitless Pie-filling and thus cloyingly sweet.
Happy to report that both the Blueberry Cake and Old Fashioned met high standards despite likely being made from a mix, Red Velvet actually turned out to be the undeniable best ring offered on the morning before Halloween, the dense Chocolate base rich and moist beneath a frilly piping of lightly sweetened Cream Cheese.
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