Maxim Goes Crazy, and Dust Bunnies Appearing on 4/20!

Psycho Donuts is giddy to be listed in Maxim Magazine's, "10 Best Donuts From Coast to Coast!" One of our most popular donuts -The S'mores Donut - won this distinction in the May 2010 issue of Maxim.

Recent reports indicate that The S'mores Donut suddenly refuses to share his tray with other donuts in the Psycho display case. Fame can be that way... And other sources indicate that a S'mores Donut was spotted with a Maxim model.

If you've not tried our S'mores donut, come early... S'mores will be a hot commodity for quite a while!

And now this -- Psycho Donuts is pleased to release a special one-day menu item on Tuesday 4/20. Hmmm, maybe not the item you were thinking of... but still, you'll like this. For one day only (Tuesday 4/20 - beginning at 4:21pm) - come and get your Dust Bunnies.

Dust Bunnies are mostly harmless. They are balled-up creatures with absurd coatings (some have been spotted with coats of strawberry, blueberry, malted milk ball dust, and more). These demented creatures appear at Psycho Donuts on a certain day of each year. It's reminiscent of those animals that come out on Groundhog Day - what are those things called again? Oh yeah, groundhogs. Sorry, all this 4/20 talk is going to my head.

And just like groundhogs on Groundhog Day... there's no guarantee you'll see Dust Bunnies - unless you show up pretty close to 4:21pm - because they are endangered species. But here's the kicker -- if you ask the Psycho Nurse in just the right way, she will prepare your Dust Bunnies in the most unique to-go packaging. But you gotta know how to ask properly... follow us on Twitter or Facebook to learn the appropriate dust bunny vernacular...

And finally, for our good friends in Santa Cruz... We wouldn't miss a chance to spend some time with you on 4/20! Psycho Donuts will be on sale at Altared's performance - An Evening of Stoner Songs Performed in Minor Keys. If you've not seen an Altared show, all I can say is - don't miss it. The show is at The Kuumbwa Jazz Center at 7pm.

Pimp Your Donut with Flavor Therapy, and more!

PsychEaster was a blast! Hope you were able to join us! As usual, Korkaraoke provided the karaoke, and we had some great singers (and some not-so-great singers too)! Where else can you catch live Karaoke at 10am on Easter Sunday? Please Do Not Fight played a live set in the afternoon to cap off a truly insane Easter Sunday at Psycho Donuts!

In addition to PsychEaster, Psycho Donuts also crashed the Downtown Campbell Bunnies and Bonnets Parade on Saturday. Thanks to Sally Howe and everyone else who worked to put this crazy parade together. For the most part, we behaved, and restrained ourselves from some of the really crazy parade ideas we had!

A special thanks to The Fremont Union High School. A 3D Design instructor named Charlotte Kruk had this crazy Psycho Donuts-inspired idea. She had her class create ceramic Psycho donuts. Come check it out - we're showcasing some of these crazy Psycho representations in our store over the next month!

And now it's on to Psycho Flavor Therapy. Flavor what? Did you ever buy a Psycho Donut and think, "this donut is just not psycho enough..." Why should crazy have a ceiling?! We don't put limits on our insanity... which is why we've recently launched "Pimp Your Donut." For just 65 cents, you get a test tube filled with your flavorite therapy - which you can inflict upon your donut. Whatever your situation, we have the flavor therapy for you: Strawberry, Pineapple, Blueberry, Oero Dust, Malted Milk ball bits, ButterFinger zingers, and more. Try them all. Pimp your Psycho donut today!

And finally, a special thanks to our new friends at Teagre. Owner Victoria Boyert and her business partner were on hand at PsychEaster, offering samples of some insanely great loose leaf teas. If you're looking for some really great teas - including a Mate tea that will drive you crazy - give Victoria a call!

The PsychEaster Grand Finale & April Fools!

The Easter donuts continue to roll off the Psycho assembly line with frightening accuracy. We've always been on the borderline of irreverance, but we poke fun in a harmless way - and nothing is immune from our incessant poking... nothing! And with that disclaimer in place, let's move on to the climax of our PsychEaster series.

Passion of the Christ is a heavenly body-shaped raised donut, filled with organic white chocolate and passion fruit. Some of you may remember this serious gourmet filling in a prior Valentine's Day donut. Same filling - waaaaaay different donut. It may be irreverant, but we hear it's Mel's favorite non-kosher donut.

And what PsychEaster would be complete without He is Risen. This donut is definitely raised, but also glazed. It's completed by a chocolate crown of thorns.

And there ya have it folks. Our PsychEaster Line-up: Rabbit Roadkill, Massive Egg Trauma, Hot Chick, Passion of the Christ, and He is Risen (and maybe a surprise or two). Order 'em by the PsychEaster basket by calling our DoNurse at 408-378-4540. And join us this Sunday for our PsychEaster event, with Karaoke at 10am, and a live musical performance by Please Do Not Fight at 1:45pm.

For those of you who came to Psycho Donuts for "Lab Day" today - maybe you discovered that we told a few little lies. OK, not really lies... more like April Fools Day untruths. For example, there were no Nurses with Fire and Creme Brulee donuts... but we did have a donut case filled with 20 varieties of glazed donuts! The looks on faces were hysterical... "hey, where are the crazy donuts?" The Invisible Glazed donut was very popular, and what a bargain at $.25.

And our personalized designer coffee? Sanka.

We hung some new original art on the wall for the occasion; for some reason it didn't sell (see photo to the right).

And our band? No, it wasn't a Norwegian Kazoo band as advertised... it was killer Indie Seattle band called Endeverance. We hope to see them again!

And I'm sure that many of you discovered a phantom sticker on your back sometime during the day... hey, we're all about free advertising.

Easy Come, Easy Go

Psycho Friends -

We were thrilled about The Food Network's plans to visit Psycho Donuts on Monday, April 5; however, The Chief Psycho has just received news that plans have changed.

O'Malley Productions creates shows on behalf of The Food Network. I talked with Sean O'Mally, president of the company. Sean is a great, down-to-earthy guy - but found himself in a position to make tough decisions. And unfortunately, one of those decisions was not in our favor.

In the mean time, we are attempting to spread the word - so that all of our friends are aware of this last-minute change. While we'd still love to see your face at Psycho Donuts on Monday, we want you to know that your face won't be captured on Food Network cameras.

We'd like to thank all of you for your support and enthusiasm regarding this opportunity; we're optimistic that an opportunity will arise again in the near future.

Get a Hot Chick at Psycho Donuts!

As if there weren't already tons of cute girls at Psycho Donuts... get ready, as Psycho Donuts unveils our own Hot Chicks. No, we're not talking about inflatables. We're referring to The Hot Chick Donut! Like many hot chicks, this one has a spicy bunny tattoo on its mid-section, and is filled with custard.

Have we mentioned our PsychEaster Baskets? Order one with our Nurse on Duty at 408-378-4540. It will include 4 of the most unusual Easter donuts known to humanity.

Also - on Thursday, we have Lab Day at Psycho Donuts! We'll have nurses playing fire games with donuts (Creme Brulenut?!), personalized cups of designer coffee, and an international kazoo/accordian orchestra rocking the Psycho Bin.

And if you can't make it to Lab Day on Thursday, don't miss our PsychEaster event this Sunday, with Psycho Karaoke by Korkaraoke (10am), and a live Performance by Please Do Not Fight (1:45pm).

And then there is that scrappy little cable channel coming to visit on Monday (yawn). Just another day at Psycho Donuts...

World's Craziest Easter Donut

A killer Easter donut is on the loose, and only Psycho Donuts has the courage to introduce such an infant monster to the world.

Please extend a crazy welcome to Massive Egg Trauma. If there were such a thing as Donut Oscars (Donoscars?), Massive Egg Trauma would be up there with The Hurtlocker and Avatar. A special thanks to Web, our PhD (Professor, Hysterical Donuts). Web worked manically with our kooks to bring Massive Egg Trauma to life support.

Massive Egg Trauma is a particularly peculiar premature peepling, precariously perched (say that 10 times) atop a ginormous mess of jelly filling, which sits atop a raised donut. Come get one this weekend at our PsychEaster event on Sunday! Or call our Nurse on Duty at 408-378-4540, and order your PsychEaster basket (complete with Massive Egg Trauma and his demented Easter friends) today!

And - this Thursday only - it's Lab Day at Psycho Donuts. Come experiment with us. Among other things, we'll be serving up individually brewed, designer cups of killer coffee before your googly eyes. Come get an amazing cup of personalized java, made just for your by a Psycho Nurse - this Thursday only!

Let's summarize the fun stuff coming this weekend at Psycho Donuts!

Thursday: Lab Day! Donuts, Nurses & Fire; personal designer coffee

Saturday: Psycho Donuts will jeopardize the Campbell Parade.

Sunday: PsychEaster Event, starting at 10am. Karaoke, PsychEaster Donuts, live music.

Monday: There's a small local cable channel... I think it's called The Eating Network - or something like that... Anyways, they're trying to ride Psycho Donuts coattails to media fame. It's preposterous - they think a channel broadcasting only about food and cooking might have a future on National Cable TV. Hysterical. Anyways, you might have a chance to display your face on this fledgling TV broadcast. Check our Facebook Page for all the details.

Psych up for PsychEaster, and more

We hereby commence the launch of PsychEaster and our PsychEaster event on Easter Sunday!

We'd like to welcome the first of our PsychEaster seasonal whacktrocities- Rabbit Roadkill. What, you were expecting cuddly bunnies? Rabbit Roadkill has much in common with Headbanger. And like Headbanger, Rabbit Roadkill has seen better days. Jelly filling is oozing from his ear; and you, with no sympathy in your soul, will eat him.

You can pre-order a PsychEaster Basket for only $14.95. Picture an Easter basket, with 4 of the craziest Easter donuts you've never imagined. If you wait until we announce them all, the PsychEaster Baskets will be gone! Supplies are limited and advance orders are required. Order your PsychEaster basket by calling the Nurse On Duty at (408) 378-4540.

We hope to see you on Easter Sunday (April 4) at Psycho Donuts for our PsychEaster event. Beginning at 10am, we'll have Karaoke with Korkaraoke. And at 1:45, don't miss a live musical performance by original Indie band, Please Do Not Fight. We'll also have our entire line-up of PsychEaster Donuts. Don't miss it!

And the fun doesn't stop there:

This Thursday, join us as we experiment with some crazy, new donut ideas. For starters, we'll be combining donuts, nurses, and fire! Can you say Creme Brulenut? Stop by for Lab Day at Psycho Donuts - this Thursday only.

On Saturday, April 3 - Psycho Donuts will crash the Downtown Campbell Bunnies and Bonnets Parade. Come cheer us on!

And finally - The Food Network is coming to Psycho Donuts on Monday, April 5. Follow our Facebook Event Page for participation details - maybe you'll be on national TV? Stranger things have happened at Psycho Donuts!