The Astonishing and Wondrous Voodoo Doughnut!!

On my two visit to Portland (within a month) I stopped by the very famous Voodoo Doughnut. The location I visited was at 22 SW 3^rd Avenue in Portland, Oregon. I found myself starving after my flight from Reno and no breakfast on my first visit to Voodoo and my second visit occurred just because it is that good.

The smell of doughnuts wafts down several block from the store and pretty much draws anyone withing range…. it’s like the pied piper but with smell instead of music. There is pretty much always a line to one of the famous doughnuts from Voodoo. Depending on the day the length of the line can vary; my first visit on a Thursday yielded a much smaller line that the one I found on my second visit which was on a Saturday. The set up at Voodoo is pretty simple; you wait in line and when a cashier becomes available you tell em what you want and they serve it up, charge you, and then you are on your way with a delicious doughnut in tow.

Voodoo Doll

There are some really fun names for the donuts that range from the gay bar all the way to the cock ‘n balls. I had a really hard time making up my mind on what I want as the names didn’t really give me the best idea about what I was going to get but the cashier was more than helpful (and patient) in describing to me what each doughnut I asked about was comprised of. I ended up getting the doughnut that really personifies the place…. the Voodoo Doll doughnut which is a raised yeast doughnut smothered in chocolate frosting and filled with raspberry jelly, then it is topped off with a pretzel stake for $1.95. The style of the Voodoo doll differs every day… they get really creative with their decorations. The other doughnuts that were consumed by other during my two visits were the bacon maple bar that is just like it sounds on top of a yeast bar doughnut for $2.50, the Maple Blazer Blunt which is a raised doughnut with maple frosting and red sprinkles on the end for .95 cents, and a Memphis Mafia doughnut which is fried with banana chunks cinnamon and sugar and then covered with glaze, chocolate frosting, peanut butter, peanuts, and chocolate chips for $4.25.

Maple Blazer Blunt & Bacon Maple Bar

If you are in Portland you simply must stop at Voodoo Donut, I would even go so far as to say they have the best doughnut I have EVER had…. thats a big statement!

Voodoo Doll #2