Dunkin’ Donuts, who now offers soy milk at many of their locations, is hosting a “Create Dunkin’s Next Donut” contest! All you have to do is go to Dunkin’ Donuts website, browse through their gallery, then create your own donut. Once you’ve picked out the shape of your donut, the dough, filling, frosting, etc., you are taken to a form where you can name your donut and provide a brief description of your inspiration for the donut. In the description, be sure to mention that your creation is intended to be vegan. I really don’t know why they don’t offer any vegan donuts when you consider the number of people who are allergic to dairy and eggs and those who choose not to eat them. Offering a few vegan options would really expand their customer base. Here’s my donut creation:

Round donut with maple filling and rainbow sprinkles.  Maple donuts are my absolute favorite!  I really hope they start offering vegan ones soon so that I can have one.  It’s been so long!!  If you need more incentive to enter the contest, the winner will get $12,000.  I know my donut won’t be chosen as the winner and I don’t really care about that.  The important thing here is that enough people submit vegan entries so that they can see that vegan donuts would sell.  The contest ends March 8, 2010 so get to it!