Mardi Gras is a one-to-three-month stretch of the ... The cake containing the small plastic baby represents the "king" and promotes good luck to whoever finds it in their slice.

“Throw me something” is what you’ll need to yell to score some sought-after Mardi Gras beads, those signature strands for years made of glass but now mostly plastic. People who catch them ...

Orders for Bayou’s “Mardi Gras in a Box” with king cake ... King cake donuts with a “boozy Hurricane glaze” and plastic babies will be available to order by the half-dozen online.

Fun fact: Bayou Bakery produces about 1,500 king cakes during Mardi Gras season and shares about 1,800 plastic babies in the classic purple, green and gold Mardi Gras colors. The Arlington bakery ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Officials with the City of New Orleans have announced safety preparations ahead of Mardi Gras 2025 ... mothers needing to feed their babies can do so away from the crowds.

Each king cake is 12” and comes with the traditional baby, along with Mardi Gras beads for $25. Preorders for the cakes can be made online or by calling the bakery. The preorder deadline is ...

If it wasn’t already a super-sized celebration, expect to see Mardi Gras beads, parades ... Interestingly, it wasn’t always a plastic baby inside… Food historian Liz Williams told the ...

Instead of a bean, tiny baby dolls—made of china at first, now plastic—were baked inside. “There wasn’t much variation from one bakery to another,” Williams said. But by the 1970s ...