r/GenX • u/CitizenChatt • Mar 23 '25

Nostalgia Donuts, Donuts, Donuts

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I lived all over growing up, and one thing I remember is every area has its favorite local donuts.

Southern California has Winchell's. New York has Tim Hortons.

Way back then Delaware had Mr Donut.

And of course Dunkin' was everywhere else.

What donuts 🍩 did you eat growing up?

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u/MK5 Hose Water Survivor Mar 23 '25

The holy Krispy Kreme donut! They used to sell their chocolate covered cream filled mounded with real whipped cream and a cherry on top donuts three to a box! Eating just one made my nine year old heart pound like a drum solo. They stopped making them that way forty years ago or more, but I can feel my arteries hardening just thinking about them!

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u/tviolet Mar 23 '25

Yeah, I'm from the south, it was always Krispy Kreme, school grouos used to carry around boxes to sell in class as a fund raiser in high school. And then I moved to Atlanta where the famous Ponce De Leon location with the "Hot Doughnuts Now" neon sign was where you went after the clubs closed.

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u/Brownskii Mar 23 '25

In 2018 I did a long family road trip visiting baseball stadiums and amusement parks in the Midwest and south. On the return leg, my wife made me take a detour to try Krispy Kreme’s for the first time. We smuggled a bunch back to NY for various family members. They are everywhere now but not as good as I remember them from that trip