Fractured Prune Doughnuts

As a wanna-​be food entrepreneur, I give the owner big props for the concept and then to actually follow through with the idea and create a chain of these stores. I have tons of food ideas but they’re only ideas, and I have no diner, shop or food truck to show for myself — yet. Maybe one day.
But seriously, I love the idea of this place and it hit the spot in terms of what we need in the food marketplace. There’s nothing like it.
That said, my experience with the donuts wasn’t stellar.
I went in to get a couple dozen for my students. I was on a no-​carb diet at the time, but my students weren’t. And some of you can probably relate, the next best thing to eating carbs yourself, is to treat someone with some carb goodies and then watch *them* eat it. Kind of twisted, but it happens.
So, only cake-​style donuts sold here and no chocolate cake-​style – just regular. All donuts made to order. There’s a million toppings and concoctions, apple pie, dulce de leche, strawberry shortcake, you get the idea. With all the variety, YOU WOULD THINK, there would be some version of a peanut butter donut, but no! Shock of shockers! Manager says they *used* to have a peanut butter one, but they took it off the menu because it wasn’t selling well and something about how the peanut butter frosting didn’t coat the donut properly. What?! That’s like blasphemy to someone like me who LOVES peanut butter. I proceeded to give her some hints on how to concoct an easy-​to-​coat peanut butter topping. And then I begged her to put PB back on the menu.
So, the donuts I ordered for my kids:
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
OC SAND (CINNAMON)
DEATH BY CHOCOLATE
DULCE DE LECHE
BLUEBERRY
and some others.
To be fair, I didn’t try all of them. But I managed to sample most. The Death by Chocolate was disappointing. If anything, I died from the *lack* of chocolate. If you’re going to give a name like that to a donut, it better deliver on the chocolate, and this one sorely didn’t.
It’s hard to speak criticism toward a fresh, warm donut. But, I think after tasting a few, they all started to taste the same. Yes, different toppings, but same level of sweetness, only with a different flavor. I expected more, and I felt a bit let down. They were good, but not great. If I got just one and walked away, I’d probably be happier.
I wish, for the price, I liked them more. But despite my mediocre experience, I’m still a fan, hence the 4 stars.
Manager says they’re opening another store very soon, now I forget where. But big plans to open 21 stores in the next few years. Wow.
I hope they do well. I imagine they will get better as they get more feedback. Hopefully that will mean a «Peanut Butter Madness» donut on the menu in the future. See how helpful I am? I just helped them name their donut!

Ordered: Blueberry hill, banana cream pie, coffee cake, and strawberry cheesecake.
I was a little skeptical at first about trying this place due to the aroma of oil in the air. However, the doughnuts are amazing. Every order is made fresh, glazed, and topped. I think this could be the next food trend in Northern California. Where else can you customize your own doughnuts?
Little disappointed that there aren’t any vegan or gluten free options. Fractured Prune Doughnuts, make this happen so everyone can taste this delicious treat. You guys are missing that small margin group of people!
However, I will definitely come back to try more flavors and I’ll customize my own.

A-f*cking-mazing when they’re hot. Weird flavor combinations only limited to your imagination or how much you smoked.
Eat them there, in the car, or ASAP because not so righteous when they’re cold.

I used to go to Fractured Prune a lot when I lived in Maryland. This place is a lot nicer looking, but the girls working there were not very welcoming. They make your doughnuts fresh to order, but when one of the girls was dressing the doughnut, she kind of half-​assed it. I got the french toast and OC doughnuts, but they weren’t very cinnamon-​y because of the girl’s lack of effort. I may come back because the doughnuts are fresh, but service is sub-​par.

COME ON TUESDAY AND GET $ 2 BACK FOR EVERY PURCHASE! This is a crazy awesome deal that I experienced the first and only time I’ve come here (on a Tuesday duuuh). But basically if you buy just one donut your cost will come out to be around $.50!
The donuts are made fresh so you have to eat them while they’re warm, but it’s nice that they aren’t sitting out all day like the old-​timey donut shops. You can either choose from the menu of donuts or build your own custom donut. I tried the cookies & cream donut which was really good (vanilla glaze and oreo crumbs)
I like filled donuts so it’s a shame this place doesn’t have any but it’s a good quality donut shop overall!

First off, I’ll start by saying I love the idea of this so much, I’ll give it another chance. Soon.
My first and only experience with the Fractured Prune… was a takeout deal. The donut was still warm when it got to me, so there wasn’t much lapse time, but still…
I appreciated the variety we ordered but only really liked two of the four ordered. Additionally, they all seemed a little heavy on the oil, as if they hadn’t been allowed to drain very long. That’s a no-​go for me. Anyway, I’m willing to give them another shot — maybe to try the strawberry I just read about in another Unilocal review and request extra drain time next time.
Might see ya there!

How fun is this place?! It is like Cold Stone for doughnuts. They make only cake donuts, which is fine with me. I like how they are nice and crispy at the edges and are made-​to-​order. Yes, it is a little pricey for donuts, but I’m willing to pay for it. There are lots of glaze and topping choices. I like the recommendations and order those. My favorite is the sandy beach.
I love it here! I will be back!

Was on a hunt for doughnuts, or better yet, on the hunt for trans fatty acids. I heard this spot is the «Chipotle» of doughnuts. Me being a Chipotle enthusiast, knew I had to try this spot out. Upon entering, I noticed that the place was really clean and «up to date.» It was my first time here and the lady that helped me was friendly. She pointed out I could make my own or go from the menu. I opted for the menu and got the OC Sand doughnut. (honey glaze + cinnamon sugar) Doughnut was 2.50 if I remember correctly.
Right of the bat, every doughnut you order is made to order. They make it right in front of you after you payed for it. I received my doughnut box to go in less than a minute. Of course, the doughnut was still warm when I got to my car and quickly devoured it. Taste wise, it was scrumptious, it left me wanting more. The honey glaze went really well with the cinnamon. I thoroughly enjoyed the doughnut and see my self ordering it again. As for the size, it was tiny. Don’t expect local doughnut shop size here.
What makes this place unique compared to doughnut shops is that you can completely make your own doughnut with any glaze and toppings. Bringing you with a new experience at doughnuts shops. Concept is great! but, there are many things it could improve on.
Overall, the doughnut was tasty and enjoyable, but steep on the price, considering it was a small doughnut. I would go far as to say that these doughnuts are Krispy Kreme doughnuts in disguise. They are small, tasty, and pricey. This place is a chain, so my expectations weren’t as high. If the doughnuts were a little less expensive, I would give this spot a higher rating. Would I come back? Sure, every once in a while, the concept is great.

The first customized doughnuts that I tasted and it was awesome.
The Chipotle of doughnuts which is easy to describe. You basically can select the preselected toppings or choose your own. We decided to get a few preselected doughnuts.
The one that stands out to me is the blueberry hill, it’s freshly made and there was plenty of blueberry to eat. When you eat it when it’s freshly made, it just melts in your mouth. It’s not like other places where it just sits all day long.
I don’t know if there’s any other customizable doughnut places around but I expect place to be busy once people find out about it.
Sure do plan a visit here because there none like it… so far in the southbay.

Was looking through the Caviar app, saw this place pop up and decided to order some donuts for the office.
Got a variety of donuts but the ones I got to try were the bacon one and the blueberry hill (I think that was what it was called) one.
They weren’t warm when they got to the office but they sure were pretty.
If it was a beauty contest, these donuts would win but taste wise, they were mediocre. I like my donuts fluffy but these were more old fashioned. All the donuts tastes sickening sweet and tasted the same as they are all the same donuts but just with different toppings.
I got mixed reviews from fellow coworkers, some really dugged them and others not so much.
Here are some of our thoughts:
–Too sweet
–There were some weird crunchy bits inside the donut (wasn’t sure if they are supposed to be in there)
-«The mint one was weird, I tossed it away after a few bites, sorry.» –Fellow coworker
-«It was soooo good» –Fellow coworker
-«The bacon one was okay, I kind of just tunnel visioned on it cuz it was bacon.» –Fellow coworker
Perhaps this place tastes different when it’s fresh fresh but I just don’t think their old fashion donuts are up my alley.

I was in the area yesterday n decided to check out this new doughnut shop. I’m ok when it comes to doughnuts. not too into them. I’m more of a pastry/​cake chick. since it’s new n got some good reviews, I was willing to give it a try.
the shop is located in the new plaza on El Camino where the Habit Burger is. it’s not too far from Santa Clara University. the parking is plenty. there’s also the parking lot across the street.
their doughnuts r all made to order so they come out nice n warm. u can c the employees making them for u. they don’t come out looking as good as other doughnut shops cuz they just got glazed so can’t really fault them for that.
the menu has many choices of flavors n u can also customize your own doughnuts for yourself or family n friends. I didn’t bother to do that cuz, seriously, I’m just too lazy to think of all the crazy ways I can go. :) since they have all those already created flavors, I went with those.
I would go back to Fractured Prune Doughnuts (what prune??) if I was in the vicinity again, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to go there just cuz I wanted some doughnuts. the price is a bit high for each individual one. n the size is not as big as I thought they were going to b. all in all, an ok doughnut shop. I did like their Bacon Bomb, but impartial to anything with bacon. :)

Hmmmm. The idea is cool — a custom made donut. But I kind of like those donuts that you choose out of the case. The warm oily taste is unique and good, but I just can’t get excited about choosing unique donut’s for my dozen donut’s. I imagine you can go in and get one, but really — can you just eat one donut?
Cost is quite a lot, but then again it’s pretty labor intensive so I’m sure it’s worth that much.
It just didn’t do it for me. You may have a completely different experience. I’ll stick with the 24 hour donut shops as they satisfy me!

First time coming here after hearing so many good things from SCU students and the staff was super welcoming and helpful! It was really refreshing to see the cake donuts glazed to order. They have really unique flavors and you could customize with one glaze and with two toppings! A little on the pricey side, but these donuts were HOT and looked so yummy my mouth was practically watering while these were in the car! I indulged in two of the dozen I bought, the Green with Envy and the S’more, which were both delicious! I liked the s’more better. Will be back!
Here’s a breakdown of the menu: ($ 2.29 per doughnut, $ 17.89 for dozen I think)
Favorites:
–Apple pie: apple caramel glaze + cinnamon sugar
–Bacon bomb: maple glaze + cinnamon sugar + bacon
–Banana cream pie*: banana glaze + powdered sugar + vanilla wafers
–Blueberry hill*: blueberry glaze + powdered sugar
–Caramel bliss: caramel glaze + mini chocolate chips
–Carnival: honey glaze + rainbow sprinles
–Chocolate covered strawberry: strawberry glaze + mini chocolate chips
–Coffee cake: mocha glaze + powdered sugar + graham crackers
–Cookies & cream*: vanilla glaze + cookie crumbs
–Death by chocolate: chocolate glaze + Oreo cookies + sprinkles
–Dulce de leche: caramel glaze + powdered sugar
–French toast*: maple glaze + cinnamon sugar
–Green with envy*: mint glaze + mini chocolate chips
–Key lime pie: key lime glaze + powdered sugar + graham crackers
–Lemonade: lemon glaze + granulated sugar
–Margarita: key lime glaze + sea salt
–Marshmallow madness: marshmallow glaze + mini marshmallows
–Morning buzz: mocha glaze + cookie crumbs
–Ms. Prunella: mixed berry glaze + cinnamon sugar
–OC Sand: honey glaze + cinnamon sugar
–Orange dream: orange glaze + powdered sugar
–Plain Jane: plain doughnut
–Rocky shores: honey glaze + cinnamon sugar + mini chocolate chips
–Salted caramel: caramel glaze + sea salt
–S’more: marshmallow glaze + graham crackers + mini chocolate chips
–Strawberry shortcake*: strawberry glaze + powdered sugar + graham crackers
*= what I remember were the popular ones; what the employee recommended
Customize Your Own:
GLAZES (one only):
–Banana
–Blueberry
–Caramel
–Chocolate
–Honey
–Key Lime
–Maple
–Marshmallow
–Mint
–Mocha
–Orange
–Strawberry
–Vanilla
TOPPINGS (up to two):
–Crumbled bacon
–Carnival sprinkles
–Chocolate sprinkles
–Cinnamon sugar
–Shredded coconut
–Cookie crumbs
–Graham crackers
–Mini chocolate chips
–Mini marshmallows
–Chopped peanuts
–Powdered sugar
–Vanilla wafers

I saw the sign Fractured Prune outfront and though it was some kind of Prune Juice bar.
Thought to myself weird and walked in just to see, I was WAY off… LOL. Its a custom Doughnut shop. The word Doughnuts did not stand out to me so I completely missed it. HAHA.
So I stood there looking at what exactly goes on here, they cook the dougnuts fresh in cooking oil then you can get to pick what toppings you want.
There a paper to fill out: on the front the choices are the popular ones and on the back you can customize whatever topping you want.
I got 3 doughnuts from the front of the paper:
1 — Dulce De Leche (pretty mild)
2 — Seasalt Caramel (very distinct salt taste, then Caramel)
3 — Strawberry Shortcake (mild strawberry)
Pretty Ok if you ask me, or maybe its the cool factor. I dont know but I’ll try some more eventually.

Ok, I LOVE donuts, this place definitely has GREAT donuts. They are better than Krispy Kreme donuts, the fact that you can customize your own unique donut is a great experience. Building your own donut just like chipotle is to a burrito and a pizza pie at mod pizza next door.
The donuts are tasty, but to be honest, are not as great as a mom and pop donut shop. With that said, one donut will cost you 2.50, and you can get a better tasting premium donut for the same price at your local donut shop that makes them just as good.
The donuts are fresh and come out fresh and made fresh in front of you.
Variety of donuts to make, and variety of pre-​made donuts to choose from as well.
One major flaw is the cross contamination of the ingredients when making the donuts’ toppings. The toppings and glaze easily contaminate other dipping bins of the other toppings. I definitely has raspberry in my chocolate donut that was supposed to be smores.
All and all, unique, and great experience, would probably come here every so often, but I think I will still to the local OG donuts for half the price and tastes even better on your taste buds.
edit — please make a tank for the donut shirts! I would have totally bought one, the design is very cool!

We decided to check this place out because it seemed interesting. We got the death by chocolate and cookies n cream. And they were absolutely amazing!
Ok so here’s a little bit about the process… you fill out a slip of what you want, the people make the donuts fresh then they dip it in the glaze and add the desired toppings. When she’s done she puts these little piece of heaven into a box and you’re off. We drove home (10 min drive) with the heavenly smell and warmness on my thighs from these bad boys.
The outside is crunchy and inside is still warm and delicious. I feel fat, but it was soooo darn worth it! Yummo!

What a fun idea! In this custom made/​made to order era, donuts only made sense to be the next big thing. I didn’t have much of an expectation but they really blew me away! These donuts are warm and crispy and not too sweet. They’ve got my approval!
Two downsides:
1. They’re pretty small (for the price)
2. They kind of all taste the same even though there are all these different flavors– but they all taste good :)

FRESH DONUTS?!
Say no more fam. This place has a really cool concept! They fry and make the donut when you order, which allows you to customize your donuts or you can choose from their menu.
Their ordering system is simple, grab a paper menu, write the quantity next to their selection or write down your customization, then go to the register and pay!
When I got my donut, it was hot since it just came outside of the fryer– but I am not complaining! I never had a donut where it was made right in front of me and was so fresh and crispy as this one! I got the margarita, which was a donut topped lime glaze and sea salt. I do wish she added for sea salt though. I did not care for the glaze, but the donut was bomb! The process is longer than the regular donut shops where you point and choose, but worth it since the donuts are fresh!

Everyone’s riding the «create your own» _​_​_​_​_​_​_​craze. First there was yogurt (Yogurtland), burgers (The Counter), tea (Tpumps), pizza (Pieology), and now donuts. Granted Fractured Prune has been around in the East for some time. Anyways…
Donut. Light and airy cake style with a hint of the taste of an old fashioned. I like both types so the marriage works for me.
Glaze and toppings. Too many to count! I ordered a dozen as that was the better deal. Most of which was their recommended/​established flavors. I did venture out a bit and created a few of my own though.
Since each and everyone is made to order, expect a bit of a wait as the «artist» goes to work. So you’re probably wondering why they don’t offer a raised donut. One: there isn’t any time to allow them to proof. Two: they wouldn’t survive the grabbing and dunking process for the glazes and toppings.
Some we’re talking glazes, don’t expect the flavors to be strong or really sweet. That’s a good thing! In fact, the flavors could become subtler as the donuts sit. The glaze will start to soak into them.
So, my concerns or pet peeves:
1) Most of the stores will be in areas where the rent is high. I’m not sure a donut shop that’s open all day will generate enough business to sustain itself and be profitable. Look what happened to The Melt.
2) The order form was missing many of the established combos and some of the glazes. I had to refer to the menu board and the ever changing monitor to decide what to get. I had to write in at least 3 of their established combos!

This Fractured Prune location has decent customer service, a clean store interior and exterior, plenty of space to walk around (for a donut shop), and tasty donuts at a reasonable price.
I stopped by earlier today (September 29, 2015) for their grand opening. The young ladies working the registers were very nice and helpful, and prepared my order relatively fast. However, I was never greeted when I entered the store. Considering there were a ton of Fractured Prune employees inside of the store, I’m surprised nobody was standing near the door, or at least paying attention to the door, and greeting customers as they walked in.
I ordered one Bacon Bomb donut ($ 2.29), and one Salted Caramel donut ($ 2.29). The Bacon Bomb was topped with maple glaze, cinnamon sugar, and bacon, while the Salted Caramel donut was topped with caramel glaze and sea salt. Both donuts were very warm and flavorful, which made the overall experience a memorable one. Aside from the warm, fluffy donuts and flavorful toppings, I like the fact that Fractured Prune allows their customers to either choose a donut from their list, or create their own.
I’ll return to this location for sure, I just hope they acknowledge me the next time I enter their store… :)