Duck Donuts
By Elise Devoe, @CookinWithBooze
Is there anything better than a donut hot out of the fryer? I have been to plenty of donut shops before, but Duck Donuts is definitely the most unique one I’ve been to. My past experience with donuts has been picking them out of a display case, not knowing when they were made. I am definitely going to be more picky about my donuts now after having them hot off the presses at Duck Donuts in West Ashley.
DONUTS & A SHOW
Normally you are just handed your donut and you’re on your merry way, but at Duck Donuts you get to watch your donuts being made from start to finish. It’s a donut and a show! A machine drops the donuts into the fryer then plop out onto a tray. The donuts are then decorated to order and you can customize your toppings.
They have a wide variety of toppings and you can either customize them or use a combination they’ve already created. I decided to leave the flavor combos up to the experts and go with the pre-made options. They had a lot of fall-inspired flavors like pumpkin and also some spooky donuts leftover from Halloween. I’m sure those will be replaced by peppermint everything in a day or so!
THE GOODS
We got a ½ dozen donuts as a part of our Tastemakers event. We tried the blueberry with powdered sugar, lemon with raspberry drizzle, maple with bacon, apple with streusel and salted caramel, oreo, and pumpkin with streusel. My favorite was definitely the maple with bacon. Usually, I think bacon is overused in desserts and it’s kind of a stretch to put it in there, but it is totally welcome on a donut. It tasted exactly like dipping bacon in syrup, but with the added bonus of it being atop a fluffy donut.
I really wish Duck Donuts was closer to my house, because it’s the ultimate cure for the Sunday scaries AKA hangovers, but I’m willing to travel back to West Ashley for it. I saw that they have a breakfast sandwich where a donut is the bun, so you best believe I will be coming back for that ASAP.
