Mini sparkle donuts at Starbucks: Do you like them?
Posted by Melody on January 17, 2010 at 12:05 am
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This blog entry is about mini sparkle donuts. That’s it! Nothing complicated here! I like them. The vanilla one is my favorite. The frosting is wonderfully sweet and rich. I don’t even know what those sparkles are (okay, I assume sugar) but they’re wonderful little sprinkles. The donut part of the donuts is moist and yummy. And these little guys are a bargain at seventy-five cents each. Starbucks launched the mini donuts on January 12, 2010, and I hope they stick around for a while, though I can’t count on it. Starbucks is notorious for rapid new food launches. One minute it’s there, the next minute it is gone.
I felt like my last two blog entries had a little intensity to them – an intriguing interview with Bryant Simon, and an intense discussion of customers making donations at the register. When all is said and done, I felt like it was time for an easy short blog post. Here it is: I like sparkle donuts. The photo for this blog post was taken January 16, 2010 at one of my favorite Starbucks. I asked for for-here ware. As an aside, this store has great for-here ware. The beverage was a whole milk chai latte. I don’t admit it often, but yes I drink a number of non-coffee beverages.
Hope that you enjoy sparkle donuts too! Has anyone here tried them?
Thank you Melody!
instead of the chalk boards for each brew, they insist on a cardboard stand....
I’ve never tried sparkle donuts, but I’d be willing to try them!! I haven’t heard anything about them though at the various Starbucks in my area…
Mmmmm donuts! It is a bit pedestrian to dunk donuts in Starbuck’s coffee, but c’mon now, ya wanna do it don’t ya? I do. These could make me forget about Krispy Kreme!
My local store has them every morning, though I’ve never liked any donuts so I haven’t tried them. They are definitely the first thing the eye goes to in the case though since they are all sparkly!
They are YUMMY. I’ve been looking unsuccessfully for the nutritional information. I’m afraid I don’t want to know.
I doubt if Starbucks will tell you what’s in them but you can bet it ain’t good for us. When I was working and the girls were going out for doughnuts one of them would say “might as well tape them to your hips ’cause that is where they’ll wind up eventually”.
120 calories each: 6 g fat
Vanilla:
Serving Size (g) 33
Amt Per Serving
Calories 120
Fat Calories 50
Total Fat (g) 6
Saturated Fat (g) 2.5
Trans Fat (g) 0
Cholesterol (mg) 5
Sodium (mg) 150
Total Carbohydrates (g) 16
Fiber (g) 0
Sugars (g) 10
Sugar Alcohol (g) 0
Protein (g) 1
Vitamin A 0 %
Vitamin C 0 %
Calcium 0 %
Iron 4 %
Caffeine (mg) 0
Chocolate:
Serving Size (g) 33
Amt Per Serving
Calories 120
Fat Calories 50
Total Fat (g) 6
Saturated Fat (g) 2.5
Trans Fat (g) 0
Cholesterol (mg) 5
Sodium (mg) 150
Total Carbohydrates (g) 16
Fiber (g) 0
Sugars (g) 10
Sugar Alcohol (g) 0
Protein (g) 1
Vitamin A 0 %
Vitamin C 0 %
Calcium 0 %
Iron 4 %
Caffeine (mg) 0
That does’t sound so bad. Not as bad as I thought.
I finally tried the chocolate one and, to tell you the truth, I wasn’t too overly enthused and preferred the blueberry muffin better. Think the blueberry muffin was healthier too.
I finally tried a chocolate one and, to tell you the truth, I wasn’t too impressed and enjoyed their blue berry muffin better. Same price a healthier too.
Oops I’m repeating myself. Guess it’s a sign of old age!
I love the vanilla donuts! They are great. Being on Weight Watchers, I can enjoy a little sweet something for only 3 points.
I might try the vanilla one and see if I like them better than the blue berry muffin but I don’t think I will. At least I doubt if it will be healthier.