If You Really Dig Dynamite Donuts, the West Hartford, CT, Big Y Bakery is the Place to Go

                                                                    

The rainbow sprinkles donut pictured below is from the outstanding bakery department at Big Y-Bishops Corner, West Hartford. 

Every time I approach the fresh donut case at the Bishops Corner Big Y , I feel like the classic "kid in a candy store." Depending on the time of day, there may be just a few, or a large number of  donuts occupying the case.

Whether it be one of their glazed, cinnamon-sugar, old-fashioned, jelly or Boston cream varieties, the donuts made and sold at this Big Y store bakery really are some of the overall best I've eaten so far. Because I enjoy eating each variety so much, it can difficult to choose which ones to purchase.

The chocolate frosted, rainbow-sprinkled donuts are incredibly tasty and fun to eat. Sometimes, the talented bakers in the Big Y bakery utilize different-colored sprinkles for different occasions. On the Fourth of July, for example, red, white and blue sprinkles might be used, and to celebrate the Fall season, yellow and orange sprinkles accent the dark brown fudge topping.

 As for jelly donuts, I've tried their lemon, apple, blueberry and mixed-berry varieties, and each one has been excellent.

The donuts from Big Y are not only way more flavorful than those from a well-known, international donut chain, but they're actually bigger in size, and lower in price.

The last few times I've gotten donuts from that chain with locations everywhere, all I could taste was fryalator grease when I ate them. Not so with Big Y's donuts. Many times I've eaten their donuts, and I've never encountered any that tasted noticeably greasy.

At some Hartford-area supermarkets, the bakeries are only offering multi-packs of donuts. For single people like myself, purchasing packages of six donuts doesn't make a lot of sense. The donuts would probably go stale before they could get eaten.

At the Bishop's Corner Big Y store, the bakery department features a glass case where an assortment of fresh donuts and muffins are usually stocked. There are individual paper bags available for storing smaller quantities of donuts and muffins, and there are cardboard boxes for holding larger quantities of the sweet treats. 

There are lots of Big Y supermarkets in Connecticut, but I don't know how many of them have full-service bakeries, like at the Bishops Corner store. The muffins at Big Y are so good, another entire article will be needed, to describe the different varieties that are usually on hand.

If you really dig dynamite donuts, be sure to try the tantalizing treats that are available daily at the Bishops Corner Big Y bakery in West Hartford.