Voodoo Doughnuts: The Magic is in the Hole!

Hi all!
So, this is really just a follow-up of Sarah's donut post. I've got to represent the NW here, since Voodoo is practically one of the most famous donut places in the U.S. (just ask the travel channel and foodnetwork). Although they aren't quite as fancy as the ones Sarah posted earlier, these donuts are cheap, creative, and delicious little bites of heaven, even if they are sometimes a little vulgar (think bachelorette/bachelor party treats;) Plus, who doesn't love a donut shop that can perform weddings!?

Here are the donuts:


Starting at the upper left, you have Sarah's fave, the maple bacon bar. That one doesn't really need much of a description, its just maple frosting with bacon on top!Then its the Butterfingering (vanilla frosting and butterfinger crumbles) and the Diablos Rex (chocolate cake donut, red sprinkles, vanilla pentagram, and chocolate chips in the middle). The next row starts with the McMinnville Cream (Bavarian cream-filled with maple frosting, two eyeballs and a mustache), the Maple Blazer Blunt (Inappropriate? Yes. Delicious? Of course! Covered in cinnamon with maple frosting and red sprinkles on one end), and the Captain my Captain (vanilla frosting and Captain Crunch cereal). The last row begins with a regular ole' powdered sugar jam filled donut, the Dubble Bubble (vanilla frosting, bubblegum dust, and a piece of gum in the middle), and the Peanut Donut (cake donut covered in chocolate frosting and peanuts). Yum Yum!

Here's a pic of my favorite donut, which they were unfortunately out of the night we went. Its the Voodoo Doll, filled with raspberry jelly and stabbed with a pretzle!


And here's the one Andrew really wanted that they were also out of. Its the Old Dirty Bastard with chocolate frosting, Oreo's, and peanut butter. Guess that just means we'll have to go again soon!


If you're interested in looking at any of their other creations, you can visit them at http://www.voodoodoughnut.com/. Its one very good reason to take a trip up here to the Pacific NW--besides seeing me of course!! Look how much the girls enjoyed them!

Gourdough's Big Fat Doughnuts

You all know, I assume, that I do not bake/cook/spend any time in the kitchen. Thus, my posts will be about wildly unhealthy stuff I eat around town.

So for Laura's birthday, instead of making her a cake, Hunter and I took her to a food trailer in South Austin called Gourdough's (Gourmet Doughnuts, get it? So clever). It is basically Austin's answer to Portland's Voodoo Donuts; the difference is that each donut is made fresh, and they're huge. We were a little bit overzealous and ordered eight massive donuts between the three of us. The people working there thought we were insane, but it was one of the best decisions we've ever made. Here's the rundown:

Sara's Joy:
This one is coconut flavored filling with fudge icing and fresh coconut on top. I'm not usually a big coconut fan, though I'm coming around, but this was awesome.

Cherry Bombs:
These little bites of heaven are glazed cherry-topped donut holes with cinnamon, sugar, and cake mix topping. It's essentially crazy good cherry pie.

Baby Rattler:
This dude is a normal donut with fudge icing, topped with fudge Oreo crumbles and a three foot long gummy rattlesnake.

Blackout:
One of my choices!! It's a brownie batter donut covered in fudge icing with chocolate chips and brownie bites on top. Ridiculous.

The Puddin' and Granny's Pie:

I'll admit I ate neither of these b/c they both have bananas (my archenemy). The puddin' one is the first photo. It's cream filled with cream cheese icing, bananas, and vanilla wafers. Granny's pie has caramel, pecans, bananas, and graham crackers. Hunter and Laura both say that Granny's pie is tops.

Mama's Cake:
This was another of my choices and my second favorite of the group. It's yellow cake batter filling with chocolate fudge icing. Mmmm.

Mother Clucker:
One of the best things ever to have been eaten by humankind. This is essentially why I went here in the first place. It's a donut with fried chicken and honey butter, not too dissimilar from chicken and waffles. It's well worth visiting Austin for, if any of you want to come see me.

These photos from my phone don't nearly do the donuts justice, but it'll have to do. We gorged ourselves and still have 80 percent leftover for tomorrow, thank god.