Donut of the Day: Dunkin’ Donuts Jelly Donut

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Connor Scholl, Messenger Reporter

For the past week and a half, I’ve been scouring Paducah for another donut shop worthy of reviewing. As mentioned in an earlier edition, the amount of places from which I can obtain donuts has been dwindling to nothing, so this quest proved to be especially difficult. However, after days of searching, my pursuit led me to a donut shop so obvious, so apparent that I was amazed at having not seen it earlier: Dunkin’ Donuts.

Before I even went to Dunkin’ Donuts for this review, I held the notion that Dunkin’ was a subpar donut shop. I had been there only once before, and the donuts I ate on that previous visit were extremely dry and unsatisfactory. Moreover, an individual donut cost $0.99, which was too high a value for the quality of the donuts. Despite my past experience with Dunkin’, this visit was ultimately satisfying and delicious.

For this visit, I decided to order a jelly donut, per usual. As I ordered, I couldn’t help but recall my prior disappointment with Dunkin’, and seeing the price of $0.99 per donut further weakened my excitement. However, after the first bite, my negative thoughts immediately fled from my mind. The flavors filled my mouth with glee, and I was beyond ecstatic. I devoured the rest as quickly as humanly possible and, being as pleasantly surprised as I was, took a moment to admire how delicious it tasted.

Although this isn’t the subject of this article, I also ordered Dunkin’s new mint brownie donut, and it was equally satisfying. In fact, its flavors were far more unique than the jelly donut’s, and it tasted extremely refreshing.

Overall, the Dunkin’ jelly donut was very satisfying. Its price was slightly higher than I would expect for a donut of its caliber, but I would highly recommend it nonetheless. Additionally, if ever you do decide to try the Dunkin’ jelly donut, I would encourage you to also try their mint brownie donut, as it was equal to, if not better than, the jelly donut.