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HAMILTON’S DONUT MONSTER: CA T C H O N E I F Y O U CA N BY CHRIS TIESSEN ‘What should we grab?’, I ask TOQUE Partner
amazing too. And I’ll need to try the Beeramisu
Cai Sepulis as we work our way closer to the
- and let Grain & Grit’s Joe and Lindsay know
front of the line – a line that keeps growing
how it is. And some for my kids, too, who can
behind us. ‘The Matcha Mint White Chocolate
never get enough of what my four-year-old
looks fantastic,’ she says. ‘I’ll probably get
calls ‘the donut monsters.’ (I can already hear
one of those - and maybe a Beeramisu.’ I
her little voice when she sees the box: ‘Did you
peer through the glass case at the donut
get us the donut monsters, daddy?’ It kills me.
Cai’s pointing to - a gorgeous specimen with
Every time.) ‘Let’s be sure to get enough for
rich mascarpone cream filling infused with
a box,’ I tell Cai. ‘I love their boxes.’ And their
Hamilton brewery Grain & Grit’s double
cups. And everywhere this place – Hamilton’s
chocolate stout and topped with cocoa dusted
storied Donut Monster – puts its distinctive
cream cheese icing capped with a chocolate-
brand.
covered espresso bean. My mouth begins to water.
‘We worked with Burlington's Insite Design to flush out the visual representation of the
As the couple ahead of us places their order,
customer experience,’ Donut Monster founder
I need to think fast. I want a Classic Apple
Reuben Vanderkwaak tells me when, on
Fritter for sure. And the Double Almond looks
another visit, I ask him about it. ‘They do a lot
