Bayers Kolonialwaren

What a surprise gem of a gas station! Hot doughnuts! kolache! Wursts! Also sold some nice local products such as spices, seasoning kits, and local favorite snacks.

Nice little gas staion/​bakery that was having a «grand re-​opening» on my visit. Cheap sodas. Only offer sausage kolaches, no fruit. Meh. Didn’t hold a candle to the ones in West, or for that matter, the ones at my local donut place in Dallas. Pretty good fried pies. Although they claim to be a bakery, I saw no evidence that they bake anything «on site.»
Didn’t try any of the donuts or other bakery case items, but I did get a couple of strudels — one apricot and one cheese. Have only eaten the apricot. Filling was good, but was totally underwhelmed by the crust, which was hard and tough and pretty tasteless. Also burned in places. And smelled funny — like they used real lard instead of Crisco? But I couldn’t see or smell this when I bought it, as they are packaged in opaque white bags. Pretty disappointing. If the cheese is better I’ll update my review.
Final analysis: Would stop there if I found myself needing gas or snacks while in the area, but not a destination in and of itself. (Which is kind of my take on all of Muenster: cute, worth an hour or two, but not worth going out of your way for.)

Hubby and I decided to go for a drive one early summer morning and stumbled upon the Texas version of Solvang – the small town of Muenster. (Remember, I said it’s the Texas version so don’t roll on in thinking it looks anything like it does in California – it doesn’t, and is much, MUCH smaller). HOWEVER, there is an incredible find in this small town in the middle-​of-​nowhere Texas, and that find is Bayers Kolonialwaren. HOLY SMOKES THIS PLACE HAS GREAT PASTRIES AND FRIED PIES!!! Now as much as Ms. Jones would love to tell you the atmosphere of this little gem matches the delicious, sweet flakiness of the culinary delights Bayers offers, sadly, it doesn’t – stop in and pick up some goodies for the road… you will be SO glad you did. Not an overwhelming selection of goodies, but what they have is GREAT! In fact, this place is so good that we plan on driving back to try a few more things. Strudel, haystacks, doughnuts and the best fried pies in Texas were on the menu the day we visited – I can’t wait to see what’s on the menu next time. DON’T JUST DRIVE BY this place – STOP IN and get something… ANYTHING…you will be glad you did.

Disappointed that I could only buy strudel in a whole size, instead of a piece like a doughnut. Doughnuts were ok, nothing great.

What a gret place for donuts and pastries. Had a cup of coffee and a gew goodies for the road

Lots of fresh made goodies: strudel, crispitos, donuts, kolaches, jerky, so much more. Friendly staff. Unassuming place, since it operates a gas station too. A hidden treasure!