Cafe Du Monde Beignet Mix, 28 Oz (Pack of 1)

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.

Very easy to make!Make sure to wait about 2–3 hours after mixing the dough before frying.After frying, add cane sugar and cinnamon — and thank me later!This is super tasty!”

Easy to make and delicious. Just like we had in New Orleans. Came fast and was packed very well. Easy to pour from the box and easy to store after use.

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 followed the instructions on the box to the letter it was sort of a mess. The dough is super sticky when first mixed.Rolling this dough is a challenge, it needs to be thicker than 1/8 of an inch per the box and the dough needs to rise for at least and hour until it doubles in size - also not on the box recipe.I watched about 6 videos on beignets on the web, 3 from NOLA and 5 of 6 said that the dough has to rise and double - 1 to 2 hours. They also said grape seed oil was the oil of choice.The reason for the 4 stars is I think the recipe on the box needs tweaking based on the videos I watched. The actual mix is excellent!My first batch came out tasty but misshapen - see the photos. As I mentioned, they were very hard to roll.Mine looked a lot more like Chrusciki, a Polish pastry than Beignets (see the photo of Chrusciki).The box says use flour liberally. The videos said at least 1/4 cup of flour. That’s more than “liberally”.I used a deep fryer with canola oil at 370 degrees and that temp seemed ideal.Next time, I’ll let the dough rise until it doubles and the roll the dough thicker - like 1/4 inch plus. And use a LOT more flour!I’m sure they will come out fine next time. The actual mix is terrific. I just have to work out the details. Fun learning curve!

HiAre these the most astounding, nothing can possibly be better approach? No, of course not. This is a quick mix that does not involve "fun" like 16 hours in the fridge ahead of making breakfast. Does it make yummy beignets? Yup, it sure does. Nothing terribly complicated about it. Read the directions, check a few things on the web. Whip up a batch in the electric fry pan.How we did it:Peanut oil is what we have sitting around fresh, so that was the oil of choice. The flour on these gets into the oil. You will get one pass out of the oil. Doing them in a big fryer will use up a lot of oil.Yes there are filtering setups, getting flour out isn't really what they do well (at least not the ones I've seen).We ran the pan up to 370 and kept it above 350 the whole time. On the next batch we probably will run it a bit hotter. They all came out fluffy and fairly light. The ones done in the hotter oil were a bit lighter.Mixing up the dough was about what I expected from the information on the web. It's a very wet and sticky dough. We did not use the rolling pin, we just did it by hand. At a thickness of 1/8 of an inch, we got about the right number of 2" squares. Put another way, yes you can get nearly 48 out of a box of mix. These are not as big as a Dunkin Doughnut.You do need fine grain sugar. We used confectioners sugar. It worked fine. Just about any grade of powdered sugar should do the same thing. Granulated sugar isn't going to stick to the surface.These cook pretty fast. Cook one, let it cool, and try it. If it's not fluffy enough - see if hotter oil will help. If that's not the answer, you may not have enough water in the dough. That's when you suddenly go - why didn't I mix up 1/4 of the box first? Since there is no real rise process, mixing up small(er) batches is not that hard ...What ever is left over from the box needs to be refrigerated. I suspect that's as much to take care of any bugs that might have crawled in after the box was opened as anything else. This is *not* something I'd plan on eating every day. They are just to yummy. I'd put on a hundred pounds in a month ...The box will get stored here long enough that refrigeration is a worthwhile idea. If you plan to run through the entire box in two days, not so big a deal. Both boxes we got (in November) have expiration dates out in July of next year. I doubt they will hang around that long ...Did I mention yummy :)Bob

Love this mix it's very versatile, great price and shipped fast.

Ridiculously good. Easy to make. Just like N'Orleans.