National Donut Day Halloween Edition

About this episode

This episode explores the history of National Donut Day and Halloween-themed donuts, along with nostalgic commercials.

Before Halloween-themed donuts filled bakery cases and coffee shop displays every fall, there was a holiday created to honor women serving fresh donuts to soldiers during World War I. Today, we're taking a sweet trip through history as we explore National Donut Day, Halloween donuts through the years, and the nostalgic commercials that made them unforgettable.

People in this episode

Host: Lyle Perez

Topics covered

• National Donut Day
• Halloween donuts
• history of donuts
• nostalgic commercials
• women in history

Keywords

• National Donut Day
• Halloween donuts
• history
• World War I
• nostalgic commercials

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: World War I

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