#Red Velvet Donut

[rabbitcruiser]

National Doughnut Day

November 5 is one of two National Doughnut Days observed by doughnut lovers across the nation. The first Friday in June is the other day doughnuts steal the bakery case spotlight ready to tease their way into white bakery box home!

The history of the doughnut is disputed:

One theory suggests Dutch settlers brought doughnuts to North America much like they brought other traditional American desserts including cookies, apple pie, cream pie and cobbler.

An American, Hanson Gregory, claimed to have invented the ring-shaped doughnut in 1847 while on board a lime-trading ship at the age of 16.  According to Gregory, he punched a hole in the center of dough with the ship’s tin pepper box and later taught the technique to his mother.

Anthropologist Paul R Mullins states the first cookbook mentioning doughnuts was an 1803 English volume which included doughnuts in an appendix of American recipes.

An 1808 short story describing a spread of “fire-cakes and dough-nuts” is the earliest known recorded usage of the term doughnut.

A more commonly cited first written recording of the word is Washington Irving’s reference to doughnuts in 1809 in his History of New York.  He described balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog’s fat and called doughnuts.  Today, these nuts of fried dough are called doughnut holes.

Donut versus Doughnut

Print ads for cake and glazed donuts and doughnuts existed from at least 1896 in the United States.

Peck’s Bad Boy and his Pa, written by George W. Peck and published in 1900, contained the first known printed use of donut. In it, a character is quoted as saying, “Pa said he guessed he hadn’t got much appetite and he would just drink a cup of coffee and eat a donut.”

In 1919, the Square Donut Company of America was founded, offering an easier to package product.

The more traditional spelling is doughnut. However, both doughnut and donut are pervasive in American English.

While doughnuts come in a large variety of recipes, flavors and toppings, just like many pastries, we are only limited by imagination and ingredients at hand.  From syrups and jellies to sprinkles and custards, top them, fill them, bake them or fry them, doughnuts have a mouth-watering way of glazing and dusting their way into our shopping carts and finding their way to the break room at work to share.  

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[whitefireprincess]

Pink Velvet Unicorns | Pinkbox Doughnuts

[vegan-nom-noms]

Red Velvet Donuts

[beatleswings]

So, I definitely see Don liking red velvet sweets. Red velvet cake, red velvet cupcakes, donuts, you name it. And Carmen, being the sweet (hehe) girlfriend she is, likes spoiling him with those sweets be it his birthday, if he wins a match (or loses, she's still gonna spoil him), or to surprise him.

[katy-pawz]

food art study!! i got hungry working on this 👀👀 these will be included on a collab post next month!

[rosejigglypuff76]

A nice late night moment that's in between Edsa Shangrila Hotel and Shangrila Plaza Mall. 🪴

Golden Cheese Owari brought her adoptive child, Sorbet Shark Owari, for a nice little mother-child walk across the highway connecting both the hotel and mall. 🧀🦈

Seems like it's not just Golden Cheese who had the same idea, as many other notable faces can be seen having their walks as well! 🎀

[yayayachi]

“Just like a doughnut

I’ve wondered into a love loop

No beginning or end”

-Doughnut by Twice

Aka me relating any love song to the love square and having to draw it.

[talos-stims]

fancy red desserts

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[mcgeez9040]

No context Just this

[bluemeetgrey]

You know that pink color red velvet macchiato from Dunkin’ Donuts? We need a blue version of that for Percy.

[changelingwizardjrayg]

Valentine Fidough and Fidounts

Happy Valentines Day everyone. Took a shot at making some Fidough variants, all themed after Valentine donuts. I'm not sure why but drawing these guys was very frustrating, so much so I restarted the inkwork twice after two were completed works. In the end I'm happy with the result. Maybe one day they can be made into button pins.

[rabbitcruiser]

National Sweetest Day 

Indulge your sweet tooth with a box of heart-shaped chocolates. Feel free to share with a loved one, but this isn’t Valentine’s Day—it’s all about your love of sweets.

Sometimes you just need a sweet, and Valentine ’s Day only comes once a year. What’s a body to do? Well, you celebrate the National Sweetest Day of course! Like Valentine’s day, this day is known for its distribution of sweets in heart-shaped boxes, and a recognition of the love of candy.

History of National Sweetest Day

On October 8, 1921, Cleveland Confectioners came together to create a new day to celebrate the people’s love of candy and each other. On the first celebration of this day 20,000 boxes of candy were distributed throughout the city, everyone from newsboys, old folks, the poor, and orphans were gifted with delicious treats to help make it the “National Sweetest Day” of the year for them.

From there, the idea spread through big cities like New York and Detroit, expanding in popularity and importance as the years went on. In the early years, National Sweetest Day was fundamentally a commercial operation. The idea was to try to get as many people to enjoy sweets and associate them with specific times of the year geared towards celebrations. In 1922, for instance, candy manufacturers took the idea of Sweetness Day forward in New York City, hoping to drum up interest in their confectionery products.

Just a few years later, in 1927, the New York Times decreed that there would be a Sweetest Week. A decade later, the same newspaper announced that representatives from the industry were trying to get National Sweetest Day to rank alongside other significant events in the calendar, such as Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day.

Through various promotions, National Sweetest Day has gone on to become a popular choice for charity drives, including by organizations like the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, starting as early as October 17, 1940.

For some, the original intention of the manufacturers paid off significantly. National Sweetest Day didn’t replace some of the big events in the calendar, but it did become associated with them. Now the vast majority of people think of confectionery alongside popular dates, such as Valentine’s Day. Many cities host their own National Sweetest Day, especially if they play host to a candy manufacturer.

At root, though, National Sweetest Day isn’t just about consuming as many chocolates as you can. Instead, it is about love. The original developers of the concept took it upon themselves to distribute candy to the neediest in society. And this spirit of giving remains. People traditionally celebrate the day by eating confectionery and sharing it with the people they love to show that they care. Romantic couples often use the event as an excuse to indulge in a little gift-giving.

You should note, however, that National Sweetest Day and Valentine’s Day are not the same things. The former is about sharing love with everyone in your life, while the latter is solely about focusing on your romantic partner.

National Sweetest Day Timeline

1922 Sweetest Day is invented

Herbert Birch Kingston, employee of a candy company in Cleveland, Ohio, wants to bring happiness to the lives of those who are often forgotten, so he creates this day.

1930s Film stars get involved with Sweetest Day

Movie stars, such as Ann Pennington and Theda Bara, celebrate the day by giving out sweets and boxes of candy to hospital patients, newspaper boys, theater goers and more.

Mid-1960s Hallmark first makes cards for Sweetest Day

Before this, the celebration was a grassroots movement in the Midwestern United States, but as Hallmark begins making cards, the day expands.

1987 U2’s song “Sweetest Thing” is distributed

Originally released on the B side of “Where the Streets Have No Name”, the song “Sweetest Thing” is a number one hit in Ireland and Canada.

2002 The Sweetest Thing film is released

Starring Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate and Thomas Jane, this rom-com ranks highly Ebert & Roper’s Big Stars in Big Bombs, but Cameron Diaz’s career doesn’t seem to suffer for it.

How to celebrate National Sweetest Day

The simplest way to celebrate National Sweetest Day is to indulge your sweet-tooth and buy your favorite treat. An even better idea is to share it with someone who loves it as much as you do! Bring in a box of treats for your co-workers, or surprise your sweetie with their favorite sugary indulgence.

If you’re feeling truly ambitious, you can coordinate with a local charity to help do a sweets drive to generate money for them. Candy is always a popular item for charity drives, and if you contact the creator of these confectionary delights, you can probably get them at a heavily discounted price for use in charity drives.

Another idea is to send out National Sweetest Day cards. Currently, several popular card sellers offer themed cards for the day, allowing you to write messages to people you care about and remind them of the event. You might even want to design and create your own chocolates at home with a unique theme. Making unique and interesting flavors is a lot of fun.

Remember, you don’t have to limit yourself to sending candy on National Sweetest Day. Other sweet treats are allowed too. Yes, confectioners originally invented the day to promote their commercial chocolates and sweets. But it has since become a different animal, with regular people sharing anything that might be considered sweet. Cupcakes, cookies, and even pastries are all permitted under the rules. Celebrating National Sweetest Day can be a creative experience.

Because the original purpose of National Sweetest Day was charitable, you might think about using the day to give something back. In the past, philanthropists wanted to ensure that vulnerable individuals in the local community had enjoyment in their lives. Candy was an expression of that impulse, but it is by no means the only way to do so. For you, National Sweetest Day could involve providing food to the needy and vulnerable, or offering money to charities who take care of them in your city.

Finally, you can just buy candy and distribute it like a reverse Halloween, handing out candy to friends, co-workers, and random people on the street to remind them to have the National Sweetest Day of the year.

Now, doesn’t that sound like fun?

National Sweetest Day FAQs

Is Sweetest Day celebrated everywhere?

While it is certainly growing from its midwestern roots, Sweetest Day still seems to be mostly celebrated in the United States.

What is the sweetest thing in the world?

The sweetest compound in the world is a protein known as Thaumatin, which was first found in the katemfe fruits in West Africa and can be 2000 times sweeter than sucrose.

Is Sweetest Day for guys?

Of course, anyone is allowed to celebrate! But traditionally Sweetest Day is for women to show the men in their lives how much they appreciate them.

Where did Sweetest Day originate?

Sweetest Day started in Cleveland, Ohio when a candy company employee wanted to share sweets with those who don’t normally receive them.

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[whitefireprincess]

Month of Merry Menu | Deviant Donuts

[matchalattenosugar]

Sweet treaaattsssss

[xynchronicity]

@bluesunsdusk replied to your post “Can someone tell me why the fuck I woke up to an...”:

--// Damn. Terrible start to a day. Hope it gets better. Hope anon chills too.

​I got chocolate donuts with sprinkles so I've entirely forgotten about it lol. I got donuts and red velvet cake...what about this hateful anon stuff?? Sorry too busy enjoying happiness rn 😂

[donuticon]

Red velvet donut. Chocolate cream filling.