Please give a warm and boozy welcome to Drunken Donuts.
Cocktails are great. Desserts are great. So it only makes sense that they are mixed to create the greatest hybrid in human history?
The humans over in Thomastown, who clearly want us to live our best damn lives, launched ‘Drunken Donuts’ back in February, combining childish delights with an adult twist.
The sugar-glazed donuts, which are made with a shot of booze, take inspiration from Melbourne bars and look like the cocktails they taste like, just in the form of a doughy-treat.
“In 2018 we had a crazy idea! What if we made alcohol-infused?” the Facebook page reads. “The result has been more fantastic than we could ever have dreamed – not only do we get to create delicious and unforgettable mouth moments, but we get to see smiles and people coming together every single day!”
On the menu you’ll find the Bailey’s, made with creamy Baileys-spiked coffee custard and glazed with chocolate; Coffee and Rum, filled with rum custard and glazed with coffee glaze; Apple Whiskey, made with their signature series apple-whiskey custard and glazed with apple-whiskey icing; and a Pina complete with pineapple-pina colada custard, dunked in vanilla glaze and drizzled with coconut shavings.
Our favourites though are hands-down the Nutella Cognac, filled with Nutella Cognac custard and glazed with white chocolate; the iconic Grasshopper, filled with creme de menthe chocolate custard and dipped in a creme de menthe glaze and topped with chunks of dark chocolate, and… drum roll please… the Espresso Martini made with espresso martini custard, white chocolate glaze, and drizzle with coffee beans.
I’ll have one of each thanks…
That’s not all though. These guys are also slinging alcohol-infused canolli. Filled with the likes of apple-whiskey infused custard, creamy Bailey’s coffee custard, coffee and rum custard, espresso martini custard, Nutella cognac custard and pina colada custard, this is a seriously delicious twist to the usual delicate tubes of golden, fried pastry we’re used to.
Say no more right?
Just go easy on the portions – there’s no hangover quite like a sugar hangover.
Our closest Drunken Donuts is located at Werribee at Westside Pizza Boys 1/86 Cottrell Street from Friday to Sunday from 5pm to 9:30pm. Otherwise there’s a whole list of locations around Melbourne here. You can also find them on online delivery platform for nearby locations.
Please Note: We’re not totally sure what the regulations are around eating these things while driving, but to play it safe, please eat responsibly. We are, after all, all adults here. Kind of…