Dunkin’ Donuts will launch a memorial donut to mark the upcoming wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Boston Globe reported Monday. While the coffee and baked goods chain regularly marks customary holidays with seasonal offerings, the culinary tribute for the April 29 wedding seemed uncommon for a New England company, the newspaper reported on its website.
However a spokesperson told the Boston Globe that Nigel Travis, the CEO of Dunkin’s parent company, was British and “especially eager for the big day.” The Royal Wedding Donut, offered for the week of the wedding and on sale for 89 cents, is a heart-shaped, filled with jelly and topped with vanilla ice cream and a chocolate drizzle. Dunkin’s sister chain, Baskin-Robbins, has plans for a memorial ice cream cake topped with white and blue roses, apparently “evocative of an English Garden.”