These days, the bakery makes over 60,000 king cakes each year and ships nationwide to meet its customer demand. Already, online orders are completely booked for the 2025 Carnival season.

The famed king cakes are available at authorized resellers in and around the city. Are you a big enough fan to wait in line for one?

When it comes to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Dong Phuong king cakes reign supreme. And while Carnival 2025 doesn’t kick off until Monday, January 6, it appears Dong Phuong king cake preorders are already fully booked up for the length of the season,

Waveland Pharmacy, at 112 Auderer Blvd., is one of only two authorized resellers of Dong Phuong’s king cakes this year on the Mississippi Coast, the bakery’s website shows. The other is Lee’s International Grocery at 917 Division St. in Biloxi.

The dawn of a new Carnival season in New Orleans signals both a fresh start and a return to traditions, and that plays out in the perennial king cake obsession

For those who celebrate the Epiphany — the celebration of the Twelfth Night after Christmas — on Jan. 6, you may look forward to putting your shoes outside your door for gifts, watching annual parades,