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    Luciana B.

    I find it hard to think of something better than piping hot fresh made donuts. Carpe Donut hits the spot. It's a food truck, but they also have a physical location on 1715 Allied Lane. They only make one kind of donut, with apple cider. The ingredients are organic and they are truly delicious. We went on a thursday afternoon and the young lady that helped us made them right in front of us. They were fluffy, not too sweet, slightly dusted with cinnamon and sugar, and you could taste a hint of the apple cider. They also make coffee drinks, hot cider, and they have an awesome hot chocolate. It's worth the little detour.

    Tasty tasty donut goodness!
    Antonio M.

    Why did we drive TWO hours to Charlottesville, VA? For a deliciously hot apple cider donut made by Carpe Donut. That's why!! My love affair with Carpe Donut's donuts started a year ago. Join me as we go down fatboy memory lane. Watch your step, there's icing and sugar all around this place... It was a year ago when we first had the pleasure of devouring Carpe Donut's tasty apple cide donuts at our friends' wedding. In lieu of a wedding cake, they had hired the folks at Carpe Donut to make fresh apple cider donuts for all their guests...as many as they could eat. Can you say apple cider donut BUFFET!! **wipes away drool** Anyway, the donuts were SO amazing that I stuffed my fat face with an embarrassingly large number of fresh donuts. I was the first one in line, and at the end of the wedding I was the last one in line. That night the donut maker even packed half a dozen donuts in a to-go bag for this pastry loving fatboy. I loved these donuts so much could not wait until trying their tasty treats again... Flash back to the present, due to work and other travel commitments were weren't able to pay a visit to the Carpe Donut store for a year. In that time I had to satisfy my love of baked goods with other pastry treats (cupcakes, cakes, pies...you name it, I ate it). We finally had a chance to head down to Charlottesville and drove straight to the Carpe Donut "factory". The Carpe Donut location is somewhat hidden in the middle area of a shopping/industrial park. You'll see the Great Harvest Bread from the road, and if you drive too quickly through their parking lot (after passing Great Harvest), you might miss Carpe Donut. Heading inside there's a small three seat table near the counter where a member of the Carpe Donut staff will happily take your order. The lady at the counter happily took our donut order. Soon we had a nice bag full of hot and tasty apple cider donuts. I couldn't help myself and all manners were thrown out the window as I plunged my chubby hand into the donut bag. I immediately shoved this warm donut into my mouth and closed my eyes. Yep, the same and just as tasty as I remembered them to be. As I shoved the remnants of that first donut into my mouth, I then offered the wife and kids a donut. Afterall, everyone knows that when you drive for hours just to eat a delicious apple cider donut, you need to let the guy with a nickname of "Cupcakes" eat first. :-) BTW, make sure you eat these fresh! If you do take some home, do NOT warm them up in the microwave. Be patient and warm them up slowly in a toaster over. Trust me, these donuts still tasty the next day.... **drools again**

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    Kathy L.

    Carpe Donut is a donut cart that sits in the parking lot behind Wachovia on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall on Fridays. I've also seen the cart next to the Pavilion during Friday's After Five (local concert series). If you are wandering near the Downtown Mall on a Friday, stop by!! There is only one kind of donut: apple cider cake donut, but it's worth it because of its great taste and eco-friendlyness. The donuts are made of organic flour, eggs, and local apple cider and are fried in soybean oil. YUM! I think they also recycle the oil after it's done... it's so awesomely granola. The apple cider gives these cake donuts a fantastic flavor that is not too overwhelming. The guy even rolled it around in cinnamon/sugar right in front of me after pulling it from the fryer. Ahhh! The best!

    Roc G.

    Oh how we miss your sweet embrace. Your warm fresh sweets with sometimes gooey insides. We waited all summer only to have less than a week left before you unleash your web upon us. Looking forward to it and another fall & winter of your tasty concoctions. Grubs ~

    So small, not worth $1.50.

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    12 years ago

    Never would have found this place without Yelp. Really great donuts. Highly recommend

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    12 years ago

    Crispy on the outside, moist on the inside donuts. My favorite in the world.

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    13 years ago

    Fresh, hot donuts with cinnamon & sugar. There is no way anyone could complain about that.

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    if u see this food cart you must seize the opportunity, der or donut

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    Delicious donuts, made with care by nice people! What more could you want?

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    12 years ago

    the second best donuts i have ever tried! so good, but can not beat spudnuts in Charlottesville, VA

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    My husband and I were in Charlottesville a few weeks ago to go hiking with our dogs and stopped in…read morehere out last full day to grab some donuts and coffee before driving out to Shenandoah for the last time. We figured some sugar would help fuel our hike, and we were right. We got a late start to the day, so when we got there they only had a few different donuts left, but they were AMAZING. My husband got a classic donut with chocolate icing, I got a cinnamon sugar donut, and we each got a cake donut. The cake donut was decadent and so soft. Each donut had such great flavor and was moist. I also loved that my cinnamon sugar donut kept the cinnamon and sugar on the actually donut vs falling off and all over the rental car. I didn't take photos of our coffees, but I had one of the best chai lattes I've ever had from any state and my husband had a caramel mocha latte that he declared the best coffee of our entire trip (he sadly didn't like any other coffee from the other bakeries we stopped at during our time in Charlottesville, but I enjoyed all of mine so I guess he's just picky lol). Wholly recommend stopping in here and grabbing some donuts to-go like we did!

    The raspberry filled donut was super flavorful and fresh! The apple fritter didn't have as much…read moreapple as I was expecting but still yummy. I would definitely go back to try more. The decorations inside are cute.

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