{"id":26544,"date":"2025-11-03T09:05:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/26544\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T09:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:05:20","slug":"nyc-shop-goes-viral-for-blt-donut-creation-in-times-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/26544\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC shop goes viral for BLT donut creation in Times Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Times Square shop is the only place in the Big Apple where you can blow your diet with a BLT inside of a donut. <\/p>\n<p>The NY BLT\u00a0donut\u00a0sold at Japanese chain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdonut.nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">I\u2019m\u00a0donut ?<\/a> includes a slab of smoked bacon, an organic egg, lettuce and tomato \u2014 stacked up inside a fluffy glazed\u00a0donut, for $13.<\/p>\n<p>The gut-busting creation has fans salivating on social media with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DIuNmUAh1PH\/?igsh=YThoNmp4azFtNng5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram comments like<\/a> \u201cThe sweet donut with the salty bacon and egg hit the spot \u2014 savory and sweet in every bite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m\u00a0donut ?\u2019s NY BLT\u00a0donut includes a slab of smoked bacon, an organic egg, lettuce and tomato stacked up inside a fluffy glazed\u00a0donut. Tamara Beckwith<\/p>\n<p>The NY BLT joins other equally over-the-top savory flavors such as Scrambled Eggs, Chicken Ginger Teriyaki and Sausage in a Blanket sold at the West 45th Street store.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEgg donut sounds crazy but also looks like I need it,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DJXa39GiobA\/?igsh=eHN0NWU0N2doMzZl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">another Instagrammer added<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The chain, founded by Chef Ryouta Hirako, opened in Times Square in April \u2014 its first and only US outpost \u2014 and it immediately went viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@chewyorkcity\/video\/7496228833473908014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok with close to 400,00 views<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hirako told The Post how he got the idea for the BLT donut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe inspiration started with my favorite combination: the sweet and savory mix. At I\u2019m donut ?, having savory donuts is part of our unique culinary DNA, so I took that idea and gave it a New York twist\u2014a fresh take on the iconic BLT, to create our NY BLT,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m Donut originated in Tokyo. Tamara Beckwith<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving savory donuts is part of our unique culinary DNA,\u201d founder Chef Ryouta Hirako said. Tamara Beckwith<\/p>\n<p>The NY BLT joins other equally over-the-top savory flavors such as Scrambled Eggs, Chicken Ginger Teriyaki and Sausage in a Blanket sold at the West 45th Street store. Tamara Beckwith<\/p>\n<p>Customers waited on line for two hours at I\u2019m\u00a0donut ? in Times Square on its opening day in April. Tamara Beckwith<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate National\u00a0Donut\u00a0Day on November 5th, Hirako is highlighting two items on his menu \u2014 Zaku-Zaku,\u00a0which\u00a0means \u201ccrunchy crunchy\u201d in Japanese and features candied nuts over a dulce de leche-coated donut and Choco Shell, made of chocolate brioche dough in a chocolate shell and topped with cacao.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also introducing a fall special, a Pumpkin Cheesecake\u00a0brioche donut filled with pumpkin cream cheese, pumpkin pie spice and sprinkled with pumpkin seeds.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Times Square shop is the only place in the Big Apple where you can blow your diet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1538,6107,68,289,2474,3956,825,75,57,9,11,10,49,51,50,9740,2027,58,1688],"class_list":{"0":"post-26544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-dessert","9":"tag-doughnuts","10":"tag-exclusive","11":"tag-food-drink","12":"tag-food-trends","13":"tag-instagram","14":"tag-japan","15":"tag-manhattan","16":"tag-metro","17":"tag-new-york","18":"tag-new-york-headlines","19":"tag-new-york-news","20":"tag-new-york-state","21":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","22":"tag-new-york-state-news","23":"tag-tiktok","24":"tag-times-square","25":"tag-us-news","26":"tag-viral-videos"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}