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This Is Why Your Favorite Donuts At Dunkin' Are Inconsistent By Joe Hoeffner Dec. 7, 2025 4:00 pm EST

This may come as a surprise to some, but there was once a time when Dunkin' was most famous for its donuts, not for its coffee. In fact, the whole chain used to be called "Dunkin' Donuts" — can you imagine such a thing? A donut from Dunkin' can be a wonderfully satisfying treat, the kind of indulgence you might expect when you're eating what is essentially cake for breakfast. But they're fickle things, these donuts — you go to one store and they're fresh and fluffy, then you go to another and it's like they were baked back in the Clinton administration. What's the cause for this disparity? Well, it has to do with the three different ways Dunkin' loc

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