Now that's a heck of a doughnut!

This is a blog post is dedicated entirely to doughnuts, probably my favorite sweet thing of all time. but wait... not just any doughnuts. i would like to say that i won't eat a doughnut unless it's a good one, but the fact of the matter is that i'm a fiend, and if you put any kind of doughnut in front of me, i WILL eat it. end of discussion. this post is about Holtmans Doughnuts. the best doughnuts you will ever taste in your life, hands down. i can say this because i've tried so many. Krispy Kremes have NOTHING on Holtmans! Holtmans is a little doughnut place in Pleasant Plain Ohio, the tiniest little town you've ever seen. we have to drive about an hour to get to the actual shop, but let me tell you, every minute of that drive is worth it! Holtmans has been making doughnuts since you can imagine, and every employee in there is a family member. when you pull up the little (and i do mean little) yellow striped building the air is thick with the smell of frying dough and sugar, you start to salivate right then and there.

Holtman's is open in the morning, but if you know what's good for you, you will go around 7:00pm in the evening, that's when the real action happens! they start the night before because you could not imagine how busy they get! when you get there they have have christmas lights sparkling in the windows (year-round) and there are literally rows, and rows of hot off the press doughnuts. they give them to you in white paper bags literally steaming.

every kind of doughnut you need and crave is there. fluffy cake doughnuts with crispy edges topped with homemade cream cheese icing, yeasty long johns filled with chocolate cream.

I think my favorite has to be the toasted coconut. it is heavenly. they are so nice it is not uncommon the get a few free doughnuts thrown into your dozen.

in the summer, when it is still light out at 7:00 they have a big picnic bench outside to sit on, throw a bottle of ice cold milk onto your tab and you have yourself the perfect evening. one that i've spent many a time.

I could go on and on, singing the praises of Holtmans Doughnuts, but here's the gist of the matter, if you are EVER in that side of Ohio it is a must that you go. you will never be the same... oh gosh, i have to stop this.. i'm salivating.