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    Home » Roundups

    Fun Food for Mardi Gras

    Published: Feb 17, '14 · Modified: Feb 20, '23 · By: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Celebrate a fantastically fun holiday and make one or more of these Fun Food for Mardi Gras Recipes! These traditional recipes are sure to have your family's mouths watering and wondering how you made such a delicious treat!

    Celebrate a fantastically fun holiday and make one or more of these Fun Food for Mardi Gras Recipes! These traditional recipes are sure to have your family's mouths watering and wondering how you made such a delicious treat!

    Have you ever been to New Orleans during Mardi Gras?

    I think it would be fun, but I have not yet visited New Orleans. It was on our list of places to go this year but got knocked out of the running when we decided to visit Las Vegas instead. I hope one year to go enjoy a carnival celebration, but I'll just have to settle for making fun food for the occasion.

    As a kid, I did indulge on Fat Tuesday, known as Mari Gras in French, by eating whatever I was planning to give up during Lent. It was a big deal to go for a month without my favorite treat, so overeating the day before the deprivation began was a must.

    A few years ago I created some festive food in keeping with a traditional New Orlean Mardi Gras celebration that I thought I'd share today along with some other fun edible crafts from around the web.

    Mardi Gras King Cake Roll with gold, green, and purple beads

    This stunning purple, gold, and green King Cake Roll is sure to impress your Mardi Gras party guests. The cake roll is made using a cake mix so you can spend your time creating the striped cake colors to create this festive dessert. 

    Muffaletta sandwich filled with lunch meat, olives, pimentos, and more decorated for Mardi Gras.

    Muffulettas are a popular sandwich served in New Orleans.  The sandwiches are always large and are overflowing with a variety of lunch meat and cheese and are piled high with a zesty topping made using olives, roasted red peppers, artichokes, capers, and a simple vinaigrette.

    Making a Mardi Gras Muffuletta is easy by simply adding some colored cheese cut-outs on top. This recipe will definitely be a crowd-pleaser.

    pastel-colored diamond-shaped beignets for Mardi Gras

    Beignets are an iconic New Orleans dessert and they are relatively easy to make so why not have a little fun with them for Mardi Gras?

    Learn how to make these colorful Dazzling Diamond Beignets for your party.

    pastry crowns filled with cheesecake mousse and caramelized bananas

    If you are looking for a decadent dessert to serve that is fit for a king, be sure to check out these Pastry Crowns filled with Cheesecake Mousse and Glazed Bananas. The filling is insanely delicious and the pastry crowns make them festive for a party.

    Gumbo with shrimp and sausage is topped with a pie crust crown for Mardi Gras dinner

    You can't make a trip to New Orleans without enjoying a bowl of hot gumbo. It's a perfect meal for your Mardi Gras event and it can be turned into a festive dish by adding pie crust crowns or masks.

    Get the recipe to make Mardi Gras Gumbo topped with Crowns and Masks, here.

    chocolate Mardi Gras beads dusted in gold, purple, and green

    Chocolate truffles are bite-size candies that can be shaped into tiny beads and colored using edible luster dust to resemble Mardi Gras beads.

    See how easy it is to make a set of these Chocolate Truffle Beads.

    Mardi Gras Food from around the web

    Celebrate a fantastically fun holiday and make one or more of these Fun Food for Mardi Gras Recipes! These traditional recipes are sure to have your family's mouths watering and wondering how you made such a delicious treat!

    Mardi Gras Macaroons from Sprinkle Bakes

    purple, yellow, and green Mardi Gras jell-o shots

    King Cake Jelly Shots from Tablespoon.com

    Celebrate a fantastically fun holiday and make one or more of these Fun Food for Mardi Gras Recipes! These traditional recipes are sure to have your family's mouths watering and wondering how you made such a delicious treat!

    Mardi Gras High Hat Cupcakes from Food Network

    Celebrate a fantastically fun holiday and make one or more of these Fun Food for Mardi Gras Recipes! These traditional recipes are sure to have your family's mouths watering and wondering how you made such a delicious treat!

    Mardi Gras Cream Cheese Filled Cinnamon King Cake Pops
    from Food, Family & Finds

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    Hi, I'm Beth Jackson Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. Nicole (Bellenza Party Suite)

      February 20, 2014 at 4:52 pm

      These are great suggestions! I love it! 🙂

      Reply
    2. Sara

      February 19, 2014 at 11:05 pm

      I'm so loving this Mardi Gras theme you have going. Those King Cake Jello Shots look delicious. Thanks for linking up at Tell Me About It Tuesday. I can't wait to see what you share next week!

      Reply
    3. Brenda @ SweetSimpleStuff

      February 19, 2014 at 5:30 pm

      I've never been either ... we can all appreciate and enjoy the food! Thank you for sharing, I've not seen some of these 🙂

      Reply
    4. Anonymous

      February 18, 2014 at 6:54 pm

      When it comes to Mardi Gras, Beth , you the queen. Thanks for all the recipes over the years. Trish Butler

      Reply
    5. Melissa Podliska

      February 18, 2014 at 12:00 am

      Those beignets look super festive! When you do get to NOLA, be sure to stop by the Cafe Du Monde for a beignet and some chicory coffee!

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      • beth

        February 18, 2014 at 12:30 am

        Oh, I've heard great things about Cafe Du Monde's beignets. My mom has visited New Orleans many times, and often eats them more than once a day:) I can't wait to try them.

        Reply

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