Butler County Donut Trail adds new shop

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Central Pastry will join Milton’s Donuts, 3533 Roosevelt Blvd., as the two Middletown shops on the popular attraction that highlights small, family-run doughnut shops and invites visitors to explore Butler County through doughnuts.

Featured Donut Trail locations represent a combined 306 years of doughnut-making experience and have been featured in publications nationwide, including NBC News and Country Living, according to the Butler County Visitors Bureau.

“Central Pastry Shop is thrilled to be on the Donut Trail,” Vera Slamka, owner of Central Pastry Shop, said in a statement. “We look forward to welcoming all of this year’s participants.”

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To date, more than 5,500 visitors from 40 states and six countries have completed all stops on the Donut Trail, according to the Butler County Visitors Bureau.

Mark Hecquet, executive director of the Butler County Visitors Bureau, said the Donut Trail has been a “tremendous success.”

“This year we have decided to expand the trail to make it even more fun for visitors,” Hecquet said in a statement. “Locally-owned and featuring a wide array of doughnut choices, Central Pastry Shop is a good addition outside of the original group of shops. We welcome them to the trail.”

Visitors can experience the Donut Trail by collecting secret codes at each stop and filling in an official passport. Once complete, each passport can be redeemed for a complimentary Donut Trail T-shirt.

The other eight Butler County Donut Trail locations are: