MILWAUKEE — There's a reason they don't call it 'Fit Tuesday.' Bakeries across the city are smelling sweet as they prepare sought-after Fat Tuesday treat, the paczki.
Here are all the places across Milwaukee you can find them Tuesday:
Grebe's Bakery is hosting a 'Paczki Party' from 5 a.m. until 7 p.m. Choose from apple, buttercream, raspberry, and more or celebrate Fat Tuesday the right way and get one of each.
National Bakery & Deli is offering traditional paczki in prune and raspberry. Stop in before they're gone!
Aggie's Bakery and Cake Shop is celebrating the eating holiday with homemade paczki. Customers can choose from apple, blueberry, buttercream, custard, lemon, prune, raspberry and strawberry.
Scortado Italian Bakery is debuting a new paczki this year - a Nutella filled paczki! Get yours while they last!
There's nothing to be cranky about at Cranky Al's. Stop by the doughnut shop to match your morning coffee with a paczki.
Set your alarm early to get a paczki from Holey Moley Coffee + Doughnuts.
Get your fix of prune, lemon, apple, Bavarian cream, raspberry or raisin paczki at Canfora Bakery on Oklahoma Ave. They open at 5 a.m. for paczki pickup.
Paczki Day treats at Goddess and the Baker include raspberry, Bavarian cream and blueberry paczkis, masquerade cutout cookies, Mardi Gras cupcakes and king cakes.
Head over to the East Side for a paczki at Peter Sciortino Bakery. They're offering all the classics plus a Nutella-filled flavor.