Jelly Modern Doughnuts

oh so soft and fluffy! Love the base of these Jelly Modern Doughnuts.
The flavours are all really interesting and all so pretty. The option of having a smaller size is such a good idea as I can sample more without being on a sugar high. And the smaller size donuts are just so cute!
The interior is simple and cheerful. Though the sitting area is smallish but quite comfortable to enjoy your donut and a cup of tea.
Ordering a box of sampler to take it to any gatherings sure will make your friends really happy!

What? Bacon on a doughnut? I approve. I hardly eat anything sweet which I find myself defending a lot. It doesn’t help my cause that I don’t prefer to consume sugar when I’m going to places like this.
Sure, I could have had one small doughnut instead of ordering 2 LARGE ones. Call it the Costco mentality in me. I have to go big because I don’t go home (it’s an expression…)
I went with a peanut butter cup and a maple bacon and jeez louise I was flying afterwards on sugar that I should not have consumed but yet foolishly did. I needed the energy because I had a long trek ahead which was going to end with me getting home late.
Besides the doughnuts there are cold drinks as well as coffee or tea available. The displays to see are just a sight in themselves but I admit, not having ate anything for breakfast and coming here at noon influenced my greedy decision to get more.
The lady I had let in ahead of me because I wasn’t ready yet went to town and ordered a dozen to take out and sort of depleted some of the flavors.
Overall the doughnuts were very soft and light with heavy toppings. The maple on the bacon maple was very thick almost too much but good if you like that sort of thing. Me, I would have been happier if it was in fact a bacon slice instead of bits… again my greed always comes out so proudly to the surface it’s almost embarrassing. I said almost.

Went out of my way to try this place and they were closed when they were advertised to be open. This was also at 11:30 in the morning, not in the afternoon when they might have run out which I would have understood.

Get that jelly in my belly!
I’ve had Jelly Modern Doughnuts on a few occasions, and people sure go nuts for these doughnuts. I’m a huge fan of their lemon curd, and I personally just ordered three dozen of their tasty treats for an upcoming party. This big order of Madascar Vanilla, Classic Jelly and Coconut came in under $ 100 and the best bit? For $ 20 you can get them delivered downtown! Hooray for donut delivery!
Now I’d like to take a moment and hop up on my little soapbox and rant about designer donuts. For the past 2 – 3 years, fancy donuts have dominated cute cupcakes and cakepops here in the Big Smoke. This, I can get behind. What I can’t get behind is how ridiculous some of the flavours get… bacon butter pecan chocolate raspberry dream. What the hell is that? Sometimes things taste best when they’re simpler, and Jelly Modern gets it right.

The yeast dough is dry and taste like it didn’t rise. The icing is too sweet. I prefer glory hole donut instead.

Joining the gourmet doughnut craze in Toronto is Jelly Modern Doughnuts from Calgary, now here across the street from the thick of Kensington Market. Their unique touches include confectioneries that are either round or hexagonal shaped with a depression in the centre where they stuff some jelly or crème, and boxes that come with dividers to keep each one separate (I do not see that in any other places). Doughnuts come in two different sizes, so if they ask, go big or go mini… or go home.
I find their goods to be sweeter, and dense. The s’mores flavour, does capture the essence of a s’more much like the Glory Hole version, with a thick chocolate coating and light dust of graham cracker crumbs. Lemon curd was, ugh, very tart. It’s not the most exciting donut experience I’ve had, but pretty decent (though I prefer Von of Danforth), pretty clean, and oh geez what else did I try…
{TTC: 506 to Borden Street.}

Jelly Modern Doughnuts gave us a free doughnut sampler consisting of Coconut, Jelly, S’mores, Salted Caramel, and Chocolate mini doughnuts on National Doughnut Day!
I loved the added touch of chocolate shavings on the already chocolate glazed mini doughnut. The salted caramel has always been my favourite here just because of the wondrous salty, sweet flavour profile. The coconut doughnut had coconut shavings on top but also exploded with coconut filling! The powdered raspberry jelly doughnut was good but it could have taken a cue from the coconut doughnut with respect to filling. The S’mores doughnut was tasty, but it didn’t really replicate the full experience. Despite having graham cracker powder on top, there was an absence of any graham cracker flavour and texture. Also, how about blow torching the marshmallow next time, Jelly? Overall, this sampler made my day! Thank you Jelly Modern!

Cute and sweet spot. Really clean and sleek setup inside. Many options for doughnuts and they’re all original. Free samples also available (which are always a plus — more so for the purpose of helping you decide. But they’re so good you might end up walking out with a box).
Google lied — they are open on Sundays. Walked there even though Google already said it was closed and as we stood longingly outside the door, the owner (who we didn’t see standing behind the cash register) motioned for us to come in. The door was unlocked the whole time.
They have many doughnut options, but are sold by size not flavour. Flavours are also not listed on the menu as they don’t always have the same flavours every day.
(They serve coffee too, but you’re a minute walk away from Voodoo Child and just outside of Kensington Market so I’d suggest grabbing a doughnut here, and coffee elsewhere)

Was walking past here today and stopped in on a whim and to satisfy my curiosity. The outside of the store is really nice and modern and I was intrigued to know how these donuts are different. Picked up two donuts to try at home later: key lime pie and double chocolate. We cut them up to share with a few people and no one was really impressed. The key lime just tasted like a regular donut and definitely not worth the extra $$ spent on it. The chocolate one was just kinda off. It didn’t taste like a donut and not like cake either. It was kinda almost like the same texture of a cake pop but more dry. The chocolate flakes on top were a dark chocolate and I don’t think it was too sweet either, it’s just a very confusing food. I had higher hopes for something interesting that I would want to try again but I really don’t. Would probably stick to Tim Horton s if I had a donut craving.

All the sweet treats are baked fresh on site with flabours like maple bacon. hmmmmm yum and s’mores and peanut butter cup, alongside more classic options like chocolate, vanilla, jelly and lemon curd! Oh and did I mention Oprah ate here too? YUP! I now considered myself to be famous.

Try to eat at 3 or 4 donut shops when visiting a new city. Jelly Modern Donuts was a bit underwhelming– certainly didn’t live up to the Unilocal hype I was expecting it to. Still worth a visit, though.

I see ratings less than 3 and I scratch my head. As far as doughnuts go: Jelly Modern Doughnuts is an A. I see the confusion however: most Toronto gourmet doughnuts are just doughnut shaped cakes.
The Setting: It is just a stroll out of the Kensington Market area, I was coming off the streetcar to go to Caplansky’s. I noticed their distinct signage. The shop itself is really quite clean. Spotless, just a bleach scent away from sterile. The accent of pink on the white and industrial is a nice shot of visual sweetness. Where Jelly Modern loses me is their seating situation, they have this bench that looks quite inviting and sleek. But it’s too low, and uncomfortable. When I imagine a place to get donuts, I wanna be able to grab a cuppa sit and socialize. I almost felt like I was crouching and my taller friend looked even more rediculous trying to fit his behind in a small Eames’ inspired chair. That’s where one star went. The rest is perfect. The service was good — very friendly, acommodating, great sense of humour.
The Doughnuts: We forget: Doughnuts are not cakes with holes. I repeat: doughnuts are not rund cakes with holes. Just to set the expectations of Torontonians living in the age of gourmet cupcakes, gourmet cookies, that come in looking for doughnut shaped cakes. I feel like people walk into this place, see gourmet doughnuts, expect cakelets, get upset when they get doughnuts. The topping — donut proportion is good. The doughnuts were delicious, quite fresh.
The Dunk: Would I go back? To grab and go: in a heartbeat. I wish they had more bistro style seating.

This place has the clean modern look to it with splashes of pink. It’s small, with a big table and a few chairs in the front.
They use no preservatives in their doughnuts, and all fruit used is fresh (not canned or frozen!). Everything is made fresh and any leftovers at the end of the day is given to charity.
There are so many different flavours here, s’mores, birthday cake, maple bacon, ones with fruit on the top, red velvet ones etc. Some of their doughnuts use a hybrid cake/​doughnut mix which gives it a more cake like texture (I believe the red velvet one is like this if I remember correctly). They also have a large (regular size) and a smaller version if you just want a little sweetness
I choose the classic dark chocolate and it was yum! The staff are super friendly and really know their products. The are planning to expand more locations in Toronto, Calgary and are even opening up some stores out West
Craving something sweet? Pickup a few delicious treats here!

The shop is really cute and clean. The doughnuts are displayed very nicely and looks pretty. I wasn’t that impressed with the taste, and honestly don’t think it was anything special, they didn’t really have much flavor to be honest. I wouldn’t go back
I had:
Mini Maple Bacon
Peanut Butter Cup

Ok I went to the college location and got the whoopie pie donut and the pumpkin tiramisu donut.
The pumpkin tiramisu donut tasted neither like pumpkin nor tiramisu, but it was very sweet. The whoopie pie was amazingly sweet and beautiful and a sugar overload. The icing on it was like a cake. It was attractive to the eye and tasted good too.
I have had Glory-​Hole Doughnuts and the donuts here. I have to say that these are sweeter, more attractive, and well thought out and presented. Most of all, it is not crazy oily. I prefer this place.
Check out my pics and «like» em if you can. I took em for you.

If you read my review for Kensington Krawl, you would’ve found out that was the first time I visited Jelly Modern Doughnuts. I have been eyeing the store for a couple of years now ever since I saw it, but never had the chance to stop by. After my food tour, all attendees were given a coupon for a free doughnut and coffee. I eagerly came back to claim the coupon with a friend of mine.
The first time I was there, I tried the S’mores doughnut. For this visit, I took a stab at the Salted Caramel. I loved both doughnuts but I preferred the S’mores a bit more. My friend got hooked after eating his Coconut doughnut and ended up buying half a dozen for his roommates afterwards! He ended up coming back later on every time he passed by.
I highly recommend Jelly Modern Doughnuts if you love gourmet desserts. Every bite is worth it!

I was excited to find this place. I love anything with lemon curd, so seeing they had a lemon curd doughnut, I had to pick some up for me and the hubby since I was in the area.
It’s very pretty inside and the display case is lovely, but it would have been nice to have descriptions as well as the names of each kind… some are obvious, like lemon curd, but chef’s special? And the girl serving me did not seem thrilled about explaining when I asked.
Got 6 donuts to go… lemon curd x 2, peanut butter, strawberry cheesecake, chef’s special which had peanut brittle, and maple bacon.
The fillings and toppings were tasty, but we could not get past the density and almost raw dough taste of the actual doughnut. Made you feel full after two bites… in a bad way. Even the dougnuts at the Maple Leaf Gardens Loblaws had better texture in the dough — but their fillings and toppings are terrible.
I read a review on Unilocal that the doughnuts were fluffy and delicious… maybe they did not cook them long enough on the day I bought them?
The lemon curd was good, but had a bit of a fake taste which I find unacceptable in any lemon desert at a premium price.
Maybe it was an off day, but given the price of $ 2.75 each, I would rather go to Epi Breads and get one of their incredible lemon tarts… double the price, but a billion times tastier!
Which reminds me, I must go do a review of Epi now!

I haven’t even been to this place but just had their doughnuts…
Thumbs up all the way around. Just roll me straight to the fat house please and tell my cardiologist to stand by!

The only thing holding me back from giving this place 5 stars is the prices…$ 3.10 for a donut!!! I’d have to say it’s a little pricy.
But dear Lord, they are delicious!!! I got the Nanaimo Bar donut, a special flavour for the month. There’s really no complaining to have to do about this dessert. It was so soft and fresh, the nanaimo flavour was definitely present, and it was a good size too!
The lady working at the counter was sooo friendly, she greeted me with a nice welcoming smile as soon as I walked in. Great customer service is always a nice bonus!
There is really any seating here, so I wouldn’t plan on coming here with a laptop or anything like that to get work done.
All in all, Amazing donuts, just on the pricy side…

After months of anticipation for their Toronto opening, I was super excited to try Jelly Modern Doughnuts. The Jelly Modern website says that they «reinvent the doughnut with sophisticated flavours and high quality ingredients to create a uniquely crafted artisan treat» — sounds amazing, right? Soft opening was today, and Kiddo and I were there first thing! The shop is really cute, design-​y with lots of modern white, hot pink accents, and a pink «velvet rope» to manage those inevitable lineups.
We purchased 4 regular doughnuts @ $ 2.75 each, and 2 «Three Bite» mini-​doughnuts @ $ 2.25 each. (Jelly doesn’t charge tax on orders of 6 or more.) Flavours purchased were: Madagascar Vanilla, Coconut, Smores, Cinnamon-​Sugar, Maple Bacon, and Lemon Curd. Cinnamon-​Sugar is a cake doughnut, the others are all raised yeast doughnuts. Cinnamon-​Sugar is coated in cinnamon and sugar of course, and Coconut has coconut on the outside, but all of the other doughnuts sported a thick glaze or chocolate coating.
After sampling all these flavours, I have to say, I found these doughnuts to be… not that exciting. Not exactly «meh», but I’m not crazy about them. I personally find them to be a bit too doughy and very over-​glazed. I prefer light, dry glazing; and this is more of a thick, wet glaze. I don’t want my glaze to be like icing or frosting, I actually want glaze. Doughnut people — it’s like a Krispy Kreme glaze — heavy and very sweet. I’m not a fan of Krispy Kreme’s, and I can take or leave these. As for the cake cinnamon-​sugar doughnut, it seemed almost overdone, too crispy on the outside, and lacking anything special about the crumb on the inside. On the plus side, it was coated with just the right amount of cinnamon-​sugar.
My favorite flavour by far was the coconut, with coconut cream and coconut on top. It was truly delicious. I will be going back for more coconut!
The biggest disappointment was the lemon curd. I love a lemon curd doughnut, but this lemon curd was just blah, utterly forgettable. With the addition of the doughy doughnut and very thick glaze, the overall effect was way too sweet and cloying, not the little bite of sunshine that lemon should be! Also was hoping for more from the maple bacon — the maple glaze is very heavy and very sweet; the balance with the bacony salty goodness just wasn’t there. (Dough Toronto @ Beast’s maple bacon is a far superior doughnut in every way.)
I love doughnuts, and I think that’s one of the reasons I’m not so crazy about these — they actually remind me of cupcakes, with the too sweet and the overglazed quality, they seem to have more in common with the cupcake than the doughnut. High quality ingredients? Sure. Sophisticated? Not so much. Artisan? Not really. But if you like your doughnuts to be more like cupcakes, you will probably love Jelly Modern. Either way, it’s a nice addition to the Toronto doughnut scene, go visit and try them for yourself! Or check my doughnut list for other places to get your TO doughnut fix. :)