Strange Donuts

The fat baby with the peanut butter crème filling was amazing. The guy that works there was very friendly also. Anytime we are in Kirkwood or Maplewood we stop in for a donut. We love the Strangers, hoping for a Pappy’s or Lions Choice donut soon. Would make a special trip for one of those.

Great donuts! Nice guys behind the counter. What’s not to like?
Garret & Tanner raved so much we had to try them.
Substantial, filling & inspired.
Really want to try the ‘Chicken N Waffle’
We will return.

When you tell a New Yorker that there’s a place called Strange Donuts, where the hours are as strange as the donuts and that getting there at a certain time in order to obtain said strange donut is a must, you better believe I’m going to make you take me there.
I came here on a Thursday night around 7 while on a work trip at the suggestion of a coworker. The space is tiny, but when you’re only making a dozen or so different types of strange donuts (and closing shop once they’ve sold out for the night) space isn’t really a necessity.
The owner was very friendly and welcoming, and gave us the background on the different donut types. There are donuts that they have on the regular, a few seasonal, and then the one special mondo donut to rival all donuts that changes each week.
Since we went the week before Thanksgiving, they had a special that had cranberry on the inside of the donut and was topped with smoked turkey from Pappy’s (which I didn’t get to go to while I was here. I know. I don’t want to talk about it.). I can’t even begin to explain how well the combination of flavors in this donut worked together. It was like there was a little team working together on my tastebuds to bring the ultimate Thanksgiving in donut form flavor.
The other donuts we had were equally well crafted. The maple bacon donut was the perfect balance of sweet and savory, and the gooey butter cake donut was other worldly.
I’m so glad I don’t live near this place, otherwise I would be 300 pounds. If you haven’t experienced strange donuts, I recommend making it a point to get strange here real soon.

Love that you opened in Kirkwood. Salted carmel is my favorite, however I really haven’t found a donut from strange donuts that I don’t like.

I give them 5stars for customer service. Really nice people. I was out walking in the early evening and walked by to see that they were open. I luckily had some money in my pocket and stopped in. They have a good variety of donuts. I bought six with one of my favorites being the gooey butter. I really don’t like gooey butter cake (I know, shame on me) but it is just too sweet for me. These donuts are the perfect balance for me. A delicious buttery taste without being overly sweet. Maple bacon– awesome. A really cute and delicious addition to Kirkwood!

Best donuts I think I’ve had. I can only have the gluten free donuts, but I’m so okay with that! The people are always friendly, the atmosphere is fun, and I love coming in every Friday to get my dones! I always tell my friends to come here or get them to wake up super early to get donuts and coffee with me!

Small shop, but lots of choices. Service was great and the donuts were even better. The gooey butter cake donut was dangerously awesome! I will be back to sample the other creations. Oh, the prices are solid as well.

Strange donuts has some incredible delicious donuts in unusual flavors… maple bacon is a must! !!!
And the owners are young and sweet and funny!

Best place for a vegan donut in STL! This is my spot every Friday and Saturday morning when they feature their weekly vegan donut! I enjoyed a cup of coffee with my donut (s) today that I could easily enjoy black. Although the store is small, it does the job for a quick donut run & there are plenty of benches around the area to enjoy your treat! The staff was very welcoming and they were happy to answer all of my questions. Go enjoy your strange donut today, you won’t be sorry!

I’ll preface this by saying I’m not a huge fan of donuts. I’ve really only found 2 donuts in my life that I love, one is an original Krispy Kreme when they’re hot and the other is from a place that closed a couple years ago. Now I’m adding one more… the butter pecan from Strange Donuts. While I would prefer about half the custard inside, this donut had excellent flavors and it was a soft fresh donut.
I tried a couple others: Bart’s Revenge, white long john (not sure if this one had a clever name) and the Gooey Butter. The white long john was pretty good, better than Krispy Kreme’s, I really liked the thin icing and it wasn’t overly sugary. The other two I was unimpressed by. I love gooey butter cake and cookies but this donut was a little dry and didn’t have much gooey butter taste. Bart’s Revenge was also a little dry, maybe it’s the cake donuts.
I had never been here so I wasn’t sure what to expect but the closet sized interior was a bit of a shock. Luckily it was a nice day and we went across the street to sit in the park. If you’ve never been, be sure to go when it’s not raining or bitterly cold because you’ll likely have to stand outside to wait.

Dounts are dounuts and they sell donuts, and they’ve added fun flavors and a sense of humor. We are coming back every time we are town!

It’s Saturday morning and I’m finally getting my Strange Donuts for the first time. When you walk in the customer section is very small. Made me a little claustrophobic. I was greeted by a nice gentleman and I started to peruse my options and boy were there plenty. With the assistance of the customer behind me I settled on the French Toast and Maple Bacon donuts with a bottle of water.
The price of their donuts are VERY reasonable. $ 1 for regular and $ 2 for creations… water was $ 1. You can’t beat these prices.
And for the review of the donuts… when I bit into the French Toast donut it was love at first bite. This is a light, moist cake donut with a light sprinkle of powder sugar and cinnamon. All the flavors blend well together and are not overpowering. Each bite leaves you wanting to return the donut to your mouth for another before you’ve even finished chewing.
The Maple Bacon donut was yummy. So, what I liked first. The bacon has a smoky flavor to it and the maple is not over powering. The two mix very well together. Now the donut itself… was too big to me. They use a yeast like donut similar to their glaze but of course without the glaze. With all the toppings it just makes it look like a small cake. I only ended up eating the top half of the donut. But please know I’ll probably still order it again. Maybe a Maple Bacon Long John would be perfect!
Go check them out!

I didn’t expect much… but was disappointed nonetheless. Stopped in after 7:00 on a Sunday morning. I was the only customer in sight. Full racks of donuts behind the counter. I bought and shared five different kinds:
1. Glazed — dry with minimal glaze. Not quite on par with convenience store donuts.
2. Chocolate frosted long john was shrunken and wrinkled like some donuts get when they are a few days old. Frosting was good but a less than fresh donut at these prices is unforgivable.
3. Blueberry filled with powdered sugar topping had real berry filling. Nice! Not the homogenized goo that passes for jam donut filling these days.
4. French toast was as far as I ventured into «strange» donut territory. Basically a glazed donut with added maple syrup and powdered sugar topping. If I want French toast, I’ll eat French toast, thanks all the same.
5. Linz was the best of the lot. At last… a moist donut and real raspberry filling. Only odd thing was the white frosting was gooey. I’d say none of these were worth any where near their $ 1.25 price. St. Louis has too many really good donut shops for me to return.

WAS SO EXCITED TO TRY/​WAS SO DISAPPOINTED! Slection wasnt much. The taste was just blah. Too much hype. Tooo expensive

This place yucks. All hype and marketing. Makes schnucks bakery seem like a great idea.

The Kirkwood location is a small location with a good variety of donuts (made in-​house), Kaldi’s coffee, and milk (chocolate, strawberry, and white).
We ordered a half dozen: cinnamon roll, southern (w/​banana pudding), chocolate long john, gooey butter cake, adam’s apple (w/​apple filling), and blackberry lime. My top picks were the filled donuts – southern and adam’s apple – because the filling added the most moisture to the donut. The others were good, but not necessarily stand-out’s. I would pop in for another Southern and cup of coffee though.

Two is the number of visits I’ve made to a Strange Donuts location.
Six is the number of their doughnuts I’ve tried.
Zero is the number of times I plan to return.
This seems like a place I would love. They sell gorgeous doughnuts. I mean, these things are stunning. Just head over to their tumblr page, and start drooling.
I like the way these guys think. Anyone who tops a chocolate cake doughnut with chocolate icing and Nutter Butter pieces sounds like someone who just might be my new best friend.
Unfortunately, I’ve been extraordinarily disappointed with what I’ve purchased. My first visit was to their Maplewood location in September 2014. I had a Nutter Butter (described above) and a Chocolate Fat Steve (chocolate-​iced Long John). I enjoyed the sugary goodness on top of the doughnuts, but the doughnut part of each wasn’t very good. I gave the Maplewood location 3 completely A-​OK stars. They weren’t bad doughnuts, and they weren’t fantastic either. They were somewhere in the middle.
Although I had not been particularly thrilled with my first visit, I figured I would give them another try at a later date. I kept that promise to myself. Sort of. I didn’t go back to Maplewood, but I tried their Kirkwood location last weekend. They have the quirky and befitting address of 107 ½ E. Argonne and are located across from the (seasonal) Kirkwood Farmers’ Market.
The shop itself is quite tiny. I arrived around 8 AM, and two moms with 2 – 3 kids each were ahead of me in line. Two additional women were behind me. The five adults, along with the 5 or so kids, filled the itsy-​bitsy ordering area.
From memory, I would say they had at least nine types of doughnuts: glazed, sprinkle-​topped, two types of blueberry, Linzer, gooey butter cake, caramel apple fritter, fruitcake, and Star of David (chocolate-​iced, custard-​filled). Keep in mind their selection changes frequently.
Instead of a huge case of doughnuts, they had one of each type on display in a glass box on the front counter. When it’s your turn to order, they’ll probably ask how many you plan to buy so that they can determine how to package them. As you choose your doughnuts, they grab them from racks behind the counter.
My husband and I were on the way to visit my mom, and I purchased four for the three of us to share:
1. Gooey butter cake
This was a plain cake doughnut topped with cake bits and icing that tasted of cream cheese. It’s a great idea, but I’d rather have a slice of gooey butter cake. :)
2. Caramel apple fritter
This fritter had the slightest hint of apple and was topped with a caramel-​colored icing drizzle. It wasn’t bad, but it didn’t taste much like caramel or apple.
3. Fruitcake
This was a plain cake doughnut topped with icing and candied fruit bits. If this doughnut had contained fruit and nuts in the doughnut base, that would have been nice. However, the only fruitcake-​y thing about this doughnut was that it was topped with candied fruit. That was a let-​down.
4. Star of David
As mentioned, this was a chocolate-​iced, custard-​filled doughnut. It was decorated with a Star of David drawn from blue frosting. It wasn’t bad, but it could have used more filling.
The main disappointment with the doughnuts I’ve had has been that the doughnut part has been dry and just kind of blah. Sugary toppings are great, but if I wanted to eat frosting, I’d open a can of Betty Crocker Rainbow Chip and call it a night.
The total cost for the four doughnuts was just under $ 9. That isn’t awful, but the three of us honestly did not even want to finish them. I made sure we did, however, because I paid $ 9 for them. :)
I feel like you could make your own «strange» doughnuts at home:
1. Buy some store-​bought doughnuts.
2. Get a can of frosting and some candy, cereal, and cookies.
3. Decorate your own doughnuts at home.
It’ll be more fun, and it’s a great Saturday morning activity to share with your kids. The doughnuts will be just as unhealthy and quite likely tastier. If you buy all of your ingredients ahead of time, you don’t even have to wake up early for a doughnut run. :)
I really don’t like to leave negative reviews, but after my purchase in Kirkwood, I’ve decided these doughnuts aren’t for me. Out of the six doughnuts I’ve tried between the two locations, I wouldn’t buy any of them again. My Kirkwood experience really was no worse than my Maplewood experience, but I feel I was generous with my previous 3-​star rating. I’ve come to my own personal decision that these are 2-​star meh-I’ve-experienced-better doughnuts, but you’ll have to give them a try to see what you think.
If there’s anything positive I can say, it is that the people at Strange Donuts are passionate about what they do. They have been friendly on my two visits, and they put out some really beautiful doughnuts that they call «dones.» That brings me to my final statement:
Can we stop trying to make «dones» happen? It’s so not fetch. ;)

Came here for a breakfast appetizer before brunch at First Watch down the street. I’m not one to turn down donuts, and these are pretty interesting donuts! I’m averse to anything cream-​filled, but if you’re not, that will greatly increase your options. Due to the fact that we were just about to go to brunch, we needed to focus on one donut each, and we both went for the maple bacon.
The sweet savory combination was delicious, and the bacon was plentiful. Maple glaze was solid and abundant. The least delicious part was actually the donut itself– it was dry and heavy for a donut. The flavor was good, and perhaps they need a less airy dough in order to support the toppings?
Solid choice, and I’d still go back for more.

I think maybe I got my dough circle dreams hyped up too much before trying.
I was so grateful that they were open after the Kirkwood Turkey Day Run, and perhaps because this is not the main location we were basically eating day old or transported donuts (though when I go to a donut shop at 8am, I feel like they should be relatively fresh). We tried every flavor of «dones» they had that day and pretty much all of them were dry and crumbly and not particularly flavorful (I couldn’t take more than one bite of most of the cake ones). The chocolate almond yeast raised was the lone exception. It was lovely.
On the «pro» side I thought their prices were totally fair for «gourmet» donuts, especially compared to Chicago. They guy working there on Thanksgiving morning was insanely nice; and, I think their flavors are insanely creative, plus they put out interesting gluten free stuff all the time! But… for me and all my in-​laws, this just missed the mark.

Strange donuts only has the hype going for them apparently, because the donuts I had weren’t all that strange, and besides other donut shop used topping like cereal and candy toppings way before strange even opened it’s doors. The donuts were very dry and the taste was horrible, like day old donuts. I don’t understand the concept they are trying to establish, because it s already established in Seattle Wa. And Strange does
n’t ever come close to Voodoo Donuts.