Dunkin’ Donuts has announced that Carol D’Angio of Palm Beach Gardens is one of 12 finalists in Dunkin’ Donuts’ “Create Dunkin’s Next Donut contest.”

A Nutter One

D’Angio will compete for the chance to win a $12,000 grand prize and have her donut sold in participating Dunkin’ Donuts locations throughout the country.

D’Angio’s creation, “A Nutter One,” is a chocolate butter kreme-filled donut with peanut butter icing and chopped Reese’s® Peanut Butter Cups. You can vote for your favorite of the 12 finalist here.

As a finalist, she has won $1,200 and will travel to Dunkin’ Donuts’ headquarters in Canton, Massachusetts, for a bake-off before Dunkin’ Donuts’ culinary team and company leaders, along with Paul Mullins, author of Glazed America: A History of the Doughnut, and Diane Werner, food director for Taste of Home, the #1 cooking magazine in the country.

The winning donut will be selected based on the vote of the bake-off judging panel, as well as America’s online vote. The grand prize winner / creator of “Create Dunkin’s Next Donut” contest will be unveiled on National Donut Day, June 5, 2009.