55 Best Mardi Gras Captions to Show Off Your Beads and Beignets

Say hoorah for Mardi Gras! The sparkly, spirited holiday is on the horizon, which means it's time to let your inner party animal thaw. Or, at the very least, build up an appetite for all the marvelous Mardi Gras food, like jambalaya, king cake, and beignets! Which, by the way, are best eaten while wearing your best purple, green, and gold attire. Whether you're in New Orleans or not, all those Mardi Gras desserts and parties deserve a spot on your Instagram feed! And, of course, you'll need some creative captions to pair with all your festive photos.

Enter: fun Mardi Gras captions. We promise these captions and quotes are just as clever and cute as the photos you took, and there's one for every style and mood! If you want to go the humorous route, try writing: "What happens on the float, stays on the float." 😂 Or, if you're looking for something that highlights your outfit, you could try something like, "Beads and bling, it's a Mardi Gras thing." Scroll through this list and let us know which ones you plan to use!

• Po' boys before boys.
• Will run for king cake.
• Shrimp and rice and everything nice.
• King cake calories don't count.
• Crawfish cravings quelled.
• Say yay for beignets!
• Giddy for gumbo.
• Let them eat king cake.
• To beignet or not to beignet!
• There's no parade I wouldn't cross for some king cake.
• I'd be jambalayin' if I told you I wasn't looking forward to Mardi Gras.
• I've gotta admit, it's beignet a while.
• Mardi Gras? Beignet, done that.

• Less bitter, more glitter.
• Keep calm and Mardi on.
• Let's get jazzy.
• Meet me by the bayou.
• Welcome to the Mardi party!
• Call me Cajun.
• Ready to Mardi my Gras off.
• You'll find me at the parade.
• New Orleans, you'll never get rid of me.
• If we made the rules, Mardi Gras would be every day.
• Let the good times roll.
• I'm the life of the Mardi.

• Peace, love, and lots of Mardi Gras parties.
• Leaving a trail of glitter everywhere I go.
• Fat Tuesday is the only Tuesday I like.
• I wanna be loved Bayou.
• Got a little Cajun in my soul!
• Beads and bling: It’s a Mardi Gras thing.
• Fat Tuesday: I've been training for this.
• On Tuesdays, we wear beads.
• From now on sweet dreams are made of king cake & dancing at Mardi Gras.
• What happens on the float, stays on the float.
• Nobody puts baby in a king cake.

• You can't buy happiness, but you can buy beads.
• It all starts with one bead.
• I'm kind of a bead deal.
• Life is short. Buy the beads.
• Nothing beads Mardi Gras.
• Shine bright like a diamond.
• Throw me something!
• Beads or it didn’t happen.
• From bead to shining bead.
• Welcome to the jungle: We got king cake and beads.

• "It's a great party, and anyone who doesn't enjoy Mardi Gras is not of this world." —Franklin Alvarado
• "There is no place on Earth even remotely like New Orleans." —Anthony Bourdain
• "An American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi Gras in New Orleans." —Mark Twain
• "There's a lot of places I like, but I like New Orleans better." —Bob Dylan
• “My music is homegrown from the garden of New Orleans." —Allen Toussaint
• "Mardi Gras is in our soul." —Kim Priez
• "There's no place like New Orleans." —Harry Connick Jr.
• "Mardi Gras is a state of mind." —Ed Muniz
• "It's in our soul to have Mardi Gras." —Arthur Hardy

Nitya Rao

Editorial Assistant

Nitya Rao is the editorial assistant at The Pioneer Woman, covering stories ranging from food, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, news, and more.