Xbox Krispy Kreme Review: Of Course Forza Is Good At Doughnuts

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Video games and food actually have an extensive relationship that isn't often explored enough. One that goes beyond the stereotypical image of Mountain Dew and Doritos-fueled gaming marathons. There are entire games based on food like Cooking Mama, cookbooks spun from recipes you might find on virtual adventures such as The Witcher, and Pokemon even slapped some of its monsters on Oreos to celebrate turning 25. In fairness, you could find Pokemon on almost anything during its anniversary year, including Krispy Kreme doughnuts.

But Pokemon wasn't the first company to team up with the doughnut establishment. Last summer, Xbox teamed up with Krispy Kreme to give away Game Pass subscriptions, Series S consoles, and most importantly of all, to create a delicious doughnut filled with brownie batter emblazoned with the Xbox logo. I ate one of those doughnuts. Actually, after discovering they were pretty great, I ate a lot of those doughnuts. Hence my excitement when I discovered the team-up had been so successful, Xbox wanted to do it again, and this time it would be launching two new doughnuts. Another Xbox-inspired dessert, and also one inspired by Forza.

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The bad news is last year's delicious Nexus Doughnut has not returned. The good news is the Game Changer doughnut, which is available in Krispy Kreme UK stores right now, is remarkably similar. At least it seemed to be on the surface. While the green icing and powdered sugar topping has been dropped, presumably to make them easier to produce, the brownie batter filling remains. That was the best part about last year's Xbox doughnut anyway. The lack of powdered sugar and a far thinner layer of icing also