Okie Dokie Donuts

Their crème brûlée donut is in the top 5 of all the donuts I’ve ever had. I’m not gluten free— but I am a donut lover. When I travel I go out of my way try the regions’ top don’t shops. So I know my stuff. I’m visiting for the holiday and my gluten free uncle said I just HAD to come here to get my gluten free sister something, cause it’s the best gluten free donuts he’s had in his 35+ years gluten free. I called to see if they’re open for Thanksgiving and they were but I was 15min away and they were closing so I said “awe next time, sorry I’m 15 away” and they said “it’s okay, come by” 🥹 that was so nice of them! I picked up an assortment for my gluten free sister and I tried each. Wow. I’m impressed. I can’t believe it’s gluten free. The texture is comparable to the best of donuts, a little on the cakier side and dense— but moist, and not sandy like many other gluten free foods I’ve tried. The outsides had a lovely crisp, and the inside was airier than expected! In addition to the crème brûlée (a must order) I got their pumpkin pie special which was quite unique and the perfect balance of creamy and doughy, and a chocolate hazelnut donut. ALL VERY LOVELY! CAN’T WAIT TO COME BACK

Okie dokie donuts are just..... Okie dokie. Worth a try if you're gluten free and visiting but honestly they were only decent when they were fresh and hot. The main flavor I liked was the classic donut with maple glaze, but honestly most were lacking flavor. Also they make for terrible, hard yet mushy, dry, sad leftovers, so only order what you are going to eat right away. We ordered a dozen and so many went to waste 😞

I wanted to give this place a fair chance but was very disappointed. First, I found it extremely rude one of the staff members dropped somebody’s doughnut box on the sidewalk and then proceeded to stack it back on top of the other food boxes. He didn’t apologize to the fellow black man who received this order. (I’m sure if he was a ⚪️ fellow, I’m sure he’d be more apologetic.) I know the doughnuts didn’t fall out but come on. Second, $8 for two doughnuts was underwhelming and just below room temperature. The doughnuts are presentable, yet unflavorful. I was surprised that apple cider doughnut was more like a cinnamon spice doughnut and the crème brûlée was like a bland glazed doughnut with plain yellow colored filling. Try at your discretion.

The good: cute pick-up window, good service, lots of creative and gluten free flavors. Lots of potential! The not so good: the donuts are much too heavy/thick and slightly dry. The fritter (which I bought 3 of with high hopes) had good flavor on the edges, but was much too “bready” without the usual apples/fruit bits mixed in to give it much needed moisture - especially with gluten free. With some apple pieces it would have been much better. The Boston Creme was in the same “fritter” shape and consistency/dough and was also too thick/bready for a Boston Creme. The chocolate coating had an “dipped” effect and was too thin and flavorless. The Creme wasn’t overly sweet and was a nice texture, but for the size it needed more to compensate for the dryness. Same issues with the lemon and the filled donuts - although the filling added a nice flavor and some moisture. Overall, if the donuts were smaller it might take away some of the density issues that plague gluten free goods.

Got half a dozen to try. Some were pretty good (the ube and lime raspberry), some were bad (chocolate), some were mid (honey cardamom and whatever the specialty berry cream one was). The only one that I think was genuinely great was the coffee cake. I feel kind of bad rating 3/5 because it's mostly that I didn't like the texture and you can very much taste that they're gluten free. If you're used to that, then they'd be good and I'd recommend it, but I'm not :( 25$ for 6 donuts that altogether were kinda mediocre is a bit much too. Storefront is very cute and the person running it was very friendly though.