Doughnut from Shangri-La

Full disclosure: I didn’t make the doughnut portion of the Doughnut from Shangri-La, it is a store bought doughnut. But my justification is that on The Simpsons the doughnut is ALSO store bought. So that works, right? Right? *Giant sloth shrug* Anyway, while Apu helpfully lists almost all of the the so-called “sprinkles” that Homer tries to sneak onto his doughnut, he doesn’t mention what the brown and yellow things are. These seemed most likely to be Reese’s Pieces, they look about the same to me, so that’s what I used.

Also of note: Friday, June 5 was National Doughnut Day (in America anyway) and I missed it – so, the Doughnut from Shangri-La is not exactly on time. But I feel that in the spirit of National Doughnut Day I should be allowed to have this blog post come in a few days late…and also point out that this day was actually intended to honor those who served WWI soldiers doughnuts, not the actual doughnuts themselves. That was a thing? Apparently so!

Ingredients

• Pink Doughnut
• Mounds Bar
• Red Twizzler
• Green Jolly Ranchers
• Brown and Yellow Reese’s Pieces

Directions

Place “sprinkles” on the doughnut and consume. Try not to bite directly into the Jolly Ranchers.

I realize that the doughnut I used isn’t exactly the same as the standard “Simpsons pink doughnut” but I felt it was close enough. Remember, we’re honoring those brave doughnut servers from WWI after all! What I really wanted to learn from this recipe is how all those “sprinkles” would actually taste on the doughnut. Not surprisingly, it all tasted pretty good, minus the Jolly Ranchers because they are a tooth destroying choking hazard. But as usual I find Homer’s unique food creations more hilarious in theory than in practice.

Cromulence: 7 Crumb-bums out of 10

Doughnut from Shangri-La Recipe From: Lisa’s Date with Density (The Simpsons Season 8 – Episode 7)