Paczki is a treat, but not a particularly healthy treat. Each one can contain up to 1,000 calories and 80 grams of fat. Recipes with less calories and fat do exist. Michiganders, however, are partial to the original version, despite the consequences. They share the opinion expressed in the often quoted, if highly glossed, words of Civil War Rear Admiral David Farragut at the Battle of Mobile Bay, “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead, …” or, in this case, the calories and fat.
