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Gilbert woman wins Basha's donut contest

A Gilbert woman is one of the winners in Bashas' 10th annual Donut Flavor Craze and will have her donut available in the grocery store's bakery cases in the state.

Elizabeth Bouck, a grown-up from Gilbert, submitted the winning donut in the adult category.

Her Donoli donut is a frosted vanilla donut filled with cinnamon cream cheese icing, sprinkled with crushed cannoli chips and chocolate chips and then drizzled with chocolate icing.

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Gilbert woman wins Basha's donut contest

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A Gilbert woman is one of the winners in Bashas' 10th annual Donut Flavor Craze and will have her donut available in the grocery store's bakery cases in the state.

Elizabeth Bouck, a grown-up from Gilbert, submitted the winning donut in the adult category.

Her Donoli donut is a frosted vanilla donut filled with cinnamon cream cheese icing, sprinkled with crushed cannoli chips and chocolate chips and then drizzled with chocolate icing.

Miele K., a 13-year-old from Paradise Valley, won first place in the youth category for her Desert Campfire Smore donut, which is a Long John donut with chocolate icing, drizzled with marshmallow crème and topped with graham cracker crumbs and mini marshmallows.

The two new donut flavors are available in Bashas’ bakery cases across the state.

If Bouck’s name sounds familiar, it’s for good reason: she took first place in last year’s youth category.

As part of its annual competition, Bashas’ invited kids and grown-ups across the state to dream up the best donut flavors for the grocer’s bakery cases.

People could submit their ideas for a donut from any of the themes from the previous nine years. They were: Pop Culture, Wacky Donut Flavors, Sweet & Savory, Arizona Themed, Guilty Pleasure, Carnival Flavors, Global Flavors and Retro vs. Future.

A panel of local celebrity judges helped Bashas’ to select the winning donut flavors.

In addition to being named Bashas’ Official Donut Ambassadors for 2025, Miele and Bouck each received one dozen donuts every month for a year from Bashas’ bakery, and $500 worth of prizes, including a Bashas’ gift card.

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