Canadians love their Tim Hortons, but we wanted to know how the brand stacks up against its popular American counterpart, Dunkin' Donuts. During a recent trip to Niagara Falls, New York, Narcity's Ashna Bharkhada and Madeline Forsyth taste-tested Timbits against Munchkins and compared two donut classics - the Vanilla Dip and Boston Cream. Was there a clear winner? Watch to find out!
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00:00 We're doing a Tim Hortons versus Dunkin Donuts taste test.
00:03 We're Canadian, we just crossed the border into Buffalo, and we bought the same items
00:08 from Tim Hortons and Dunkin Donuts to see how they compare.
00:11 Okay, so first we're going to start with Munchkins versus Timbits.
00:15 Let's see how the chocolate compares.
00:18 The chocolate Timbit always hits.
00:21 Honestly, it's very, very dry.
00:25 It doesn't have a lot of flavor, like I can't really even taste the chocolate.
00:28 Switch.
00:29 I think the Tim Hortons one is a bit sweeter, actually.
00:32 Yeah, and it's a bit softer.
00:34 Let's do the plain glaze.
00:37 This tastes like a regular Timbit to me.
00:39 Like, if you gave this to me, I would think this was a Tim Hortons Timbit.
00:42 I felt like they both tasted very similar.
00:45 I found the Dunkin Donuts to be maybe a little bit drier, but quite similar in flavor overall.
00:52 Tim Hortons just has a place in my heart.
00:53 Yeah, it's just, for some reason, it just feels like the right choice.
00:58 Okay, we also got two styles of donuts.
01:01 We got the sprinkled vanilla dip and the Boston cream.
01:04 This is Dunkin Donuts and this is Tim Hortons.
01:06 Alrighty, just by looking at them, honestly, Tim Hortons looks more appetizing, especially
01:11 the vanilla dip.
01:12 Like, it's very put together, very cute.
01:14 This is kind of-
01:15 This reminds me of Homer Simpson's donuts.
01:16 It's a little bit of a mess.
01:17 It's a little bit of a mess.
01:18 There you go.
01:19 These are pieces.
01:20 It's like a regular donut.
01:21 Yeah, it's a regular donut.
01:22 It's like a regular donut.
01:28 What you'd expect.
01:29 That's good.
01:35 I like that the Tim Hortons sprinkled donuts is a little crunchy.
01:38 I like the crunch in the donut.
01:40 I was just about to say the same thing.
01:41 I think they both taste very similar and the Tim Hortons ones even maybe a little bit too
01:46 sweet, but the crunch is what makes it that nice crunch on the top.
01:50 Okay, grand finale, Boston cream.
01:53 This is the inside of the donuts.
01:55 Oh my God, the Tim Hortons Boston cream just looks so much better.
02:01 That's crazy.
02:02 Yeah.
02:03 This cream is very stiff.
02:05 This is like creamy.
02:06 It looks custardy.
02:10 This one doesn't look that good in my opinion.
02:11 Yeah, this one you just want to bite right into it.
02:13 This is like, yeah, very small amount.
02:16 And it's kind of, it's like very thick.
02:21 That tastes like icing.
02:22 It doesn't taste like Boston cream.
02:26 I don't even like taste the cream in it.
02:28 I don't like that at all.
02:29 And it's so sweet.
02:30 No, no.
02:31 Let's try Tim's.
02:32 Okay.
02:33 So much better.
02:34 Like not even comparable.
02:35 Yeah, no, the Boston cream at Tim Hortons wins.
02:45 It wins all the donuts.
02:46 In my opinion.
02:47 Yep.
02:48 It's just so good.
02:49 A crowned winner.
02:50 Overall, I'd rate Dunkin Donuts like six or seven.
02:54 I don't know.
02:55 It was just like generic.
02:56 I just felt they were maybe a little dry and they didn't have a ton of flavor or texture.
03:00 But they're like decent, you know, what you'd expect.
03:04 Tim's I would give probably like an eight.
03:06 Yeah.
03:07 Yeah.
03:08 Especially like the Boston cream just did it for me.
03:09 It was, it was so much better.
03:11 Dunkin Donuts, I would rate maybe a six.
03:14 Considering we have Tim Hortons in Canada and we know what good donuts taste like.
03:19 I mean, I think Tim Hortons was a clear winner.
03:22 The quality, the presentation, everything about Tim's donuts just wins for me.
03:28 Yeah, I agree.
03:29 Okay.
03:30 If you have a chance to try Dunkin Donuts versus Tim's, let us know what you think and
03:35 let us know what your favorite donut is.
03:37 Thanks for watching.
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