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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00:00We're doing a Tim Hortons versus Dunkin' Donuts taste test.
00:03We're Canadian, we just crossed the border into Buffalo,
00:06and we bought the same items from Tim Hortons and Dunkin' Donuts to see how they compare.
00:11Okay, so first we're gonna start with Munchkins versus Timbits.
00:15Let's see how the chocolate compares.
00:19The chocolate Timbit always hits.
00:22Honestly, it's very, very dry.
00:25It doesn't have a lot of flavor, like I can't really even taste the chocolate.
00:28Switch.
00:29I think the Tim Hortons one is a bit sweeter, actually.
00:32Yeah, and it's a bit softer.
00:34Let's do the plain glaze.
00:38This tastes like a regular Timbit to me.
00:39Like, if you gave this to me, I would think this was a Tim Hortons Timbit.
00:42I felt like they both tasted very similar.
00:45I found the Dunkin' Donuts to be maybe a little bit drier.
00:48Yeah.
00:49But quite similar in flavor overall.
00:51Tim Hortons just has a place in my heart.
00:54Yeah, it's just, for some reason, it just feels like the right choice.
00:58Okay, we also got two styles of donuts.
01:01We got the sprinkled vanilla dip and the Boston cream.
01:04This is Dunkin' Donuts and this is Tim Hortons.
01:06Alrighty, just by looking at them, honestly, Tim Hortons looks more appetizing,
01:10especially the vanilla dip.
01:12Like, it's very put together, very cute.
01:14This is kind of...
01:16This reminds me of Homer Simpson's donuts.
01:18It's a little bit of a mess.
01:19It's a little bit of a mess.
01:21There you go.
01:22These are the pieces.
01:26It's like a regular donut.
01:27Yeah.
01:29That's good.
01:35I like that the Tim Hortons sprinkled donuts is a little crunchy.
01:38I like the crunch in the donut.
01:40I was just about to say the same thing.
01:41I think they both taste very similar and the Tim Hortons one's even maybe a little bit
01:45too sweet.
01:46But the crunch is what makes it that nice crunch on the top.
01:50Okay, grand finale, Boston cream.
01:53This is the inside of the donuts.
01:55Oh my god, the Tim Hortons Boston cream just looks so much better.
02:00That's crazy.
02:01Yeah, this cream is very stiff.
02:03This is like creamy.
02:05It looks custardy.
02:08This one doesn't look that good in my opinion.
02:10Yeah, this one you just want to bite right into it.
02:12Yeah.
02:12This is like, yeah, a very small amount.
02:15And it's kind of, it's like very thick.
02:20That tastes like icing.
02:21It doesn't taste like Boston cream.
02:24Boston cream.
02:26I don't even like taste the cream in it.
02:28I don't like that at all.
02:29And it's so sweet.
02:32No, no.
02:33Let's try Tim's.
02:34Okay.
02:38So much better.
02:40Like not even comparable.
02:41Yeah.
02:42No, the Boston cream at Tim Hortons wins.
02:44It wins all the donuts in my opinion.
02:47Yep.
02:47It's just so good.
02:48A crowned winner.
02:50Overall, I'd rate Dunkin Donuts like six or seven.
02:54I don't know.
02:55It was just like generic.
02:56I just felt they were maybe a little dry and they didn't have a ton of flavor or texture.
03:01But they're like decent, you know, what you'd expect.
03:03Tim's I would give probably like an eight.
03:06Yeah.
03:06Yeah.
03:07Especially like the Boston cream just did it for me.
03:09It was, it was so much better.
03:10Dunkin Donuts, I would rate maybe a six.
03:14Considering we have Tim Hortons in Canada and we know what good donuts taste like.
03:19I mean, I think Tim Hortons was a clear winner.
03:22The quality, the presentation, everything about Tim's donuts just wins for me.
03:28Yeah, I agree.
03:30Okay.
03:30If you have a chance to try Dunkin Donuts versus Tim's,
03:34let us know what you think and let us know what your favorite donut is.