C/D Those weird sugar crystal things on the tops of muffins

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Got one today from Dunkin Donuts - CLASSIC!!!

― jw (allocryptic), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

They're called poppyseeds.

― Huk-L, Friday, 10 June 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)

i say dud. a sign of an inferior muffin.

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 10 June 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)

what are you talking about? they're the sign of nothing other than sugar crystals having been put on the muffin prior to baking. I say classic because they taste good and have a nice texture.

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, dud.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)

MUFFIN ROCKISM

― JW (allocryptic), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

MUFFIST!

― Huk-L, Friday, 10 June 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

My muffin has tusks

― donut e-goon (donut), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

i like a firm muffin not a crunchy muffin

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 10 June 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

No, strongo is right. Muffins with sugar crystals on top are statistically more likely to be totally shitty than muffins sans crystals. The crystals don't make them shitty, but they are a definite indication that shittiness is present.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:43 (twenty years ago)

I don't want shit in my muffins!

I say dud.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:43 (twenty years ago)

Who has ever eaten, out of pure gluttony, not by mistake, the muffin wrapper?

― Huk-L, Friday, 10 June 2005 17:43 (twenty years ago)

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO HIDE DUNKIN DONUTS?

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 10 June 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

man, i want a muffin

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 10 June 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

I wish I could find a good muffin around here that's not too sweet/cupcakeish.

Fuck a fake muffin.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

Who the fuck buys muffins at Dunkin' Donuts? You are pissing me off with your wrongheadedness.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

Only trailer park trash eat shit muffins.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

i want statistics, n/a

― urban in nature (deangulberry), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

Back in the early 90s, I used to eat a lot of muffins. There was a disturbing trend that saw bakeries constantly upping the ante by making their muffins bigger and bigger, and it just got fucking stupid, and I haven't had a muffin since.

― Huk-L, Friday, 10 June 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

you know what dunkin donuts has that is surprisingly good? those raspberry/white chocolate scones. hubba hubba.

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 10 June 2005 17:47 (twenty years ago)

Dunkin' Donuts muffin stats:

Muffins

-Dunkin' Donuts started offering muffins in 1978.
-Dunkin' Donuts muffins are available in Blueberry, Coffee Cake, Corn, Honey Bran Raisin, Cranberry Orange, Chocolate Chip, Banana Nut and Pumpkin (seasonal).
-Dunkin' Donuts introduced reduced-fat Blueberry muffins in 1995.
-Dunkin' Donuts most popular muffin flavor is the Blueberry.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

I HATE THOSE CRYSTALS! THEY CAN GO TO HELL!

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

I have a weakness for Perkin's muffins.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

Dunkin Donuts makes ok muffins and great coffee (for a national chain)

― JW (allocryptic), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

Pumpkin/Carrot muffins are the best thing ever if they are not too sweet.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:49 (twenty years ago)

ohhhhhhhh i get raspberry/white chocolate scones at second cup all the time.

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)

yeah hating on dunkin donuts coffee is extreme mentalism

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 10 June 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

WAHTS BETTER - THAM SUGAR CRYSTALS OR SOME NICE CRUMBLE?

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

i never eat muffins anymore :(

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

i had two wilensky's pressed bologna sandwiches today though! and a cherry coke!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:52 (twenty years ago)

Ooh! I love Dunken Donuts coffee - and Krispy Kreme coffee too.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:52 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I hate those fucking crystals.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:52 (twenty years ago)

i don't know these crystals

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:53 (twenty years ago)

next you people are going to say you don't like sugar on your honey roasted peanuts!!

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:53 (twenty years ago)

two wilensky's pressed bologna sandwiches

explain

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 10 June 2005 17:53 (twenty years ago)

If I get a muffin from Dunkin Donuts these days -- as I have often done when I'm out of cereal at home (and seeing as how there's a DD right next to my el stop) -- I'll usu. get the honey brain raisin muffin.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

OMG I just remembered CORN MUFFINS.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

http://www.mrsfields.co.th/images/m_corn_almond.jpg

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

Dud, as they detract from enjoyment of the chocolate chips.

I am bumming because the local grocery chain just 'outsourced' their in-store bakery and the muffins have taken a drastic turn for the worse. There's always the option of Panera muffins, but they're $2 each or something ridiculous like that.

― Jeff Wright (JeffW1858), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

jordan i kiss you

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 10 June 2005 17:55 (twenty years ago)

This was found by searching for "perfect muffin", and I have to say that it looks pretty good:

http://www.wdrake.com/images/us/local/products/detail/p96886b.jpg

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

i don't know these crystals

Meh.
http://www.50plusmag.com/being50plus/062904bcrystal/billy%20crystal%20big.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

Corn porn:

http://www.tildas.com/images/Corn%20Muffin.JPG

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

i will pay someone $200 to bring me a muffin right now.

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 10 June 2005 17:57 (twenty years ago)

There's a Dunkin Donuts across the street. I'm really close to going right now.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 10 June 2005 17:58 (twenty years ago)

We make some really great apple pecan muffins at my work. They're all oaty and just slightly sweet, and absolutely delicious. The only muffins I'll eat. But we only have them once a week, and the rest of the week we have to make sweet muffins, like chocolate muffins, because that's what the customers demand. I don't get people at all.
We don't make any muffins with sugar crystals on them, though. I think that if we made sugar crystal muffins once, customers would demand them every day.
A customer recently asked me if I would put icing on her oatmeal chocolate chip cookie. The world is not okay.

― kirsten (kirsten), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)

Where do you work, Kirsten?

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:04 (twenty years ago)

MUFFINS = CUPCAKES, DUH

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:05 (twenty years ago)

I work at the Gr3at Harv3st in Whitefish Bay.

― kirsten (kirsten), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:05 (twenty years ago)

what is the point of the BRAN muffin?

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 10 June 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

My mom used to make the best bran muffins with chocolate chips and raisins in them. Yum.

kirsten, you live in milwaukee, right?

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

Bran muffins are great!

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:08 (twenty years ago)

I decided to get a Clif bar, instead, btw.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

wtf is a clif bar?? and a pressed bologna sandwich????

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 10 June 2005 18:10 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I live in Milwaukee. People in Milwaukee love sweet muffins, I guess.

― kirsten (kirsten), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:12 (twenty years ago)

pretty much all muffins are good, even banana flavored (and i hate banana flavored food, including, surprisingly, bananas).

but crumbles definitely wins over crystals.

when i was a kid, i'd secretly chew the paper muffin/cupcake cup to squeeze out any remaining traces of muffin flavoring. the resulting papery mush is actually quite similar to what you get when you chew a slim jim.

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:12 (twenty years ago)

http://www.totaltri.com/shop/media/images/product_detail/150003_lg.jpg

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)

http://www.promoreply.com/aol/images/146/clf-001.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)

tolerable, but Muffins >>>>>> clif bars.

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

how could you.

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

haha, I did that too, Aaron

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

I like the sugar crystals thingies but I prefer big honking CRUMBS.

― Je4nne ƒur¥ (Je4nne Fury), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

"the ice series"?!?

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

Mandee, I consider you my sweet muffin, by the way.

― kirsten (kirsten), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

strongo is right, can we please go back to the pressed bologna sandwiches?

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

a muffin would probably have been better, you're right. actually, if i had known that i didn't have an apple in the fridge like i thought i did, i probably would've gone for the muffin.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

fuck. i want a muffin.

TS: muffin vs danish?

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:16 (twenty years ago)

it's kind of gross, isnt it mandee.

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)

I decided to get a Clif bar, instead, btw.

That was my breakfast this morning - chocolate chip.

― urban in nature (deangulberry), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)

two wilensky's pressed bologna sandwiches

explain

oh duuude. a montreal classic since 1932!!

http://www.la-grange.net/2003/07/23-wilensky-montreal.jpg

wilesnky's is this great classic diner-y place, featured in both the book & movie the apprenticeship of duddy kravitz.

their "special," which is about the only thing you can get there (besides homemade sodas--cherry coke YES) are pressed sandwiches on round yellow buns made with salami, bologna, and mustard. (it costs extra to get them without mustard).

they are AWESOME!! and cheap!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)

they use these ancient machines to first press the meat, then the sandwiches!!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)

you mean pressed as in hot, i assume?

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 10 June 2005 18:18 (twenty years ago)

yeah! almost panini-style, but not quite. no grill marks; it's a flat press.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

dean + i had the same clif bar today!

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

So they're not actually...flattened?

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

whoa mama

xpost

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 10 June 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

i really should've gotten that muffin, tho.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago)

mmmmmmm

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago)

maybe you should throw some at the rooftop punks

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago)

they ARE flattened!

wilensky's is one of those weird places that's open for like 2 hours a day, four days a week.

plus they always have like eight people standing motionless behind the counter and like 2 customers

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

like a cuban pressed samich?

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

THE SPICED PUMPKIN CLIFF BAR IS WHACK

― JW (allocryptic), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

Last time I was in New Orleans I had a french fry and gravy sandwich, just because it was there.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

my gf just got back from new orleans and brought news of said french fry sandwhich. im so intrigued.

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

She wasn't at Parkway Bakery, was she?

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

not sure. she was in and around the french quarter though.

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

Isn't that kind of what petain is (that weird Canadian meal)?

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:28 (twenty years ago)

poutine?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)

Poutine=french fries, gravey and cheese curd. No bread is harmed.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:42 (twenty years ago)

Woah.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:43 (twenty years ago)

Wait wait wait. The last time I ordered Dunkin Donuts coffee, they asked me if I wanted any sweetener in it. And I said no, since I prefer mine black. And I drank it and it was insanely ridiculously sweet anyway, completely undrinkable, and I can't imagine what would have happened if they had actually sweetened it.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

You can buy some Dunkin' Donuts coffee beans online, if you'd like.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)

D&D coffee sucks, i dont know what you're talking about. I heard they put additives in it to raise the boiling point and so keep it hotter for longer. well, whether they do or they dont, it tastes it.

that said, they're new blueberry iced coffee is god's gift to mankind.

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

Haha, they sell "coffee accessories" like filters and coffee makers too. I love the idea that to someone out there, Dunkin' Donuts is the fount of all things coffee.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 10 June 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

dean + i had the same clif bar today!

CLIF BROS

(xp to jon - yeah, the chocolate chip is the only edible one)

― urban in nature (deangulberry), Friday, 10 June 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

actually, it tasted remarkably similar to every other clif bar i've had.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 10 June 2005 19:02 (twenty years ago)

i just finished my case of chocolate chip clif bars, which were ok but a little carob-y. my favorites are the oatmeal raisin and the carrot cake. and anything with icing is wack.

mmm last month i made these orange yogurt muffins that were outta sight. they didn't taste like much at first, but a few bites in and it was orange zest city!

― metal assembly (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 11 June 2005 01:48 (twenty years ago)

actually, it tasted remarkably similar to every other clif bar i've had.

NO LONGER CLIF BROS

enjoy your vague peanut butter tasting misery

― something about a tarantula coming out of a coconut (deangulberry), Saturday, 11 June 2005 01:52 (twenty years ago)

This is such a weird thread. People are coming out against sugar?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 11 June 2005 05:04 (twenty years ago)

Salt over sugar any day.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 11 June 2005 05:31 (twenty years ago)

"I don't want shit in my muffins!"

That's not a shit-muffin, but a chocolate muffin. Try it, they are good!

― nathalie's post modern sleaze fest (stevie nixed), Saturday, 11 June 2005 06:06 (twenty years ago)

(xp to jon - yeah, the chocolate chip is the only edible one)

CARAMEL APPLE!!!!!!! I ordered a whole case last year and lived off them for a month or so. the carrot cake one is really yummy if microwaved, too.

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 11 June 2005 08:25 (twenty years ago)

Haha, they sell "coffee accessories" like filters and coffee makers too. I love the idea that to someone out there, Dunkin' Donuts is the fount of all things coffee.

-- Jordan (jordan...), June 10th, 2005.

Dunkin' Donuts is the fount of mediocrity.

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 11 June 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, but a breakfast sandwich on one of their bready bagels ain't bad. Ain't a bagel, either, but hey.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Saturday, 11 June 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)

Whoa. I've never seen Caramel Apple clif bars. Sounds good though!

― something about a tarantula coming out of a coconut (deangulberry), Saturday, 11 June 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

Chocolate Chip Clif bars are the best, IMHO.

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 11 June 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

Clif Bars - s/d

― something about a tarantula coming out of a coconut (deangulberry), Saturday, 11 June 2005 19:03 (twenty years ago)

Caramel Apple was a 'seasonal' one around Christmas. There was an iced gingerbread one, too (I think that's what it was). They were both really good.

― luna (luna.c), Saturday, 11 June 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)

ILX = C/D Those weird sugar crystal things on the tops of muffins (107 new answers, last at 4:29 pm)

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 11 June 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

Lemon poppyseed muffins are the secret truth to glory and love.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 11 June 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

strng hlkngtn OTM. He knows. He worked at Metropolitan Bakery! (I'm not just being sarcastic. He is correct.)

― RS (Catalino) LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 11 June 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

Cliff Bars are crap.

― RS (Catalino) LaRue (RSLaRue), Saturday, 11 June 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

People hating on Clif Bars, Dunkin Donuts coffee, and SUGAR. Why don't we just hate on Lil Jon, Canada, and HBO while we're at it? MUST ALL SACRED COWS DIE?

― Alan Conceicao (Alan Conceicao), Sunday, 12 June 2005 00:12 (twenty years ago)

Strongo and n/a OTM re: inferiority of sugar crstalled muffins.

Dunkin Donuts coffee is fine, but they automatically add milk and I always forget to tell them not to.

I'e never had a Cliff Bar, but I thought they only sold them at, like, bike shops.

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Sunday, 12 June 2005 00:17 (twenty years ago)

Sugar crystal muffins are a total dud.

A local store over here has some good French Toast muffins.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 12 June 2005 00:31 (twenty years ago)

i can't believe how long it took this thread to show the love for lemon poppyseed muffins.
thank god for ned.

― carly (carly), Sunday, 12 June 2005 04:29 (twenty years ago)

:-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 12 June 2005 04:31 (twenty years ago)

i love the sugar on top of a muffin. MMMM.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Sunday, 12 June 2005 04:43 (twenty years ago)

Good muffins are few and far between.

― Hurting (Hurting), Sunday, 12 June 2005 05:01 (twenty years ago)

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