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What they are saying on Facebook
We asked members of the Facebook page “I Remember
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Fort Pierce When” to share their memories of Dixie
Cream. Here are some of them:
My mom used to stop at Dixie Cream on the way to taking
me to school. We would always get a chocolate milk and a
frosted chocolate donut for breakfast. Good memories.”
— Denise Christensen
When I was a young girl, my favorite mornings were the
ones when Mom picked up donuts from Dixie Cream before
dropping us off at Lawnwood Elementary. From the moment we
parked I could practically taste those soft, melt-in-your-mouth
confectionary masterpieces. I loved seeing the fresh donuts
come out of the fryer and was mesmerized by the glazing. Dixie
Cream was that rare treat for us that I have missed so much
since moving away from Fort Pierce. I’ve worked at two bakeries
in my life, one in Philadelphia, one in North Dakota, and I
haven’t found anything that was as delightful as a Dixie Cream
glazed donut.”
— Connie M. Allison
I grew up on North 32nd Street right behind Dixie Cream.
My sister Joy Paschal Pyke (RIP) and I stopped there on the way
to the bus stop almost every morning for a dozen holes and a
bottle of Fresca from the drink box. Sweet memories.”
— Donna Hamel
Always remembered it when there was a door connecting it
to the Orange Avenue Luncheonette. My dad ate lunch there
every day.”
— Christine Turner
After choir practice we would each get a glazed donut and a
bottle of Coke. You put the donut around the neck of the bottle
and eat around until it wouldn’t stay on anymore.”
— Paula Lewis
We grew up on Dixie Cream donuts. My dad would bring them
home every Sunday morning. My husband and I carried on that
tradition after we were married and raised our daughter on them
also. We now live in Georgia, but we make a beeline for those
donuts every time we come home. Nothing else compares.”
— Gina Denison
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Have been eating them since I moved here from North Carolina
in 1977. Always thought Krispy Kreme was the best until
my mom took me to Dixie Cream. Still go every Friday to get
them for the guys at work. I work in Jensen Beach, but it’s well
worth the trip and wait.”
— Jamie Sandlin
A special treat indeed. Many a morning on the way to school
at St. Anastasia’s we would stop for fresh glazed donuts and a
carton of chocolate milk. So good!”
— Ann R. Rise
My grandmother Mary Kirkland lived right behind Dixie
Cream. When I was probably 7or 8 we used to go to the back
door of Dixie Cream around their closing time and they used to
give us all the doughnuts they were going to throw away.”
— Justin Reid
I laugh when people rave about Krispy Kreme donuts. I’m
like, “You’ve never had a Dixie Cream?”
— Eileen Kaskeski
There are no words to fully describe Dixie Cream Donuts...
just delicious memories. My English cream golden retriever,
Dixie, is named after Dixie Cream Donuts.”
— Bonnie Gray
Whoever said sweets were not good for you for breakfast
has never tasted Dixie Cream. Far too many times to count we
left early to make the stop there just to make sure we got some
donuts and cinnamon twists. They would always run out early.
Over the years I bought donuts for my girls and their friends and
Lord only knows how many of their school friends and teachers.
Before the kids were in high school it was our favorite stop. My
poor pregnant sister-in-law couldn’t go a day without her donut
and chocolate milk. I guess you could say Dixie Cream spoiled a
lot of us Fort Pierce residents. They sure did me.”
— Nana Yates Waters
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My mom worked there in the late 1950s. Mom would bring
home donuts. My favorite were the apple fritter, cinnamon rolls
and lemon filled. We lived just up the street at the corner of
28th Street and Orange Avenue.”
— Sherry Newman
Back in the day, my parents had to be to be at work at like 5
or 6 in the morning working at the power plant. It was such a
treat, when my mother stopped to get us doughnut holes before
dropping us off at the sitter. They opened so early, and we
always received the first fresh batches.”
— Khaisha Armstrong Black
I grew up on Dixie Cream Donuts. My sister work there in
the 1980s. I named my daughter Dixie but not because of
Dixie Cream, though everyone thought so. I was in Fort Pierce
last June and I had my share of donuts.”
Sprinkles and coconut toppings add to the doughnuts’ appeal at the Fort — Påtricia Williams Hanes
Pierce store.