Maple bars--Are they available in your area?

[Weddings by]

We live in the NW and every place that has donuts has maple bars. Several years ago, my parents visited the NE and were surprised to find that the places they visited had never even heard of them. They did mention them to a few places, so it's possible that somebody looked into them and started making them, or that they spread through some other means, but I'm still curious.

Do you have maple bars in your area? If so, have they always been available there?


Such an important topic, eh? :D

[dionysia]

What are maple bars?

We do have maple sugar candies...

Di

[PinkMartini]

Definitely have maple bars here... Mmmmm donuts sound good right now

[PG-rated]

I have no idea what these are.

[albrez]

I'm in Boston and I've never heard of them. What are they???

[Jennifer]

We have them at most places that sell donuts. I prefer chocolate bars - but my mom is a maple bar freak ;) so I always brought them to her.

[GoCougs]

Seeing as how I'm from the NW, maple bars are everywhere. They're my DH's favorite donut. For those of you unfamiliar with them, they're long, oblongish-shaped (def. not round) donuts covered in a maple-flavored frosting. Similar to chocolate eau claire's (sp??) but without the creamy filling and with maple frosting instead of chocolate.

[mindy75]

Never heard of them.

[dionysia]

I do love Tim Horton's maple dips. Those are like Boston Creme Pie donuts, but with maple icing on top instead of chocolate.

*swoon*

Di

[fuzzy]

they're long, oblongish-shaped (def. not round) donuts covered in a maple-flavored frosting.

We have those, although they are around seasonally and they aren't called maple bars. We also have cider donuts and those are GOOD!

[coquelicot]

Never heard of them here, either.

[boilermaker]

Almost all bakeries/donut shops around here offer maple frosting on several varieties of donuts. So I guess we do have maple bars, and maple cream sticks and maple donuts too.

[Weddings by]

This is the only picture that I could find, and it's from some place that puts bacon on top of it?!? I've never heard of anybody putting anything on their maple bar. They're usually an actual rectangle, being mass produced, in general.

http://cyll.org/images/donut/donut01.jpg

Now I want one, sans bacon. :D

The dough is like a regular donut, topped with maple frosting.

[Weddings by]

fuzzy, which part of cider donuts is cider flavored?

boilermaker, wow, I have never heard of a place offering frosting. Is it in addition to what's already on the donuts, or are most of them plain and a person just says what they want on top? Or something else entirely? :)


Why am I in a donut mood? I don't even like most donuts. :p It must be those Krispy Kreme locations. They and their soft regular donuts; the diet ruiners.

[boilermaker]

No, they don't offer you frosting per say. Just that the donuts come pre-frosted with lots of different options. Chocolate frosting, strawberry frosting, marble frosting, maple frosting, some with sprinkles, some with nuts, etc.

So if you walk into a donut shop to buy donuts, you have like 50 varieties to chose from, including several options with maple frosting.

[BumbleB]

I never would have known that the rest of the country didn't know what these were. I've lived my entire life in the Northwest - quess I took them for granted.

Although, I can't imagine having one with Bacon on it - EWWW. But plain, they are just about my favorite donut.

[daisysue62]

I never knew there were doughnut shops that didn't sell maple bars. Good thing I live in the NW and have access to my favorite treat! I LOVE maple bars!!!

[mindy75]

Ummm...I bet they are good. without the bacon. We have maple doughnuts, which based on GoCougs description is the same thing only shaped differently.

[Jenyfer9]

I'm in Chicagoland and have never heard of them... but I have to admit that I couldn't tell you the last time I was in an actual bakery.

[jessesgirl]

Ooooh, I see now. I was thinking like brownies or something, but reading GoCougs description, we have them but they are called maple long johns. I think that is the more correct term in the bakery industry for that shape of doughnut.

[maggieb]

never heard of them

[MLA]

I've never known what they're called, but we had them in LA, and now that I'm in NC, I've had them, too. I love those things with a passion!

[Niobe]

Some donut shops here have them, but they usually have custard filling. I've seen maple frosted round donuts, but never a bar without the filling.

[kari]

Yep, have always had those. Love the maple frosting!

[Lauren23]

I've never heard of these either. Sounds interesting though.

[kdotp]

I've always known them as long johns. You can get any flavor frosting, but the maple was my favorite.

[dionysia]

mmmmm... cider donuts...

They're called that because they go with apple cider. They're really cinnamon donuts.

OT (sort of): my company's new coffee vendor brought in coffee cake today. OMG it is delicious!

Di

[MidwesternGal]

I used to work at a bakery (hello, extra 15 pounds!) in the midwest and yes, we had maple bars.

Ours were not "long johns" because they were shaped differently--they had a small dip in the middle, even though they were long-john shaped. More like a figure-8 but not quite. I have no idea how to describe it better, sorry!! (We did call them Maple Bars.)

They were a HUGE hit. We'd sell out almost everyday.

And, FWIW, the donut was just a regular raised donut batter shaped differently and fried a little bit longer. We made the maple-flavored frosting by just adding maple flavoring to our regular white icing. So if you have a great icing and donut recipie, just pick up some good-quality maple flavoring, and voila, you have maple bars!!!

[EJH]

I grew up in CA and always saw those around...but now that I'm in MA and you mention it...I haven't seen one here!

[tenofcups]

I've definitely never heard the name and I don't think I've ever seen one in NY or Philly. If we do have them, they're not something that I've ever been aware of.

[MrsBeckyLP]

Never heard of the name, but I'm pretty sure I've seen and eaten something like what's being described.

[Jessie]

Mmm... now I want a maple bar! I've lived my whole life in the PNW so I've always seen them. So yummy!

[diedra1027]

Mmm... now I want a maple bar! I've lived my whole life in the PNW so I've always seen them. So yummy!Ditto!! Maple Bars are my favorite...mmmm. Some Starbucks carry Old Fashioned Donuts with maple frosting in the fall/winter - tasty too, but not quite as good as a bar.

[mgrace]

We would refer to them as maple long johns, but either way they are damn tasty! :) We always have our IL's bring them from a bakery near them when they visit.

I'm addicted to all things maple...maple lattes, maple syrup, maple cream soda, maple long johns.....I sound like Buddy the elf in Elf!

[ivansbabe]

I'm also in the NW so I have grown up with them always being around. See, I really don't care for maple flavored things...so they aren't my favorite. DH LOVES them however!

[southhavenjen]

They are called long johns here, too. I have seen the maple frosting but the chocolate is way more common.

[KrissyCat7]

I've had a maple long john before. I used to see them when I lived in NY but I havent seen them down here in FL.

My favorite are "fried cakes" and cider. YUM!

[Jenyfer9]

They are called long johns here, too.
Oh, DUH! Ok, we have them here, just by another name. Now I'm hungry, darnit.

[KristyK]

The best donut shop is in Anacortes. They're open 24 hours and they make the best donuts ever! Although the Krispy Kreme ones that melt in your mouth could give them a run for their money!

Growing up in the PNW I've always had them available, and they are my favorite. When I lived in Philly, I can remember wondering why I could never find them, then realized they don't know what they are. So when I moved back here, that was one of the first things I had to eat! Yummy!!!

[amew]

I've always known them as long johns, too. I've only ever had chocolate long johns, but I know I have seen maple ones.

[jenn0074]

I have never heard of them and I have lived in a few places now. I am going to ask my husband if he has heard of them.

[Brandles]

I have never heard of them here (east central Ohio)! I LOVE cream sticks though...and can't imagine any oblong fried dough without cream inside of them...no matter what flavor icing is on top!

[Scooter]

I'm in CA & they've always been one of my favorites. I ask them to put a little custard filling inside, soooo good. :D

Never heard of a a doughnut being called a "long john," all the shops here call them bars. Guess it's a regional thing?

[Weddings by]

I've never seen bars with filling, but now that I know they exist I wonder why it isn't done around here. Long johns? Does anybody know why they're called that? Come to think of it, I don't know why the underwear is called long johns, either. :D

[Katy]

No, they don't offer you frosting per say. Just that the donuts come pre-frosted with lots of different options. Chocolate frosting, strawberry frosting, marble frosting, maple frosting, some with sprinkles, some with nuts, etc. This is how we have them around here as well. I'm not a big donut eater so I don't know if we had them In Atlanta or Albuquerque though.

[DisneyGirl]

never heard of them.

[klanae]

I have never heard of them but Shipley's Donut Shop has a maple iced donut.

[Rosebud]

Starbucks has maple bars for Fall! (At least here in S. CA they do)

I finally gave in and bought one the other day. Sadly, it was a little stale. Not as good as from the donut shop. But still... I go to Starbucks far more often than any donut store, so I'm sure I'll be tempted much more often now.

[jennylou]

Thanks Rosebud, now I want a donut!

[Scooter]

Rosebud, you are so evil for bumping this thread up! Everytime I see the title of it I start drooling! :eek:

[Rosebud]

Ack- I'm sorry! Between this and the ice cream thread, can you tell I'm pg and craving sweets? :o

[GoCougs]

I just love the fact that maple bars have their own thread right now ;)

[Adaya]

Starbucks has maple bars for Fall! (At least here in S. CA they do)

I finally gave in and bought one the other day. Sadly, it was a little stale. Not as good as from the donut shop. But still... I go to Starbucks far more often than any donut store, so I'm sure I'll be tempted much more often now.

Aw shucks, Starbucks will be getting a visit from me really soon. Yeah baby!

I have never heard of them but Shipley's Donut Shop has a maple iced donut.

I went to Houston for Labor Day and was introduced to Shipley's. OMG! Love love love that place. Didn't get a maple iced donut, but those warm glazed donuts "spoke" to me.

[jennylou]

Doesn't one of those Maple Bars warmed up with a scoop of vanilla ice cream sound good?

Next you'll be talking about a double double or something and really make me have a craving for something I can't have!

[lucycat]

i have never heard of maple bars- but they sound yummy! mmm,making me think of fall desserts:D bring on the pumpkin-oops sorry this is the maple bar thread

[Scooter]

Ack- I'm sorry! Between this and the ice cream thread, can you tell I'm pg and craving sweets? :o

If only I had that excuse! Not yet, though. But I've been thinking about maple bars for hours now and am so tempted to go get a doughnut tomorrow! I never eat doughnuts! You're evil I tell you!



ps hee hee I did a funny typo--"doghnuts" :p

[Michelle]

Just the title of the thread is makes me want a donut! Now I'm going to have to stop by the store on my way to work tomorrow. I have not had a maple bar in such a long time. Yum!

[1_mommy]

Maple bars are my favorite donut!! mmmm!

[Niobe]

I went to Houston for Labor Day and was introduced to Shipley's. OMG! Love love love that place. Didn't get a maple iced donut, but those warm glazed donuts "spoke" to me.

Wimper. I miss Shipley's so bad. Donuts out here seem to be much denser. They don't just collapse in all warm and sugary and soft the way Shipley's do.

Though, I do admit, the denser, custard filled maple bars totally rock. Mmm maple and custard. :p

[Standrea]

I've never heard of them, but they sound delish!

[katmg]

I went to Houston for Labor Day and was introduced to Shipley's. OMG! Love love love that place. Didn't get a maple iced donut, but those warm glazed donuts "spoke" to me.

Ooh - you should have gotten a kolache! That is my "bad" breakfast treat of choice. Shipley's has them but they're not as good as the various kolache stores' version. If you're ever back in Houston you have to try one!

[Happy1]

Still have never heard of maple bars but it is making me crave a crueler/crawler (another delictable donught treat apparently not found everywhere). Yummy!

Nikki :D

[Adaya]

Ooh - you should have gotten a kolache! That is my "bad" breakfast treat of choice. Shipley's has them but they're not as good as the various kolache stores' version. If you're ever back in Houston you have to try one!

Oh please believe I made it to the Kolache Factory. Yeah baby! I was making the rounds in Houston honey. :D

I had never been to Shipley's or Kolache Factory before and my sister was like, "we MUST go before you leave". So glad we did. Now I'm addicted and those, in addition to my other old favorite restaurants, are now must-haves.

eta: Oh gawd, now I want a bacon and cheese kolache and a coffee. I'm so sad.

[BumbleB]

I STILL can't believe there are people out there who have never heard of Maple Bars!!!! :D

Must be because I've always lived in the Northwest or close to Canada!

YUUUUUMMMMMMYYYYYYY!!!! They are the best! :D:D:D

[sem426]

No clue what a maple bar is! Lived my entire life in the Northeast except for 4 years of college in Wisconsin.

[amwilson615]

I don't know what a maple bar is.

[Sarah]

Nope. Not in PA or NYC.

[Rosebud]

This is a maple bar, for anyone who's not familiar with the name. They're at pretty much every donut store here in S. CA, and they were when I lived in New England as well.

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k284/rosebud03_2006/Misc/bar-maple.jpg

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k284/rosebud03_2006/Misc/maple.jpg

[jh124]

I grew up on the west coast and love maple bars. I live in the DC area now, and we don't have them around here. :( sniff

[eponymous]

I've never heard of maple bars (grew up in New England), although we had ones frosted in chocolate that look similar, called crullers, I think. I'm not much of a donut person and now can't eat them at all, but man, you people have me CRAVING cider donuts. I hate all of you and your little maple bars too! :p

[gayle]

Yeppers, CA has em.

[artist]

Never heard of them, but now after the description I want one! :D

[Happy1]

They look just like long johns. So I'm guessing the special part about them is the frosting? If that's the case I think I have had them. They're just another flavor of long john. The frosting tastes a little like maple syrup. My Great-Grandma used to make them.

Nikki :D

[wendalah]

Maple bars are easy to find. The doughnut I constantly crave and can't find easily is a cream-filled doughnut. I always find custard-filled, but cream is very difficult for some reason. It's not a whipped cream filling, or like the stuff you find in a Twinkie--it's more like a cross between whipped cream and vanilla frosting.

The best cream-filled doughnut I ever had was from Gerland's grocery store in Houston (we lived there briefly when I was little). Keep in mind we are talking 1982, or thereabouts, though. Some Dunkin Donuts have them, but I don't have any Dunkin Donuts near my home or work!

Several other trashy sweet foods I like and have huge issues finding:
--Blue Moon ice cream (unavailable in Los Angeles to my knowledge)
--Slush Puppies (I wanted one of these so badly during my first trimester of pregnancy, I was almost in tears. I went so far as to research online where I might be able to find one.)
--Dairy Queen CHERRY dip (the gross radioactive red coating they dip ice cream cones in--usually you can only find it in chocolate or butterscotch, and sometimes strawberry. Beware of the strawberry, it's a gyp compared to the cherry. I have a few sources in L.A. for this particularly nasty treat.)

[Weddings by]

This thread is still around?!? I started it, but it looks like I unsubscribed quite a while back. :D


ETA--Oh, I see. Rosebud bumped the thread. I didn't look at how many pages are in this thread, I just clicked on "last" and thought that somehow I had been missing ongoing discussions. :D (I just typed "EAT" instead of "ETA" which is really funny because I just went on and on about food in my journal. And now I'm here in a doughnut thread wondering what's going on in the ice cream thread! :eek: I've got to go do something else. Maybe like...make dinner? ;))


wendalah--I love the butterscotch dipped cones! Yum. I would probably like the cherry, too, if I could ever find it. I haven't seen it for a while. Or maybe I'm so disappointed in places not having butterscotch that I don't listen to them saying that they have cherry? :D

[Weddings by]

I just love the fact that maple bars have their own thread right now ;)

The sugar in my Thai tea must be making me giddy because this is making me crack up! :o

I'm going to get a side ache!

[katmg]

Oh please believe I made it to the Kolache Factory. Yeah baby! I was making the rounds in Houston honey. :D

I had never been to Shipley's or Kolache Factory before and my sister was like, "we MUST go before you leave". So glad we did. Now I'm addicted and those, in addition to my other old favorite restaurants, are now must-haves.

eta: Oh gawd, now I want a bacon and cheese kolache and a coffee. I'm so sad.

Oh good! So glad you got to try the kolache goodness. Growing up here, I never realized they weren't available everywhere.

Wendalah - Man, I probably had those same cream-filled doughnuts from Gerland's b/c that was my mom's fav. doughnut and Gerland's was our grocery store growing up!

Oh and my high school still has a Slush Puppy machine. I had a lime slushie every single day of 6th grade. :o

[Yvangeline]

This is so weird; I was at a Starbucks this evening and saw maple bars for the first time ever. I thought it was strange that they weren't called "maple krullers" or just "maple-frosted donuts." ;) This is in MA, near Boston, BTW.

[Happy1]

... The doughnut I constantly crave and can't find easily is a cream-filled doughnut. I always find custard-filled, but cream is very difficult for some reason. It's not a whipped cream filling, or like the stuff you find in a Twinkie--it's more like a cross between whipped cream and vanilla frosting.

Oh great. Now I'm craving the donughts from a small bakery that used to be in Mayville, WI (a 10 minute drive from my childhood home). They had those yummy actual cream filled donughts. My favs were the tripple chocolate. That chocolate cream in the inside was to die for. I know what you mean though. Actual cream filled donughts are super duper hard to find. Either there's the whipped stuff or the custard. I figure if I'm eating a donught, I'm not really caring about how many calories are in there so just give me the good cream stuff.

Nikki :D

[Weddings by]

I figure if I'm eating a donught, I'm not really caring about how many calories are in there so just give me the good cream stuff.

:D Isn't that the truth?!

[greenbunny]

The farmer's market I go to has long johns, but the icing options are chocolate, vanilla, and peanut butter. I've never heard of a maple bar.

This thread just made me go to the caf and buy a doughnut. Curse you people.

[Weddings by]

:D snickering

[Sophia]

Never heard of them.

[ladybug777]

Yep. I'm in CA and we have maple bars, as well as chocolate bars (my personal fav).

[ladybug777]

For those that don't know what they are, they look like this, only w/ maple icing instead of chocolate.

http://www.winchells.com/our_menu/images/a3v/menu/products/5r.jpg

[Happy1]

For those that don't know what they are, they look like this, only w/ maple icing instead of chocolate.

http://www.winchells.com/our_menu/images/a3v/menu/products/5r.jpg


That's funny that you guys call them chocolate bars. Here they're long johns.

Nikki :D

[mgrace]

Please, someone send me a maple long john! And a maple latte, please.

[Yvangeline]

The doughnut I constantly crave and can't find easily is a cream-filled doughnut. I always find custard-filled, but cream is very difficult for some reason. It's not a whipped cream filling, or like the stuff you find in a Twinkie--it's more like a cross between whipped cream and vanilla frosting.

Dunkin' Donuts around here don't carry those anymore! It's a tragedy.

[jesvet]

Every time I even see the thread title it makes me crave a donut.

wendalah- those are my Achilles heel as well. LOVE them. I just found a bakery a few blocks from my work that makes them sometimes- it's not a good thing.

[wendalah]

RE: The cream-filled doughnuts...no doubt, it's a good thing for me that they aren't readily available!

That said, I'm easily pleased. I'm almost as happy with a Cinnabon. Sigh.

[Hello Kitty]

See when I thought maple bars were, I dunno, a bar with some maple flavoring :p I was fine.

But now I know they are doughnuts, combined with the 'fall' thread well...

I want an apple cider donut.

[Jennifer]

I saw maple bars this morning...it took GREAT willpower not to buy a donut - I still want to head back to the store ;)

[melnv]

I had a maple bar this morning. One of my co-workers brings me one every Friday. I swear I'd be at least five pounds lighter if he didn't.

[Standrea]

I was just in starbucks tonight, and saw the maple bars! I told Dh we should try one, but since we had a big dinner, we decided against it. I'll definately have to go back and get one though!

[joanne511]

Wow - I assumed everyone knew what they were and had access to them! Funny the things you learn. I've spent almost my entire life on the West Coast and/or Pacific, so I guess that explains it.

By the way, Voodoo Doughnut (http://voodoodoughnut.com/menu.html) in Portland has some wacky donuts, including maple bars with bacon on it. ;) Don't click on the link if you're faint of heart, they have some risqué donut pictures...if you can believe donuts can be risqué.

[Weddings by]

For those who can't get enough torture. Now you don't have to deal with only seeing or thinking about maple bars; you can now smell them constantly. With every swing of your head, the air will be filled with the sweet scent and your mouth will water... :D

Handmade Scented Maple Bar Jewelry (http://www.tinycravings.com/maple-bar-earrings.html)

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d141/watakushi/yhst-61249485888691_1968_29959401.jpg

[Winter Biscuit]

This is the first I've ever heard of them. I'm in the midwest (Michigan).

[Kimmer]

First timer here I live in the South (ATL) and grew up in New Orleans and I have never seen them in either place. The earrings are so funny. I have seen those for king cakes.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1069/1399168578_dca4ad9f06_m.jpg

[MLA]

First timer here I live in the South (ATL) and grew up in New Orleans and I have never seen them in either place.

If you have a Krispy Kreme near you, you can get basically a maple bar, but in a doughnut shape. They're maple glazed iced doughnuts. And they're freaking amazing.

[Adaya]

If you have a Krispy Kreme near you, you can get basically a maple bar, but in a doughnut shape. They're maple glazed iced doughnuts. And they're freaking amazing.

Oh snap! I'm going to Krispy Kreme TOMORROW!

[MLA]

Oh snap! I'm going to Krispy Kreme TOMORROW!

Just be careful. They're like crack in the form of doughnuts. Very habit-forming, indeed!

[Kimmer]

I will have to try it tomorrow. KK is not far at all :)

[KristyK]

OMG, I'll have to hit the KK if those maple donuts are anything close to a maple bar! I try to avoid that place......for obvious reasons! :D

I've avoided this thread because I do miss my maple bars! They are the one thing from the west coast that I've always craved when I've lived on the east coast!

[Adaya]

How do Dunkin Donuts maple glazed donuts compare? I picked one up this morning, but I haven't eaten it yet b/c I was rushing to teach my 8am class. But now I'm hesitant b/c I don't want to ruin my experience if they just don't even come close.

Maybe I'll give it away if DD gets bad reviews and get over to Krispy Kreme on my way to dance class tonight.

[KK812]

If you have a Krispy Kreme near you, you can get basically a maple bar, but in a doughnut shape. They're maple glazed iced doughnuts. And they're freaking amazing.

WHAT?! KK has maple donuts? I've been coveting a Dunkin' Donuts maple donut since I got to CA a year ago. Must. Go. To. Krispy Kreme.

[Kimmer]

Adya - How was it? The one from DD ? I still have not made it to KK, we really need one out here in the burbs, not that Marietta is that far.

[Adaya]

Adya - How was it? The one from DD ? I still have not made it to KK, we really need one out here in the burbs, not that Marietta is that far.

It was pretty darn tasty. I mean I have nothing to compare it to, but I must say, it was a yummy treat. I've been thinking about that donut ever since I finished eating eat. It's sad...I know. I kinda wish I had gotten the #1 special-coffee and 2 donuts. Hee Hee :D

[pocahontas]

See when I thought maple bars were, I dunno, a bar with some maple flavoring :p I was fine.

You are not alone...when I read the thread title I thought, "Ewww, why would anyone eat a candy bar made of maple?" :confused: Clearly, being from MA I've never heard of them...I have lived as far down the East Coast as VA and never heard of them there either. Although I will say after all the pictures posted of them I have seen donuts that look just like them with chocolate frosting. They are eclairs though. I don't ever remember ones frosted in maple.

[Rosebud]

Well, if anyone is really jonesing to try a maple bar, Stan's Doughnuts in L.A. delivers!!

Stan's Doughnuts (http://www.stansdoughnuts.com/barsandtwists.html)

You don't have to live in Los Angeles to enjoy Stan's Donuts whenever you feel the urge. Stan's ships donuts anywhere in the country via FedEx Overnight delivery. We ship donuts Monday through Thursday for delivery Tuesday through Friday.

:D :D

[Adaya]

How about I got all excited b/c I was close to a Krispy Kreme the other day. Get there, and they don't even have any maple frosted donuts. :eek:

[Red'sGirl]

Not for nothin' but Winchell's Donuts does maple bars, too! And in L.A., my Vons bakery (grocery store) does them, too!

I wanted donuts last week, now I HAVE to have them this weekend (I resisted last weekend).