LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Thorntons Inc. has brought back the Bourbon Ball Donut for Kentucky Derby.
The Bourbon Ball Donut debuted in spring 2015, and the convenience-store chain has brought it back by popular demand so everyone can enjoy this delicious Kentucky tradition, the company said.
Thorntons collaborated with chef Matt Jamie of Bourbon Barrel Foods “to translate the decadence and excitement of the Kentucky Derby into a single, tangible, delicious pastry,” the company said.
The Bourbon Ball Donut is a bourbon-cream-filled donut covered in bourbon-flavored chocolate icing and topped with a pecan.
Each Bourbon Ball Donut costs 99 cents and is available now through the end of May at all of Thorntons’ Louisville and Lexington, Ky., and southern Indiana locations.
The chain will also make available a limited number of the doughnuts at the Taste of Louisville on April 26 and at the Thorntons Derby Festival Great Bed Races tailgate party on May 2 during the Kentucky Derby Festival.
The doughnuts are made fresh daily at Thorntons’ local bakery.
Based in Louisville, Thorntons operates 181 convenience stores that provide food, beverages and fuel in six states: Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Florida.
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