In Hawaii, Fat Tuesday is also known by what doughnut-related name?

In Hawaii, Fat Tuesday is also known as Malasada Day.

The name comes from malasadas, Portuguese-style fried doughnuts traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. The custom reached Hawaii with Portuguese immigrants who arrived during the 19th-century sugar-plantation era, especially from Madeira and the Azores.

Malasadas are usually round, holeless, and coated in sugar. Unlike many filled doughnuts, the traditional version is often plain inside, although Hawaiian bakeries now sell varieties filled with custard, haupia, chocolate, guava, lilikoi, mango, or ube. Their crisp exterior and soft, airy center make them especially associated with celebrations.

Leonard’s Bakery helped popularize the Hawaiian tradition after opening in Honolulu in 1952. Its Fat Tuesday sales turned malasadas into a major local ritual. “Paczki Day” and “Beignet Day” refer to other regional fried-pastry traditions, not Hawaii’s customary name for the holiday.