What is it about miniature donuts that makes them so enticing? Is it how magical they look on Instagram and Snapchat? I’m not really sure, but I decided to give them a shot this past weekend at Little Donut House located at 4048 West Kennedy Boulevard.
I was initially inspired to try Little Donut House after sampling their Margarita Donut at CL Margarita Wars which was actually quite tasty and impressed me with an innovative taste.
My friend and I ordered 6 donuts ($4.50) and shared them during our visit to Little Donut House. None of them were appealing.
The donuts were cold and lacked any flavors that stood out. They did not taste fresh from the donut underneath to the toppings. Most of the menu items were basically chocolate choices and the other ones did not sound too appetizing.
I suppose you can argue that the donuts were not fresh because we visited in the middle of the afternoon. Still – I liken it to a pizza place selling pizza by the slice in the afternoon that should probably be thrown out.
If you’re open for business – the quality should still be there.
Quality toppings and ingredients could definitely pave the way for an excellent mini donut. There is lots of possibilities, but I haven’t seen that execution yet.
The most disappointing donut I had was the Maple Bacon Donut. The bacon on the donut tasted like bacon you might get from a salad bar drizzled on top of a miniature donut and fell completely flat on flavor.
It’s really hard to make bacon unappealing and that’s why this experience has stuck with me in the back of my mind for days.
I am not a fan of Mini Doughnut Factory either – too sweet, too cakey, just not for me…but Little Donut House fell even under that scope.
I wasn’t even aware that Little Donut House and Mini Doughnut Factory were in the middle of litigation recently over a name dispute, but frankly I don’t like either.
For mini donuts I am going to stick to Disco Donuts and for regular donuts I am sticking to Craving Donuts.
Carlos Eats 
2 responses to “Little Donut House more than a little disappointing”
Wait… There are unappetizing doughnuts out there?? How does one screw up THAT badly?
That’s how I felt about the bacon.