April 26th, 2010 — Affairs, Coffee Shops, Cravings, Dessert, Makati, Ortigas, places, Promos / Events, Restaurants, Sweet Shops, The Fort, Where To Eat
After the two weeks of guessing game among NomNom Club subscribers, NomNom’s favorite is finally revelaed – the Starbucks Apple Fritter Doughnut! 🙂
Thank you to all the 87 subscribers who participated. They had a 33% chance of getting the right answer having to choose from among the 3 doughnuts.
Starbucks Doughnuts
I loved the apple fritters because of the apple bits and flavor and the hint of cinnamon combined. The old fashioned glaze was fine but I fancied the apple fritter more. The chocolate old fashion glaze was really just the chocolate version of the former. 🙂 It tastes ok too, nonetheless.
If the sugar coating is too much for you, I have a tip – take some off literally, to feel less guilty. 🙂
The Starbucks Top Pot Doughnuts will be available in all Starbucks Philippines Coffee shops starting May 3, 2010.
The Winners
From among the 87 entries, there were a number which had missing wall posts so they had to be validated. About 10% had to be disqualified. And From among the 70++ remaining, 23 guessed the Aple Fritters choice.
That’s about 30%! More than half of the answers were the original Glazed Old Fashioned Doughnut and the chocolate version came in last with the least number of guesses.
Starbucks Doughnuts Finalists A
Starbucks Contest Finalists B
So the 23 entries were subjected to the random list generator in Random.org where three winners were selected from those coming out on top of the list (click images above for larger image).
Congratulations to:
1 Michelle – hushbaby**@yahoo.com
2 Myla Naig – mylasue**@yahoo.com
3 Roy Kabiling – troy_machinto**@yahoo.com
Guess My Fave Starbucks Doughnut Contest
You will be notified by email based on your email subscription next week where your Philippine-based addresses will be requested. Starbucks Philippines will then courier the Starbucks Gift Certificates each of you will receive.
Starbucks Top Pot Doughnuts
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The Starbucks Doughnuts will be available in all Starbucks Philippines coffee shops starting May 3, 2010. Try the Apple Fritters! 🙂
April 10th, 2010 — Affairs, Appetizer, Coffee Shops, Cravings, Dessert, Makati, Ortigas, places, Promos / Events, Restaurants, Sweet Shops, The Fort, Where To Eat
Starbucks will be offering Top Pot Doughnuts in select Starbucks Coffee outlets in the Philippines come April 12, 2010, Monday.
What's inside the box? 🙂
Background
Top Pot is a family owned business started by two brothers Mark and Michael Klebeck. With its unique, old style signature “hand-forged” doughnuts, Starbucks hand selected Top Pot back in 2005 to carry their doughnuts in western Washington.
The Top Pot doughnuts are made using little automation giving each doughnut a hand crafted taste and look that fits Starbucks® hand crafted beverages and coffee.
The Doughnuts
With zero grams trans fat, the three doughnuts are the Glazed Old Fashioned Doughnut, Chocolate Old Fashioned Doughnut, and Top Pot Apple Fritter.
Starbucks Glazed Old Fashioned Doughnut
The ‘Glazed Old Fashioned Doughnut‘ is considered a “classic†inspired through a recipe from the 1930’s. Inside the golden exterior is a moist, cake with hints of vanilla and some nutmeg. It’s covered with Top Pot’s own proprietary “Air Sped†glaze while it’s hot .
Starbucks Chocolate Old Fashioned Doughnut
While the ‘Chocolate Old Fashioned Doughnut‘ is the chocolate version of the classic Glazed Old Fashioned doughnut.
Starbucks Top Pot Apple Fritter Doughnut
The ‘Top Pot Apple Fritter‘ is made of hand chopped apples mixed with cinnamon and spices and cooked golden brown and covered with “Air Sped†glaze.
The Contest
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April 19, 2010 Update: the Contest is UPGRADED & EXTENDED!
The prizes just leveled up from 1 GC to 3 GCs! And because of this, NomNom is also extending the contest another week from April 19 to April 24! The three raffle winners from those with the correct answer will be announced on April 25. Thank you to Starbucks Philippines for the prizes.
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If you noticed, the article’s direction is more descriptive than a recommendation. That is because I’m gonna let you guess which among the three Starbucks Top Pot doughnuts caught my fancy best.
Top Pot Doughnuts
Mechanics
Simply create a Facebook wall post (shared with ‘everyone‘) indicating which Starbucks doughnut you think NomNom liked best. Include this link (http://nomnomclub.com/restaurants/2010/starbucks-top-pot-doughnuts/) in your message as well.
Finally, place the URL of your facebook wallpost on the comment section below and you’re done!
Rules
One comment per person only. Multiple entry cheaters will be turned to stone by Medusa then swallowed by the Kraken.
Contest will start from now until April 17 24, 2010.
All valid and correct answers will be included in the electronic raffle using Random.org. Winner will be announced on April 18 25, 2010 on this blog.
For any inquiries or clarification, please don’t put in the comment section (it’s for the answers and URL links), instead you may email admin<at>NomNomClub.com.
Top Pot Doughnuts
Prize
A Three (3) Starbucks gift certificates for a free drink of your choice at any size.
It All three will be couriered to your choice of address anywhere in the Philippines.
Qualification
Starbucks Top Pot Doughnutd
The contest is open only to anyone with a valid Philippine address where the prize will be couriered. It is also open only to NomNomClub.com Email Subscribers. If you are not yet an email subscriber, you may do so by clicking here.
So, which could be my favorite Starbucks Top Pot doughnut? Is it the old fashioned glaze? The chocolate version? or the Apple Fritter? 🙂