Diablo Doughnuts — Restaurant in Maryland

I live nowhere near Baltimore but the donuts are so good, I'm willing to take any upcoming opportunity to head up there so I can pop by.

What I ordered: Sin Crunch, Samoa, Captain Chesapeake, Berry Cheesecake, Your Mom, Creme Brulee (sic), Blackberry Lime, Blueberry Basil, the fruit pebbles one, the Oreo crumb one, maple bacon, and Mexican hot chocolate.

Winners (in order of winning): Samoa, Creme Brulee, Berry Cheesecake, Blackberry Lime, Blueberry Basil, and maple bacon.

It's okay: Sin Crunch, Captain Chesapeake, and the fruit pebbles one.

Definitely could use some improvement: Your mom, the Oreo crumb one, and Mexican hot chocolate.

Samoa: Far better than the Girl Scout cookie (sorry ladies!). The doughnut itself is plush and has a great taste to it. Great canvas for the perfectly balanced caramel, chocolate drizzle, and tasty coconut flakes. Each bite I took I got more and more hungry. So sinful... Definitely the diablo's work!

Creme Brulee: Thick vanilla custard enveloped by the fluffy dough and topped with the most delicate, thin layer of torched sugar. The texture dynamics of the sugar elevated the doughnut that would've otherwise been okay since the custard could've used more of a vanilla flavor.

Berry Cheesecake: This doughnut is subtle. If you aren't a fan of too sweet, and want something "healthyish"... This one is for you. You can't really taste the cheese but you can taste the cream. The strawberries looked fresh and tasted bright against the backdrop of pillow dough and creamy pipping.

Blackberry Lime and Blueberry Basil: Love these flavor pairings. Unique and light. Great showcase of the pure flavor of the ingredients and the fantastic texture of the doughnut.

Maple Bacon: I don't typically like maple bacon but this pairing was balanced well. Generous bit of bacon lends a great crisp bite to the fluffy dough.

Sin crunch, Captain Chesapeake, and fruit pebble: They were okay. Nothing to wrote home about. The cereal donuts had a strange neon blue icing piped on it that was confusing. The Chesapeake tasted like it had been very good at one point but was dialed down due to trying to please a larger demographic of people, making it indistinguishable.

Could use improvement: the chocolate doughnuts had a shallow chocolate flavor. Also, their texture was much more dense, almost to the point of being dry. The Mexican hot chocolate doughnut was particularly disappointing. The presentation/Marshmallow was great. But what made this doughnut "Mexican hot chocolate" was a swirl of cinnamon icing that tasted more like a hot tamale than cinnamon spice. This doughnut, above all others, needs a bit of sprucing.

All in all a great product. Can't wait to have another reason to be...

The owner is spectacularly unprofessional. I ordered $30 worth of donuts days in advance, because apparently it's to much to ask to just stop by and buy a donut, like a normal place. But I did, but the day of I was running late to pick them up.

I do not fault the owner for having very strict and rigid rules for pick ups. He decided that he can't be bothered to be open more than 9 hours a week. But that's on the website, so it's public knowledge before you shop there.

When I called and said I was 90 minutes from the shop and running late to get them he reluctantly offered to allow me to pick up the donuts from another shop nearby. And I was ok with that. But then mid conversation he changed his mind and decided to stay and wait. But he let me know that he shouldn't have to stay because it's my fault for being late. And I was majorly inconveniencing him. But he MIGHT stick around, and to call when I was close.

He called about an 75 minutes later to ask if I was close. I told him it was going to take longer and if he could leave them at the other shop, like he offered that would be easier for both of us.

Before I knew it he was screaming about how he has a small business of just him and his wife, how he hadn't slept since 9pm the night before! How the contract says he can keep my money. And I'm so inconsiderate!

I cut him off, because none of that was relevant. When I just straight asked him "Sir, what's the resolution?" He said, "Don't yell at me! You are so rude! And you just don't care that I'm waiting."

It's not that I didn't care, but I was in fact late and he didn't have a solid contingency plan for late pick-ups. Either leave them at another shop. Wait. Or you keep the $30. But yelling on the phone at me while you weigh all the options is disgraceful and a terrible way to conduct yourself professionally.

I ended up hanging up on him because this conversation was way too intense with a total stranger over friggin donuts. He called back literally 8 minutes later to go on and on about how I don't care about him. But he'll still refund my money, even though the contract says he doesn't have to. He may refund my money, he may not. Whatever. I just know with that much hatred and negativity I don't want that energy in my food. So he can keep the donuts. Take the $30 and see an anger...

Unfortunately I was very disappointed and I don't think I'll be back. Pretty expensive and not worth it to me, I'm sure they work hard to make those large yeast donuts but they just didn't taste good. The description of the dirty snowball sounded so good but I didn't like it. It's too bread-y, too many bites with no flavor, the vanilla bean glaze didn't taste like anything but extra sugary cloying sweet, the Nutella filling was more sugary sweet than Nutella flavored as well. I regret buying 2. The ODB was absolutely gross, I didn't taste anything cookies and cream about it at all. It was also too bread-y with too many bites with no flavor. The mound of cream on top was just weird, terrible texture and consistency, like maybe it had gelatin in it, idk? I think it tasted like cream cheese, not sure? And the crumbs on the donut, I'm guessing supposed to be cookie crumbs weren't tasty. Just so disappointing overall. I also bought a Baltimore Scream but at this point am in no big hurry to eat it, maybe tomorrow morning. I thought I ordered a Your Mom too but didn't get it, but didn't get charged for it either so maybe the cashier lady didn't hear me? Oh that's another thing, she didn't seem to concerned with me, answering my questions and taking my order, she seemed more interested in the 3 white people behind me in line and seemed much more interested and friendly in speaking to them and taking their order 🤔 I won't be back, such a shame because they look so good on FB. OH!! I forgot I did get a sausage quiche, they call it a quiche, but it's more like those souffles at Panera, and that actually was good. NOT what I was expecting since I wouldn't call it a quiche, and not good enough for me to go back again though 🤷🏽‍♀️ The atmosphere was ok, nice decor, small but cozy, clean, they shout hello or good morning to you from the back as soon as...