I love my local donut shop. It isn’t a chain store, and the proprietors are very nice. They sometimes give some bonus pastries with the purchase of a dozen or so donuts. Anyhow, I bought two dozen donuts on Monday, and here are a couple of observations about the shelf life of various types of donuts (which may or may not apply to your own local shop’s donuts):
1. Cake donuts (the ones with sprinkles) get stale after the second day. This goes for both the chocolate and plain cake donuts.
2. Twists (the phallic-shaped ones, if you want to be psychoanalytical about it) are usually a bit too doughy when they are fresh. They taste better on the second day, and might be even better on the third day. Then they get stale later in the week.
3. My local donut shop sold out of filled donuts the day I went there, so I couldn’t “test” how long they last. I suppose they would last about as long as glazed twists, since they are made of the same kind of dough.
4. Yes, it takes quite a bit of willpower to not eat two dozen donuts in one sitting, in order to make this week-long observation. The sacrifices I make for science, I tells ya…
— Ryan
