Best Donuts Factory

What: Chocolate raised, maple sprinkled raised

Where: Great Falls, MT
When: Saturday, July 29th, 2017

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Great Falls is kind of a weird town to visit because a lot of the downtown seems shut down. Even this place looked a little closed at first. It probably also didn't help that we arrived 40 minutes before the closed in the afternoon and the selection was not the greatest. Hubby wanted a blueberry but the clerk told him those were actually yesterday's blueberry so he chose a different donut. First, I was impressed by the shape. Hexagons! Not circles! Something different always excites me, especially if it's related to mathematics. Or I'm just crazy and see math everywhere. Which, I mean, it is everywhere.

Anyways, back to the donuts. They were amazing. Seriously, some of the best run of the mill donuts I've ever had. We ate them in the car outside and I was so close to going back in to get more. Everything was perfect about them. 5/5.

Greenbush Bakery

What: Maple blueberry cake, chocolate cake

Where: Madison, WI

When: Friday, July 14th 2017

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A more successful Madison donut stop than Dough Baby, we hit up Greenbush Bakery after we went to the Madison zoo (which was free by the way, and totally cute). I was impressed by the selection so late in the afternoon and then saw that they were open till 3am! When I asked about it, the woman said they were already on their second run of donuts for the day and that they would probably have two more runs before the end of the night. Fresh donuts in the afternoon are the best!

The maple blueberry was perfect, great donut and great icing and so unique! In my reviews (which are too numerous to count at this point...) I have never seen a blueberry donut with maple frosting. 5/5 for sure. Hubby got chocolate cake and I don't really remember anything about it so I'm thinking 2/5. I know you guys love my rating system :-)

Raphaels

What: Glazed raised, chocolate cake, maple cake, maple cinnamon roll

Where: Bemidji, MN
When: Wednesday, July 19th, 2017

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We may have gone a little overboard with our donut order in Bemidji, which stunk because they were pretty disappointing. These may have been the first time I threw out half eaten donuts. I'm not sure if they were old, or just not what Raphaels is known for.

Dough Baby

What: Chocolate sandwich cookie (Keep reading, I'll explain)

Where: Madison, WI

When: Thursday, July 13th 2017

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We ended up walking around the pedestrian mall in Madison (State Street) and Dough Baby was still open, but out of donuts. So on to chocolate cookies! It was delicious and I'm so glad we tried it. I also liked the list of ingredients on the wall, but then the price list annoyed me. Can anyone find the problem? Gotta be good at math, people!

Bloom

What: Sweet Potato cake donut

Where: Middleton, WI

When: July 12th, 2017

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I had read they they were known for their sweet potato donuts and almost wrote them off because sweet potatoes are definitely not my thing. But then when we got to Middleton (also home of the Mustard Museum!) there was Bloom, so why not check it out. And the sweet potato donut looked pretty good so I said lets go for it, how often are we in Middleton (which is outside Madison by the way).

I am sooooo glad we tried it. This may have been one of the best donuts I've ever had. It reminded me a lot of a good apple cider donut. Moist. Coated with sugar. 6/5. I want to go back.