Creme-filled doughnuts- how long can they be left at room-temperature, without spoiling?

[No Vested Interest]

They are sold at room temperature, and one has no idea how long they've been in the unrefrigerated case.
I purchase doughnuts at 1/2 price at the local Kroger's in a box of 12 mixed type - some crème-filled, some not.
The crème-filling is of the pudding-type color and consistency.

[shraby]

1. Eat them up fast and you won't need to worry.

[asiliveandbreathe]

2. You beat me to it!!!LOL

[Eyeball_Kid]

8. Damn right. If I've got those things in my line of sight, they don't get stale.

I have to stay away from bakeries just for that reason. It's either that or I go to the department store for Big Boy pants.

[lapfog_1]

3. depends on the environment

but bacteria starts multiplying almost immediately in your "petri dish" donuts.

I'd eat them that day... same day you bought them... and maybe throw out the ones that lasted until 5pm.

[No Vested Interest]

7. Problem - they box up the individual donuts for 1/2 price sale at 6p.m.

One would think Kroger would throw them out themselves if the donuts were unsafe by late in the day.
A box of 12 is $3.50 after 6p.m.
More than I need or can use, but I'm a sucker for a bargain.

They take their unsold bagels and give(?) them to someone who feeds them to chickens.

[RKP5637]

4. Excellent question, but mine don't last that long, they get eaten immediately! n/t

[JoeOtterbein]

5. Time Temperature Controlled Foods would be 4 hours and discard or 2 hours and

refrigerate 41 degrees or less.

However since they where sold unrefrigerated, I trust that Kroger's t donuts have too much sugar, and are too dry, to support bacterial growth. So are most likely still safe.

[Voltaire2]

6. Must be eaten immediately.

Best if part of the filling is left on your shirt.

[dweller]

9. there are so many

chemicals in the preservatives of that 'cream' filling it would probably have a half life of a month ... donut will be stale long before that ...

😳

[Freddie]

10. Yup

I worked at a Dunkin Donuts as a kid. The pudding-type yellow cream for the Bavarian and Boston Cream donuts came in 5-galllon buckets and was *never refrigerated.* Enough chemicals in that stuff to last for many months. Still yummy.

[No Vested Interest]

11. That's the answer I was hoping for.

I should ask someone in Kroger's bakery section for an explanation next time I'm through there.