I figured they would offer the Christmas-y treat until at least the holiday. I went down to the Lower East Side one Saturday afternoon in mid-December and they told me they didn’t have it. They said maybe that weekend. So I called both Saturday and Sunday and both times they let me down and when asked when they would have it again, I got a very helpful, “I don’t know.”
Christmas was fast approaching and because of my work schedule, Tuesday morning was my only option. I called them on my way to the gym and the guy said they had them and that I should come down there as early as possible. So, I turned back home, skipped the gym, and went to get my doughnut. That’s right: I skipped the gym so I could eat a doughnut. Bring on the fat ass comments!!!
I’ve been to Doughnut Plant before and they really do make some of the best, freshest doughnuts. And their flavors are always unique and original. I drooled over the tres leches and the coconut cream doughnuts. But I resisted and ordered my require tasting: chestnut.
It was a great doughnut with some nice crunchy textures (from the roasted chestnuts?), but I felt it was missing a deep chestnut flavor. Chestnuts are a rather bland flavor to begin with, so maybe that was the problem. But at least I got to taste it and can check another item off my list. And I had an excuse to skip the gym.
Would Doughnut Plant’s Chestnut Cake Doughnut make my Top 100 of the year? I was hoping for a more intense chestnut flavor so I have to give it a 6 out of 10but I know they’re other flavors are out of this world.
