Dunkin' Donuts

"Time to make the donuts..." OK. Thank God that's not me, but time to EAT the donuts is just about any time for most people. I can only do morning time with my black coffee, but my husband is well known for stopping by for a dozen... Yes, he brings them back for the rest of us and the kids don't get theirs until after school.

I had to drop off Julie's sister at school this morning and had an hour wait before Julie needed to go, so we stopped at Dunkin' Donuts. Their coffee is actually quite good as most coffee drinkers know, and Julie loves hot chocolate. The server added a bit of milk and cream to her hot chocolate to help cool it down as it was very hot. She usually eats the whipped cream off the top, but the lid on the travel cup didn't allow for this and she commented how good it tasted when you get a bit of the whipped cream with the sip you are taking. Genius kid figures it out. Like, this is why the whipped cream isn't served as a side, right? I usually take my coffee black, but when I get it out I like half and half, so I got that. Julie and I both got a Boston Kreme filled "donut" with chocolate frosting, she with sprinkles, mine without. Mmmmmmmmm!

The modern Dunkin Donuts is diversified from the old days. Not an extensive menu beyond the great selection of donuts, but now you can get breakfast egg sandwiches and wraps, hashbrowns, muffins, bagel twists and individual apple pie pastries. A poster advertised a limited time blueberry waffle sandwich with maple sausage that wasn't on the menu. They serve latte and cappuccino and flavored coffee, iced coffee, iced tea, "Coolata" frozen blended drinks in strawberry, coffee or "Tropicana" orange flavors. They even do lunch items in the form of pepperoni or cheese stuffed breadsticks or ham and swiss, turkey cheddar and bacon flat bread sandwiches.

I stick with the main theme... it all sounds good, but coffee/hot chocolate and donuts is why we go there and what I know they do well. Bags of their now famous quality coffee beans are sold from a shelf in the front along with plastic "to go" mugs. "Congrats GRADS" covers were on some bags as it was still around the time of Clarkson College and SUNY Potsdam's graduation weekend.