What You'll Get
Although the way to an iguana's heart is through its stomach, it is useful to remember that human stomachs can be reached through the mouth, nose, eyes, and—if it's an emergency—the number written on the refrigerator's dry-erase board. Today's Groupon stimulates your gentle iguana heart with sweet tastes, smells, and sights: for $8, you get a dozen mix & match doughnuts (up to a $22.28 value) at FROST Doughnuts in Mill Creek Town Center.
FROST churns out a menu of gourmet doughnuts each morning in a modern, exhibition-style kitchen. Your Groupon is good for a mixed and matched dozen of whichever of FROST’s more than 50 flavors are on hand, as flavors shift daily like so many Protean animorphs. Sophisticated shoppers should seek out the salted caramel doughnut, topped with handmade caramel and fleur de sel, while candy aficionados may pine for a portion of the Butterfinger blast, a raised ring topped with chocolate and dipped in crunchy pieces of the crushed, cartoon-endorsed confection. A smoky maple bacon bar combines a bout of dualistic breakfast decadence with fresh bacon atop a sweet doughnut, while the classic cherry bomb detonates in your face’s primary head-hole with the fresh flavors of a cherry cake doughnut under a rich cherry glaze.
Three fashion-forward best friends founded FROST, and their sensibility shows in the upscale doughnut dispensary’s clean, modern décor. The chic environs make an enjoyably aromatic place to spend a morning, afternoon, or evening savoring the selection of sweets with friends or family, while remaining equally appropriate for solo doughnut hoarding by wandering doughnut foragers.
Reviews
FROST Doughnuts was featured in the blog Gastronomy, while Yelpers give FROST an average rating of four stars. It is five-star recommended by CityVoters, and 85% of Urbanspooners like it as well:
- The doughnut that made me close my eyes and tilt my head in utter bliss was none other than the Smokey Bacon Maple Bar. A maple bar is pretty amazing on its own; add to it freshly fried bacon crumbles, and man oh man, this baby is a heart breaker. – Gastronomer, Gastronomy
- These are doughnuts which rappers would call the "shizznit". These handmade beauties with flavors like red velvet, wedding cake and Banana Split fritters are nothing short of incredible. – ACleverGuy, Urbanspoon
The Fine Print
Promotional value expires Sep 14, 2011. Amount paid never expires. Limit 1 per person, may buy 3 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per visit. Must use in 1 visit, no cash back. Not valid with other offers. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.
About Frost Doughnuts
Before they became business partners, the owners of Frost Doughnuts were just three best friends who shared a passion for loving and eating donuts. Following what must rank among the most productive hangout sessions ever, the trio decided their beloved breakfast staple was worthy of elevation alongside other resurrected sweet treats such as the cupcake, and so they got to work crafting a concept that would revamp its reputation from greasy to gourmet. Today, while customers still sink their teeth into a roster of exquisitely baked classics such as a chocolate glazed or bavarian-cream filled, it’s the shop's evolved flavors that really turn morning munch-a-thons upside down. Available on a rotating schedule due to their gourmet preparations and forgivable diva complexes are favorites such as a smoky bacon maple bar or an aztec chocolate donut iced with cinnamon-cayenne chocolate. Inside the charming shop, diners can watch as chefs whip up batches of banana split fritters or peaches and crème bismarcks in their exhibition-style kitchen, but should take care to break their hypnotic gaze before closing time, as all leftover donuts depart for local food shelters at the end of each day.