This month in food we celebrate some sweet treats. Aside from National Chocolate √âclair Day (June 22), it was June, 1847 when donuts were said to be invented. Believe it or not, the story holds that a sea captain created the doughnut when he cut out the un-cooked center of his mother’s fry-cakes. Another story attributes doughnuts to the Pennsylvania Dutch and their fry cakes. But these stories are filled with holes because archaeologists have found petrified donuts in prehistoric Native American ruins of the southwestern U.S.

No modern day donut discussion is complete without mentioning Krispy Kreme and there’s a totally homegrown connection. That super secret, melt-in-your-mouth, dough recipe was created by a French Chef from New Orleans and sold to Krispy Kreme’s founder in 1937.

One last sweet bite: Twinkie creator James Dewar supposedly ate 2 Twinkies a day until he died in June, 1985.

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