BYE, BYE, NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS. HELLO, KING CAKE!

Acadiana bakeries and grocery stores are now serving king cakes for just about any taste. Want a traditional French king cake made of puff pastry and marzipan? Prefer a king cake that’s braided, filled and fried up like a doughnut? How about a whole-wheat or a gluten-free king cake? Read on to find your perfect king cake.

Cajun Market Donut Company

This popular doughnut shop is known for its doughnut-style king cake that’s braided, filled and deep fried.

Flavor options include Bavarian cream, chocolate, lemon, raspberry, cream cheese, blueberry cream cheese and strawberry cream cheese. A turtle topping of chocolate, caramel and pecans can also be added to any filling of king cake.

King cakes come in one size and are priced at $23. Customers who purchase two king cakes receive the second king cake at half price.

Cajun Market Donut Company has locations in Lafayette, Broussard and Breaux Bridge. Learn more by visiting cajunmarketdonutcompany.com or by calling 337-504-4242.Crystal Weddings 

This bakery makes more than just wedding cakes in the early part of the year. It’s also a best-kept king cake secret that receives a rating of 11 out of 12 babies on the local website, kingcaker.com.

Flavor options are plentiful and include apple cinnamon, Bavarian cream, blueberry, blueberry cream cheese, caramel pecan, caramel pecan cream cheese, chocolate, chocolate cream cheese, chocolate caramel pecan cream cheese, cinnamon sugar, cinnamon sugar cream cheese, cinnamon sugar pecan cream cheese, cinnamon sugar pecan, cream cheese, lemon cream cheese, peanut butter cream cheese, praline cream cheese, raspberry, raspberry cream cheese, raspberry cream cheese walnut and strawberry cream cheese.

King cakes cost $18.99 for a small, $24.99 for a medium and $32.99 for a large. King cakes with nut flavors cost $1 extra, and splitting a king cake into two flavors also cost $1 more.

Crystal Weddings is located at 110 Mimosa Place. Learn more by visitingcrystalweddings.net or by calling 337-989-1700.CC’s Coffee House

This favorite south Louisiana coffee shop is known for king cake lattes and king cake by the slice, but it also sells whole king cakes during the Mardi Gras season.

Flavor options include plain, cream cheese, pecan praline and strawberry cream cheese.

King cakes are available in one size and cost $19 for a plain king cake and $20 for a filled king cake.

CC’s Coffee House locations can be found throughout south Louisiana, with locations at 130 N. College Road, 2825 Ambassador Caffery Parkway and 1315 Camellia Blvd. 100 in Lafayette. Learn more by visiting ccscoffee.com.Champagne’s Marche 

This Leonville grocery store won first place in The Daily Advertiser’s 2015 king cake taste off for its cinnamon-roll inspired recipe. It also receives a perfect 12-baby rating on kingcaker.com.

Flavor options include plain, banana creme, Bavarian cream, blueberry cream cheese, chocolate, cream cheese, blueberry, pineapple, raspberry, strawberry, lemon creme, peanut butter, strawberry cream cheese, amaretto pecan, pecan praline and Zulu (coconut, pecan and chocolate).

King cakes come in regular and super sizes. Prices are based on flavor options. Regular king cakes cost $12.99 for plain, $15.99 for basic flavors, $17.99 for peanut butter, amaretto pecan and pecan praline flavors and $19.99 for the Zulu flavor. Super king cakes cost $30.99 for all flavors except amaretto pecan and pecan praline, which cost $35.99. It costs $2 more for a king cake with two flavors or one topped with chocolate icing.

Champagne’s Marche is located at 3802 La. 31 in Leonville. Learn more by visitingchampagnesmarche.com or by calling 337-879-2586.Champagne’s Market 

This local, Oil Center grocery store offers a few king cake options in its bakery department.

Flavors include plain, pecan praline, strawberry cream cheese, blueberry, Bavarian cream, cream cheese, cherry and lemon.

The store offers mini and regular sizes. Mini king cakes cost $4.99. Regular king cakes cost $6.99 for plain, $8.99 for one filling and $10.99 for two fillings.

Champagne’s Market is located at 454 Heymann Blvd. in Lafayette. Learn more by visiting champagnesmarket.net or by calling 337-235-4114.Great Harvest Bread Co. 

This Lafayette staple is known for its hearty whole wheat king cakes and nonprofit king cake donations. The king cake is described as a “little less decadent than some others”  but one that you from which “you can get a lot of mileage” on kingcaker.com.

White king cake flavor options include cinnamon twist, cinnamon burst extreme, cinnamon apple, chocolate, turtle and pecan. Wheat king cake flavors include cinnamon burst extreme and cinnamon apple.

King cakes come in one size and are priced based on flavor. Pecan king cakes are $28, and for each pecan king cake purchased, Great Harvest will donate another to a nonprofit of the customer’s choosing. Cinnamon and cinnamon burst extreme flavors cost $19, cinnamon apple and chocolate flavors cost $23, and the turtle flavor costs $28.

Great Harvest Bread Company is located at 854 Kaliste Saloom Road in Lafayette. Learn more by visiting greatharvestofacadiana.com or by calling 337-236-8966.Keller’s Bakery                                                                        

This classic Acadiana bakery is known for its simple presentation, perfect proportions and flavor selection. The king cake receives a perfect 12-baby rating onkingcaker.com for its “soft layers of moist Danish pastry dough packed with your choice of fillings and iced with a standard sugar frosting.”

Flavor options include cinnamon butter, cinnamon apple, cinnamon apple cream cheese, cream cheese, butter pecan, chocolate pudding, strawberry, strawberry cream cheese, blueberry, blueberry cream cheese, cream cheese pecan, amaretto walnut cream cheese, raspberry walnut cream cheese, strawberry banana split, lemon and turtle pecan.

King cake prices vary based on the size and filling. Small king cakes cost $12.76 to $21.74, medium king cakes cost $24.99 to $36.02 and large king cakes cost $40.79 to $55.23.

Keller’s Bakery is located at 1012 Jefferson St. in downtown Lafayette and at 627 Lafayette St. in Youngsville. Learn more by calling 337-235-1568 for Lafayette or 337-856-4449 for Youngsville.La Fille, Son Chien & Le Pain 

This lesser known king cake option is handcrafted in small batches by local pastry chef Jennifer Hughes. The king cakes receive a perfect 12-baby rating onkingcaker.com for the “perfectly moist” brioche dough and “highest quality filling.”

Flavor options include fig cream cheese, blueberry cream cheese, mixed berry cream cheese, apple cream cheese and satsuma cream cheese.

King cakes come in one size and cost $30.

La Fille, Son Chien & Le Pain can be found at the Lafayette Farmers and Artisans Market at the Horse Farm from 8 a.m. to noon each Saturday at 2913 Johnston St. Learn more or place an order by emailing Hughes at jenniferjoy80@gmail.com.Meche’s Donut King

This popular doughnut shop is known for its braided, filled and deep-fried treats that combine the best of a doughnut and a king cake.

Flavor options include plain cinnamon, cream cheese, Bavarian cream, chocolate, lemon, strawberry, raspberry, strawberry cream cheese and raspberry cream cheese.

King cakes cost $11.50 for a mini, $20.50 for a small, $26.50 for a medium and $35 for a large.

Meche’s Donut King locations can be found at 2605 Kaliste Saloom Road, 402 Guilbeau Road and 306 E. Willow St. in Lafayette. Learn more by visitingrickeymechesdonuts.com.Mortar & Pestle

This gluten-free, diabetic-friendly restaurant, formerly known as Bibi’s Patisserie, offers king cakes for those who want to avoid wheat and refined sugar.

All king cakes are gluten-free and diabetic-friendly and are available in more than 25 flavors. Filling options include chocolate, cinnamon, cinnamon cheesecake, Bavarian cream, Southern pecan caramel, salted caramel, cheesecake, blueberry cheesecake, strawberry cheesecake, Zulu (chocolate and coconut), lemon, sugar plum, raspberry key lime, strawberries and cream, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, buttercream, almond, coconut cream, Nutella, Limoncello, blood orange, blood orange caramel chocolate, cinnamon streusel, double chocolate, honey rose and more.

King cake sizes include a personal for $8.99, small for $29.99 and large for $49.99.

Mortar & Pestle is part of Tribe Collective at 1321 W. Pinhook Road in Lafayette. Visitmortarandpestlelaf.com or call 337-534-0173 to learn more.Poupart’s Bakery

This classic Acadiana bakery is known for its traditional French king cakes as well as its sweeter, modern cousin most people know as the king cake.

The traditional French king cake is a round, puff pastry filled with almond marzipan and is available only in that flavor.

The modern, brioche dough king cake comes in a number of flavor options including strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, lemon, chocolate, Bavarian cream, cream cheese, apple, cinnamon, praline pecan, pineapple and cherry.

Traditional king cakes cost $14.99 for a single or $31.85 for a double. Modern king cakes cost $14.99 for a single, $31.85 for a double and $42.95 for a triple.

Poupart’s Bakery has locations at 1902 W. Pinhook Road and 100 E. Vermilion St. suite 130 in Lafayette. Learn more by visiting poupartsbakery.com or by calling 337-232-7921 for the Pinhook location or 337-534-4423 for the downtown location.Rouses Market

This south Louisiana grocery store offers convenient, affordable king cakes made of dense dough with a “fine line of cinnamon in every layer,” according tokingcaker.com.

Flavor options include banana, lemon, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, Bavarian cream, pecan praline, pecan, cream cheese, strawberry cream cheese, pineapple, lemon, chocolate, almond, apple, apple cream cheese, blueberry cream cheese, caramel, cherry, coconut, cookies ‘n’ cream, heavenly hash and pina colada.

King cakes cost $7.99 for a small, $13.99 for a medium and $19.99 for a large.

Rouses Market has locations at 601 Bertrand Drive and 6136 Johnston St. in Lafayette and at 2900 E. Milton Ave. in Youngsville. Learn more by visitingshop.rouses.com or by calling 337-889-0045 for Bertrand, 337-889-0040 for Johnston or 337-362-2814 for Youngsville location.Southside Bakery

This classic Lafayette bakery is known for baking its cream cheese flavors directly into the king cake, according to local review site kingcaker.com.

Flavor options include plain, chocolate, Bavarian, blueberry, strawberry, red velvet, pecan, cream cheese, strawberry cream cheese, blueberry cream cheese, red velvet cream cheese, and pecan cream cheese.

Prices vary based on flavor. Small king cakes cost $12.95 to $19.95, and any flavor of large king cake costs $29.95.

Southside Bakery is located at 4519 W. Congress St. Learn more by visitingsouthsidebakery.com or by calling 337-233-8636.The Fresh Market in Lafayette 

This River Ranch grocery store offers a king cake that is almost a hybrid of a traditional French and a Louisiana modern king cake. According to kingcaker.com, it’s a traditional puff pastry dough with a simple filling that makes it light, airy and moist.

Flavor options include cinnamon or cream cheese.

The king cakes come in one size that costs $7.99.

The Fresh Market is located at 1810 Kaliste Saloom Road in Lafayette. Learn more by visiting thefreshmarket.com or by calling 337-216-4503.The Lab Handcrafted Coffees & Comforts

Lindsey Sterling, pastry chef for this coffee shop, is crafting personal king cake bites and shareable king cakes in caffeinated and non-caffeinated varieties.

Flavor options include traditional, cherry and caffeinated espresso.

King cakes cost $3.75 for a personal or $20 for a large.

The Lab Handcrafted Comforts is located at 1042 Camellia Blvd. 6 in River Ranch. Learn more by visiting thelabexperience.com or by calling 337-889-5782.Twins Burgers & Sweets

This Lafayette bakery is known for a slightly lighter, moister king cake, according tokingcaker.com.

Flavor options include plain, Bavarian cream, chocolate, strawberry, blueberry, pecan, cream cheese, strawberry cream cheese, blueberry cream cheese and pecan cream cheese.

Small king cakes cost $16.99 for a normal filled and $19.99 for a specialty strawberry cream cheese, blueberry cream cheese or pecan cream cheese filled cake. Large king cakes cost $32.99 for a normal filled and $36.99 for a specialty filled cake.

Twins Burgers & Sweets is located at 2108 Johnston St. in Lafayette and 103 Centre Sarcelle Blvd. in Youngsville. Learn more by visiting twinsburgersandsweets.com or by calling 337-268-9488 for the Lafayette location or 337-857-7225 for Youngsville.Wal-Mart

This superstore is known for bargains, and the king cakes are no exception.Kingcaker.com describes the king cakes as affordable with a “cream cheese and a fruitish concoction” that moistens the cinnamon dough.

Flavor options include cinnamon, Bavarian cream, strawberry, cream cheese and strawberry cream cheese.

Regular king cakes cost $5.98 for cinnamon or $6.98 for all other fillings. Large king cakes cost $9.98 for cinnamon and $11.98 for other fillings.

Wal-Mart locations can by found at 3142 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, 2428 W. Pinhook Road and 1229 NE Evangeline Thruway in Lafayette. Learn more by visitingwalmart.com or by calling 337-989-4082 for Ambassador, 337-231-1852 for Pinhook or 337-232-1677 for Evangeline location.Whole Foods

This high-end grocery store offers a king cake similar to other area grocery stores.

Flavor options include pecan praline, raspberry cream cheese, cinnamon, cream cheese and berry Chantilly.

The king cakes are available in one size and cost $14.99 for any flavor.

Lafayette’s Whole Foods Market is located at 4247 Ambassador Caffery Parkway. Learn more by visiting “Whole Foods Lafayette LA” on Facebook or by calling 337-314-9653.