‘Donut Crawl’ Articles at Sweetnicks

A new donut shop that is worth a visit, right in Wayne, New Jersey.

If you’ve been a reader here for awhile, you may remember that a friend and I did a Donut Crawl a few years ago. Something that we totally need to do again, because new donuts shops seem to be popping up all.the.time. Kind of like the cupcake craze from a few years ago, I guess donuts are the current (neverending?) trend. While I don’t have a huge sweet tooth, I do love the occasional specialty donut, so I can’t say I’m mad about this.

We discovered Glaze Artisan Donuts about 6 months ago, and we have been in love ever since. Luckily they’re about twenty minutes away from us, so we don’t indulge too often, but they’re about 4 miles away from one of my clients, so…

It’s a small place, with seating for about a dozen or so, and located in a strip mall. Easy to find, plenty of parking, and open until mid-evening. One note of caution though … when they sell out of donuts, they close up shop early. Luckily we haven’t had that happen to us (yet!), but I sent a friend down there last week and he arrived only to find a very sad note on the door.

Whomp whomp.

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The inspiration to do a donut crawl came recently when I spied a write-up on one that was done in New York.

And really. When the topic is donuts, it’s not hard to get on board.

A date was picked. A kid-free Saturday afternoon. Research began. How to find places to include in our crawl? Yelp, information from Jersey’s own Munchmobile, and Google were my friends. There are a handful of really good donut shops down the shore, but for the purpose of our first donut crawl, I eliminated South Jersey completely, figuring that when the kids and I head down the shore over the summer, we can hit those up. And since some of those are “made to order” joints with very positive feedback, you can bet we won’t be missing them. We also excluded any shops that were near other places we planned to visit in the future. And I eliminated any that were in a bad area. Even if they were said to have the best jelly donut in the state. Because. You know. Safety first.

So all that research left us with 7 donut shops. Which seemed pretty perfect.

Because, a girl’s gotta have some limits.

Our first stop was Francesca’s, a cute little bakery in a strip mall in Pequannock. When I asked the shop keeper which donut was their number one seller, he responded, “The Boston Cream is pretty popular. And so is the chocolate frosted. And oh, the jelly too.” And we, of course, bought all three. And that’s when we knew we were in trouble.

Because, realistically, a donut crawl is a pretty cheap endeavor, with most donuts at around a buck a piece.

Until we get swayed by many different kinds. And then get distracted by crumb cake and stuffed croissants and custard cups and sprinkle cookies and mouse shaped Madeleines and a million other things.

#firstclassproblems

So we paid the nice man for our donuts and headed next door to the pizza place. We hadn’t had lunch yet, so we ordered a slice and sat down to devour the donuts.

And I may have moaned slightly when I bit into the jelly. And momentarily wondered how we were going to fare for the rest of the afternoon. Because three donuts at the first stop…

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Visit: Glaze Artisan Donuts {Wayne, New Jersey}

Donut Crawl 2014 {New Jersey}