Each batch of paczki requires 32 egg yolks and 16 egg whites, and that cost adds up at Creative Cakes Bakery in Tinley Park.

Bakeries, bars and restaurants all over Metro Detroit mark the start of Lent with Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras parties.

The name paczki translates to "little packages." Paczki is pronounced POONCH-key and is plural; one pastry is a paczek (POON-check).

On Tuesday, a Polish pre-Lenten tradition will take Michigan by storm. In Ypsi, it’s already begun. Bakers at Dom Bakeries ...

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

If you're thinking about indulging and contemplating getting a treat on Fat Tuesday, which is March 4th this year, you have ...

Five o’clock in the morning may seem to early for polka dancing, dining in for breakfast and enjoying the annual treat of ...

Three thousand paczki, a 15th century formerly savory but now sweet treat — though still less sweet than the doughnut — ...

ADRIAN — It’s been all hands-on deck since Sunday afternoon for employees at Morning Fresh Bakeries, who have literally been working around the clock to prepare and produce dozens of paczki.

With Lent just days away, Michiganders will have the chance to enjoy paczki, Polish doughnuts traditionally made in ...

An eating contest, a spelling challenge, and sugary sweetness. Wisconsinites revel in the fun and deliciousness of Paczki Day ...

Bennison’s Bakery in Evanston held its 14th annual paczki eating contest, March 1, 2025. Participants and spectators were able to enjoy the filled doughnut Polish treat hosted by bakery owner Jory ...