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brought with them paczki, donut-like

cation in the Chicago area is Delightful

King cakes are typically not associated

treats typically ﬁlled with custard or jelly.

Pastries. This bakery has made its mark

with health, but that changes with a new

Over time, these pastries have earned a

with unique ﬂavors. Delightful Pastries'

product from Texas-based Unreﬁned

reputation as an important part of the

Drunken Pastries feature boozy ﬁll-

Bakery. The company teamed up with

Lenten season.

ings, such as a Jameson Irish Whiskey-

mel glaze and cream cheese frosting.

the registered dietitians at Ochsner Eat

Bakeries prepare for the rush of cus-

Fit to develop a king cake that's centered

tomers who will grab these special

on a clean list of ingredients including

treats during the ﬁnal hours before Ash

Swerve Sweetener - a natural, plant-

Wednesday.

moonshine version.
Detroit and its suburbs are one of the
most popular paczki areas in the country.

based, low-glycemic, zero-calorie sugar

Creative Cakes in Tinley Park, Illinois,

In Hamtramck, Michigan, you'll ﬁnd

replacement that tastes and measures

has become a top distributor of paczki.

New Palace Bakery. This European bak-

like sugar.

The bakery's "Extreme Paczki" includes

ery is located in an area known to be a vi-

The Eat Fit King Cake is naturally glu-

creative twists like Maple Bacon May-

brant center of Polish American life and

ten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, and ap-

hem, which is ﬁlled with maple custard,

culture. New Palace represents that well

proved for a ketogenic diet. Each cake

iced with maple glaze, and topped

with its paczki selections. It has satisﬁed

has zero sugar, no artiﬁcial food dyes, no

with crumbled bacon. One of the most

customers with its fusion of ﬂavors, such

white/reﬁned ﬂour, 93% fewer carbohy-

beloved ﬂavors is the Atomic Pac-

as Peanut Butter & Jelly.

drates, four times more protein, and 2.5

zki, which is ﬁlled with fresh bananas

The bakery's most recent paczki addi-

times more ﬁber.

in custard, fresh strawberries in glaze,

tions last year included the Triple Choco-

and whipped cream. It is then topped

late Paczki and the Birthday Cake Paczki.

with chocolate icing.

The Triple Chocolate ﬂavor is chocolate-

Another beloved pastry this time of
year is the paczki. Fat Tuesday is also
WILLA JEAN

spiked chocolate custard and a lemon

known as Paczki Day, and it is one of

"They're a little more work than a

ﬁlled and topped with milk chocolate

the biggest days of the year for many

regular paczki, but you get a lot out of

and chocolate chips, while the Birthday

Midwestern bakeries. Many Polish im-

it," says Beth Fahey, co-owner of Cre-

Cake ﬂavor features buttercream, yellow

migrants settled in the Midwest and

ative Cakes. Another unique paczki lo-

cake, and rainbow sprinkles.

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