Pączki (Polish: [ˈpɔnt​͡ʂki]) are traditional Polish doughnuts. Pączki is the plural form of the Polish word pączek ([ˈpɔ̃t͡ʂɛk]), though many English speakers use paczki as singular and paczkis as plural. A pączek is a deep-fried piece of dough shaped into a flattened sphere and filled with confiture or other sweet filling.

Pączki are usually covered with powdered sugar, icing or bits of dried orange zest. Although they look like bismarcks or jelly doughnuts, pączki (pronounced ponchki but mistakenly pronounced poonchki or punchki)are made from especially rich dough containing eggs, fats, sugar and sometimes milk. They feature a variety of fruit and creme fillings and can be glazed, or covered with granulated or powdered sugar.

Prunes and rose-petal jam[citation needed] are traditional fillings, but many others are used as well, including lemon, strawberry, Bavarian cream, blueberry, custard, raspberry and apple.

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