Attack of the High School Artists and Tequila Sunrise Donuts

We hope you made it to our 2 Year Anniversary and Oscars VIP Event. Crazy thanks to our existing fans and "Psycho Virgins" alike! If you were there, you may have witnessed the return of 3 lost donuts to the Psycho Mother Ship. Manic Malt, Butternut, and Lightning Lemon - lost donut souls who all found their way home safely - only to be abruptly eaten to death by rabid Psycho cannibals.

The event was Emcee'd by The Notorious Miss Julie, who has the innate genetic skill to convert any ole thang into a crazy party! A big thanks to Miss Julie and Nurse Dylan for the idea and execution (psorry, is this sounding like an Oscar pspeech?). Thanks also to our friends at Natasha's Attic for some amazing costumes, our volunteer gang of psycho paparazzi, and our DJ VIPs - Sandy Stec from Mix 106.5FM, and Cap'n Jack from Foothill College's 89.7FM.

Psycho Chef Ron is on a cocktail donut binge. Starting Monday Feb 28, try our Tequila Sunrise Donut. It's loaded up with tequila creme on the inside, then topped with orange icing, grenadine, and a maraschino cherry on top. Now that's Psycho Donuts!

But that's not all... check out our new Vegan 'o The Month -- The Neopolitan. It's a strawberry vegan cake donut, topped with half chocolate and half vanilla. Hey, it works for ice cream.


Student art is invading Psycho Campbell! Starting on Monday, come check out Psycho-inspired artwork from students of Westmont High School. And beginning on Tuesday, the Psycho nutcase will be overtaken by Charlotte Kruk's art students from Lynbrook High School. Check out some of their amazing psycho ceramic creations, inspired by some crazy donut shop.

Crazy Psycho Press!

...And the Press goes Crazy! Check out Psycho Donuts in AOL Small Business.

That's not all! Read all about Psycho's entry to toddlerhood below! It's our 2 year anniversary party and Pre-Oscars Gala Event. This Saturday at Psycho Campbell! Be there from 10am - noon!

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Psycho Donuts celebrates two years of crazy good success, invites public to Campbell for "Two-Year Anniversary and Pre-Oscars Party"

SAN JOSE, CA, February 21, 2010 - - This Saturday, February 26 marks the two-year anniversa­ry since the launch of Psycho Donuts. Since the company’s launch in February 2009, Psycho Donuts has become a local community hangout and a destination for tourists. The company is celebrating their local and national celebrity status this weekend with an Anniversary and Pre-Oscars VIP Gala Event.

Psycho Donuts two-year anniversary also coincides with The Oscar award ceremony weekend. Psycho Donuts’ Professor of Hysterical Donuts, Web Granger, said, “we invite customers to be a VIP at Psycho Donuts, to walk the our red carpet, and to feel like a real Oscar nominee.” Surrounded by “psycho paparrazzi” customers will get the star experience – exciting interview op­portunities, dizzying photo opportunities, and prizes for the best and worst dressed. Psycho Donuts encourages customers to keep their eyes peeled for a few true local VIPs at the anniversary event.

Psycho Donuts is reinventing previously discontinued donuts in conjunction with the event. Donuts such as Manic Malt, a malted milk ball-topped raised donut, and other unusual products, will be available for purchase at the event. Join Psycho Donuts at 2006 S. Winchester Blvd, Campbell CA 95008, on Saturday, February 26 from 10am to 1pm for an unforgettable, Anniversary and Pre-Oscar’s celebration.

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About Psycho Donuts -- Psycho Donuts is the world’s first and only light-hearted asylum for wayward donuts with locations in Campbell and Downtown San Jose. Hailing from the Bay Area, Psycho Donuts has earned global acclaim for creativity and fun. A crazy-fresh spin on the corner donut shop, Psycho Donuts uses costumes, padded walls and unusual toppings to deliver the Psycho Donuts experience. Psycho Donuts has quickly become a Bay Area icon, and has been featured in Maxim Magazine, American Way Magazine, Bon Appétit Magazine, Fox Business News, USA Today, Entrepreneur Magazine, Food Network Magazine, and more. For more information about Psycho Donuts, visit us online at http://www.psycho-donuts.com.

Anniversary and Oscars Event

Here come the Psycho Terrible Twos! That's right crazy friends, it's been almost two years since the dark days of Economic Doom and Psycho Controversy. And in these short two years - through a complex process of psycho mitosis - there are now evil twin Psycho locations in both Campbell and San Jose.

Our second anniversary coincides with The Oscars weekend. There are no coincidences... Join us at Psycho Campbell on Saturday February 26 for The Psycho Two Year Anniversary and Oscars Party, hosted by The Nororious Miss Julie! What makes this event so pspecial?

For starters -- you are the VIP at this party. Dress for your walk of fame. You'll walk the leopard-skin carpet up the Psycho Psidewalk (OK, it's not quite The Kodak Theater, but still...). Interview and photo opps will abound, and you'll be pstalked by our own faux psychorazi. The best-dressed (and worst-dressed!) will get prizes, to be announced. Watch for some authentic local VIPs to walk the Psycho Psidewalk. All starting at 10am at Psycho Donuts Campbell! Get the Oscar fame you deserve - the Psycho Way - on Saturday February 26!

It's become a tradition on our anniversary to invite Ghosts of Donuts Past to return for Donut Homecoming. What ever became of wayward donuts like Manic Malt, Lightning Lemon, Butternut, Headbanger's Evil Twin - and so many more? Wanna help welcome these lost donuts home? Join us on Saturday February 26 at Psycho Campbell for our 2 Year Anniversary and Oscars Party!

And speaking of Psycho Events, were you there for Lovesick this weekend? If you missed it, your loss. It was crazy good fun. Our friend Bruce Rogers of Korkaraoke brought the karaoke fun, and Psycho Karaoke rocked the padded cell all morning long!

We had an amazing original art show of anti-love themed pieces, from artists like Christine Benjamin, Deborah Barba, Carlos Villez, John Hageman, Sheri DeBow, Kurtis Rykovich, Lacey Bryant, Laura Collin Bennett, Michael Foley, Michelle Waters, Nicolas Caesar, and Christian Cinder.

Who doesn't love crazy art and Psycho Karaoke? But let's not forget the name of the pstore... we had some pseriously crazy donuts too. Psycho Chef Ron is on pfire (hmm, can we do a silent "p" before an "f" too?). We launched the Strawberry Margarita Donut this weekend. Donut miss this one. It's filled with tequilla creme, and topped with strawberry icing, freeze dried strawberries, a swirl of vanilla icing, and coarse margarita salt. This one's a game changer. And you can still get one through Valentine's Day!

This weekend also saw the return of Blue Balls! You've been frustrated and waiting impatiently since last Valentine's Day - but they've returned in their full and bursting, psmurfish glory. Blue Balls are custard-filled donut holes, coated in blue sugar. And they're still available through Valentine's Day.

Have you had a French Kiss? You might rethink your answer, cause you haven't experienced a French Kiss until you've had a Psycho French Kiss. The French kiss has a chocolate-drizzled cherry-topped sheen, and is filled with a homemade chocolate creme filling. Yep, you can still get one through Valentine's Day.

And finally, Valentine's Day at Psycho Donuts would not be complete without our Valentine staple (as in... surgical staple), Shot Thru the Heart. This jelly filled donut has a serious heartache, caused by the pocky stick piercing it's fragile heart.

Get your Psycho Valentine Donuts - inspired by a truly demented Psycho kitchen staff - through Valentine's Day, only at Psycho Donuts!

Bubblewrap, Kazoos, Rocky Horror, and Lovesick

You probably think that we sit around dreaming up holidays like Bubblewrap Appreciation Day. Although we did not invent this killer holiday, we are crazy enough to celebrate it. We've asked our nurses to get creative with bubblewrap... Come to Psycho Donuts Campbell or San Jose on Monday January 24, and check out our bubblewrap culture in all its psycho glory!

And speaking of unusual and crazy holidays... this Friday is National Kazoo Day! Don't shoot the messenger; we really don't create these holidays (although they are neatly spelled out by date in the 2011 Psycho Nurse Calendar). We're only guilty of capitalizing on them - as a means of luring you into our den of donut dysfunction. Come to Psycho Donuts Campbell this Friday, starting at 3pm. You'll meet Capt'n Kazoo and the infamous Kazoomobile. Get a free kazoo while supplies last! National Kazoo Day - only at Psycho Donuts Campbell. Friday, January 28, starting after school,at 3pm.

Are the above antics a little too off-beat for you? Looking for something more "mainstream?" Maybe you're more of the Rocky Horror type? If so, you're in luck, because the Barely Legal cast will perform The Rocky Horror Picture at Camera 3 and Psycho San Jose this Saturday night, January 29. Pre-show starts at 11:30pm. Last call for alcohol is 11pm, so show up early for one of our Rocky-inspired donuts and a beer before the show! Get your tickets in advance - this is almost always a sell-out show.

And get ready, because you're gonna be Lovesick! Our kickoff event for the Valentine's Day season is coming up on Saturday, February 5! Lovesick is the place to pick up a piece of original artwork inspired by the effects of love (which are not always positive). If you're truly feeling lovesick, come to Lovesick for some good 'ole Psycho Karaoke in the Padded Cell, with our good friend Bruce Rogers of Korkaraoke. And of course, your favorite Psycho Valentine's Day donuts will be on hand - who remembers Shot Thru the Heart, and Blueballs?? Donut miss the fun! Saturday February 5, starting at 10am - only at Psycho Donuts Campbell.

Crazy Ramblings of Elvis, Bubblewrap, Kazoos, and Lovesick

Has anyone seen Elvis? Maybe he'll show up at Psycho Donuts for his 76th birthday - this Saturday, January 8! Elvis would approve of The Dead Elvis, since it has all his favorite toppings - bananas, bacon, peanut butter and jelly. Show up at Psycho Campbell or Psycho San Jose on Elvis' birthday dressed as The King, and your Dead Elvis is free!

Bubblewrap Appreciation Day is Monday, January 24 (pick up a 2011 Psycho Nurse Calendar, and learn about all kinds of crazy holidays)! For those of you who have been to Psycho Donuts, you know why we're excited about Bubblewrap Appreciation Day. Here's a little contest -- take a picture of something unusual and large covered in bubblewrap. Make it clever and definitively psycho, and email it to psychodonutsweb@yahoo.com or upload the photo to our Facebook page. The winner and two friends will be invited to a private bubblewrap stomp at Psycho Campbell (full disclosure - the private stomp happens at 6am, yawn); think bubblewrap carpeting. You'll leave with a bubblewrap buzz, a dozen donuts, and a Psycho t-shirt! We can't wait to see what you cover in bubblewrap!

Another important holiday (which is well recognized in the Psycho Calendar) is National Kazoo Day, on Thursday, January 27. Starting at 3pm on Kazoo Day, come to Psycho Donuts Campbell or San Jose, and get yourself a free kazoo with your donut order. We recommend placing the kazoo through the donut hole and playing a song.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner - and while every other retail store is waxing philosophical about love, it's just not our pstyle... We're continuing our tradition of Anti-Love, and pleased to announce our annual event and Psycho art show:

Lovesick - a Psycho Anti-Valentine Event
Saturday, February 5; 10am - 3pm
Psycho Donuts Campbell

It's our Annual Original Art Show and "Anti-Love" event at Psycho Donuts! Kick off your Valentine's Day season on the wrong foot - featuring donutrocities such as 'Shot Through the Heart' and 'Blueballs.'

Back by popular demand - it's Psycho Karaoke in the Padded Cell - courtesy of Korkaraoke! Bring your crazy singing voice to the Lovesick event, and join the musical antics, beginning at 10 am.

Center-stage at Lovesick is our annual 'anti-love-themed' art show. Buy an original piece of 'Lovesick art' for as little as $40! Meet Psycho artists in person - like Christine Benjamin, Deborah Barba, Carlos Villez, John Hageman, Sheri DeBow, Kurtis Rykovich, Lacey Bryant, Laura Collin Bennett, Michael Foley, Michelle Waters, Nicolas Caesar, and Christian Cinder.

Kick off your Valentine's Day holiday with a heavy dose of bad lovin' - only at Psycho Donuts!

Tis the Pseason to be Psycho!

It's the 12 Donuts of Christmas - our annual twisted take on holiday donuts - inspired by injured reindeer and drunken Psantas!

But first this! A big thanks to our friends at The Silicon Valley Business Journal for their crazy article on The Bermuda Triangle of Entertainment in San Jose.

What kind of gifts are you buying this year? What will you pstuff in those pstockings? We've got some crazy ideas for you! If you could wrap up the raw spirit of Psycho Donuts in print, what you'd have is our 2011 Psycho Nurse Calendar! Professional and bordering on the bizarre - the Psycho Nurse calendar captures our nurses in captivating and unusual poses, and so much more. Get yours for only $9.95 through Christmas Eve. It comes with over $66 in coupons!



How about pstuffing the good kid's pstockings with Psycho Donuts gift certificates. Get one at Psycho Campbell or Psycho San Jose!

At Psycho Donuts, we're especially fond of the bad kids. Give your naughty kids a Lump of Coal! For a buck a lump, you'll get a charcoal sized donut topped with Oreo dust and filled with eggnog custard. What better gift is there for the naughty ones on your list?


Have you regifted this year? The Chief Psycho is guilty of regifting a Chia Pet already (true story).

We almost called our Fruitcake donut "The Regifter." Because who really eats fruitcake, unless it's a donut topped with a variety of freeze dried fruits like strawberries, blueberries, and bananas!


Who remembers Billy Bob Thornton as Bad Santa? We've got a donut in his image. Our Bad Psanta donut is filled with an eggnog and brandy custard.



In the clever words of Frank Zappa, "Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow." This Christmas, we challenge you to eat Yellow Snow - our lemon coconut topped Christmas pspecialty.


Misfit Island recalls the adventures of outcasts in Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer. Our Misfit Island donut brings together the outcast dust of Oreos, Captain Crunch, and freeze dried strawberries. It'll make you feel right at home.

And of course, our holiday version of Headbanger is Grandma's Revenge. After getting run over by a reindeer annually for the past 50 years, grandma took matters into her own hands this year, and this reindeer donut won't be pulling any psanta psleights this year.

And that's not all. We have snowman donuts and Christmas Tree Donuts. Check out Raising Cane - our candy cane-topped donut; and how about Cupid Poop'ed - our chocolate filled donut, topped with chocolate covered, um, raisins.

Have yourself a crazy little Christmas - from all of us at Psycho Donuts!

From The Wall to Crazy Christmas

Did you see Roger Waters performance of THE WALL in Oakland? If you missed it, you still have an opportunity to see it in San Jose on December 7 and 8. It's a truly epic concert - donut miss it!

And don't miss our crazy donuts inspired by Roger Waters' manifesto. Come to Psycho Donuts on Tuesday or Wednesday and get your WALL donuts before the concert!

HAVE YOURSELF A CRAZY LITTLE CHRISTMAS!
Sunday, December 12
Psycho Campbell
10:00am - 3:00pm

Holidays got ya going crazy? Join us for our annual Christmas insanity at Psycho Donuts Campbell. Pick up some original off-beat holiday art starting for as little as $40 and meet some truly psycho artists like Christine Benjamin, Deborah Barba, Carlos Villez, John Hageman, Sheri DeBow, Kurtis Rykovich, Lacey Bryant, Laura Collin Bennett, Michael Foley, Michelle Waters, Nicolas Caesar, and Christian Cinder! You can also pick up the 2011 Psycho Nurse Calendar for only $13, and score 2011 coupons worth $66!

And what Psycho event would be complete without Psycho karaoke - from our crazy friend Bruce Rogers of Korkaraoke!

Why should Psycho Campbell get to have all the fun? What about some good times for our friends at Psycho San Jose?

Santa Go-Round

Sunday, December 12 Downtown San Jose

Psycho San Jose is thrilled to be part of the Santa Go-Round. Picture a bunch of crazy people who dress like a Santa and go check out cool stuff downtown in Ho-Ho-Ho style. Come to Psycho San Jose dressed like a Santa on Sunday December 12 - and special psycho discounts await you!


The rumors are true! Recently, The Flying Kazamarov Brothers performed at the San Jose Rep. They stopped at Psycho Donuts and became great friends with Nurse Stephanie. One thing led to another, and the brothers juggled a box of Psycho Donuts on-stage. Psycho San Jose manager Ben caught the action live.

And finally, be sure to catch some great live performances at The Retrodome. Catch their hilarious Hanukkah Show - Meshugganutcracker - this week only. And while you're there, you'll find some Psycho Sufganiyot for sale during your performance. You can run, but you can't hide from Psycho Donuts!