Drink your King Cake! Here's a half dozen recipes for King Cake cocktails, including one from our own Bill DeTurk (Friday New Orleans Music Show host). Now there's a reason to save all those king cake babies: they make great ornaments for these drinks. And for a purple-green-and-gold garnish, use colored bar sugar, which is available on line.

Bill DeTurk's King Cake Cocktail 

Louisiana Cookin' magazine's King Cake Cocktail

King Cake Old Fashioned from Abigail Gullo, formerly of SoBou

Emeril's King Cake Martini

Deep South Magazine's King Cake cocktail

Food Network's Parade Time cocktail