“You can have any color you want, as long as it’s black.” That seems to be the philosophy at Mad Over Donuts.

I love a simple, plain donut. To me, nothing beats a freshly prepared, warm, and crunchy plain donut straight out of the fryer. Yet the one item Mad Over Donuts adamantly refuses to sell is a fresh, hot, crunchy plain donut without toppings. For some reason, everything else sitting under their glass counters tastes stale to me.

Calling their customer support hotline didn’t help either—just the usual corporate talking points about standardized recipes and a complete unwillingness to let the customer decide what they’d like to order.

It was disappointing, and left a bad taste in my mouth for “Mad Over Donuts.”

Mad Over Donuts