YoYo Donuts Etc

Was there yesterday around 9am. Doughnuts were definitely fresh. They were out of the maple bacon, unfortunately. Had the Reese’s peanut butter cup and the caramel apple. The caramel apple was very good, however, the caramel was overcooked to a solid, fudge like state and there was hardly any Apple compote. Tasted good, but there was definitely no caramel or Apple flavor… Reeses doughnut was terrible. It looked like it was a filled doughnut but there was nothing inside! It had plain old peanut butter smeared on the top with a skimpy drizzle of chocolate and a quarter of a peanut butter cup. Seriously!!! Won’t be back. Gave it 2 stars for the freshness. Make the trip to Heavenly Donuts out on Cahaba river road for really good donuts. Night and day!

Today at YoYo Donuts I purchased the Oreo Cookie, Coconut Pecan, Maple Bacon, and Apple Fritter. Our favorite was… All of them! Great Donuts

I have an affinity for independent donut shops — this was just okay. Not bad, not great. I realized after I left that one of the donuts in my bag was not the one I asked for (I asked for a Dutch apple fritter and got a regular one), but since they were next to each other in the case, it was likely just an honest mistake (plus I should have been paying attention while they were bagged).
Side note: I hate this particular parking lot because it’s way too small for traffic to flow through efficiently in and out (though that is not the donut shop’s fault).

I stopped by this morning because I’ve never noticed it before. It’s tucked away in the shopping center and not easily seen from the main road. Thought I’d try something different from my usual trips to Shipley’s and KK. What compelled me to stop here was Unilocal — from seeing the pictures of the business I discovered that they have bacon maple glazed donuts! Omg I ordered just one. When I went to pay with my debit card the lady told me I have to spend $ 3.00 to use my card. (The donut was like $ 1.63 and I don’t carry cash ever.) I told her I’d get another donut so I can meet the spending requirement. She said no, just enjoy and have a nice day. I insisted on getting another donut so I could pay for it, but the lady (I assume she’s the owner) insisted back and told me no. Lol I told her thank you and that I will make sure to come back with my kids (because with them I’m buying a dozen at least!)
This maple donut (not counting the bacon) was better than Shipley’s maple donut which is much heavier. The frosting smelled just like Mrs. Butterworth’s and the donut was light and fluffy — reminded me of a pancake breakfast once the bacon is factored in. I love it!

Love YoYo’s…nothing like it in Bham!

For the second time in a row (waited almost 3 months before returning, due to my previous experience here), I have entered this establishment with my usual polite and positive attitude, and proceeded to be treated like an absolute inconvenience by the staff… It literally takes at most 2 minutes to fulfill an order of a few doughnuts… And these people act so rushed and impatient that it straight up makes you feel guilty for even granting yourself the rare indulgence you are about to partake in. The next time my girlfriend and I feel like rewarding ourselves with an unhealthy breakfast food, I think we’ll just stick to the Awful Waffle or The International House of Diabetes and Heart Disease… anything but subject ourselves to these people.

My first time visiting with my sisters. I like homemade speciality donuts so I search for one using Unilocal and this how I found this place. There was fairly a good selection so I brought a dozen of mixed ones. The owner or cashier there was very nice and helpful to us and she suggested which ones to try. I am impressed with this place. Ive only tasted one so far and the donut was so soft and moist. So delicious! This will be my first choice to come for donuts. I will pick a specialty donut shop over KK or DD any day.

3.5 for this place but I decided to round up because… you know, donuts. Anyways, the donuts themselves are generally good. The caramel apple pecan donut was the best one I tried (and it was good). Their cronut was also quite tasty. It did not really have the texture of a ny cronut, but it tasted good and that’s what counts. The apple fritter was decent as well although I thought it was a little more well done than I like. The nice lady behind the counter had all kinds of trouble with our coffee orders which were basic– a 16. oz coffee with cream and a 16 oz vanilla latte. We ended up (after giving the order several times) getting a 12. oz black coffee and a 16 oz latte without vanilla… close enough I suppose. Anyway, good donuts with a good selection.

High-​end donuts here! Maybe twice the price and five times the quality of anything you’d get from DD. If you’re looking to impress the office, bring in a dozen of these bad boys.
Maple bacon donut. Because bacon.

Excellent glazed donut. In the Dunkin vs Krispy Kreme war, I am in the Dunkin camp. YoYo’s donut was cake style, but lighter than Dunkin. It had a great glaze, but not overwhelming sweet, ala Krispy Kreme.
I’ll go back for more of their other donuts. Very nice employees too

I’ve only been here twice but the donuts have been fantastic both times and twice the size and taste of the generic cardboard products by Dunkin and the likes. So far, my favorites have been the apple cruller (I love this donut, to which my waist can attest) and the cinamon sugar also holds a special place in my stomach.
We stopped by this past Saturday around noon for our dessert after lunch at New York Pizza. While noon is probably at least 6 hours since the morning batch of donuts are typically made, they were very fresh tasting and delicious in the car ride home and afterwards.
I’d skip the cronut but only because I don’t like filled donuts and it was filled to the brim with a super surgary cream.

Now these are the kind of donuts I like! Perfect. Krispy Kreme donuts are not really donuts to me, but I eat them. Dunkin donuts are cold, dry and tasteless, though I’m sure someone will disagree with me. I’m still not certain why folks love Dunkin’. But I digress. YoYo is the kind of donut I grew up with… soft and flavorful, but just the right amount of glaze. It’s a donut that you could eat without glaze because there’s just the perfect amount of sweetness to the dough.
I love that there are several different flavors and sizes. The day I went in I tried regular glaze and a strawberry glaze. Strawberry glaze was a mini size and just right. I plan to try the apple fritters and bear claws the next time I go back. And the owner (s) were so nice and really fun. She warmed my donut for me without even asking. I told her it was my first time there and it was mid-​day so I guess she wanted me to get an idea of what they are like when hot and fresh first thing in the morning.
The store has plenty of seating and it’s clean and bright.

Okay, so I have to say that their maple bacon donut is comparable to the infamous Voodoo Donuts of Portland, OR. Yes, it is.
I liked that some of the donuts were gourmet sized — I could actually eat the whole thing. And many flavors too. Pick your size and pick your flavor. It’s cute, clean, and the café area is personable.

Amazing donuts and sausage cheese biscuits!

I was primarily attracted for the check-​in deal, but don’t like coffee. So, luckily my dad was in town and he could enjoy it while we went for breakfast.
Very good! I suspect that everything baked in these ovens is done so with TLC. The lady that I assume runs the shop was super nice and friendly. She said they have been open for 5 months, but held back on much marketing until now because they wanted to fine tune their products before getting out there too much. I say the fine tuning worked. With my dad and wife we only had good things. The kolache; the glazed, cinnamon cake, lemon blueberry cake donuts were all very tasty. Everything in the bakery display case looked great. It is a very clean and well presented atmosphere.
As I ordered a blonde brownie to go (which I expect to be amazing), she pulled out these chopped up sausage, cheese biscuits out of the oven that looked fantastic, and the sweet aroma that filled the bakery was nice. I had 95% convinced myself to buy one on the spot, but told myself I could just try it next time. Now all I can think is, why did I not buy one and take a monster bite out of that fresh, hot piece of goodness?! They kind of looked like scones from afar, but either way, I want it.
Not the best location as it’s basically under the Bedzzz Express in that little shopping plaza, but easy enough to get in and out. Delicious and well worth it. My dad drinks coffee all the time and said it was good, and got some to go; so I took that as not wonderful, but good enough.

So, for some reason I had been craving donuts. So I took the advice of Miss Alden S, our lovely CM, and headed on over to YoYo on a Saturday afternoon. I had never been before, so I was a little afraid that they would be like Krispy Kreme, you know, way on the über sweet side, likely to put a person in a diabetic shock.
Luckly for me, their donuts are quite the opposite. Sure, some of them are sweet, but I didn’t feel like I needed to skip 10 meals after I ate one. Ok, well there is one, the maple bacon donut, that was freaking fantastic. I did feel bad after having a bite. But I didn’t care.
My mom and I got enough donuts to share with 4 other people, plus extras. The little sweet treats are quite unique. They had a lemon pistachio and some sort of coconut pecan donut. For the sweet tooth of the house, we got him a bear claw. And I just had to get an apple fritter, that I ate over two days. Was delicious. I tried the sausage and cheese biscuit, and it was so good. She even warmed it up for me at the shop.
They also bake bread, and somehow, I don’t know what we did to deserve it, but we were given for free a load of freshly baked white bread. We were told to try it and let her know how it is. Um, it was yum in my tum. And made for great toast.
5 stars for the unique variety of sweet goods, along with a couple of savories. 5 stars for the wonderful service. I will definitely return when I have a sugar craving again.