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5 Must-Haves for Your Mardi Gras Celebrations

Here’s how to have an at-home Carnival.

By Raven Wuebker February 9, 2021

Beignet Overload

If you’re looking for a reason to put the “fat” in Fat Tuesday, look no further than Chez Beignets. Here you can get three different styles of the French treat, including big beignets, beignets fingers (either medium or small), and little pillow beignets. Prices range $5.90–$13.90. Chez Beignets

Photography by Courtesy of Chez Beignets

Is It Really Mardi Gras Without the Beads?

Although you might not get pelted with flying plastic necklaces this year (seriously, did anyone enjoy that?), you can still keep the tradition alive by beating your friends for the largest bead horde. Hopefully in a less painful way. This bulk pack of 72 beads comes with purple, yellow, and green, and necklaces are 33 inches long. $21.96. Amazon

Photography by Courtesy of Amazon

Let Them Eat Cake

This festive king cake is embellished with sanding sugar—in the standard Mardi Gras colors of purple, green, and yellow—and royal icing underneath. The famous Louisiana-style cake, which feeds 8–12 people, comes in five different flavors, including cinnamon, cream cheese, strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry with cream cheese, and fruit mixes offered for additional taste. For the lactose-intolerant folks (we feel you), this king cake is non-dairy, but, of course, it still has a plastic baby (learn more about this strange tradition here) with each cake purchase. $20. Three Brothers Bakery

Photography by Courtesy of Three Brothers Bakery

Now You See Me, Now You Don’t

This Mini Masquerade Mask Piñata (try saying that three times fast) is a fun decoration to hang up and hit or use as a festive centerpiece. The piñata is cardstock and foil with the classic colors and incorporates the traditional mask element of Mardi Gras. $4.99. Party City

Photography by Courtesy of Party City

Sweets, Sweets, and More Sweets

Just when you thought Mardi Gras couldn’t possibly have anymore sugary pastries, these decorated dipped cookies appear. The themed cookies come in a pack of four with the design and embellishments depending on each decorator’s whim. Or, you could go old-school Carnival, and pick up a pack of Fleur de Lis or mask-inspired cookies. $4.99 for individual cookies; $20 for a four-pack. Three Brother Bakery

Photography by Courtesy of Three Brothers Bakery

Not traveling to New Orleans or even Galveston for Mardi Gras this year? We're not either, since both are canceled. And since NOLA won’t be holding its famed Mardi Gras parades this year or packing revelers in on Bourbon Street because of the pandemic (remember the hubbub from last year?), we are now obligated to celebrate Fat Tuesday like we have never before—at home. To help y’all out, here's everything you need to make your house Carnival-tastic.

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