I can’t say donuts are my favorite thing.  I can’t even say I’m a big donut lover.  But, when a donut place receives national recognition for its donuts, I am definitely curious to try them!  This happened to me recently when I was visiting the North Shore.

Since we were close enough to Kane’s Donuts in Massachusetts ‘to taste it’ on a recent visit to see my son, he drove me to the unassuming little neighborhood shop in Saugus and treated me to Kane’s for a Sunday morning breakfast!

The long line in front of Kane’s moved pretty fast and, before I knew it, I was in front of the display case trying to decide which donuts to order!   I didn’t want to go too nuts, so I decided I would pick just two.

My son had already ordered the honey dipped – which Travel & Leisure Magazine named the best honey-dipped donut in America! – so I knew I could try his and proceeded to order a couple additional flavors to sample.  I decided on coconut lemon and turtle for my two choices.  One was filled and one had chocolate – seemed like a good variety!  The lemon coconut had an outside covering of coconut and so much lemon filling, I couldn’t eat any more after finishing it.  I had thought I would just take a couple bites and move on to the turtle one, but  that didn’t happen – the lemon coconut one was just SO good, I couldn’t stop eating it!  (I ended up saving the turtle one and devouring it later that evening.)

After my tasting, I can definitely see why Kane’s was named one of the Top 10 Best Places for Donuts in America by Bon Appetit, one of America’s 50 Best Donuts by Saveur, and Best Donuts in New England by Yankee Magazine.  This local hot spot, using fresh and local ingredients to serve up donuts since 1955, is definitely worth a visit!

Note:  This Massachusetts icon now also has a location in Boston.

Thanks for stopping by today for Friday field trip!

Have a great weekend and remember to take pleasure in simple things (like a fabulous donut!), Jackie