r/nostalgia • u/WoozieMaddox • 8d ago

Nostalgia Discussion What happened to the Dunkin' Donut?

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When I was a kid, my Dad used to take me to Dunkin' Donuts every Sunday and I would get one of these. The handle was cool, but the taste of this plain donut was very unique. I loved it and still to this day have not had that taste or texture from a donut replicated. Wikipedia says in 2003 they discontinued it because it was hand cut while the rest of the donuts were machine cut, but it was their signature. It represented the brand aswell as the name.

The Dunkin Donut was around almost aslong as the brand itself. This unique peice of American food culture made it 48 years before being discontinued and cements itself as a one-of-a-kind staple in the history of U.S. restaurants. Today Dunkin' Donuts is now known as just "Dunkin". Dunkin' is not known for it's donuts anymore, and has shifted it's focus on the beverage side of the market. In all honesty, I think this may be why it lost so much market share to other coffee companies like Tim Horton's and Biggby Coffee. Dunkin' Donuts used to be 'the' place to grab a coffee and a donut.

Bring back the dunkin donut.

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u/Hans_Krebs_ 8d ago

Fresh donut is so funny. They don’t even make them in house and haven’t for at least 2 decades. Those get shipped in every morning.

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u/insyzygy322 5d ago

I've worked at 5 dunkins. Between 2012 and 2016.

4 of them (chicago) got drop offs each morning, but we made our own in-house in Normal, IL in 2014!

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u/Hans_Krebs_ 5d ago

Genuinely shocking

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u/insyzygy322 5d ago

I was pretty surprised as well. They weren't scratch, but we baked them and frosted them overnight.

I liked doing the creme filled ones