Bakin' Donuts

Bakery: Bakin' Donuts
Address: 48 Water St, Summerside PE (plus other locations in PEI)
Website: n/a 
Style: Doughnuts 
Price: $

Well, there's one bakery in Summerside and somehow we didn't go to it -- there must have been a reason for it such as it being too early or that we didn't want to drive back towards downtown in the morning when we were going in the opposite direction. Whatever it was, simply to have said I tried some sweets in the city of Summerside, seeing as this was where we spent our single night on the island, we went to Bakin' Donuts for some local doughnuts. I just had to have PEI on my tour.

Nevertheless, Bakin' Donuts (not to be confused with "bacon doughnuts" -- north of the border, that's just Toronto XD) is a local chain of Tim Horton-like coffee shops found relatively throughout the island. With what seems like five total locations, it's certainly not a large chain and, as such, I guess it deserves some mention. However, despite its name, Bakin' Donuts has a lot less well, doughnuts than I imagined. In fact, they're more or less the same: deep-fried cake doughnuts with a couple varieties of toppings that resemble each other quite a bit nonetheless: plain, maple, butterscotch or chocolate. At the Summerside location, there weren't that many in terms of quantity and the fact that they were saran-wrapped was a little off-putting, but biting into them (and examining the greasy paper bag ^^) revealed that they were fried that morning. And that made all the difference, especially compared to the other guys.

Essentially, there's nothing that remarkable about the two doughnuts we got (unglazed and maple; $0.85/each). I'm not a big fan of cake doughnuts, but these were well-done: fried to a golden brown with a crispy outside and soft, fluffy inside as well as a nice fresh glaze on top. Perhaps it can't beat out any real bakeries, but for what it was, it wasn't bad. Especially nowadays, freshly fried doughnuts don't come your way often. Seize the day. :D

Rating: **1/2