Overview
Thought Brisbane had reached peak doughnut? So had we. It seems that the city's favourite doughy treat-making folks just can't stop opening new stores. To be fair, Brissie residents clearly can't stop eating Doughnut Time's intricately iced, deliciously filled, oozing round orbs of pastry tastiness either.
Carindale is the latest suburb to get the Doughnut Time treatment, aka a green hole-in-the-wall serving up the kind of desserts you might've dreamed up as a kid, drawn a colourful picture of, and then been told things like that didn't really exist. Well, now the unicorns of the sweet world have become a reality, and they're all around town. You'll find the newest south-eastern spot in the Metropol Complex on the corner of Creek and Pine Mountain roads.
And, as always, you'll also find their shelves filled with cleverly named concoctions that sound as good as they look. Picking highlights is becoming increasingly difficult with every fresh creation; however the Tim Tam-topped Cate Blanchett (with a mix of white, dark and milk chocolate glazes, topped with white chocolate curls), low-gluten All About That Bubble (cream, chocolate and mint glaze topped with mint Aero pieces and chocettes), vegan Sia Later (a red velvet doughnut with vegan butter cream frosting and freeze-dried raspberries) and limited edition It's Always A Gay Time (milk chocolate glaze, crushed biscuits, golden caramelised crepes and filled with honeycomb custard) are certain to get your stomach rumbling.
For those keeping count at home, that brings Doughnut Time's Brisbane empire to nine and their recent openings around the city to five. The new Carindale outlet follows in the footsteps of Albert Street in September, Everton Park in August, East Brisbane in July and King George Square in June. Changing the state's coat of arms to a doughnut must be next.
Find Doughnut Time in the Metropol Complex on the corner of Creek and Pine Mountain roads, Carindale, or check out their website and Facebook page for more information.