Captain Jack's Donut Shack

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Captain Jack's Donut Shack Captain Jack was a USCG licensed Captain. He sailed for 32 years with NOAA on Fisheries Research Vessels mainly out of Woods Hole.

Serving apple cider donuts (along with occasional chocolate, pumpkin, and blueberry!), coffee, spiced cider, and cocoa at McDougal Orchards in Springvale, Maine. The last ten years as Captain of the NOAA Ship Delaware II and NOAA Ship Albatross IV. In 2005 the Admiral offered him a position on the beach. There was no thinking about his answer "YES"! The first Belshaw Donut Robot was purchased in 2005. Ellen always thought that apple cider donuts would go well here. While trying to come up with a name for the business one of our son's friends said “why not call it Capt Jack’s Donut Shack”. The first two years Jack made donuts on the back porch attached to the former bunkhouse/warming hut (see Farm History). Sales increased the second year and the decision was made to move inside. Some rearranging was done to give the donut operation more room and an exhaust hood was added. Yearly sales increased again and in 2008 a new Belshaw Donut Robot was purchased. This unit would double the output of the old one. With a new machine came problems and the old MK-1 was used as the primary machine for most of the season. With help from the local Belshaw distributor the bugs were worked out and the machine is performing very well. Capt Jack retired from NOAA in July 2009 after 36 years of federal service and now owns McDougal Orchards with his wife Ellen. In 2017 The Hanselmann Family under Capt Jack's careful training, will begin managing operations of the Donut Shack so that Jack can focus his energy on the Orchard with Ellen. Of course he will be in the Donut Shack often to perform quality control tests!

10/12/2026

We are not open today but Pick Your own at McDougal Orchards has donuts in their barn !

Apple c***r slushees, “big” donuts, buckets of apple c***r donuts ! Come by to see us for your fall fix. We close next w...
10/11/2026

Apple c***r slushees, “big” donuts, buckets of apple c***r donuts ! Come by to see us for your fall fix. We close next weekend for the season (10/18 is our last day).

Open today 9am - 5pm with hot apple c***r donuts, mulled c***r, c***r slushees and more! Swing by Pick Your own at McDo...
10/04/2026

Open today 9am - 5pm with hot apple c***r donuts, mulled c***r, c***r slushees and more! Swing by Pick Your own at McDougal Orchards and stop in the Shack for a sweet treat!

09/26/2026

We have closed for the remainder of the weekend! See you next weekend!

Surprise! We are open this morning at 9am and here rolling hot donuts so long as the weather holds off and folks are at ...
09/26/2026

Surprise! We are open this morning at 9am and here rolling hot donuts so long as the weather holds off and folks are at the orchard. Come on by!

Good news / bad news ?! It’s looking like a rainy windy weekend so as of this point we are planning to be closed Saturda...
09/24/2026

Good news / bad news ?!

It’s looking like a rainy windy weekend so as of this point we are planning to be closed Saturday and Sunday.

Because we know you need your hot bucket of donut fix …. We are going to OPEN Friday at 10:00 am and be open until 3pm. Sneak out of work, come by after school pickup, do what you have to do to visit us up at Pick Your own at McDougal Orchards!

09/20/2026

We are closing at 3pm today! (9/20)

We will be open today Sunday 9/20 9am until at least noon. This afternoon's schedule will likely be impacted by the wea...
09/20/2026

We will be open today Sunday 9/20 9am until at least noon. This afternoon's schedule will likely be impacted by the weather - we will post what time we close here but you can also find our donuts in the barn at McDougal's all day!

We are open Saturday 9/19 9am to 5pm! Get your bucket of hot apple c***r donuts, chocolate sugar donuts, a caramel appl...
09/19/2026

We are open Saturday 9/19 9am to 5pm! Get your bucket of hot apple c***r donuts, chocolate sugar donuts, a caramel apple, hot c***r and more.

We are located at Pick Your own at McDougal Orchards but you can also find our donuts at Smith's Red Apple Farm, Pick Your Own at Romac Orchards, Michaud Orchard, and Local 130 this weekend!

We are so lucky to be able to share our apple c***r donuts at farms and Orchards like Smith's Red Apple Farm, Pick Your ...
09/15/2026

We are so lucky to be able to share our apple c***r donuts at farms and Orchards like Smith's Red Apple Farm, Pick Your Own at Romac Orchards and Michaud Orchard ! We hope you are shopping local and supporting these amazing spots that we are lucky to have close by (and of course getting some donuts too!).

🍎🍂 Fall is here and we’re OPEN! Come on down to Smith’s Red Apple Farm for fresh apples, c***r, pies, goodies & more! ❤️

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201 Hanson Ridge Road
Springvale, ME
04083

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