Back To All PostsMeet the Apple Filled Donut Made For Schools
February 5, 2024
We’ve heard it many times… “You made a filled donut (pause for effect) for schools?”
Our response: Baker Boy hasn’t just made Magic Ring® Filled Donuts for schools. We make a whole grain filled donut with exceptional quality and taste that’s great for ages 3 to 103.
A couple of years ago, Baker Boy set out to expand its line of Magic Ring Donuts with a flavor and taste geared toward our customers who provide meal solutions to K-12 school breakfast and lunch programs while also creating a flavor profile that everyone could enjoy.
Our wonderful bakers came up with the Magic Ring Apple Filled Donut with Whole Grain. They’re available as both a ready-to-ice version or an individually wrapped version perfect for grab-and-go service.
These donuts are part of our ever-growing line of RTI Magic Ring Filled Donuts and stand apart from our other Magic Ring flavors for a few reasons:
- The apple filling is made at Baker Boy and contains real apples.
- With the apple-filled whole grain ring, we scaled back the injection just a hair. A typical Magic Ring contains around 21 grams (0.75 oz.) of filling. The apple-filled Magic Ring is 16 grams (0.55 oz.). We did this with schools nutritional standards in mind, and for customers who wanted a little less filling in their donuts.
- The apple-filled ring is made with whole grain flour, which means each donut contains 17.89 grams of whole grain compared to regular Magic Rings, made enriched flour without whole grain. What’s even better is that for school foodservice, these donuts are a 2 Grain Oz. Equivalent.
- The donuts, which arrive completely finished, frozen and ready to thaw, are 250 calories. This gives schools wiggle room to roll them in cinnamon sugar, or lightly ice or glaze them, to enhance the flavor profile.
- They go great with multiple flavors. We’ve iced them with vanilla and maple frosting, glazed them, rolled them in both sugar and cinnamon sugar, and we’ve discovered that it’s perfectly delicious with no toppings at all thanks to the flavor provided by the real apple filling.
Since they came on the market, the Magic Ring Apple Filled Donuts have captured the attention of customers beyond our intended school audience. One of our key distributor partners called the donut’s flavor and taste “exceptional.”
But perhaps our most indicative moment for these great new donuts was a pre-release taste test with our hometown Dickinson Public Schools, where student leaders were given the chance to taste the donuts on their final day of classes.
Students were not told what the donut was, nor that it had filling. Of the 37 students who tried the donuts, 33 made positive comments and told us they would eat them again if placed on the school’s menu.
If you want to bring the Magic Ring Apple Filled Donuts to your school, convenience store or supermarket, email us at hello@bakerboy.com or call 1-800-437-2008 and ask to speak to one of our customer service specialists. Or visit https://bakerboy.com/magic-ring-donuts to see all Magic Ring® Donut options available here on the Baker Boy website.
We’d be happy to provide you samples of these great new donuts, and help you get them on your students’ plates, or into your bakery case.
