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Fruity pebbles, strawberry cheesecake and cocoa puffs are among additions at New Palace Bakery. (Business photo)
Pączki traditions are flexible and readily expanded, just like the waistlines of some fans.
Yes, there's even a pink ribbon pączek.
As a public service a week before Pączki Day, which kicks off 40 days of Lent next Tuesday, Melody Baetens of The Detroit News serves a tray of pączki pointers. "Bakers are getting creative with paczki flavors this Fat Tuesday," she writes.
Additions at New Palace Bakery on Jos Campau in Hamtramck include triple chocolate and birthday cake with rainbow sprinkles.
They also make paczki with . . . cereal-influenced flavors like coco puffs and fruity pebbles. . . .
Blending Polish and Italian flavors, many spots are offering cannoli paczki -- including Nino Salvaggio International Marketplace, Randazzo Fresh Market and Union Joints.
The latter is taking orders through Friday for their sweet flavors, including raspberry Nutella, pistachio-orange cannoli, s'mores with torched marshmallow and churro toast crunch. . . .
On the opposite end of the gluttony spectrum, . . . the Nosh Pit in Hamtramck will have both vegan and gluten-free paczki.
Locations, prices and advance-order details are in Baetens' fact-filled coverage, which also is stuffed with heads-ups for novices:
It's pronounced "pawnch-key" and a paczki is plural. A solo treat is called paczek, which is pronounced something like "pawn-check."
