The doughnut chain known for its freewheeling freebies is offering an original glazed doughnut on the day before Ash Wednesday. Here's what to know.

If it's Fat Tuesday in Detroit, you will find bakery boxes piled high with icing-coated or sugar-dusted, deep-fried fluffy doughnuts called paczki.

The pie consists of vanilla pastry cream topped with Michigan tart cherries, whipped cream, icing and glazed donuts.

Trefzgers Bakery in Peoria Heights has been celebrating Mardi Gras for 160 years by making a traditional treat called "The King Cake" and selling over 200 of them this year.

Pączki, a classic Polish baked good that's similar to a donut, have grown in tradition over the years as people prepare to give up things like sweets for the Lenten season.

Bay City's Krzysiak’s House Restaurant opened its doors to a line of customers at 4:30 a.m. on Feb. 17, Fat Tuesday, for its annual Paczki Day Polka-Palooza.

It is no coincidence that Roll Cajun Boudin is opening its brick-and-mortar restaurant on Fat Tuesday. Matt Coltrin, the owner, said the date is in keeping with his philosophy, which is loudly and proudly not “Cajun-inspired,” but authentically Acadian.

It's Fat Tuesday, which in Chicago and the suburbs means it's Paczki Day!

The Mardi Gras Mega Millions jackpot sits at $395 million for the Fat Tuesday drawing on Feb. 17, 2026. Check your tickets for the winning numbers!