one thing the los angeles vegan scene is really lacking is vegan donuts. luckily, that may change very soon thanks to a couple of food science college students named jessica and amanda. the two girls came up with some killer recipes for the deep fried treats during a product development class, and BAM—just like that their company the righteous fryers was born.
they hooked me up with some samples of their punnily-named wholly donuts, which were drop dead delicious. the flavors i tried were apple crumble and boston creme, and i was blown away by what these college kids created.
the first one i sampled was the boston creme. dense thick chocolate cake coated in chocolate frosting, and filled with moist and fluffy cream. gah, it was so tasty. it was small and artfully made, yet rich and messy…it was like the cross between a madeleine bistro and a ronald’s donut. LA would be a better place if stuff like this was readily available.
next i tried the apple crumble, and lemme preface my description by saying i usually hate baked fruit. this thing, however, won me over with one bite. the fruit flavor wasn’t strong, and everything was coated in sticky sweet cinnamon. plus, it had this sugary crumbly coating on top that was off the charts—it tasted like a deep fried donut, an apple pie, and a piece of coffee cake were having a threesome in my mouth. wowowow.
unfortunately, the righteous fryers are not in business yet because one of them is still finishing school. they are well on their way though, so look out for these donuts in the future. they definitely have the dessert skills down already, let’s hope they smooth out the business affairs and get rolling ASAP.
good luck, amanda and jessica!
oh, and you can follow jessica (@raspberryrush) on twitter. yay!
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8:07 pm on December 23rd, 2009
I want that Boston creme pie more than anything right now. ANYTHING.
10:15 pm on December 23rd, 2009
Why don’t you use capitalization???
10:17 pm on December 23rd, 2009
@beth why would i?
10:56 pm on December 23rd, 2009
that apple donut belongs in my face.
8:30 am on December 24th, 2009
ive lurked jessicas food blog thing for a while now and everything she makes looks amazing! , i need these donuts. like now
1:54 pm on December 24th, 2009
I need these. Right this minute.
2:21 pm on December 26th, 2009
Oh man, get these in my mouth!
7:44 pm on December 26th, 2009
I have been fortunate enough to sink my fangs into these tempting treats and i warn you all…
These sweeties are going to take hold of you and haunt your dreams. So delicious it’s scary. Get your orders ready because the righteous fryers are coming for you… and you’re gunna vant it!
5:50 pm on December 27th, 2009
I am so jealous of everyone who has had these in their mouths.
10:01 am on December 28th, 2009
Thanks again for the awesome review, QG! And thank you all for the comments. We’re working on rolling these babies out for real. Stoked that we have such a positive response!
12:09 pm on December 31st, 2009
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