Gibson's Donuts

Gibson’s Donuts

760 Mt. Moriah Rd.

Memphis, TN 38117

901-682-8200

Open 24/7

We return with our tail tucked shamefully between our legs due to our embarrassingly long hiatus from posting.  We’ve remained active on Twitter and hope you’ve enjoyed our Tweets and taken part in the treats.  So, without further adieu we’ll dive back in…

Today we knocked out a 5k and rewarded ourselves with Gibson’s Donuts.  We went by to try #26 on the Memphis Food Bucket List, the New Orleans donut.  Mission. Accomplished.  We also tackled the red velvet and bacon donuts.  I mean who only eats 1 donut after they walk in and smell all the ooey, gooey, sweet goodness that is fried dough, sugar and icing.  We chose a creamy, cold chocolate milk to wash all of it down.

We chose the lemon New Orleans donut.  This was delectable, buttermilk dough treat.  We loved that we got the benefit of a “no hole” donut.  We understand a New Orleans donut to be a buttermilk based donut with a dimple in it that puffs up once fried.  With light lemon glaze this donut was a magnificent treat.

The maple bacon donut is a more traditional donut in the sense that it comes in the classic “O” shape.  The flavor was anything, but traditional.  Bacon has become quite en vogue in the dessert/sweets arena.  While we enjoyed the texture and salt the bacon brought to this maple glazed confection, we couldn’t help but wonder to what level Benton’s Bacon could have taken it.  We admit to being spoiled by Mr. Benton’s hogs and for that this donut shouldn’t be punished.  Be sure try this one on your next trip to Gibson’s.

Our favorite flavor of the day was red velvet donut.  This was an extremely pleasant surprise.  To be fair we love pretty much everything red velvet so it had a bit of a head start before anything even made it to our mouth.  The folks at Gibson’s nailed the red velvet flavor in this cakey donut and finished it with the perfect amount of cream cheese icing. 

We hope you find Gibson’s as enjoyable as we did. Make sure you put this Memphis staple on your short list of must haves.  We promise to be back sooner rather than later and hope that our experiences lead you to some great meals and memories of your own! 

New Orleans - 4/5 stars (both)
Gibsons - 4.5/5 (him), 5/5 (her) #redvelvet