Here are 25 fantastic Mardi Gras dessert and drink ideas that are perfect for all your Mardi Gras celebrations. From adult beverages to smoothies and cookies to beignets, you're sure to find something delicious for this parade season.
Traditional king cake can be pretty tricky. Thankfully this recipe is SO easy, and totally delicious!
Don't wait until Paczki Day (aka Fat Tuesday or Mardis Gras) to enjoy one of these soft traditional Polish donuts filled with jelly, custard, or other delicious fillings! Paczki are homemade jelly donuts are even better than the ones you can get at your favorite local bakery.
Classic New Orleans Bread Pudding made with French bread soaked in milk and tossed in eggs, sugar and vanilla with added raisins soaked in Bourbon and served with a delicious Bourbon sauce.
Puff Pastry Beignets are here for you when you're ready to let the good times roll. They don't have to just be for Fat Tuesday!
These sourdough beignets are a breeze to make and can even be made in the same day! The fluffy and light pillows of fried dough are topped with powdered sugar for a perfect Mardi Gras treat.
There's more to plantain desserts than just deep-fried treats.
These Yogurt Sweet Fritters are extra fluffy, flavorful and made in just a few minutes. A simple Mardi Gras recipe for any day of the year.
A collection of 10 desserts that bring all the festive colors of Mardi Gras (purple, green, and yellow) that you can handle!
What better way to celebrate Mardi Gras than with these Gluten Free Beignets? They're fried little puffs of dough covered liberally with powdered sugar!
It’s Mardi Gras time! No Mardi Gras celebration is complete without a colorful Mardi Gras King Cake - make your own this year!
A very traditional Italian treat known by lots of different names in Italy. Typically made for Carnevale and Christmas.
Socca is a gluten-free chickpea flatbread from Nice, France. It's surprisingly easy to make at home, and it's a delicious appetizer or meal on its own. See the post above for my favorite ways to serve it.
We'll show you how to make pillowy, powdered sugar-covered New Orleans beignets from scratch, whether it's Mardi Gras or you just want a Big Easy breakfast.
Light and airy homemade beignets flavored with hints of both cinnamon and vanilla, fried, and dusted lightly with powdered sugar. These are the simplest to make, require only pantry staples, and very minimal hands on time.
Ever heard of beignets? They’re basically French for “mini doughnuts,” and you can totally make them at home. All you need are three ingredients and 15 minutes. (Ooh la la, indeed.)
Make tender, hot, fresh Cafe du Monde beignets at home!
Celebrate Mardi Gras with a homemade king cake filled with cinnamon and sugar. If you can’t make it to New Orleans, bring it to you with this step-by-step guide to making this colorful, classic celebration cake—baby and all!
Cinnamon crescent cookies filled with walnuts and apricot jam, slightly adapted from Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa Parties.
These homemade Pumpkin Pie Pop Tarts are a delicious breakfast or dessert treat! The flaky crust is stuffed with a creamy pumpkin filling and topped with a maple glaze.
