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A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about Voodoo Donuts' Bacon-Maple Bar. I tried to maintain some level of journalistic integrity, pretending to be ambivalent about the seductive wonder that the mass of sugar, greasy dough, and smoky pork held for me. I claimed a certain level of disgust, even as I frankly admitted my attraction. In many ways, it was like describing my feelings for Courtney Love.Well, no more. I can no longer pretend to have even the smallest amount of distance from this wonderful agglomeration of fat, sugar, and empty calories. Last night, at a Oregon food showcase, I met the owners of Voodoo donuts and tasted a modified, East-coast version of their Frankenstinian confection. Sad to say, it was absolutely everything that I expected: delicious, seductive, and oh so bad for me.
The NYC Bacon Maple Bar began with a locally-produced basic donut that both my wife and Voodoo Donuts' President assured me was extremely close to the real thing. It was then slathered in a maple frosting, liberally sprinkled with filberts, and given a final dollop of bacon. Simultaneously salty, sweet, crunchy, and fluffy, the finished product was everything that a "pancakes and bacon with tons of maple syrup" man could want. It was heaven.
Unfortunately, the Voodoo Donuts guys are heading back out West shortly, which means that the Bacon Maple Donut and I have had to part ways. Even so, it has given me a reason to contemplate a visit to Portland, Oregon. Now, I just have to wait for airline tickets to come into range...
9-26-2008 @3:30PM PEGGY said... there is so much good food out here that it'll be worth the trip, whenever you come.
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9-26-2008 @3:32PM Bruce Watson said... Peggy-
I've long since known about Tillamook cheese, the Tillamook smokehouse, and some of the other wonders of the Oregon coast, but this was a whole new thing. Yes, a trip will have to happen!
Thanks for writing in!
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9-26-2008 @4:16PM Kf said... I've seen bacon topped maple bars on other sites -- perhaps borrowed from VooDoo's idea, but methinks it isn't terribly difficult to reproduce. Purchase your favorite (quality -- which means no Krispy Kreme nonsense)) maple bar, top it with nuts and bacon, and voila.
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9-26-2008 @4:27PM Janis Dority said... Last Winter when the original post about Voodoo's Maple bar /Bacon donut went out I apparently made quite a few comments on how great that must be,so much so that my husband made not one but two for me and brought them to my workplace!
First he went to a very good So Cal Donut shop then to a local breakfast place for the Bacon all cooked to order. He assembled them and brought them to me!
They were pure evil...delicious , tasty , yummy evil!
A rare treat indeed!
I WILL get up North to try the original someday!
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9-27-2008 @1:44PM seric said... The more shops selling Maple Bacon donuts the better.
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