Springtime in So Cal comes early. Even in mid February, strawberries grow in our local fields. Granted, they’re the commercial variety that look better than they taste: bright red chunks of styrofoam meant to  ship well to distant, still-frozen places back East and remind us of the glorious flavorful varieties yet to mature.  These styrofoam strawberries, sweetened and in the proper context, reach glory at the Donut Man of Glendora.

Donut Man goes through a few strawberries.

Donut Man is famous for overstuffed donuts.  Dunkin’ gives you a miserly teaspoon of custard in their pathetic Boston Creams.  Donut Man cranks up the filling machine to 120 psi, impales a donut on the prong, and stomps on the foot pedal until the donut bursts with cream. While it’s the same commercial custard that comes out of a 5 gallon plastic pail as every other shop buys, you get your money’s worth here.

Apple donuts

The Boston Creams and apple and lemon donuts are lovely things, but the specialty of the house are the donuts made with fresh fruit in season. For most of the year, that means strawberry. From early July to September, fresh peach donuts make their too-brief appearance.

Raised, glazed donuts, filleted partially in half, and filled with fresh strawberries glazed in  a red slightly sweet goo, are how they make their bones. These beauties, priced at $2.75 are more expensive than the run of the mill flavors, but one softball sized monster is enough to feed two restrained appetites.

Strawberry donut

Drooling with fruit, glaze and goo.

In a recession, it’s hard to justify expensive food excursions, but a couple bucks for a decadent donut? The hard part was ordering just two. It’s not the money. These delicate fresh fruit treats won’t hold up long enough for me justify a dozen box, or you better believe I would.

Donut Man
915 E Route 66
Glendora, CA 91740
(626) 335-9111
Open 24 / 7