Exhibit 10.1


        SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, WAIVER AND LIMITED CONSENT

     THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, WAIVER AND LIMITED CONSENT (this
"Amendment") is made as of the 24th day of January, 2005, among KRISPY KREME
DOUGHNUT CORPORATION, a North Carolina corporation (the "Borrower"), KRISPY
KREME DOUGHNUTS, INC., a North Carolina corporation (the "Parent"), FREEDOM
RINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and GOLDEN GATE DOUGHNUTS,
LLC, a North Carolina corporation (collectively, the "Subsidiary Guarantors"),
MONTANA MILLS BREAD CO., INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Affiliate
Guarantor", and, collectively with the Parent and the Subsidiary Guarantors, the
"Guarantors"), the LENDERS party hereto (the "Lenders"), BRANCH BANKING AND
TRUST COMPANY, as Syndication Agent, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and ROYAL BANK OF
CANADA, as Co-Documentation Agents, and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Administrative Agent (the "Administrative Agent") and the Issuing Lender (the
"Issuing Lender").

                                R E C I T A L S:

     The Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders
have entered into that certain $150,000,000 Credit Agreement dated as of October
31, 2003, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated
November 2003 (as so amended, the "Credit Agreement"). Capitalized terms used in
this Amendment which are not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the
respective meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

     The Borrower has failed to deliver financial statements and a Compliance
Certificate for the Fiscal Quarter ended October 31, 2004 (the "Required
Financial Information") as required by Sections 6.01(b) and 6.01(c) of the
Credit Agreement (the "Existing Defaults").

     The Borrower has notified the Lenders that the information set forth in
financial statements and certificates previously delivered by the Borrower may
need to be restated or corrected as a result of the matters described and
referred to in the Form 8-K dated January 4, 2005 filed by the Borrower under
the Exchange Act (the "8-K Disclosure"), which could be deemed to have caused
such financial statements and/or certificates in the forms previously delivered
to have been incorrect or misleading, and the representations and warranties
made or deemed made by the Borrower may, or may not, as a result of such matters
described and referred to in the 8-K Disclosure, be deemed to have resulted in a
Default having occurred under Section 8.01(d) of the Credit Agreement (any such
Default which has or may have occurred being hereinafter referred to as a
"Disclosure Default").

     The Borrower has requested the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and
the Lenders to provide a limited consent to a delay in delivery of the Required
Financial Information and the extension of the applicable grace period with
respect to the Existing Defaults under Section 8.01(c) of the Credit Agreement
arising from the failure to deliver the Required Financial Information and to
waive during such time any Disclosure Default which has or may



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have occurred, such consent and waiver to be subject to certain terms and
conditions as specifically set forth herein.

     The Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders
are each willing to use its best efforts to work toward a long-term solution
with respect to the matters contained herein that is satisfactory to all parties
during the Extension Period (as hereinafter defined).

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the Recitals and the mutual promises
contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by each of the parties hereto, the
parties hereto intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

     SECTION 1. Recitals. The Recitals are incorporated herein by reference and
shall be deemed to be a part of this Amendment.

     SECTION 2. Amendments. The Borrower and the Lenders hereby agree that the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended as set forth in this Section 2.

     (a) Section 4.02 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete "and"
at the end of clause (c), to substitute the period at the end of clause (d) with
a semicolon and to add new clauses (e) and (f) to read in their entirety as
follows:

          (e) if, after any Revolving Credit Borrowing or any Swing Loan
     Borrowing, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolving
     Credit Loans and Swing Loans will exceed $59,000,000, receipt by the
     Administrative Agent of the prior written consent of the Required Lenders
     to such Borrowing; and

          (f) with respect to the issuance, renewal or extension of a Letter of
     Credit, (i) the fact that immediately after such issuance, renewal or
     extension, and after giving effect to the expiration or cancellation of any
     outstanding Letters of Credit, the aggregate Letter of Credit Obligations
     do not exceed the aggregate Letter of Credit Obligations as of January 14,
     2005 and such issuance, renewal or extension is on substantially similar
     terms as applicable to the Letter of Credit being replaced, renewed or
     extended or (ii) receipt by the Administrative Agent of the prior written
     consent of the Required Lenders to the issuance, renewal or extension of
     such Letter of Credit.

     (b) Section 7.10(d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated
in its entirety to read as follows:

          (d) Guarantees of the Borrower in respect of Debt incurred by Joint
     Ventures in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not to
     exceed the amount of such Debt outstanding as of January 14, 2005; except
     that (A) (i) to the extent that any Guarantee issued prior to January 14,
     2005 permits the



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     increase of the principal amount of the outstanding Debt secured by such
     Guarantee, such increase shall be permitted under this clause (d) and (ii)
     any new Guarantee issued under this clause (d) shall be issued on terms no
     less favorable to the Guarantor than the Guarantee that it replaces, if it
     replaces another Guarantee; (B) the Borrower may issue Guarantees after
     January 14, 2005 (other than pursuant to clause (A)) in connection with the
     refinancing of existing Guarantees of Debt not to exceed at any one time
     outstanding $5,000,000 individually or in the aggregate; and (C) the
     Borrower may issue new Guarantees after January 14, 2005 and prior to March
     25, 2005, in connection with Guarantees of Debt not to exceed at any one
     time outstanding $2,500,000 individually or in the aggregate;

     (c) Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete "and"
at the end of clause (k), to substitute the period at the end of clause (l) with
a semicolon and to add new clauses (m) to read in its entirety as follows:

          (m) as soon as available and in any event within thirty (30) days
     after the end of each of the first two fiscal months of any Fiscal Quarter,
     and within forty-five (45) days after the end of the last fiscal month of
     each Fiscal Quarter, a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its
     Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of the prior fiscal month and the
     related statement of income or operations for such fiscal month and for the
     portion of the Fiscal Year ended at the end of such fiscal month, setting
     forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding
     fiscal month and the corresponding portion of the previous Fiscal Year, all
     in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and

          (n) Tuesday of each week, beginning February 1, 2005, a rolling
     13-week cash forecast, in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
     Agent.

     (d) Section 11.03 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add a new
sentence at the end thereof to read in its entirety as follows:

          The Borrower shall also pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses upon
     demand of the Administrative Agent's counsel in connection with the hiring
     and retention by the Administrative Agent's counsel of a financial advisor
     for the Lenders (including, without limitation, a reasonable retainer, if
     requested). The Administrative Agent acknowledges and agrees that any such
     financial advisor shall be bound by the terms of Section 11.09 of this
     Agreement.

     SECTION 3. Limited Consent and Waiver.

     (a) Upon the satisfaction of the conditions contained in Section 5 below,
but with effect on and after the date hereof, the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereby consent to the extension from the date
hereof to March 25, 2005 (the "Extension Period") of the applicable 30-day grace
period under Section 8.01(c) of the Credit Agreement insofar



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as such grace period relates to the delivery of the Required Financial
Information under either Section 6.01(b) or 6.01(c), of the Credit Agreement.

     (b) Upon the satisfaction of the conditions contained in Section 5 below,
but with effect on and after the date hereof, the Lenders hereby temporarily
waive, during the Extension Period only, any Disclosure Default. If a Disclosure
Default has occurred or is deemed to have occurred, such Disclosure Default
shall not be, and shall not be deemed to have been, an Event of Default until
the expiration of the Extension Period. Without in any regard limiting the
generality of the terms of Sections 3(c), 3(d) and 4(a) of this Amendment, the
temporary waiver hereby granted relates exclusively to the breach of Section
8.01(d) of the Credit Agreement and nothing herein shall be deemed to have
waived any other Default which may arise or may have arisen by reason of any
fact or circumstance which may be or may have been disclosed but for any
Disclosure Default including, without limitation as aforesaid, any Default under
Section 7.13 of the Credit Agreement. Moreover, this temporary waiver shall not
be deemed to have waived any right or remedy available against any Person other
than the Borrower by reason of the matters described or referred to in the 8-K
Disclosure.

     (c) The consent granted in clause (a) above and the temporary waiver
granted in clause (b) above shall be limited solely to the delivery of the
Required Financial Information and to any Disclosure Default, respectively, and
shall not be deemed to (i) be a waiver of or consent to any deviation from or
modification or amendment of any other Default which has occurred and is
continuing or which shall have occurred at any time prior to the date hereof, or
of any other term or condition of the Credit Agreement, or of any default under
any instruments or agreements referred to herein or therein, or (ii) prejudice
in any way any right or rights which the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Lender or the Lenders may now have or may have in the future (including, without
limitation, any right or rights with respect to any Disclosure Default after the
expiration of the Extension Period) under or in connection with the Credit
Agreement or any instruments or agreements referred to herein or therein or
executed in connection herewith or therewith. The consent set forth in clause
(a) and the temporary waiver granted pursuant to clause (b) above shall not at
any time or in any way obligate the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or
the Lenders to grant any other approval, waiver, or consent hereinafter
requested by the Borrower.

     (d) Except as specifically provided herein, the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Lender and the Lenders expressly reserve all of their rights and
remedies available to them under the Credit Agreement and applicable law
(including, without limitation, any rights or remedies that may arise with
respect to any Disclosure Default after the expiration of the Extension Period).

     SECTION 4. Other Agreements.

     (a) The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (i) the limited consent granted
in Section 3(a) above is an extension of the applicable 30-day grace period
under Section 8.01(c) of the Credit Agreement and shall not be deemed to be a
waiver of the Existing Defaults, (ii) the temporary waiver granted in Section
3(b) above is effective only for the Extension Period and shall not be deemed to
be a permanent waiver of any Disclosure Default or the rights and/or remedies of
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beyond the Extension Period and (iii) the Borrower shall continue to be in
Default under the Credit Agreement until the Required Financial Information is
delivered pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement.

     (b) The Borrower hereby agrees, and the Administrative Agent, Issuing
Lender and the Lenders hereby acknowledge, that until the Borrower delivers the
Required Financial Information, the provisions of the Credit Agreement that
apply (i) after the occurrence and/or during the continuance of a Default and
(ii) during the period from the date such Required Financial Information was due
to the date such Required Financial Information is delivered, shall continue to
apply; except that, during the Extension Period and so long as no other Default
(other than the Existing Defaults and any Disclosure Default) has occurred and
is continuing (A) the Issuing Lender shall extend, renew and issue Letters of
Credit under Section 3.04 of, and subject to the other conditions to issuance
contained in, the Credit Agreement, notwithstanding the continuance of the
Default arising from the Existing Defaults and the existence of any Disclosure
Default, as and to the extent that as a result of any such extension, renewal or
issuance, and after giving effect to the expiration or cancellation of any
outstanding Letters of Credit, the aggregate Letter of Credit Obligations do not
exceed the aggregate Letter of Credit Obligations as of January 14, 2005 and (B)
the Borrower may request new Revolving Credit Borrowings and Swing Line
Borrowings under Section 2.01 of, and subject to the other conditions to
Borrowings contained in, the Credit Agreement, notwithstanding the continuance
of the Default arising from the Existing Defaults and the existence of any
Disclosure Default, as and to the extent that as a result of any such Borrowing
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and
Swing Loans does not exceed $59,000,000.

     (c) The Borrower hereby agrees that if the Required Financial Information
has not been received by the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders on or
before March 25, 2005 such failure to make such delivery in compliance with
Sections 6.01(b) and 6.01(c) of the Credit Agreement shall permit the immediate
exercise of all rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Lender and the Lenders arising from such failure.

     (d) The Borrower hereby agrees that if any Disclosure Default has occurred
then, upon expiration of the Extension Period, the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Lender and the Lenders may immediately exercise all rights and remedies
available to them as a result of such Disclosure Default.

     (e) The Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a full, complete,
and correct copy of the engagement agreement between the Borrower and Kroll
Zolfo Cooper LLC, no later than two (2) Domestic Business Days after execution
thereof. The Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent no later than one (1)
Domestic Business Day after any amendment, alteration or termination of such
engagement agreement

     (f) The Borrower has advised Lenders that, among the responsibilities of
Kroll Zolfo Cooper LLC, will be the creation of a business plan detailing its
tactical and strategic business objectives, including forecasts. The Borrower
shall deliver to Administrative Agent a true, complete, and correct copy of such
business plan no later than two (2) Domestic Business Days after completion and
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     SECTION 5. Conditions to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Amendment
is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions:

     (a) receipt by the Administrative Agent from each of the Borrower, the
Guarantors and the Required Lenders of a duly executed counterpart of this
Amendment signed by such party;

     (b) the fact that the representations and warranties of each of the
Borrower and the Guarantors contained in Section 7 of this Amendment shall be
true on and as of the date hereof; and

     (c) receipt by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower for the ratable
account of the Lenders executing this Amendment of fees in an amount equal to
$100,000.

     SECTION 6. Limitations. Except as herein provided, the Loan Documents shall
remain unchanged and in full force and effect. The limited consent and temporary
waiver granted herein are limited solely to the Existing Defaults and any
Disclosure Default, respectively. This Amendment is not intended to effect, nor
shall be construed as, a novation. The Credit Agreement and this Amendment shall
be construed together as a single agreement. Nothing herein contained shall
waive, annul, vary or affect any provision, condition, covenant or agreement
contained in the Credit Agreement, nor affect or impair any rights, powers or
remedies under the Credit Agreement, except as herein provided. Except as
expressly provided herein, the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the
Administrative Agent do hereby reserve all of their rights and remedies against
all parties who may be or may hereafter become secondarily liable for the
repayment of the Obligations. The Borrower and each of the Guarantors promise
and agree to perform all of the requirements, conditions, agreements and
obligations under the terms of each Loan Document to which it is a party, such
Loan Documents being hereby ratified and affirmed.

     SECTION 7. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower and each of the
Guarantors hereby represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Bank and each of the Lenders as follows:

     (a) To the best of their knowledge and belief after reasonably diligent
inquiry, and except for those matters described and referred to in the Form 8-K
dated January 4, 2005, filed by the Borrower under the Exchange Act, Borrower is
in compliance as of the date hereof with the financial covenants contained in
Section 7.13 of the Credit Agreement.

     (b) The Borrower and each of the Guarantors have the power and authority to
enter into this Amendment and to do all acts and things as are required or
contemplated hereunder to be done, observed and performed by it.

     (c) This Amendment has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered
by one or more authorized officers of each of the Borrower and the Guarantors
and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Borrower
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each of the Borrower and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, provided
that such enforceability is subject to general principles of equity.

     (d) The execution and delivery of this Amendment and the performance by
each of the Borrower and the Guarantors of its obligations hereunder do not and
will not require the consent or approval of any regulatory authority or
governmental authority or agency having jurisdiction over the Borrower or any
Guarantor, nor be in contravention of or in conflict with the certificate of
incorporation or bylaws of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or the provision of
any statute, or any judgment, order, indenture, instrument, agreement or
undertaking, to which the Borrower or any Guarantor is party or by which the
Borrower's or any Guarantor's assets or properties are or may become bound.

     SECTION 8. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in multiple
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which,
taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.

     SECTION 9. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be construed in accordance
with and governed by the law of the State of North Carolina (without giving
effect to its conflict of laws rules).

     SECTION 10. Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included
herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this
Amendment for any other purposes.

     Section 11. Joinder of Existing Guarantors. Each Guarantor confirms,
acknowledges and agrees that each Loan Document to which it is a party is and
remains in full force and effect and shall cover the Obligations as modified by
this Amendment. Each Guarantor promises and agrees to perform all of the
requirements, conditions, agreements and obligations under the terms of its
Guaranty, said Guaranty being hereby ratified and affirmed. Except as expressly
provided herein, no Loan Document shall in any way be impaired, discharged,
diminished, or released by this Amendment.

     SECTION 12. Financial Information, etc; Representations and Warranties.
Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that any representation or warranty made or
deemed to have been made in connection with any Borrowing made (or the issuance,
renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit) during the Extension Period, shall
be deemed to have been made subject to the Existing Defaults, any Disclosure
Default and the matters described and referred to in the 8-K Disclosure and in
the other public filings made by the Borrower on or after April 16, 2004 and
prior to January 21, 2005 under the Exchange Act (the "Public Filings").
Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that (i) the preceding sentence is
intended solely to qualify the representations and warranties required by or
deemed to be made under the Credit Agreement in connection with any Borrowing to
be made (or the issuance, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit) during
the Extension Period and nothing herein shall be deemed to have waived any
Default which may arise or may have arisen by reason of any fact or circumstance
which may be or may have been disclosed in connection with any Disclosure
Default or the matters described and referred to in the 8-K Disclosure or in the
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subject to the same limitations as those applicable to the temporary waiver of
any Disclosure Default contained in Sections 3(b), 3(c) and 3(d) of this
Amendment and (ii) nothing in this Amendment shall be deemed to have waived the
requirements of Section 6.01(j) of the Credit Agreement including, without
limitation, the obligation of the Borrower to deliver the certificate therein
described within five (5) Domestic Business Days after Borrower becomes aware of
the occurrence of any Default under Section 7.13 of the Credit Agreement which
may have arisen by reason of any fact or circumstance described in or referred
to in the 8-K Disclosure or in the Public Filings, other than, in the case of
this clause (ii), the Existing Defaults or any Disclosure Default.


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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered, or have
caused their respective duly authorized officers or representatives to execute
and deliver, this Amendment as of the day and year first above written.

                                  BORROWER:

                                  KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUT
                                  CORPORATION

                                  By:     /s/ Michael C. Phalen
                                          ----------------------------------
                                  Title:  Chief Financial Officer







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                                   ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

                                   WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                   as Administrative Agent,
                                   an Issuing Lender and as a Lender

                                   By:     /s/ Katherine A. Harkness
                                           ------------------------------
                                   Title:  Director

                                   LENDERS:

                                   BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY,
                                   as Syndication Agent and as a Lender

                                   By:     /s/ Thatcher L. Townsend III
                                           ------------------------------
                                   Title:  SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

                                   BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
                                   as Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender

                                   By:     /s/
                                           -------------------------------
                                   Title:

                                   ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
                                   as Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender

                                   By:     /s/
                                           -------------------------------
                                   Title:

                                   CIBC INC.,
                                   as a Lender

                                   By:     /s/ Gerald Girardi
                                           -------------------------------
                                   Title:  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
                                           CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP. AS AGENT

                                   THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
                                   as a Lender

                                   By:     /s/ Chris J. Allen
                                           -------------------------------
                                   Title:  Managing Director & Office Head





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     This Amendment is hereby acknowledged by, consented and agreed to, and duly
executed and delivered as of the day and year first above.

                                  GUARANTORS:

                                  KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS, INC.

                                  By:     /s/ Michael C. Phalen (SEAL)
                                          --------------------------------
                                  Title:  Chief Financial Officer


                                  FREEDOM RINGS, LLC

                                  By:     /s/ Sherry Polonsky (SEAL)
                                          --------------------------------
                                  Title:  Manager


                                  MONTANA MILLS BREAD CO., INC.

                                  By:     /s/ Michael C. Phalen (SEAL)
                                          --------------------------------
                                  Title:  Vice President and Treasurer


                                  GOLDEN GATE DOUGHNUTS, LLC

                                  By:     /s/ Sherry Polonsky (SEAL)
                                          --------------------------------
                                  Title:  Manager





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