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Sugar Rush: Migliorelli Farm Cider Doughnuts at the Union Square Greenmarket

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The winning Migliorelli Farm doughnut

I was in line at the bank this morning when a doughnut craving hit. Does that ever happen to you? To be more specific, a cider doughnut craving. The only place that I know where to get them is the Union Square Greenmarket and thankfully, I was less than a block away. Unfortunately, last time I had a cider doughnut, it was from a random stand and pretty horrible due to dryness and lack of flavor. This time, I walked through the whole market on a recon mission before deciding which ones to buy.

The winner: A pack of three doughnuts from Migliorelli Farm looked the best with a deliciously dark brown exterior sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. They were also the cheapest ones at $2 for the pack. The moist cakey doughnut had a pronounced cider flavor, with a nice little crunch from the cinnamon sugar.

The loser: Breezy Hill Orchards offers three doughnuts for $2.50 in a convenient plastic baggie. They didn't look too great, but I bought them for comparison's sake. The doughnut exterior is pale and flaccid when poked. A taste test revealed only a faint apple taste along with a cake inferior in moistness to the winner.

Cider doughnut mission accomplished.

9 Comments:

They're usually available at the Bowling Green Greenmarket as well.

I am not a doughnut fan and even I can agree that those are the best. Migilorelli is at 175th St (June to November) as well.

I'm so glad that your doughnut quest was easier than your Shamrock Shake quest!

Stew Leonard's in Yonkers also has cide doughnuts, made right in the store. Very yummy!

I'm willing to bet that Hearth's are better! :)

even better when accompanied by a hot cup of their delicious cider...

Terhune Orchards in Princeton, NJ, makes these, too - they are the yummiest! They sell them both with and without the cinnamon sugar. I always get them with the sugar. They're too good - I can go through a bag of 6 in no time flat.

Stop, I'm making myself hungry!

@kathrynyu - hmmm must try!

@tomfodw - yes always a go on the cinnamon sugar!

saludes to kenny and the crew.... the hardest workers i've ever met.

can't wait for the broccoli-rabe!

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