South of campus, in the heart of Wynwood at 50 NW 23rd St., there is a small artisan donut shop called The Salty Donut, whose delicious donuts will leave you salivating. The shop does not only offer regular donuts, but vegan ones as well. Not to mention, they also have limited-time donuts that are definitely worth keeping an eye out for! The price per donut is around $3.00, but trust me, you’ll want to get all the different flavors. Their year-round donut options include Traditional Glazed, Brown Butter + Salt, Maple + Bacon, Guava + Cheese, Homemade Hazelnut Chocolate and White Chocolate Tres Leches. Their seasonal donut flavors include Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cake, Cafe con Leche, Dragon + Passion Fruit, Mini Earl Grey + Lemon, Strawberry + Lemonade and Chocolate Chip.
To celebrate the back-to-school season, The Salty Donut has brought back their Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cake donut that is made of “oatmeal raisin cake dough loaded with mini chocolate chips, cinnamon glaze and topped with a brown sugar oat crumble.”
The last time I ventured into this sweet paradise, I got a half-dozen box of Strawberry + Lemonade and Dragon + Passion Fruit donuts, a perfect way to cool down in the South Florida heat. The Strawberry + Lemonade donut is a vegan donut with “strawberry infused vegan yeast-raised dough, fresh strawberry and lemon glaze, topped with dehydrated strawberry dust and a candied lemon wheel.” Then, the Dragon + Passion Fruit is a “brioche ring filled with a homemade passion fruit and mango curd, glazed in a red dragon fruit glaze, topped with fresh sliced raspberries, dragon fruit and blueberries.” These two donuts were absolutely delicious and very refreshing. On a past visit, I also tried the White Chocolate Tres Leches, a “brioche soaked in rum and three milk mixture, button crusted with white chocolate and finished with torched meringue,” which was extremely tasty and reminded me of my Cuban roots.
The Salty Donut is slowly expanding and has already opened up a second location in South Miami at 6022 S Dixie Hwy. A shop in Dallas, Texas is also in the works. Both of the Florida shops are opened Tuesday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. till sold out and on weekends open from 8 a.m. till sold out. It’s great to see these delicious treats becoming more well known. While the Wynwood location, the closest shop to NSU, often times has a line, trust me, it’s worth the wait!
