Name: Beignet Tower
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 40 Beignets
Ingredients: For the Tower; 1 cup white chocolate; ⅓ cup sanding sugar; Two batches of Mary’s Favorite New Orleans Beignets; One 16-inch foam cone; One package of 2-inch flat wooden toothpicks (The flat picks work much better than round to hold your beignets in place); Confectioners’ sugar; Easy Honey Caramel Sauce with Koval Chrysanthemum Honey Liqueur; Classic Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce

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Beignet Tower

Author: Mary DiSomma

This post is sponsored by Koval Distillery. All opinions are my own.

Fellow bakers and Mardi Gras enthusiasts, this one’s for you! I’ve got a couple tricks up my sleeve for the pre-Lent festivities this year. Anyone remember my homemade beignet recipe? or my festive Christmas tree macaron tower? I’ve combined the best parts of both of these shareable treats for the ultimate Mardi Gras inspired centerpiece: A luxurious tower of freshly-fried beignets, complete with classic homemade hot fudge and easy caramel sauce for dipping!

Beignet Tower

A stack of warm, fluffy beignets, fresh from the kitchen, arranged into an eye-catching tower. It's not just a dessert: It's a statement piece for your Mardi Gras celebration!

Yield: 40 Beignets
Prep Time: 45 minutes 45 min
Cook Time: 1 hour 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes 1 hr 45 min

Ingredients

For the Tower

1 cup white chocolate
⅓ cup sanding sugar
Two batches of Mary’s Favorite New Orleans Beignets
One 16-inch foam cone
One package of 2-inch flat wooden toothpicks (The flat picks work much better than round to hold your beignets in place)
Confectioners’ sugar

For the Garnish

Instructions

In the top of a double boiler, melt the white chocolate on low heat. Once the chocolate is melted, remove it from the heat.
Place the foam cone on a tray with parchment (this will make clean-up much easier)! Using a pastry brush, coat the entire cone with white chocolate. Sprinkle the sanding sugar over the white chocolate. You will need to let your sparkly white chocolate cone dry for about 20 minutes before you assemble your tower.
When your cone is dry, add a dollop of the melted white chocolate onto the center of your serving platter and place the cone on top. The extra chocolate will act as glue to hold the cone in place as you assemble your tower.
Starting at the bottom, insert 1 pick into the cone. Gently press 1 beignet onto the pick. Repeat with the beignets and picks until the entire cone is completely covered in beignets.
When you’re ready to present the tower, dust the whole thing liberally with confectioners’ sugar and serve with dipping sauces on the side—check out the blog article above for links to the dipping sauces (you’ll want to have these ready in advance). Enjoy!

View Mary's Tips

Ingredient Tips

What's a beignet without some delicious dipping sauces? I mean, they’re still good, but my personal philosophy is that more is more! Take your beignet tower to the next level withmy easy homemade caramel sauce recipeandmy classic hot fudge chocolate sauce recipe. These delightful dips make a perfect complement for scratch-made beignets, adding rich flavor and extra sweetness to every bite. If you want to get really fancy, trymy Honey Caramel Sauce with Koval Honey Liqueurormy homemade blueberry sauce!

Extra Tips

Let's not stop at beignets. Mardi Gras is a time for feasting, and I've got you covered with a range of recipes perfect for celebrating.I love my shrimp po-boys recipeandmy mini crab cakes recipethis time of year, and I’ve even put together a master list of allmy favorite Mardi Gras recipes… So if you want to know where this came from, be sure to check them out!