Doughnut Plant

Jason e-mailed me a couple weeks ago asking if I'd tried the jelly doughnuts at Doughnut Plant.  I'd heard of the Doughnut Plant a few years ago on TV but never checked it out.  Well, in my summer of trying new things, I put Doughnut Plant on the list.  My craving for a good jelly doughnut won out last Saturday, so I took a trip on the F train to the Lower East Side and got me some doughnuts.

I did my research on the website and on Yelp.com, and people kept mentioning how good the tres leches and creme brulee doughnuts were.  When I got in line, a couple people behind me were talking about having "foodgasms" and coming back for more.  Were these doughnuts going to live up to the hype?  I sure hoped so.  It smelled really good in that little doughnut shop.

I ordered one tres leches, one creme brulee, and one peanut butter and jelly doughnut.  It set me back $7.75.  Hmmm.

I sat on a bench outside Seward Park and tried the tres leches, which is a cake doughnut.  One bite and I was sold.  Totally worth it.  Sweet but not too sweet.  Had a creamy texture inside.   My mouth is watering recalling that doughnut.  I understand the need to describe the experience as a "foodgasm" now.

I couldn't resist trying the creme brulee immediately after.  It's a smaller doughnut, but it packs a lot of punch. And just like the real dessert, it has a caramelized sugary top and custard on the inside.  Mmmm.  Something tells me Janice would like this doughnut.  :)

After eating those two doughnuts, I didn't want to risk sugar overload, so I sealed the PB&J in my paper bag and protected it for breakfast on Sunday morning.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Doughnut

As Jason said, there is jelly in every bite.  True fact:

If they had called this shop "Doughnut Planet," I would have believed them.  These doughnuts are out of this world.