Many local bakeries already are selling paczki or plan to serve them on or near Fat Tuesday. Several grocery chains (including Acme, Buehler, Fishers, Giant Eagle, Marc’s and Meijer) also offer paczki ...

Fastnachts are a specific type of donut, made with a two-part dough. They're finished off with powdered sugar, or cinnamon sugar.

Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, marks the final day of indulgence before the season of Lent begins in many Christian traditions.

The origins of Mardi Gras go all the way back to medieval Europe where communities in Italy and France counted down the final ...

At Orland Park Bakery in the suburbs, more than 40,000 packzi are prepared and ready for pre-orders pick-ups and walk-ins, even in the rain.

The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday.

Krispy Kreme is offering customers a free doughnut on Fat Tuesday this year. Here's how you can redeem the offer.

Ernie Navarre, owner of Navarre's Famous King Cakes and other shops in Livingston and Tangipahoa parishes, died at 70 years ...

As the last day before Lent, Mardi Gras serves as a time of feasting and celebration before a fasting period for many ...

French for Fat Tuesday, is a festival of indulgence before Lent, when many Christians begin abstaining from certain pleasures.

Stodola adds that the jellied-filled pastries have created more excitement than ever in-store. Paczkis are made from dough ...

Tasty Donuts owner Tony McInnis and operation manager A.J. McInnis are all "dough-ed" up for Mardi Gras! One of the busiest days of the year, the family business is taking hundreds to thousands of ...