Today is Paczki day(and Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras) paczkis(pronounced pawn'ch key) are a donut like dessert filled with cream or fruit spread and topped with a glaze or powdered sugar. Paczki day falls on Fat Tuesday which is a day that Catholics feast and celebrate before the beginning of the Lentin fasting for 40 days, when Jesus spent 40 days in the desert.