Taste Testing the Froot Loops mini donuts from Carl's Jr.

Do the Froot Loops mini donuts from Carl's Jr. taste as good as the cereal? Let's find out! The mini donuts are only $1.99 for a box of 5!

Snacking In The Parks: UP House Donut for Pixar Fest

Take a look at this beautiful Pixar UP House Donut now available at the Coffee Cart next to Sleeping Beauty's Castle at Disneyland! This is the latest Pixar UP themed donut as Pixar Fest continues at The Disneyland Resort until September 3rd!

It is a plain bar donut with a white chocolate UP house and candy coated chocolate for the balloons! The donuts are fresh made every day until they sell out!

Snacking In The Parks: Bacon Maple Bar Makes Its Debut (11/1/2016)

A new donut was added to the Disneyland donut mix today! Welcome the bacon maple bar donut! Freshly made on property with the bacon still crisp and salty that pairs perfectly with that soft maple donut!

You can find the Disneyland donuts at the coffee cart on the left of the castle in The Hub! Go early, they sell out in a few hours and you know never what donuts you will find!

Snacking In The Parks: Handcrafted Donuts in Disneyland!

Of all the food items that needed to be added to the roster at The Disneyland Resort, it was handcrafted donuts! On Saturday I got my wish. While in a test phase, they are selling out every single day, and in most days, in a matter of a few hours. These donuts are made fresh on property and currently only sold at one place in the resort. You will find these donuts at the coffee cart on the left side of the castle in the Hub.

Let's get a closer look at the offerings!

First up is this Reese's Cup Chocolate Bar. For those of you that love peanut butter and chocolate imagine it mixed with a delicious soft, fresh made chocolate bar donut!

Next up is this frosted donut with M&M's and waffle cone pieces! This is a sugar rush and the crunchy waffle cone pieces perfectly balance with the softness of the donut and the hard candy shells of the M&M's!

Last but not least is my favorite of the three offerings! Behold the fruity pebble bar! I love fruity pebbles and adding it in this dose on top of a bar donut is perfection! I love the sweetness and the crunch of the fruity pebbles!

One more look at all three donut offerings!

A perfect day starts with a fruity pebble donut in front of the Sleeping Beauty Castle!

Hopefully these donuts find a permanent home at the resort! But until then, hurry to Disneyland and get you donuts now!

Food Review: 'The Simpons' Springfield U.S.A. Area Opens at Universal Studios Hollywood!

Time to check out Springfield U.S.A., brought to life at Universal Studios Hollywood! This is The Simpsons food court! Let's see how good the food is and if it's worth your visit!

The food court area is well themed with many of the restaurants all connected indoors with the vast majority of the seating upstairs in the air-conditioning! Well done and well though out Universal!

Our first stop is the famous lad with the donuts! That's right Lard Lad Donuts!

Lard Lad Donuts offers their famous massive donuts but also these larger than regular sized donuts with all sorts of various toppings! Seen here are the Cap'n Crunch, the Fruit Loops, maple bacon and the s'more donuts! They sell four donuts for less than $12! The best one was the s'mores donut!

For lunch I stopped at Krusty Burger!

This is going to be the busiest of all the major restaurants but the line moves quickly! Duff is on tap!

I got the Sideshow Bob foot long chili dog! A 100% beef hot dog topped with chili and cheese and served with fries and cole slaw! It was really good!

I washed down the hot dog with an ice cold Duff in a souvenir plastic cup! The beer is really good. This is the regular Duff and it reminded me of a Blue Moon.

My friend went to Cletus' Chicken Shack!

Check out the awesome chicken and waffle sandwich served with slaw and fries! Some maple syrup on top of the waffle and the mayo is even mixed with some maple syrup!

And yes there is a Moe's!

Barney and I were sad that we were out of beer! Oh and yes the Love Machine behind us works!

Across from Moe's is the Duff Brewery!

You can get Duff in Regular Duff, Duff Lite or Duff Dry! I have to come back to try the other two!

Next to the Brewery is Luigi's and Phineas Q. Butterfat's Ice Cream Parlor!

This is the Mr. Teeny's Banana Delight! Bananas with banana foster sauce with soft serve vanilla and whipped cream! Amazing dessert creation!

This is the Brain Freezin' D'oh-Nut Sundae! You get a split pink sprinkled donut with vanilla or chocolate soft serve and a choice of topping I went with the strawberry sauce! So good on a warm summer day!

Lots of great food options here! Hope to be back soon to try more food items!

Hope you enjoyed this look at some of the food offerings at Springfield U.S.A. at Universal Studios Hollywood!

Life Hack: Keeping the Donut Man Strawberry Donut From Getting Soggy on Your Way Home

It's strawberry season and this means it's strawberry donut time at Donut Man in Glendale, CA! Now if you're like me and eat one or two there and take a few home, the donuts you take home get soggy from all those juicy strawberries! How does one get the amazing strawberry donuts home without the donuts getting soggy you may ask? Well wonder no longer...

Simply ask them to separate the donut from the strawberries! They will pack it up just like you see in the photo above!

The cup contains all those amazing juicy strawberries!

The donut itself stays nice and dry and can even be warmed up in the microwave before you pour the strawberries into the donut. Oh, they even have the donut cut for you as well!

Here is the final product! The Donut Man strawberry donut in the comfort of your home!

The Donut Man is located at:
915 E. Route 66
Glendora, CA 91740

Restaurant Review: Donut Bar in Fountain Valley! The Best Donuts in the OC?

As many of you know, I LOVE donuts! I am always looking for the next great donut place! This is the Donut Bar in Fountain Valley! Check out the donuts above! They make everything in house! Everything is made fresh daily! The donut options also change from a day to day basis! Luckily their Facebook page shows you the donuts they will have the next day! And when they sell out, they are done for the day!

The donuts above and starting with those at the top are two kinds of red velvet donuts! One is a red velvet cake donut and the other is red velvet glazed donut! Then a strawberry split and their gluten-free donut of the day a banana caramel donut. The bottom one is a salted caramel donut! All are amazing! None of the donuts are heavy. They are all light and fluffy. They offer a different gluten-free donut every day unlike some places that only offer them once a week.

In the next box we have a fresh blueberry donut to the upper left and a creme brulee donut right below that. The giant donut is a raspberry pistachio donut! All were so good and fresh! All these donuts were also light and fluffy! You are going to be hard pressed to just pick one or two donuts!

The bottom box here has a maple bacon bar, a mud pie donut, the cherry in the middle is the root beer float donut (yes it really does taste like a root beer float), and the last one is the amazing bourbon maple donut! The glaze is maple bourbon and you will taste the bourbon! Oh yes, you will taste the bourbon! They should almost card you before they sell you one!

The Donut Bar also carries some great drinks to wash down those donuts with! Check out the Stumptown coffee I have here! One of the best coffee places provides coffee to accompany these amazing donuts!

Check out the drink list! Do you see what I see? That's right milk on tap! You know I am going to have to try some of that!

Delicious chocolate milk is on tap! So is the strawberry milk that they mix milk with strawberries in house! If you ask you can get a Neapolitan milk like the one you see in the above photo!

They also have this massive chalk board where you can write down suggestions for new donuts or simply tell the Donut Bar how awesome they are!

Amazingly fresh donuts with fantastic flavors and great coffee and milk! Plus, awesome employees make this the best donut place in the entire OC! Get there early as they have limited hours! Also, on the weekends they have special donuts for kids. One donut per child and adults can buy these fun cartoon character donuts!

• Donut Bar
• 18011 Newhope St.
• Fountain Valley, California 92708

Hours	Mon - Fri: 7:00 am - 1:00 pm Sat - Sun: 8:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Cronut at The Donuttery

The craze began in New York and you knew it was only a matter of time before others started to give it their own take. Here is The Donuttery's version of the cronut. What is a cronut you ask? Think of a donut and a croissant having a child and that is the cronut. It looks like a glazed donut but it light and airy like a croissant!

Take a look inside to see how light and airy it is! So delicious, but here at The Donuttery, you have more options than just the regular cronut.

For an additional dollar you can add fresh strawberries and whipped cream! There are several other options if this isn't your thing!

Lil Oishi is happy that the strawberry and whipped cream filled cronut is almost as tall as him!

The Donuttery
17420 Beach Blvd 
Huntington Beach, CA92647

Restaurant Review: Sidecar Doughnuts and Coffee

Kellie cannot wait to get her hands on a doughnut and a cup of coffee!

I finally made it to Sidecar Doughnuts and Coffee in Costa Mesa with my good friend Kellie. She is turning out to be my partner in crime when it comes to doughnut adventures!

I love the simple and clean look of the place!

I have been wanting to try this place for quite sometime and was happy to go with Kellie for both of our first times! Sidecar is known for using the best ingredients and never using preservatives in their doughnuts!

Everywhere I go I see Mickey!

Lil Oishi is ready to try his first Stumptown Cold Brew!

Besides amazing doughnuts they also carry Stumptown Coffee from Portland, Oregon! These guys are right up there with Portola Coffee Lab in Costa Mesa for their dedication to quality. Quality in their relationships with the coffee bean growers, the coffee making process and the communities that you find them in.

The Cold Brew is just that, coffee brewed without heat. It's a long 12 hour process that results in a smooth, full-bodied brew. Perfect just out of the fridge! Perfect with all of the quality doughnuts from Sidecar!

Sidecar makes about 12 different doughnuts each week and they rotate through all of their flavors. You can go to their site (at the bottom of this post) to see what flavors are available!

This is the best maple bacon doughnut I have ever tasted! The doughnut is light and airy, not heavy like your typical doughnut shops. The maple is subtle and not overpowering which allows for the great taste of the crisp bacon to come through. Just perfect in my opinion!

This was my first experience with huckleberry. Not only is there huckleberries in the glaze but also in the cake! The sweet and tart taste quickly made this another favorite!

I am a sucker for twist doughnuts and this madagascar vanilla twist was one of the best ever. Light and airy and not too sweet made this just perfect for me!

Last but not least is the malasada. Now with parents born and raised on Oahu, Leonard's is famous! And I was just mentioning to some friends why isn't there a malasada on the menu anywhere? Well here it is! These are not quite the same as Leonard's but every bit as good! Soft, light, airy and sugary! I could be back on Oahu right now!

Yes, the doughnuts are pricy but worth every penny. You can taste the quality in every bite. Plus, paired with quality coffee and you have a great meal or snack! I will gladly be back!

Sidecar Doughnuts & Coffee

270 E 17th St
Ste 18
Costa Mesa, CA 92627

(949) 887-2910

www.sidecardoughnuts.com

Hours: Mon-Sun 6:30 am - 4 pm