Mardi Gras is all about excess, so it only makes sense that yes, you can have your king cake and drink it too.

Or you can forgo the cake altogether and just order the King Cake Latte that you’ll find on offer at just about any Gulf Coast coffee shop this time of year. There’s a lot of flexibility in the definition of a king cake, so it only makes sense that there would be a lot of variation in the caffeinated-beverage spinoffs.