You say doughnut, I say donut. However you spell it, there aren't too many people who would turn down one of these tasty treats, whether you're a Dunkin' Donuts fan or you're firmly positioned in the Krispy Kreme camp. But do you know what type of doughnut to choose if you're counting calories -- or should you just get a low-fat muffin instead? The answers might surprise you.
Krispy Kreme has been around longer than Dunkin' Donuts.
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almost fact: They were both founded in 1942.
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Krispy Kreme, which started in 1937, beat Dunkin' to the doughnut biz by 11 years.
There are many more Dunkin' Donuts locations than Krispy Kremes.
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almost fact: Dunkin' Donuts has 50 more locations.
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Dunkin' Donuts has Krispy Kreme beat by a mile on this one. At the end of 2008, there were 8,835 Dunkin' Donuts stores worldwide, as opposed to 360 for Krispy Kreme.
The original name of Dunkin' Donuts was Copper Kettle.
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almost fact: It was Open Kettle.
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Dunkin' Donuts was founded in 1948 as Open Kettle in Quincy, Mass. Today, there's a Dunkin' Donuts on every single corner in the Boston area. (Just kidding, but it does seem that way sometimes.)
If you're counting calories but really want a Dunkin' Donut, avoid the blueberry cake donut at all costs.
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almost fact: Beware the blueberry crumb donut.
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The blueberry crumb donut has about twice the calories (470) and more fat (14 grams) than most Dunkin' Donut varieties. The French kruller is another killer.
The Dunkin' Donuts glazed donut is actually a healthier choice than the low-fat blueberry muffin.
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The donut has less fat and calories than the regular blueberry muffin, but not the low-fat version.
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Shocking, but true. The glazed donut has 220 calories and 9 grams of fat, while the low-fat muffin packs 450 calories and 10 fat grams. (The regular blueberry muffin has 510 calories and 16 grams of fat.)
When President John F. Kennedy tried to say "I am a Berliner" in German in front of the Berlin Wall in 1963, he said "I am a jelly doughnut" by mistake.
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almost fact: It wasn't a doughnut -- "Ich bein ein Berliner" can mean "I am a roast beef sandwich" or "I am a Berliner."
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Although "Berliner" does have two meanings , based on the context, it's pretty clear that Kennedy was not calling himself a jelly doughnut.
The largest doughnut ever made was actually created from 90,000 individual doughnuts.
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almost fact: It took "only" 50,000 doughnuts.
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In 2007, as part of the celebration for "The Simpsons Movie" in Sydney, Australia, 90,000 doughnuts were fit together to make the world's largest doughnut.
