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Doughnuts Delight What’s the only thing better than doughnuts? Artisanal doughnuts, of course. At Doughnut Lounge, which opened Dec. 17, the doughnuts are fresh, fluffy and highly creative. With menu highlights like Oreo Stuffed, Maple Bacon and S’More, it’s impossible to leave disappointed. The Oreo Stuffed, a glazed doughnut with chocolate sprinkles and Oreo instead of a hole in the middle, is a delicious $3.25. The Oreo, rather than being crunchy as I expected, was fluffy and somehow the same consistency as the rest of the doughnut, which created
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Lounge’s website, are “part doughnut, part entree,” and perhaps the most truly creative items on the list. The menu features Noduts like the Glazed & Gravy, which is a glazed doughnut served with sage and sausage gravy and a fried egg. Of course, like more traditional bakeries, not every item on the menu is available every day. What is displayed in the glass case is all that was made for that day, and it might not be your favorite item. But with such creative and diverse flavors available, you’ll come each time wanting to try something new, whether it’s breakfast, dinner or a late-night snack, because it’s open Sunday through Tuesday 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Thursday through Saturday 6:30 a.m. to 1 a.m., but closed Wednesdays.
S’More
chocolate ganache glaze, marshmallow fluff, graham cracker crumble
Maple Bacon
bacon bits, maple glaze
Lucky Charms
cereal milk glaze, cereal bits
Ham and Cheese
baked ham bits, local cheddar, honey mustard glaze
Apple Fritter
yeast-raised doughnut scraps, apple compote, glaze
(doughnutlounge.com)
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BY CHLOE BARRETT ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
a taste experience that was more like eating a chocolate stuffed doughnut. Doughnut Lounge also features more standard doughnuts such as glazed, chocolate and strawberry. The strawberry doughnut was a plain doughnut topped with powdered sugar and strawberry slices, with strawberry cream filling in the center. It was extremely fresh, and the strawberry cream filling was a subtle flavor that really brought out the strawberries adorning the top of the doughnut. Located in Westport, Doughnut Lounge was full but without a line. Because the doughnuts have already been fried, there is no wait to receive the creation you desire. Unless, that is, you order a Nodut Doughnut, which are made to order. Noduts, according to Doughnut
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Menu Highlights
What’s your favorite doughnut? Glazed Chocolate Jelly-Filled Other Out of 96 responses
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