 A toasted coconut donut from Brooklyn, NY | |
| Place of origin | Canada,United States |
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| Serving temperature | Hot or cold |
| Main ingredients | Doughnut,coconut |
| 340 (chocolate coconut doughnut)[1] | |
| Other information | 3 gprotein, 42 gcarbohydrate, 18 g totalfat (9 gsaturated fat), 0 mgcholesterol, 400 gsodium (chocolate coconut doughnut)[1] |
Thecoconut doughnut (orcoconut donut) is a variety ofdoughnut in the United States and Canada that is usually covered or topped with shredded or flakedcoconut topping. It is often toasted or broiled, and there are variations made with chocolate[1] and, in a 1959 recipe, orange juice in thedough andicing.[2]
Coconutdoughnuts are not usually filled, but there is an unrelated coconut doughnut that uses a coconut cream filling (like aBoston cream doughnut orjelly doughnuts).[3]
A 1946 recipe in theChicago Tribune suggested coconut or chopped nuts as a doughnut topping.[4] During a 1964 discussion of doughnut popularity and innovation (such asdrive thru stores, the doughnut hole, and a handle to aid coffee dipping) advertising director Carl Zucher of theMr. Donut company said a customer at a Florida drive-in feeds them to his horse, and especially the toasted coconut variety was the horse's favorite.[5]
Andy Ward callsDunkin' Donuts' toasted coconut variety "the greatest doughnut of them all" in anEsquire article. He describes it as being unusual and not well respected by food connoisseurs who have never tried it and associate it with being cheap and artery clogging, but credits the "marriage of textures" for making them "so perfect, they make me feel bad for Krispy Kreme.[6]
A coconut doughnut from the Sugar Shack doughnut shop at aShell station onU.S. 27 inSomerset, Kentucky, was determined to be one of the best doughnuts in the United States in 1999. The owners, Patrick and Audrey Godin, fell in love 27 years earlier while working at a Dunkin' Donuts inNashua, New Hampshire, where 16-year-old Patrick became an apprentice baker.[7] Doughnutconnoisseurs have also praised the Toasted Coconut Donut atDunkin' Donuts.[8]
A coconut doughnut that is a "girly shade of pink" is a featured product of "cult" doughnut shopTop Pot Doughnuts inSeattle, Washington. It was one of the varieties included in a 2005 distribution agreement withStarbucks stores inWestern Washington.[9]
Conan O'Brien praised a coconut doughnut with a coconut cream filling as a "life-altering experience" during a three-day visit toToronto in 2004, saying "it blew my mind".[3]
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