Where to buy paczki in the Milwaukee area for Fat Tuesday 2026

Fat Tuesday, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is the last day to indulge in sweets and rich foods before Lent begins.

That includes paczki, a deep-fried pastry made with eggs, sugar and butter; filled with fruit, creme, custard or mousse; and drizzled with a variety of icings. More than a dozen bakeries in the Milwaukee area are offering the sweet treat for sale around the holiday, this year Feb. 17. Preorder for the best selection and pick up on Fat Tuesday, or get a head start and pick them up early at select bakeries in the Milwaukee area. Smacznego!

Aggie’s Bakery & Cake Shop

7328 W. Greenfield Ave., West Allis; (414) 482-1288, aggiesbakery.com

Paczki are available for walk-ins Feb. 17, or preorder online with pickup or delivery through Feb. 25. Store hours are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.

Price: $2.25 each. Mix and match your own flavors in preorder box: $13.50 for a six-pack or $27 for a dozen.

Flavors: apple with cinnamon sugar, blueberry with white sugar glaze. buttercream with powdered sugar, custard with white sugar glaze, lemon with powdered sugar, raspberry with sugar, prune with sugar, strawberry with glaze

The Bake Sale

6923 W. Becher St., West Allis; (414) 543-4230, bakesalewestallis.com

Preorder by 4 p.m. Feb. 14 for pickup on Feb. 17. Place order by phone or on the website. Paczki will be available in the store on Fat Tuesday. Store hours are 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Price: $2.25 each. Four-pack is $9, eight-pack is $18, 12-pack is $27. Each flavor in every pack.

Flavors: raspberry, lemon, Bavarian, prune

Chef Pam’s Kitchen

280 W. Main St., Waukesha; (262) 271-6121, chefpamskitchen.com

Paczki supplied by Peter Sciortino’s Bakery will be available for preorder and for walk-ins on Feb. 17. Deadline to preorder is Feb. 11. Pickup from 6 a.m. to noon Feb. 17.

Price: $3 each; $30 per dozen

Flavors: apple, apricot, Bavarian, blueberry, lemon, prune, raspberry, strawberry

Cranky Al’s

6901 W. North Ave., Wauwatosa; (414) 258-5282

Paczki are available only Feb. 17. Walk-in customers welcome from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 17. Preorder online for pickup beginning at 6:30 a.m.

Price: $3 each. Assorted dozen is $33.

Flavors: cannoli cream, mint chocolate chip, blueberry lemon, raspberry, Bavarian cream, lemon, prune.

Grebe’s Bakery

5132 W. Lincoln Ave., West Allis; (414) 543-7000, grebesbakery.com

Paczki are available in the store Feb. 13-17, with walk-ins welcome. Hours are 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. The bakery also will be open 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16.

Orders may be placed in person, online or by phone. Online orders must be placed at least 48 hours in advance. Call the bakery to place an order for pickup within 48 hours.

Orders placed for pickup on Feb. 13 through Feb. 16 must be picked up at Grebe’s Bakery, 5132 W. Lincoln Ave., West Allis. Orders placed for pickup on Fat Tuesday must be picked up at OPE! Brewing Co., 6751 W. National Ave., West Allis.

Price: $2.25 each; $25 for a baker’s dozen (13)

Flavors: raspberry filled with white icing or sugar, lemon filled with powdered sugar, apple filled with cinnamon sugar, blueberry filled with glaze, prune filled with glaze, cheese filled with glaze, buttercream with chocolate icing, custard with chocolate icing, apricot filled with glaze

Pardi Gras Pack: Pick up a combo of beer and doughnuts from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Feb. 14 at Ope!. Pair the Ope! four-pack of Blueberry Sourry, Laaager, Hopanero, and Ermahgerd, with six Grebe’s paczki of your choice. Place preorder by 10 a.m. Feb. 11. Cost is $30 if ordered in advance, $35 the day of the event.

Kurt Schulz Deli and Pastry Shoppe

8752 N. Deerwood Drive, Brown Deer; (414) 354-1004

Walk-ins welcome from 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 17.

Price: $2.50 each; $27.50 per dozen

Flavors: prune, cream cheese, raspberry, lemon, blueberry, cinnamon raisin

La Tarte Bakery

6742 W. Wells St., Wauwatosa; (414) 456-0995

Paczki will be in the store by Feb. 6. Call to preorder; deadline is Feb. 13. Store hours are 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Price: $2.25 each or six for $12.60

Flavors: apple, prune, cherry, raspberry, custard, lemon custard

National Bakery & Deli

3200 S. 16th St., (414) 672-1620; 5637 Broad St., Greendale, (414) 423-4620; 13820 W. Greenfield Ave., Brookfield, (262) 827-4097

Paczki Day preorders are sold in a pack of one dozen doughnuts for $24. Four different paczki packs are available: a box of raspberry; a box of prune; a mixed box of raspberry, prune, and lemon iced; and a mixed box of raisin and raspberry. Boxes contain a variety of glaze, sugar or powder coatings. Preorder paczki packs online at shop.nationalbakery.com for pickup at all three locations.

Price: $2 each

Flavors: raspberry, prune, raisin, lemon

Brandy Old Fashioned: The new paczki flavor is available first-come, first-served on Feb. 17 at all National Bakery locations for $5.95 each.

Central Standard Crafthouse & Kitchen will have a limited supply of the new paczki starting at 11 a.m. Feb. 17 at 320 E. Clybourn St. The doughnut will be paired with a Brandy Old Fashioned cocktail for $5.

O&H Danish Bakery

9540 S. 27th St., Oak Creek, (414) 856-1141, stores.ohbakery.com; additional locations in Racine and Sturtevant

Ten flavors are available, including the new blueberry cheesecake paczki topped with powdered sugar and blueberry buttercream. Walk-in orders are available only on Feb. 17. Preorder and pickup in store from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 16 and 17. Preorder at stores.ohbakery.com/collections/paczki-party.

Price: $2.50 each

Flavors: blueberry cheesecake, dulce de leche, Bavarian cream, Door County cherry, lemon custard, Michigan apple, custard, cheese, raspberry, prune

Old World Deli

7630 W. Grange Ave., Greendale; (414) 855-0470

Paczki are available in the store from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 17.

Price: $2.50 each

Flavors: plum, apricot, raspberry, blueberry

Peter Sciortino Bakery

1101 E. Brady St.; (414) 272-4623, petersciortinosbakery.com

Paczki will be available for walk-in customers from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 17. Preorder online for pickup from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 15, or on Feb. 17. Closed on Monday.

Price: $2.25 each

Flavors: apple, apricot, Bavarian cream, blueberry, lemon, prune, raspberry, strawberry

Polish Center of Wisconsin

6941 S. 68th St., Franklin; (414) 529-2140, polishcenterofwisconsin.org

Preorder only. All orders must be placed by Feb. 10 and picked up from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 17. No delivery and no holds. Place orders by phone or online.

Price: $24 per dozen

Flavors: The paczki are provided by Peter Sciortino Bakery and pre-packed in one dozen assortments with two each of the following flavors: white iced raspberry, chocolate iced Bavarian creme, glazed strawberry, cinnamon sugared apple, powdered sugared lemon, and glazed prune.

Scordato Bakery

5011 W. Howard Ave., (414) 327-8555.

The store is open from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 17 for walk-in customers, and pre-order pickup. All paczki are available with either powder sugar or granulated sugar. Paczki are available in store prior to Feb. 17 with special order. The pre-order deadline is Feb. 14.

Price: $2 each for traditional; $3 each for specialty flavor.

Traditional flavors: prune, raspberry, lemon, apricot, Bavarian.

Specialty flavors: cannoli cream, Nutella.

Sweet Perfections Bake Shoppe

1501 Paramount Drive, Waukesha; (262) 446-2253, sweetperfections.com

A total of 18 flavors are available for preorder with pickup from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 16-17; walk-ins are welcome, too.

Traditional price: $2.50 each or $10 for a four-pack

Traditional flavors: bavarian, raspberry, prune, apricot, blueberry, chocolate custard, vanilla custard, lemon, cookies & cream, banana cream, strawberry, coconut cream.

Top Shelf price: $4 each or $24 for a six-pack

Top Shelf flavors: Baileys cherry bombshell, brandy Old Fashioned sweet, Kahlua mudslide, raspberry vodka shooter, Rumchata crunch, spiced bananas Foster

Wioletta’s Polish Market

3955 S. Howell Ave.; (414) 226-5986

Full selection of seasonal large and premium filled paczki flavors will be available for walk-ins Feb. 12 through Feb. 17.

Large Price: $2.50 to $3.75 each

Large Filled Flavors: poppyseed, cherry, raspberry, prune

Premium Price: $5 each

Premium Filling Flavors: Nutella/hazelnut, tiramisu, Oreo cookie, raspberry mousse

Note: This story was updated to add information.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Where to buy paczki in the Milwaukee area for Fat Tuesday 2026

Reporting by Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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