Cafe Du MondeBeignet Mix, 28 Oz (Pack of 1)

My daughter loves to make these!

We bought this as we went to New Orleans, but didn’t have any room in our luggage to bring this home with us. This was a great option and it was the same cost as buying it in New Orleans. We made them and they came out perfect. It brought back great memories. Making them small was the trick to have them come out delicious.

This is an awesome treat, easy to make taste of New Orleans at home.

Easy to use and taste awesome

I lived in New Orleans as a young man and many a night ended at the Cafe Du Monde for locals and tourists alike. The directions on the box make it seem easy, but if you don't have any experience with a rolling pin and dough you're in for a surprise! You might want to put a drop cloth on the kitcen floor. I did eventually get the hang of it. The secret is to, after you plop the dough on the surface you will roll it on, cover the top of the dough with more of the mix or even flour, or the rolling pin will stick to the dough like glue. I did end up with a batch of delicious light and fluffy Beignets almost as good as the Cafe's. They truly are light, fluffy and delicious once you master the technic. At the Cafe du Monde, they are cooked to order and served warm covered with powdered sugar.

So easy to use, I did a terrible job but the product is so good I was able to look competent.Amazing food. Work a shot for sure.

Great taste. Have to be careful when mixing . Their instructions on amount of water is too much . It has to be much lesser . Otherwise it gets way too sticky and won’t work . Taste is very good .

I'm a New Orleans native living away from the city. My wife and I like to have Beignets on Sunday mornings. Our results vary, surprisingly some times. On our recent trip to New Orleans we stood behind Cafe Du Monde by Jackson Square and watched the pros making the tasty fritters and learned a couple of things.1) The dough needs to be very very moist. It almost oozes when they drop it into the machine that rolls them out.2) The instructions tell you to use a lot of flower. We werent using enough, but when your dough is super wet you really need that flour.3) The instructions say 1/8 of an inch but i think that they should be closer to 3/16's or a quarter of an inch. I think that the directions call for 2 cups of mix to make 2 dozen Beignets, i think that 2 cups of mix should give you closer to 1 dozen. (we usually make half that much)4) 370 seems to be a good oil temp, as the instructions request. To know that you have the mix thick and wet enough the beignets should take just about 4 minutes to cook. If they cook faster than that, they are either too thin or too dry or both. (We timed the cook at Cafe du Monde at just about 3:50)5) When the pros make them, they toss the flower covered dough into the oil and dunk them occasionally as they're getting all of the beignets tossed in. One they're all in, they use a perforated screen material to hold them submerged during the rest of cooking. We had an epiphany when watching this. We could get a very similar result at home by taking the basket out of our deep frier and tossing the beignets directly into the oil. The thing is, the beignets will float, so you can easily scoop them out with a slotted spoon. This allows us to use the basket to keep them pushed under the oil. I tried this yesterday and it worked great. A couple of the beignets touched the heating element and got a little burn mark on them but either way, these were the best i've ever made.My wife cant tell the difference but i swear that the sugar that they used in New Orleans tastes different than the stuff we've been getting from our super market. It's sweeter and has no after taste. I find our confectioners sugar has a slightly bitter after taste. I think that theirs tends to want to clump a little which makes me think that the store bought stuff has an ingredient to keep it from clumping that theirs lacks. I'm going to be on the hunt for a higher quality sugar.I hope that these tips help someone. Good luck.Also, if you ever get the chance to visit Cafe du Monde, you should do so. If for no better reason than to give your pallet an ideal to strive for!