We're here to help. It's Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday, and you may have heard some people talking about paczki or Paczki Day as well and have no idea what they're talking about.

Tomorrow is Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras, marking the end of Carnival season. The holiday is celebrated in New Orleans and around the world, but what exactly is Fat Tuesday, and why is it ...

Fat Tuesday is here and that signals paczki day when many metro Detroiters indulge on the fat laden pastries orbs ahead of the Lenten season.

On Tuesday, sweet yeasty orbs of glazed or powdered sugar-dusted pastries oozing with jelly, custard, or cream fillings will be front and center. Happy Paczki Day! Metro Detroit bakeries are ...

Chloe Carey, an employee at Morning Fresh Bakeries in Adrian, works on powdering some raspberry paczki on Sunday, March 2, 2025, in advance of this year's Fat Tuesday observance.

A word on paczki and 16 spots to get your fix for Fat Tuesday We've got everything you need to know about the luscious butter-infused filled pastries, including where to preorder them for Paczki Day.

Every Fat Tuesday during Mardi Gras, Midwesteners celebrate Paczki Day, lining up for their taste of the traditional Polish yeasted doughnut.

This Paczki Day or Fat Tuesday in metro Detroit will see prices up and some places opting out. But there are plenty of places serving the Polish pastry.

When you mix European carnival culture, Catholicism and immigration, you get a Polish delicacy worth standing in line for hours for. Paczki are typically eaten on Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash ...

The holiday is celebrated in New Orleans and around the world, but what exactly is Fat Tuesday, and why is it also called Paczki day?

While it's also known as Mardi Gras — and they're surely celebrating up a storm with parades, costumes and literally tons of beads in New Orleans — in Metro Detroit, Fat Tuesday is Paczki Day.

Located in Humboldt Park, this 114-year-old Chicago bakery icon sells thousands of its paczki every year for the Fat Tuesday season. Some are iced, and some are simply sprinkled with powdered sugar.