Yep, We Taste Tested Donuts!

"You'll never guess what we did over Spring break?"

Now, isn't that a trite question?  Seriously, though, you'd never guess.  We did not have a staycation, we did not do honey-do tasks, we did not go to a Florida beach.

Here's what we did do:  each day we went to a different nearby city to a donut shop!  Yep!  That's what we did!  We taste tested donuts!!!

It started with waking up hungry on Monday, LOL.  Darling Hubby always and forever thinks eating out is a treat, and iHop with the sons is his very favorite.  So, when we woke up with no plans for the day (as a bus driver he was off for the next 5 days) his first thought was, "Lets eat out!"  And off we went on a unique adventure!

Down the road to Rebellion Donuts at Noblesville was first.  Oh my lands, they were thick, and  stacked, they looked like they'd fill up your stomach without ever adding any bacon and eggs.  I could've had the Little Rebel but a chocolate bedecked donut beckoned, sweet and gooey.  Handmade everyday, they are, and you can watch the employees do it.  And Rebellion serves kombucha, a slightly alcoholic, sweet tea.  Though coffee made it into our cups.

Darling Hubby, my personal connoisseur, commented on the only other customer, "Unless they have more business than I saw, they won't survive."

Next on our journey, the Quick Cup in Tipton.  This place is inviting, especially to still-in-jammies mom's rushing kids to school, or professional dad's looking for a fast getaway, because of it's orange, boxy, drive-through building.  Large menu on the outside let's you know what's inside.  Darling Hubby paid for himself a cherry danish, and me a bear claw.  They arrived warm, "Um, yummy.".  Surprisingly contrarily, he said, "I've had better."  And declared it a flop!   Not me, I was in sweet heaven.

It's another morning, Wednesday, and we chose Jacks Donuts in Anderson.  Oh my, the coffee choices!  (No I didn't say donuts.) The tall silver self-serve canisters were lined up like soldiers, the last one shielded with a blue sign that stated "Colt's Coffee Choice", LOL.  Well, this shop tucked away in a strip mall by the city college had 3 counters of donuts, purple coffee cups with purple stirring twizzlers, and bar stools to belly up to the counter at the picture windows.  We could sup watching the world go by.

Our venture takes a twist.  Lapel doesn't exactly have a donut shop.  They have a shop called A Slice Of Heaven whose claim to fame is cakeballs.  Mostly they make wedding cakes, but they're famous for cakeballs.  You can get them on a stick or you can grab your delectable choice with wax paper.  Their flavors are simple:  red velvet, white almond, dark chocolate, strawberry, and "Don't tell my wife!"  LOL, that last one was just something our son said when he encouraged us "Let's go in here and get something."  We knew not what, as he rubbed his enlarging belly, "Don't tell my wife!"  With about two bites the decadent white almond ball was gone.

“Tasty  Pastries” is what the sign said on the brown and blue building as we cruised through Fortville.  Our eyes followed it longingly as it went out of sight.  We had already had our donuts for the day, we wouldn't indulge an extra stop for more fantasy delights.  

I have to tell you, doing this was having an affect on me.  I was loving it.  I was getting love handles. I have the ill-fitting clothes to show off the loving handles, ha, ha!

For our final morning we wanted to visit the son in Pendleton so, of course, we headed to Quack Daddy's!  Yep, they have little rubber duckies greeting you at the counter.  Yep, they're a favorite having won awards with plaques on display.  And yep, like the first shop, it had an industrial feel except with an added sense of humor.

Yellow directional arrows on the floor, lit bulbed arrow on the wall "Donuts this way" and their wall arts were humorous, "In moments of doubt, trust your gut, hug your dog, and eat a donut."

We got to pick our topping by checking the order form for Fruity Pebbles or Oreos, or bacon or sprinkles.  Then with the stubby pencil we would pick our icing, vanilla, glaze, strawberry, etc.  Now, how are you supposed to pick just one!

And that's how the week ended;  after taste testing donuts everyday, with so many good choices, how are you supposed to pick just one?

Taste testing donuts during Spring break, isn't that something you'd love to do?  Sure it is!  Sugar between your teeth, glaze on your fingertips, and sprinkles stuck to your upper lip, "Donut make you want to smile."