Donut Dip

648 North Main Street, East Longmeadow, MA - (413) 736-2224

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Posted By Chris Ayers & Amy Briesch on 2/7/2008 3:20:00 PM

In a state where Dunkin’ Donuts, Inc. sponsors just about everything under the New England sun, an independent doughnut store is something quite special. This holds true for Donut Dip, a small Springfield-based shop that touts 49 different varieties of America’s preferred pastry. This two-store company is also the exclusive maker of apple cider donuts for Applebrook Farm in Broad Brook, Connecticut, which are the finest we’ve ever eaten: their crunchy, cracked exteriors are bursting with cinnamon-y apple flavor. The Dip’s cake varieties are exemplary: the seasonal pumpkin; the tangy sour creme; the classic sweet essence of the plain, unadorned old-fashioned (here dubbed “home cut”); and the dark cocoa brilliance of the chocolate devil’s-food cake.

As for the raised selections, the Donut Dip scores high. Their hand-cut glazed has a thin blanket of sugary glaze that complements the yeasty, airy insides. The sugar-raised is mouth-watering with sugar granules clinging effortlessly to its fried skin. The French cruller—an exemplar in its category—has long ridges of light crust with an eggy, custard-like taste.

Donut Dip’s ample stools and double-horseshoe counters, usually replete with shop regulars, are inviting to those looking for fresh coffee, conversation, and a plateful of Western Massachusetts’ best donuts. Donut Dip’s second store is located at 1305 Riverside Street in West Springfield. Every take-out box has this witty quote printed on the side: “What foods these morsels be!”, an obvious adaptation of Puck’s famous line from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and used in various cookbooks, food guides, etc.

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Overall: Excellent - Worth a Detour

Apple Cider Donut	Sour Creme Donut
French Cruller

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"Crusted with glaze, these cake donuts are wonderfully crunchy (l. to r.: sour creme, home cut, chocolate, honey cruller)."
Chris Ayers & Amy Briesch

"Check out the “What Foods These Morsels Be!” quote on the front of this bulging box of donuts."
Chris Ayers & Amy Briesch

"The honey dip and sugared, the long ridged French cruller, and the famous apple cider donut (clockwise from left)."
Chris Ayers & Amy Briesch

"The first sight as you walk in the door at Donut Dip, and the sweet smells are intoxicating!"
Chris Ayers & Amy Briesch

"The top of this glass case is cloudy from the thousands of coins, boxes, and hands that have scraped it over the years."
Chris Ayers & Amy Briesch

"One wall of filled donuts, with placards so worn that a few of the letters have been colored in over the years."
Chris Ayers & Amy Briesch

"The back section of Donut Dip is almost always occupied by sociable locals."
Chris Ayers & Amy Briesch

"Donut Dip shares an impossibly small parking lot with an adjoining liquor store on Main Street."
Chris Ayers & Amy Briesch