Ranking Chain Donuts | Bless Your Rank

[@alostrich]

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[@glennschlorf1285]

Matt all them donuts suck compared to our Columbus Ga glazed donut Golden Donut Co..... krispy cremes are almost like Dunkin...

[@myrhev]

I can't believe Daylight wasn't at the bottom. You should try Lickin Good Doughnuts. They have one in Pensacola and I think there are several in Alabama.

[@spartansheart808]

Love your work Matt! You'd love the History Channel series The Foods that Built America. They actually have an episode on the rise of donuts. Also... The story of Kellogg and Post is super cutthroat. Enjoy.

[@loganclark7842]

I'm gonna point out to yall Canada and many other countries also have freedom that 2nd grade teachers say only we have.

[@rryannn1]

Use code DONUT2024 to find donuts.

[@mockfanatik]

I was a Walmart bakery manager. Yes, the donuts are all frozen and all we do in bake them in the oven on racks that’s why the “grill” marks. We were a small Walmart so we glazed by hand instead of the glazing machine. Also, there is a button that we push so when we bake bread the smell goes through the air vents so everyone smells the bread. Pushes sales up.

[@frzstat]

There is a movie theater near me that pipes the aroma of the cooking popcorn right over the line for the ticket booth. Everyone in line smells fresh popcorn while they wait for tickets.

[@HLBear]

The smell of baking is never wrong.

[@BigDCoasterFam]

My grandfather worked at a Sunbeam bread factory. The smell of bread walking through when I was a kid, awesome.

[@KT28818]

I worked at a grocery store and this is also what we did to our donuts. Though, those marks were somehow already there on ours when they came out of the freezer, before baking them.

[@rryannn1]

@@KT28818 Science!

[@meatbyproducts]

I was active duty military in Washington DC on 9/11. A couple days into everything locked down I got permission to take another troop to Krispy Kreme and buy like 12 dozen donuts. We got there, and they were so happy to see some military people they took our order, and we paid for the 12 dozen, then they kept bringing us fresh ones to eat while we waited... i think I had a dozen while standing there. They then filled our car with boxes of donuts like 25+ dozen. We got back to base and just drove around handing out boxes. We were allowed to go down a few more times before the base was opened back up . Needless to say, you can have too many Krispy Kreme. It was years before i could even smell one. Great company and great glazed donut!.

[@kathycazenave7434]

Just started watching the video. If Krispy Kreme doesn't win, boy, I am through with you!

[@bigbear7233]

That just made my day. People always say “thank you for your service”, but it’s nice to see people being thankful in real time for you being brave enough to stand in front of us on our own soil. Hopefully that is the last time.

[@regeniatipton1930]

As soon as you pulled out the Krispy Kreme box, I knew it had my vote!

[@LindaAucone-xb5in]

"Everything at DD is now frozen and delivered when needed and defrosted when needed! You could be eating a frozen donut, muffin, hash browns, croissant, bagel from four months ago! You can easily tell everything was frozen! Hard and unappealing, taste stale! The last thing they made fresh was the muffins not long ago!! High prices too!" ❤😂😢😮😅

[@Nana-zi9xq]

I worked at one packing them. After about three days you are over them.

[@snitzleflick1618]

For a Shipley’s, when it gets a day old, whip out the skillet and some butter and pan fry the sucker. Brings it back like Lazarus.

[@RTHenry83]

😂 that's too funny

[@curtisstewart3179]

Sprinkle some cinnamon on it while it "toasts in butter".

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

How do u keep it a day!! Ours are gone instantly

[@OtherBlueFae]

It’s so weird that your Shipley’s is so dense because where I live, they are light and pillowy softly. Just so lovely and melt in your mouth goodness. I love Shipley’s so so much.

[@Pamzollman]

Exactly!!!

[@Mark-il5wu]

A true Texas Shipley’s donut smokes Krispey Kreme every time.

[@caseyenquist]

You gotta get them and eat them not set up a video and get 5 other sets of doughnuts and stuff but I agree Shiples is top tier

[@caseyenquist]

If it's all a day late I guess it's fair but all fresh is the way lol

[@traciepruitt1702]

Chocolate iced is my jam! 😋

[@christineh14]

Eating a Krispy Kreme donut hot off the conveyor belt with the glaze still soft from the Waterfall of Sugar Glaze is a transcendent experience.

[@HLBear]

It is, indeed. ❤

[@juanita_rocksteady2761]

Oh, dude, that made me want to smoke a cigarette. 😂

[@sparrowsfriend]

Took my father-in-law after he was years deep into dementia and he wondered were he was until he tasted the Original Glazed Krispy Kreme. A huge smile came over his face. He didn’t remember the name but he said, ‘ I remember these. I used to like these!’. Warmed my heart. He had taken at least 9 of his grandchildren regularly to Krispy Kreme throughout the years.

[@superbford]

It is a one note flavor fail.

[@cakensteak]

Imagine there are pastries that cost 10 times more than a KK donut because they are 10,000 times better.

[@carrierummel5636]

Never woulda thought toxic shock would enter a donut review😂😂

[@theresagomez2605]

Like Matt, I wonder what the algorithm makes of that!😂😂😂

[@DMS-pq8]

Yeah was not expecting tampons to be mentioned

[@eggiesammich]

That made me laugh so hard. I grew up TERRIFIED of getting TSS 😂 again, too much time reading boxes in the bathroom...

[@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts]

😂😂😂

[@wjb-wi6dt]

@@eggiesammich That's also where I learned all about it! I loved going to my grandma's because she had a rack of old Reader's Digest issues by the toilet so I had better reading material than the tampon box.

[@WhistlinDixie5000]

Dunkin' also freezes their doughnuts. They're delivered, daily, to most locations. They don't have Fred getting up and making the doughnuts for them at 4am anymore.

[@pgtrish]

They used to be SO GOOD when they were made in store, now they just taste like a prepackaged gas station donut. 😢😢😢😢

[@marydillon3039]

They taste old

[@spaceracer23]

No wonder they're awful.

[@dragonstryk7280]

@@pgtrish Hey, hey, hey. I from DD territory, and that's not fair. Some of those gas station doughnuts are really good.

[@StutterinSeuss]

...time to make the donuts!

[@edefyinggravity]

Watched this with my 12 year old son. It lead to a 15 minute discussion about toxic shock syndrome and how tampons work. He's seen them and knew generally what they're for but not how they're used. He's both horrified and fascinated. Probably going to get a phone call from a teacher tomorrow. 😂

[@laydenyump3619]

That’s a good parent right there 😂

[@beefeater777]

😂

[@monnanugent8168]

What a wonderful laugh. Thank you.

[@gigiw.7650]

My son brought home some homework on simple male/female stuff and he got a lecture on hermaphrodites! I'm a nurse and actually had one as a patient at the time. Poor kid! 😂 I don't think that he ever recovered. 😅

[@jackalnerf6230]

In today's episode, Matt not only antagonizes Texans as usual, but specifically antagonizes Czech-German Texans. Hide Matt, they will throw Shiner Bock at your house and attack with rolling pins.

[@thesledgehammerblog]

I’m pretty sure they revoked his Buc-ee’s privileges after the last video so there’s not much they can do in retaliation…

[@mattyice782]

The level of Central Texas in this reply is over 9,000 😂

[@theevermind]

But as a Texan, I understand what he's saying about Oklahoma.

[@hamhouke]

Sorry, but I’m a Texan and Shipley’s makes great kolaches, but you can’t beat a Kristy Kreme hot off the belt. Daylight Donuts is the Waffle House of donuts.

[@drendawayland8855]

Kolaches are definitely NOT pigs in a blanket. Actually kolaches are fruit not meat. Even though we call them kolaches.

[@spomama7822]

When I was pregnant with my daughter, my husband would have to cross over 4 lanes of traffic if we drove past our local Krispy Kreme and I saw that the "hot now" sign was on. I joke with our daughter that she's 30% Krispy Kreme. 😂

[@avalerie4467]

Sweet ❤

[@SpoonHurler]

When my little sister was pregnant me and my brother in law had to drive to another state to get her Krispy Kreme from "the good one that makes them right". Good times.

[@Cyco-iu5if]

When we were tailgating at a UTC game, a friend of ours cut a Krispy Kreme in half like a bagel. He then proceeded to place them face down on a grill and filled the holes with shredded cheddar. He then topped them with bacon. He then made a sandwich out this. Is this man a genius...yes he is. It was mind meltingly good.

[@LeeAllanSpades]

As a teacher, we get SO MANY of those Christmas boxes from Dunkin from well-intentioned parents. The heart is there, but there are SO MANY better donut places in our area that they could have gone to.

[@johncameron4194]

Yes!

[@christopherbriggs9526]

they do not like you

[@thebrpob]

This calls for a "bless your heart"

[@andrewbajwa]

I’ll tell ya what. Matt may become an honorary North Carolinian with his Krispy Kreme & Bojangles high rankings. God Bless em!

[@dougfowler1368]

Wait, Bo knows donuts? We just got one in NE Ohio and love it, don't think I saw donuts there or in the Charlotte Airport where I'd had it before.

[@thesledgehammerblog]

Just need to sneak Cook Out into one of these comparisons and he's all set, right?

[@BrewBlaster]

He needs milk with those donuts.

[@KimberlyFranklin-zi6zu]

North Carolinian here and we agree! You need a cheerwine to go with it and you’ve got the Nc special.

[@allenblevins8898]

@@dougfowler1368 Bojangles doesn't have donuts, but they do have Bo'berry biscuits. I always called them crackberry biscuits because once you try them, you're hooked

[@hazelleblanc8969]

As someone from Massachusetts, the birthplace of Dunkies, I totally agree with you. They used to be baked in the store and now they're shipped in, so they are never as fresh, plus they're a lot smaller than they used to be. A warm Krispy Kreme donut I have had only once, and it was the food of the gods!

[@GenXBecks]

DD can't win at glazed, yeasted donuts. They started with cake donuts, which the kids don't want, and can't compete with KK. Now if you want a blueberry cake donut, that's something else.

[@rachelshaub1742]

Dunkin comes in frozen thawed out and served some of the franchises are horrible

[@Tigerpride8706]

Amen!!!!!!

[@316Autos]

I went to Boston for the first time last year. First thing that stood out to me was how damned many Dunkin Donuts there were. You can't go 100 feet without seeing one. And I hate Dunkin Donuts

[@ronswanson8563]

I wondered why their donuts were so mediocre always.

[@PernStar2008]

As a Canadian, I just had to watch because I saw Timmies in the tumbnail.....I'm pretty satisfied with the result, and now I want to try a fresh Krispy Kreme donut the next time I'm down in the USA.

[@ram89572]

Is "Timmies" the Canadian version of the Aussies calling McDonald's "Maccas"?

[@PernStar2008]

@@ram89572Yes, and if you ask any Canadian about making a Timmies run, they’ll know that you’re offering to go to Tim Hortons to pick up coffee

[@avalerie4467]

You will not ever want another kind of doughnut after a Krispy Kreme, especially if you have them in the coffee shop. Now. If only we had a good place for poutine 😂

[@ram89572]

@avalerie4467 Ah yes, McDonald's French fries in a hot tub of KFC gravy is just wonderful

[@avalerie4467]

@@ram89572 that's not a poutine 😂 but will do in a pinch, i guess. Have to have those Canadienne cheese curds for the real deal.

[@ncjeephead4328]

My uncle Tommy founded Daylight Donuts so I’ve been a bit biased my entire life🍩 My grandad owned a Daylight location in Trenton, TN and as a little kid in the 70’s/80’s I remember eating there and having the best fried chicken ever! I always heard uncle Tommy was friends with Harland Sanders aka Colonel Sanders, and I’ve pictured them swapping chicken recipes🍗!

[@suzzyrivercrossing5542]

Fresh Daylights are great! (And the chicken was excellent.)

[@Dawn_Hannah]

I basically grew up on Daylight’s donut holes. My church(I’m not there anymore) is a rather large one here in Memphis, and they had a standing order of several hundred boxes every Sunday morning. Every department got boxes for each hour of Sunday School or Service. So the choir, orchestra, youth, college, etc etc. Not being a morning person, I usually had a handful at Sunday School, then from Jr High and up I got seconds when I went to play in the orchestra for services. 😂 Probably why I always started falling asleep during the sermon though!

[@mrlevhil]

​@Dawn_Hannah I assume you went to Bellevue Baptist. They sent donuts to our church every first Sunday. I always assumed one of the members owned a franchise.

[@Dawn_Hannah]

You got it! I wondered that as well, but I never knew for sure. @@mrlevhil

[@arcwiz]

I will say, that Daylight Donuts has the best sausage rolls I've ever had.

[@CarRobbin]

17:28 The camera man loosing it is fantastic. I like when the camera man breaks script and laughs . What a fantastic video.

[@John_Locke_108]

He pays for a camera man? My god. People in Alabama are just swimming in money.

[@garysarratt1]

@@John_Locke_108”Pays” 😂😂😂

[@Miss_Camel]

lol I love it, too! We need more of that level of silliness in our lives!

[@aaronlopez492]

"Donuts with Grandma spots" Matt Mitchell's quotes to remember.

[@velmamoorman7099]

😂

[@cynderhazelworth4467]

Matt, the Boston creme donut, and the fruit kolaches from Shipley's donuts is heaven. If y'all wanna do another donut episode, I would suggest the Boston creme as the flavor

[@BassFever4Ever]

I remember eating Daylight more than 45 years ago. If you can get one fresh, it will melt in your mouth.

[@clarkjbunch]

My wife didn't get the deal with the Krispy Kreme Hot sign. She couldn't understand why having them hot and fresh could make that much difference. That was because up until that point she had never experienced a hot/fresh Krispy Kreme. She gets it now.

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

Plenty of people in this world that have only ever had one bought in a grocery store bread section. I weep for those poor lost souls....

[@originaljiggy]

I've had Krispy Kreme every which way. They suck. Will never understand why people kreme their pants over their offerings.

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

@@originaljiggy you need to make an appointment with your doctor because your tastebuds are really screwed up. Might even need a specialist to sort this one out.

[@originaljiggy]

@@ashleighelizabeth5916 nah, I'm good. I just don't like the taste of diabetes in every bite.

[@captin3149]

@@originaljiggy How judgemental. You're fine having your opinion, but believing you're the one that's right is absolutely bonkers.

[@donnamcmanus7360]

My cousin's husband was an equipment repairman for Winchell's donuts. He got all kinds of free donuts. Literally had bread bags full of mixed donuts in their freezer. We were kids & I remember a sleepover that in the morning my cousin asked if we wanted donuts. My brother & I were stoked. Her kids groaned not again & begged for bacon & eggs😂😂😂

[@Im4GOD100]

I grew up in California and Winchell’s was the most popular donut shop. Good memories 🍩

[@brightspacebabe]

I also remember Winchells. My favorite was the chocolate glazed old fashioned. Can’t get those nowadays

[@lsullivanhd]

My first job at 15 was at Winchell’s. And I had a car to drive to school…I was popular 🤣🤣

[@kts8900]

In New England, knowning someone's Dunkin' order is a sign of love. There are also "good Dunkin's" and "bad Dunkin's" and you will drive much farther to get to the good one.

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

The Dough Nuts we know of actually dates back to around the 17th century. I believe it was the Dutch. They was call "Dough Nuts" because they was a fried piece of dough roughly around the size of a walnut and was covered in sugar. So our modern donuts aren't even anywhere near what the original donut was. Donut holes is the closest thing to an original dough nuts we have. Another little fun fact is that the Colonial day Dough Nuts can date even further back to Ancient Rome. Intresting how our modern day donuts and French toast can be dated all the way back to Ancient Rome.

[@suzzyrivercrossing5542]

Dunkin’s can literally be traced to Ancient Rome.

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

@@suzzyrivercrossing5542 there's lot's of European foods that dates back to ancient Rome in modern people do not know about it.

[@linzybanks6618]

Did they call it Gaul toast?

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

@@linzybanks6618 I know roughly around the 17th century they was known as "olie koeken" or "olykoeks" which means "Oil Cake" in Dutch.

[@csnide6702]

ask a French person about the birth of beignets and the Nun .

[@jackmiller4946]

My Mom would put a glazed donut in a hot frying pan and make the glaze crispy then put a big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top and that’s a little piece of heaven.

[@restezlameme]

Hot damn that sounds delightful

[@Birdbike719]

​@@restezlamemewith some hof fudge drizzled on top!

[@donjackson5522]

We have an annual event in Raleigh where you run a mile, eat a dozen Krispie Kremes and run the mile back. Needless to say, not everyone finishes the race.

[@CantankerousDave]

Oof. There’s probably a cleanup crew for the return leg whose job is to hose down the pavement.

[@buttertoast117]

​@@CantankerousDave Yes, I've seen it in person.

[@benjaminsnyder4352]

@donjackson5522 wait, what? I have lived in NC for the majority of my life and never knew this. We need more information please.

[@lindsaykat3675]

​@@benjaminsnyder4352 it's at NC State.

[@craftycat0922]

The Krispy Kreme run is iconic 😂

[@renacole7166]

"Naturally swoll" got me, love Matt.

[@kelsiharris8211]

Shipley's is infinitely better when you get them warm and they melt in your mouth. I understand you weren't able to get them all fresh and are having them the next day. But I believe that would have been a game changer for this ranking. Your humor is great, always fun to laugh so hard at your videos! Thank you!

[@dfre6422]

Even when they aren't warm, they are multitudes better than the other chains. Shipley's has the best selection and quality.

[@ILoveYou-rv3pd]

He mentioned that they tasted better in Texas. Maybe they vary a lot between locations.

[@clifmillwood]

Would love to see a ranking of dill pickles.

[@Squirrelnut77]

There are no competitors to Claussen

[@GCEvans09]

Best Maid, best pickle

[@alostrich]

They all lose. I hate pickles.

[@estherheyer2863]

Atwood's garlic are the best!!!!

[@hannahblume2000]

@@alostrichBanana peppers?

[@willgarrison4959]

Matt doubling down and flipping off Dunkin Donuts at the beginning caught me so off guard. I'm still wiping tears from my eyes 😂

[@trulyjupiter]

I'm so old, that I remember when Duncan made great donuts fresh in the shop. They were good back then.

[@avalerie4467]

Yep. " time to make the doughnuts" was real ! Good friend purchased a franchise back in the early 80s and asked me to join him. I wasn't ready to make the investment,, but spend a few weeks learning the ropes. It was great !

[@littleshu1]

Great to see a "Bless Your Rank" featuring one of the four food groups -- Burgers, Fries, Coffee, and Doughnuts! Always fun, Matt!

[@csnide6702]

no no the four groups are : Fried Frozen Dessert Candy

[@dvezha]

The tampon box as bathroom reading material killed me! 😆

[@vinceu6763]

Wonder when we get that review? 😂

[@dvezha]

@@vinceu6763 🤣

[@dvezha]

@@vinceu6763 That’s honestly the hardest I’ve laughed in a while. Bravo! 👏

[@timothyjohnsey]

Really think you should start doing these rankings blind.

[@6LVRDRGN]

I must limit my intake of Matt Mitchell’s videos, laughing is great medicine, until I pull something in my core, then I realize laughing is not superior to actual medicine

[@ntsmith2000]

Krispy Kreme is like inhaling a cloud. While visiting family in NC last Christmas, I had a few things on a check list, grabbing a fresh dozen of KK donuts was on the list. I shared 5 and ate 7 without an ounce of guilt. 😛

[@davidvangessel1217]

To sweet for me...

[@davidvangessel1217]

To sweet for me...

[@RandyMarsh-nu6lo]

@@davidvangessel1217Well now you’re just talking blasphemy.

[@stevechance150]

When the children of Israel were wandering in the desert for forty years, and angels would bring mana down from heaven for them, that was actually hot off the line Krispy Kremes. It's literally the best thing on earth.

[@ibdonsie]

If you ever see a Kryspy Kreme with the HOT NOW light on. Stop and get one. You think a regular KK is good? A Hot Now is over the top. It melts in your mouthing cottage candy.

[@jennitro]

I''ve heard Krispy Kreme will let you ride the glaze conveyor on your back with your mouth open if you give them $5

[@TheGreatSHAQTUS]

This is the reason I’m poor and fat

[@PatrickDaviswimiwamwamwazzle]

Whew, replace Krispy Kreme with a person's name and that sentence takes on a whole other meaning.

[@AflacMan13]

Yeah don't do that... great way to get 3rd degree burns. 😂

[@EastSider48215]

That would be $5 well-spent.

[@ashleyjohnson8251]

My mind went the wrong way with that 😭😂😂

[@jenniferkovalick2959]

I'm a Duck Donuts lover! If you're ever in Outer Banks, NC, do not leave without trying them! Best donuts I've ever had! They are all made fresh to order and you actually watch them make the donuts. They also have tons of options of flavors, icing, and toppings. My favorite is maple icing with bacon.

[@trumpetmom8924]

There’s at least 1 if not 2 Duck Donuts locations not far from me in Colorado. But I’m not generally a donut fan, so I haven’t had them.

[@jenniferkovalick2959]

@trumpetmom8924 Thank you for that! I'm in Estes Park right now on vacation. I found Squachy Donuts but they were somewhat disappointing. I'm stopping at Duck Donuts in Johnstown on our way home! Thank you!

[@LucianaJellyfish]

i've never had hot in the store krispy kreme, but my experience of them in offices is always "ooh donuts!" *eats one* "...meh" Shipley's all the way.

[@betsybarnicle8016]

I was a donut finisher at Dunkin Donuts. I baked the prefrozen Fritters, bagels and cookies. And I filled and iced all the donuts (fried that night by the fryer-expert). I was allowed to eat as many donuts as I wanted, and the owners probably allowed this knowing that the finisher would only want to eat 2 or 3 a week. And if I overfilled a donut with cream to the point it broke open....I had to eat it...and you quickly learned to NOT overfill a donut.

[@ddw1272]

this explains why i've always gotten underfilled donuts there. I'd rather have one burst on the bottom than get blue balls from an empty cream filled

[@robertknight4672]

The Dunkin' recipe must be really fragile. My mom and pop shop I go to has Donuts that have a decent amount of filling compared to all the chains.

[@betsybarnicle8016]

@@ddw1272 I used to adore the peanutbutter cream filled (chocolate iced) donuts and the white cream filled. So, I made sure I put lots of filling in the ones I made.

[@Pamzollman]

Oh my goodness! When I worked at Shipley Donuts as a teenager, I was also a finisher. The donuts were made fresh at the store and I hand glazed and decorated them. I also used a tube thingy to inject the fillings into the donuts, and too much pressure made the fillings shoot out the other side of the donuts. We had to eat our mistakes, which was awesome on Day 1, but not as awesome a few days later. 😂 I still love Shipley Donuts so much!

[@Trish.Norman]

FYI: there is an old Paula Dean recipe for bread pudding using Krispy Kreme donuts. It’s crazy but good.

[@juanita_rocksteady2761]

I have that recipe.😂

[@jamesreagon6800]

Please share!

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

You can also get a wedding cake from some locations made out of their donuts. Never had one but OMG the photo looked amazing!

[@csnide6702]

I can see it now - "add four sticks of butter & don't forget to ask your doctor about Lipitor. "

[@edflintlaw]

We had Spudnuts when I was a kid, get 'em while they're hot. Potato flour makes a better doughnut. I did not realize before now that Daylight was a chain.

[@larryjerden6680]

I think there is still a Spudnut in Amarillo, or maybe Canyon, Texas.

[@mmmdraco]

I live in NC and Krispy Kreme used to be my favorite for glazed donuts (though I'll always have a soft spot for the Dunkin Munchkins), but we got a local place a few years back that blows them out of the water. 3x the size but pillowy and delicious with an even better glaze. They're also less expensive even after they went up in price!

[@michaelbrown7430]

Nothing beats a mom and pop donut shop, especially a hot apple fritter

[@kdogbigdog]

I know this was on donuts, but you mentioned Kolaches. What you had at Shipley's is a Klobasnek or Pig-N-Blanket. Kolaches are sweet, and do not have meat. Unfortunately, most people can't say Klobasnek so they just go with the better Czech pastry Kolache. Shipleys the Kolache Factory, and yes even Buc-ees are using the incorrect Czech word. Think if we called enchiladas, tacos just because it was easier to say. #TexCzech

[@MatthewYoink]

20:00 don’t eat 6 donuts in one sitting…. Me with future diabetus after eating an entire dozen by myself of Krispy Kreme 👀

[@josephblake8418]

Nothing is better than fresh-made and warm Shipleys glazed donuts

[@gregorygodsil1513]

Publix bakes their donuts in house & they are terrific! And any small, local, independent donut shop is probably #1!

[@gymeni]

OMG the Publix bakery has seriously jumped the shark, IMO!

[@waltergrimes5652]

The "pig in a blanket" you had was a Klobásník, which is a savory form of a Czech Kolach(e), which is a yeasty pastry dough with a fruit jam (and sometimes cream cheese) baked into an indentation in the middle. The both use the same dough, which is likely why they all came to be called "Kolaches" in the small czech communities in central Texas.

[@eelliott74]

When I worked in Alabama, we had donuts in the break room. When I worked in DC, we had bagels. But in Dallas we had kolaches. There is a kolache bakery in every low rent strip mall in DFW.

[@damienthetexasian6827]

CZECH stop in West, Texas ( not western Texas, the town of West, Texas on I35)

[@justicebix295]

When I lived in Corpus Christi we would stop at S&J bakery . I don't know if the owners were Czech but the Kolaches were great.

[@Ildikoprepperkitchen]

Didn't know Checks made it to Tax as, so cool!

[@superbford]

Let's go....Klobasnik was the term used in Czech Texas... then when plain donut shops started getting them they just lumped them all together as kolaches... more places in Texas are starting to use Klobasnik and Klobasniky

[@bubbarainwater]

If you have leftover KK (a big IF), you can make French toast out of them . . . UNREAL!!!

[@talladega13693]

You made the cardinal sin of not having the Krispy Kreme donut while hot. That put it on another level

[@lilrisdley]

In Texas its all about Shipley Do-Nuts, which is super funny to hear how your navigation says it.

[@dimcclung]

In the panhandle, there are no Shipley’s. Perhaps need one.

[@bobjohnson1710]

Matt, Mardi Gras is coming up on February 13th this year. In the spirit of the Mardi Gras season and debauchery, please do a "Bless Your Rank' of Mardi Gras King Cakes! All the bakeries in South Louisiana will ship them to you if you order over the internet or phone! Meches Donut King in Lafayette, Gambinos from New Orleans, Poupart Bakery in Lafayette, Rouses Market in Houma are just a few! My favorite is the Bavarian cream, but the raspberry cheese cake is great too!

[@vickiemoore8181]

Maybe he should compare them with the King Cakes for Mobile’s Mardi Gras celebration…..

[@bobjohnson1710]

Sounds good to me!@@vickiemoore8181

[@filesbackupster]

The Walmart King Cake would score significantly worse than their donuts did, Blegh. But Rouse’s are pretty sweet!

[@mwater_moon2865]

Add in one of the Winn Dixie/HEB/ other grocery store cakes. Though I'd LOVE for him to try Paczki (pronounced poonch-key) from the upper Midwest. They're a pre-lent/carnivale treat that's like an over-sized, cream cheese and/or fruit filled donut on CRACK. I can (and did) make my own king cakes when we lived South of Chicago, I haven't been able to find or fry my own Paczki in Texas....

[@trbstang]

Boy do I miss the cakes my grandma got from McKenzie's Bakery in New Orleans. Cream cheese and strawberry or cherry, so good! Haven't found one with the same dough/ filling ratio and taste in Houston, so I might have to try these places.

[@minnybiker4505]

As a Minnesotan, we don't have many donut chains here ... Dunkin was here, closed (and are making a comeback). Krispy Kreme came in hot, quickly left. Tim Hortons gave it a go... and then left. We have independent bakeries, mainly, but they're not as visible as chains that have big signs, so you don't think of donuts as often... When i moved to Boston, i saw Dunkin on every corner and got so excited! People here eat donuts! I ate a lot of donuts before i realized no one ate the donuts... They just got the coffee. Oh. Dammit! I only get donuts now maybe 4 times a year... but they're good when i do!

[@Micg51]

The 2 years Krispy Kreme was here might’ve been the greatest in my life.

[@ronswanson8563]

In Houston, we saw the same thing Krispy Kreme came and went pretty quickly. Shipley's specialty is cake donuts as he noted how overly moist their donuts are, that's where they shine with maple icing of course. Otherwise, those small mom and pop donut places are best when it comes to non-cake donuts - like a place called 'Sweet Shop' in Greenfield, IN.

[@TheConcertCruizer]

I’d like to see Matt do these blind. Not blindfolded. Just not know the names until after they’ve been ranked. Cuz even the name can effect your judgement

[@puppsmcgee74]

Pig in a blanket? Son, them’s fightin’ words. A kolache ain’t a pig in a blanket. The type of sausage is different. The type of bread is different. I just… how dare you. That being said, it’s not a chain but if you’re ever in Shreveport, find your way to a Southern Maid doughnut shop because they are AMAZING. I grew up there and they are The Best. ❤ But if you are in central Texas, get yourself to West and to Czech Stop so you can learn the difference between a godawful pig in a blanket and a kolache and then you can come back and apologize.

[@user-pc9rn5ze8p]

When the hot light is on, as a North Carolinian you are obligated to stop. They melt in your mouth. ❤❤

[@Snookchaser007]

When the Krispy Kreme hot sign is lit you just have to hit the breaks and no less than 4 but up to six are going down the hatch before the box makes it to its destination 😂 better just grab a dozen more than you were planning on. They take credit cards

[@aaronsapp3407]

A friends kid was at Dunkin and asked “why do these donuts lie daddy? They look so good, but they do not taste good.”

[@matthewcoffman5276]

Where I’m from in TN. Every town has a “your town name” Donut shop. I rank them up there with Krispy Kreme

[@BigDCoasterFam]

Eating a ‘Hot Now’ KK doughnut makes it seem like all other doughnuts were made in an Easy Bake Oven!

[@Birdbike719]

When they're fresh and hot they are almost custard like. Unbelievably good. Once they cool off, they're just really overly sweet donuts

[@magnuslund2545]

Eating a fresh, warm Shipley’s glazed donut is maybe better than a Krispy Kreme glazed donut and then you remember the chocolate iced from KK. Best donut I have ever had was Back Door Donuts in Martha’s Vineyard.

[@miawilson6139]

I am from Texas and kolache are different from pigs in a blanket… we have both. Traditional kolache is fruit or maybe cream cheese. Then they start putting sausage in them. But the bread is different kolaches have sweet yeast bread and pigs in the blanket biscuits don’t usually have yeast or sugar.

[@melissascheller7458]

Shipley has a Devils food donut is my personal favorite! A chocolate doughnut with chocolate cream filling and chocolate frosting! One will put you into a chocolate sugar coma for the day!

[@imotionsrt4]

I'm not sure about the chocolate donut with filling, but the chocolate filled plain glazed donut is indeed filled with chocolate ICING...not cream. Now that'll give you an extreme sugar rush and a big sugar crash 😂😂😂

[@MagnakayViolet]

Sounds terrifyingly delicious 🙃

[@pollymcdonald7368]

Their Devil’s food is 💣

[@curtisdickinson715]

Houston area guy speaking here; not all Shipley are the same. The donut size, consistency, and taste can vary from shop to shop. Even the Kolaches can be wildly different. Some are incredible and some not so much.

[@russellharrison619]

Also...If you don't eat a Shipley's soon ish after you get them they don't do well later IMO also Only place to get good Shipley is in Houston the ones in Austin SUCK....Also Kolache.....those are not....Don't call them that...."From a Texas Czech"

[@curtisdickinson715]

@russellharrison619 My now wife took me to Shipley for the first time when we were dating and I dared to call it a pig in a blanket. Thought she was gonna call it quits right then 🤣

[@jpthomas9491]

​@@russellharrison619 we ain't in Prague, it's a kolache

[@craftycat0922]

Who knew doughnuts would be the food that would get Matt demonetized? 😂 unhinged in this ranking for sure

[@PruWillDo]

Daylight really shines in the cake donut category. Best ever.

[@wesingram1222]

I’m still going with Shipleys! Their chocolate glazed and blueberry cake can’t be topped

[@DizzySaxophone]

Shipleys is amazing. Their chocolate filled and glazed cinnamon twists are amazing. Desperately miss them since moving away

[@cmi1417]

Shipelys is amazing

[@utmg2012]

Yeah I’m with you. I’ve eaten almost all of these fresh, and NOTHING beats a warm, fresh Shipley’s glazed donut.

[@dillonkimbrell1441]

@@utmg2012 the only thing that beats a fresh shipleys glazed is well...a fresh kk glazed lmao

[@agbook2007]

Shipley’s blueberry cake donuts ARE great. Matt likes the looks of the donut more than the taste, apparently.

[@gkjsooley]

As a Canadian, it's great to see Timmie's do so well! Cheers from Ottawa. 🇨🇦

[@andrewstoll4548]

Living in Michigan, love me some Timmie's.......

[@TakenTook]

Also from Michigan, and around the Detroit area Tim Horton's is the only donut chain left that can still make legitimate crullers since the pandemic. Nobody else seems to be able to get their hands on a certain ingredient needed for that style. And by "legitimate" crullers I mean the kind that have the egg-based batter and the large air bubbles, kind of like eclair batter. I tried Krispy Kreme's "cruller" version once, and it was basically just a cake donut shaped like a tractor tire, so disappointing. And Tim Horton's has really good muffins also.

[@nickelouscage]

Moved to the gulf from WNY last year, and I took a journey to the TWO Tim Hortons Locations in the Houston, TX area. Needed my Tim’s fix

[@nicholaspowell7931]

wish they would go back to making them in house though

[@Kim_Music_books_racing_fan]

I went to Ottawa back in February 2018 as part of a college club/learning experience. The first thing my fellow students and I did after checking in to the hotel was find the nearest Tim Horton's. After 6+ hours on 2 airplanes and going from the sunshine and warmth of Georgia (by comparison) to the snow and cold of Canada, we all wanted coffee and donuts. I remember being taken aback by the numerous types of donuts!

[@lil_lobo11]

I had a fresh, warm Krispy Kreme donut right off the conveyor belt in Seattle years ago. Also, had the opportunity to have the burger donut, that thing was delicious.

[@Lucys_Mom]

If you are ever in Hopkinsville, KY check out Whistlestop donuts. They are right beside the railroad track (hence the name) on 9th Street, the main east-west street through downtown. You might have to wait a while to get in, especially if there is a train and you are on the wrong side of the track, but they are worth the wait.

[@suzzyrivercrossing5542]

2 yrs ago they were horrendous. My kids wouldn’t even touch’em. (No offense.)

[@DarrenLongar]

No Hoptown Donuts is way better, Whistle Stop is unbalanced on the to sweet side, even more than Krispy Kream.

[@tanishahogan9396]

Matt, I usually skip the sponsored portion but you make them so danged entertaining that I just have to watch. Also, your Scentbird mascot is brilliant!

[@mwatson4970]

Agree abt the mascot. Esp for guy-advertising (i.e. cologne).

[@loridaniels2322]

Hi, from Oklahoma.... with me being an Okie... we love our Daylight Donuts!

[@lesliebleichner9839]

Daylight is the best!!!!

[@halhortonsworld5870]

I was a cop, so apparently I am an expert on donuts. I can say unequivocally that the very best donut I have ever had in my life is from an IGA in Lake Butler, Florida. They make their own in the bakery, and OH MY GOODNESS! The donut is really big and like a thick bread, but it is light and fluffy. Lake Butler is over an hour away from my house, but I have driven out there a few times just for the donuts and apple fritters. They are just that amazing.

[@rm2399]

My Church just had a Donut Bowl competition where we sampled donuts from two local donut stores and voted on our favorite. Interesting that I can across this video the same week we had a donut bowl

[@roberthays1157]

Gotta have a Shipley's donut from the shop on Main Street in League City, Texas. I literally dream of those donuts ~~ and wake up sad because it was only a dream.

[@chuckmckendry194]

As a former Walmart employee, I can verify that their donuts are frozen, then baked and glazed, frosted, or filled.

[@charleswillams9501]

Daylight donuts hands down

[@Michelle-1]

I worked at a grocery store bakery (not walmart) and they DO come in frozen, BUT they're thawed and proved in the proof box to raise the dough. That is what causes the "grill marks" on the bottom. Then after proving they're fried on the same sheet. You will notice different patterns from different stores if they use this method.

[@johnbeatty4695]

Shipleys is the best, no doubt. True donut without the nauseating amount of sugar like crispy cream which is just straight up sugar. Too sweet.

[@jamesgibson1098]

I agree. Krispy Kreme is very light but it's so full of sugar I've never been able to eat more than one. I'd rank Krispy and Dunkin side by side.

[@suzzyrivercrossing5542]

Fresh Shipley’s are pretty solid!

[@TheRealPOTUSDavidByrd]

Bro the amount of heat you put on the Dunkin commentary is SO real,

[@shesintexas1198]

The chocolate frosted doughnuts at Wal-Mart are great. The thick fudgy frosting is outstanding.

[@lmelior]

Those are my wife's favorite. My kids love the maple and vanilla frosted ones as well, so we usually get the dozen with all three. Personally I prefer their old fashioned sour cream cake donuts and their chocolate-iced bavarian creme filled ones. Walmart donuts are underrated for sure!

[@beckymcdaniel6402]

Damn near peed my pants when you started talking about bakers dozens! 😅😅😅😅😅

[@CarlWallsOK]

Daylight Donuts isn't exactly a chain, in the way most places are chains. The places which use that name are allowed to do so basically because they purchase the donut mix from Daylight Donuts. So each store is going to vary more than usual - they might have different mixes of donuts they offer, or different styles that the people who own that store made up. Store design and layout is also probably going to vary quite a bit.

[@TheRedleg69]

Thank you for the explanation. I'm 46 and thought it was just a restaurant in the tiny town I grew up in. Had no idea it was anywhere else.

[@CarlWallsOK]

@@TheRedleg69 In a way it is. Probably local folks from your town running it, they just happen to buy their ingredients from the same place as a bunch of other people.

[@OssianEMills]

2010 Kentucky State Fair, I had a Kristy Kreme bacon cheese burger. A donut on top and bottom, instead of the normal bun. It was mind-blowing-good!

[@AAFBNC]

I love coming downstairs sometimes to find Krispy Kreme sitting on the counter that my dad went to get, oh I love it

[@bsandoval2340]

I think we can all agree that the mom and pop donuts shops run by the old Asian couples are all exactly the same and the most heavenly donuts you will ever have

[@BigDCoasterFam]

I had a bacon cheeseburger with doughnut buns at the Texas State Fair one year. A truly heavenly experience.

[@CantankerousDave]

State fair food if there ever was one.

[@davidvangessel1217]

Shipley is the best!! All depends on your tastes buds.

[@OkieJay]

I'm from Tulsa, Oklahoma and had no idea that Daylight Donuts had any locations outside of the state. I prefer Daylight Donuts. I grew up with them, so I know that I'm biased. Not gonna lie, Krispy Kreme donuts are pretty great, but I've never had them fresh. I've only ever had them after they've been prepackaged and delivered to Walmart. On the other hand, I've had Daylight Donuts fresh every time that I've ever eaten them, since childhood. And Daylight Donuts sausage rolls are amazingly good. Never had Shipley's before. Never had Tim Horton's before. Dunkin Donuts are alright, but nothing I'd go out of my way for. And Walmart donuts don't rate as high for me personally, but they're also alright. If I'm gonna say screw my diet and eat donuts, it'll be Daylight Donuts first, and then prepackaged Krispy Kreme if it's later in the day and Daylight Donuts is closed.

[@feanacar]

Krispy Kreme doughnuts are too sweet. Make my teeth hurt just thinking about it. But then again, my dad always made fresh donuts. Did not have store-bought donuts until I was probably a teenager.

[@aerosmithfanatik]

As a Texan and Half Czech, a kolache is not a pig in a blanket. A kolache has a fruit or cream cheese filling.

[@Birdbike719]

Even most Texans still call them sausage kolaches interchangeably with pigs in a blanket

[@frankvaculin6299]

@@Birdbike719 a sausage "kolache" or a klobasnek is not the same as a pig in a blanket or what donut shops usually sell and call kolache, they need to be a proper sausage wrapped in kolache dough. And yes I feel like most Texans (in areas without a large Czech population) do not know the difference, and I understand it's a marketing thing that took off and most Americans are never going to encounter the word outside of that, but it's still infuriating to me as a pedantic Czech that misses his grandmother's kolache.

[@Birdbike719]

@@frankvaculin6299 I understand. I've tried to straighten people out on this but was met with resistance. They just want their pigs in a blanket. LOL

[@n.a.nameless5435]

@@frankvaculin6299 Not Czech myself, but I am from a part of central Texas with a sizable Czech population. I too get frustrated with klobasneks being mislabeled.

[@nadine5765]

In Houston, a kolache is a sausage wrapped in dough. No one is trying to be technical around here. 😂

[@scarboroughbluffer169]

As a Canadian my jaw dropped when you ranked Tim Hortons so high and most Canadians would agree. They used to be good back in the day when they baked them fresh in-house but a few years ago they got bought out by some Brazilian hedge fund and cut costs by switching to pre-frozen. They're also notorious for exploiting their workers who are mostly desperate immigrants. Btw you were close it's called "Timmy Hos" up here.

[@eelliott74]

Why not T-Ho’s?

[@PBottomPoochies]

Sounds like Dunkin. Guess the frozen donuts are a thing. Go to the small non chain stores- THOSE donuts are truly fresh!

[@ithiriaderitan1745]

Some of them still bake fresh in house. I know the one on 96th and king george in surrey still uses their baking area. always smells amazing in there. I think the difference is Corporate stores vs franchise ones.

[@JohnnySmithWhite-wd4ey]

Tim Hortons was bought out by Burger King. Sorry Canada.

[@larry648]

We like our Tim’s here in Michigan too. A good doughnut and very good cup of coffee.

[@lisaspikes4291]

I was in boot camp in Orlando when I had my first Krispy Kreme donut. They actually had them in the mess hall at breakfast. I wasn’t a big breakfast eater back then, and I’d usually get some cereal and a lemon filled KK donut. That was back in 1981! I’m from the north, Pennsylvania, and we didn’t have KK up there at that time, so I’d never tasted one.

[@sisga1981]

I worked at Walmart in the bakery a few years ago. Yes, they come in frozen. They put them on trays and put them in the frig the day before to thaw and proof. The next morning they put them in the oven. Once they cool they frost them. I’m pretty sure Dunkin is the same way.

[@vallovesnature8449]

Matt on a donut sugar rush is a sight to see! I’m in NJ & we have Duck Donuts. Maple bacon donuts are very addictive 😁🎉

[@jasonroberts5746]

The Krispy Kreme in my town closed after less than 3 years. They couldn't compete with a couple of local donut places that always has consistently better tasting donuts. Krispy Kreme would have good donuts for about an hour or two every few days. They just couldn't stay consistent. I probably threw away more than I ate.

[@kyzor-sosay6087]

Same thing happening down here in the Birmingham area,used too be dominated by KK,now they’re all closing.😢

[@ellie7984]

You know it’s a funny channel when the ad has funny bits

[@yamoshigodofsaiyans1569]

When you said I am Matt I need donut in my stomach.. now😂😂😂😂 Ok Homer Simpson lmao