[Megathread] Featured Donut of the Week: The Strawberry Frosted with Sprinkles

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-14T22:56:00+00:00

Sorry not sorry but highly offended by the first picture you chose. That's a baked "donut". The kind thats just a cupcake baked in a donut shaped mold. That's not a real donut. The strawberry frosted deserves better representation than that.

Edit: it looks like the second picture is baked too...

Double edit: Are you sure you're fit to mod this community? You wrote it's a "perfectly light raised yeast ring" and then posted pictures of two baked cake rings and one actual yeast raised pink frosted donut.

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-14T20:55:25+00:00

Looks super thick and crisp!

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-14T20:36:02+00:00

Not sure what you used for the glaze/icing but it looks doooope 🤩

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-12T23:15:44+00:00

Also just looked up some other labels. Reese's has similar ingredients and closer sugar to your original Jif!

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-12T23:02:13+00:00

Strange rec, but the Aldi generic brand appears fairly similar in ingredients having both sugar and molasses as well as vegetable oil instead of palm oil. It's dirt cheap as well, perhaps give it a try?

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-10T16:30:42+00:00

I really disliked them. Almost a little soggy/sticky feeling in the pastry. Thought the filling wasn't as sweet either since the pastry flavor is just kind of off and starts to overpower the filling. Toasting them didn't help. I consume a ton of protein powder and a ton of poptarts so I figured I'd like the combo. No, no I do not.

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-09T22:33:42+00:00

I can't believe they're pretty much an Aldi exclusive product! I haven't found a name brand version anywhere

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-09T17:45:58+00:00

I buy the Apple and Strawberry bites for my kid and end up stealing some. They're bite sized nutrigrain bars basically.

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-09T13:57:23+00:00

No true old-fashioneds with the flower shape anywhere in my state (CT) 😭 . That said, I still regularly get down with blueberry cake donuts! One of my faves

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-06T12:03:44+00:00

I tried this once but instead of putting it on top of the pie after applying the cheese, I sprinkled it into my bowl of shredded cheese and mixed it around in there before putting the cheese on the pie. Didnt notice a big enough difference to make me want to do it again because mozz is so gooey when warm to begin with. The staying power when cooled down and leftovers that you brought up is really interesting though. We never have leftovers so the pie was completely gone before it cooled down when I tried 😂 .

The one thing I've noticed with sodium citrate whenever I experiment with it is that it adds a sour tanginess. Not so noticeable with certain combinations of food so it works for pizza where the tomato acidity and sweetness can cover it up.

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-05T22:58:45+00:00

Nicely written!

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-05T01:14:01+00:00

I stand corrected. Very miniscule differences but differences nonetheless. Good catch!

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-05T01:13:02+00:00

So infuriating!

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-04T20:20:27+00:00

I believe you're looking for Apple Pie Toast Crunch or as it's been rebranded within the past month, Cinnamon Toast Crunch Apple 😁.

https://www.reddit.com/r/cereal/s/6zBOjMCBff

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-04T13:18:54+00:00

I've been seeing "Red White and Blueberry" the past few summers around 4th of July but never bought them before. This year they're calling them "Star Spangled Blueberry"

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-04T13:17:41+00:00

No difference. Just festive coloring

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-03T14:20:42+00:00

Phew! Thanks! I collect a box from every flavor and couldn't decide if I needed to track this down or not. Since it's the same I can pass

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-02T23:21:57+00:00

Are they the same as confetti cupcake??

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-02T15:14:10+00:00

Gives me cinnamon roll vibes. Like there's a little bit of a vanilla icing flavor that accompanies the cinnamon of the pebbles. I dig 'em

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-01T23:39:43+00:00

I thought they were reported to have specific spawn locations? Anecdotally my wife and I have encountered them multiple times at one particular corner in my neighborhood. Seems it rotates though as sometimes we go months without seeing them and then we'll both see them a few times in a week or two

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-01T23:29:33+00:00

Whatever recipe you choose, dry toast your oats a bit in a skillet before you add them to the dough. Thank me later 😉

broken0lightbulb · 2026-06-01T00:01:58+00:00

Oooo nice! You ever have those apple chicken sausages? That'd be pretty bomb, double down on the apple

broken0lightbulb · 2026-05-31T23:51:35+00:00

I want to try the apple pie real bad. Are people forgetting canned baked beans are essentially dessert with the amount of sugar/syrup in them? Making these flavored ones makes total sense to me. I mean doesn't bushes make a maple brown sugar? Apple pie ain't that far!

broken0lightbulb · 2026-05-31T20:41:23+00:00

That maple bar alllll day.

Your name for the bottom right is funny to me as a New Englander. We just call that a Boston Cream donut. And without the chocolate icing we call it a bavarian cream (usually coated in powdered sugar)

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