7684. Try a cronut

Since I didn't have donuts in Illinois yet, I really want to try to cross that off the list during girls weekend. Donuts make an easy breakfast and should have coffee for Stacy. After a quick Google search, I found Sweet Circle and it checked all the boxes. I mentioned we could get donuts for breakfast and take them to Wilder Park to eat them. Stacy was good with it.

Sweet Circle is downtown Elmhurst. We managed to find street parking not too far away. It is open 6-6 Mon-Wed and 6 AM - 9 PM Thu-Sun. They have several locations around the Chicago area. They claim to best donuts in Illinois and Indiana. I am not sure I'll agree with that statement.

For donuts they have classic donuts ($1.99), specialty donuts ($2.99) and signature donuts ($3.85). After debating between chocolate donut with sprinkles and a cronut, the cronut won out. It seemed like the best value for the money.

A cronut is a cross between croissant and a donut. It has the flaky layers of a croissant with a caramelized crunchy crust. Sweet Circle offered a Cronut Creme Brulee. 

My Cronut was flaky and delicious. It was filled with cream and covered with chocolate icing. Slightly messy but not too bad. I would definitely get another one.

If you are looking for donuts (or conuts) in the Chicagoland, Sweet Circle is a good option. They do have ice cream so if you want a late night treat they can accommodate you as well. 

I'll be honest the rest of the donuts, at least in appearance, didn't impress me much. I'm glad I went with the cronut and probably would have debunked the best donuts in Illinois and Indiana after having Munster Donuts for years. I would though be willing to put that theory to test to see who is better Sweet Circle or Munster Donuts.

I've now had a the trifecta of croissant hybrid pastries -- Cronuts, Croffins, and Croffles, and it's a toss up between cronuts and croffles for my favorite. 

Eating Donuts in Sheboygan

 One of my many bucket list goals is to have donuts in every state in the US and every county in WI among other things. Lofty goals I know. I mentioned this to Andrea and she was like you need to have a donut from the super secret donut place that you need to be a subscriber to obtain said donut. Lucky for me she was a subscriber. 

The super secret donut place is no longer super secret as it has a store front. Sunday Dough started as a home business and has moved to a store front. Andrea says you still need to be a subscriber to be able to pre-order. You can also take your chances of walking in and picking up some donuts but they are can run out. Sunday Dough is only open Friday-Sunday 9-2 or until sold out.

Sunday Dough has 6 core flavors: Lemon Cheesecake, Strawberry Shortcake, Maple French Toast, S'more, and Vanilla Sprinkle. There are also 2 flavors of the month. February's flavors are Cookie Butter and Hot Chocolate. Each donut is $4. To be honest there was literally 2 flavors I would have eaten -- S'mores and Hot Chocolate. I'm glad I didn't have to move outside of my comfort zone and try a "weird" flavored donut.

Because Andrea is a subscriber and we wanted to have ice cream for breakfast, she pre-ordered our donuts and picked them up. We both got Hot Chocolate which brioche dough filled with Hot Chocolate Ganache covered with more ganache and topped with mini marshmallows and whipped frosting. 

The donut was good. Was it $4 good? Not quite $4 good. Don't get me wrong it was delicious but I'm frugal. A $4 donut should wow me. It didn't Wow me. The brioche dough was very good and had an amazing texture. The ganache was a bit on the dark side.. even a bit dark for me. It could have used either more sugar or a slightly sweet chocolate (Less Cocoa percentage). 

Dollop of ice cream not included

There was not a donut from that list the hubby would enjoy. He is a basic donut kind of guy and even the vanilla sprinkle was too sprinkly for him. 

Would I eat them again. Heck yes.. as long as there is a flavor I would enjoy. I would definitely recommend if you are in the mood for an unordinary donut.

So far I've had donuts in 7 states and 6 counties. I wonder where my next donut adventure will be.