An Everything-Glazed Lunch: A HoneyBaked Krispy Kreme Sandwich
Since my new job began a month ago, I’ve been trying to experiment with the World’s Best Ham and try it in different food combinations. After picking up a box of Krispy Kreme doughnuts last night, I was intrigued by the fact that a Krispy Kreme doughnut is basically bread covered in a sugar glaze:
HoneyBaked Ham is basically a ham (well, not just a ham; this is the World’s Best Ham that we’re talking about here) covered in a sugar glaze (can’t you just taste the crunch? yum…)
A sandwich, to be overly generalistic, is simply two pieces of bread with a piece of meat in between. So what do you get when you take two glazed pieces of bread and put a glazed piece of meat in between? I present to you the HoneyBaked Krispy Kreme Sandwich:
To be honest, I thought that combining the World’s Best Ham with the World’s Best Doughnut (IMHO) could possibly make the World’s Best Sandwich. It turns out that there’s just a little too much sugar in this culinary concoction as it hides the natural tastiness of the ham. Perhaps this would make a nice treat at state fairs and southern weddings.
While my final verdict for the sugary sandwich is only a C+, I still enjoyed the experiment and it made for a nice high-calorie Sunday brunch.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained (except maybe some calories in this case.)! You could have made the next big sandwich! Oh well, maybe add a slathering of some mustard to cut the sweetness a bit.
In the case of Krispy Kreme doughnuts, I’m not sure that there’s anything that can counter-balance the sweetness. It’s an absurd amount of sugar.
I think you COULD get away with the ham + donut…but you’d have to make some substitions. I think you’d need to do something saltier (maybe a country ham…yes, i know HBH makes city ham only) or even something spicy. Maybe a chipotle rubbed ham steak, grilled hot and fast would provide the right amount of salt and heat to effectively counterbalance the sweet and make the donut sandwich viable as a slightly-less-than-ridiculous sandwich situation.
That looks insanely good, but maybe next time you could use 2 non glazed doughnuts. I know it would negate the glazed theme, but it may be good. Either way, Bravo to you for giving it a whirl and not having a mild heart attack. Well played sir.
I think the best bet on this one would be to slice ONE KKreme donut in half and use it as the ‘bread’ on each side. Using an entire donut on each side is a little too much, I agree. Happy eating. :)