The Polish tradition of enjoying paczki the Thursday or Tuesday before Ash Wednesday began as a way to use eggs, sugar, fruit and lard ahead of the Lenten fast.

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.

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.

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.

Customers said that Fat Tuesday is always a fun event to look forward to every year with their paczki in hand. Nikola said, “people just like to what’s their favorite, what they like about it ...

One of the most popular delicacies on Fat Tuesday is Paczki, the Polish dessert. "A Paczki is a yeast-fried doughnut," Rachel Schmidbauer, owner of Aggie's Bakery, said.

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - Fat Tuesday is less than a week away, and bakeries all over Washtenaw County are getting ready to serve the popular Polish pastry. Filled with jelly or cream, paczkis are ...

Eager bakers learn the art of making paczki, ahead of Fat Tuesday On Saturday, chef Dobra Bielinski taught a dozen students at her annual Paczki Class at Delightful Pastries. The bakery is ...

The famous paczki will be sold on Fat Tuesday. Paczki, pronounced “pohnch-kee" in Polish, is a jelly or creme-filled pastry.

With Fat Tuesday upon us, we are on the hunt for the best paczki around. Here's where you can get your fix on Fat Tuesday.