It's now possible to hold onto two items at once in the Deluxe version of Mario Kart 8. One in the hand of the driver and one in the reserve. Is it possible to swap the items you're holding on your hand with the item you have on the reserve? Or do you always have to use the item on your hand first?
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – How to Swap Held Items
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Best Answer
I would look at your controls menu to see if there is a specific button because I haven't found anything that labels what exactly could swap two items, but there was this info from Polygon.
The parts I bolded suggests you can swap between the two active item slots, but no indication as to what button(s) perform that action.
However; as GarrettJ pointed out (which is much more likely the case), cycling through them most likely means consuming the items to get through them.
HOWEVER, this thread, suggests you cannot, unlike in the game double dash - whatever is your first held item seems to go into your back (2nd) slot and stays until the 1st is gone.