Came across this a few days ago.......
Deep-fried bubblegum, hot mess biscuits: Meet the 2024 Iowa State Fair's 84 new foods
84 new foods!!! I'm not even sure the Illinois State Fair has 84 foods (non-duplicative) in total.
(yes, there's a little snark in that last sentence)
So what are the 84? And which 3 would I pay to try?
- Apple fries
- Bacon cheeseburger egg roll
- Barbie era funnel cake
- Beer belly fries
- BLT on a stick
- Breakfast sandwich
- Brunchy burger
- Pork’s bloody mary buffet
- Butter beer ice cream
- Calamari
- Candied bacon gnocchi
- Cheeseburger corn dog
- Chicken flautas
- DG chicken strips
- Chicken mac attack bowl
- Chicken nest
- Cinnamon crunch apple taco
- Connecticut-style lobster roll
- Cookies and cream ice cream nachos
- Corn in a cup
- Crème brulée stuffed French toast
- Deep-fried bubble gum
- Deep-fried hot Cheetos pretzel
- Deep-fried PB& J
- Deep-fried pepperoni chips
- Disco stick
- Dough-chos
- Fabulous fries
- Fiesta egglote
- Firecracker shrimp
- Flight fry bread
- Hot Cheeto float
- Funnel cake burger
- Garlic ranch pickle pizza
- Golden fried veggie samosas
- Handheld charcuterie
- Hot chick chicken
- Hot mess biscuit
- Ice cream nachos
- Iowa street corn specialty pizza
- Iowa sm'oak'ed roll
- Italian meatball sub
- AE party balls
- Lamb snack sticks
- Lemonade doughnut drops
- Lil' L'Roy bites
- Lobster corn dog
- Loose L'Roy sandwich
- Louisiana mac bowl
- Maple bacon bliss sundae
- Nachorito
- Not Your Daddy's burger
- PB&J biscuit
- Peanut butter pretzel brownies
- Pickle pizza
- Piggy in a doughnut
- Pink lemonade whoopie pies
- Pork belly corn dog
- Pork belly corndog bites
- Protein bowl
- Pulled pork smoked snacks
- Puppy chow
- Ragin’ raspberry ravioli
- Raspberry cheesecake frozen yogurt
- Shoot tequila funnel cake
- Siracha pickle
- Spicy fever beefburger
- Standby biscuit
- Strawberries and cream waffle on a stick
- Sunrise sugar pearl waffle sandwich
- The Big Daddy burger
- The illusion ice cream
- The party biscuit
- The regular biscuit
- Bacon brisket smash burger
- Tipsy peach
- Tornado
- Two-foot Connecticut-style lobster roll
- Two-foot lobster roll
- Up in smoke snacks
- Up on the dill fries
- Walking Frito pie
- Walleye fish tacos
- What's your wonton
The 3 I wanna try:
-CHEESEBURGER CORN DOG
-APPLE FRIES
-BLT ON A STICK
And for dessert:
-PINK LEMONADE WHOOPIE PIE
Additional comments I have:
- PUPPY CHOW: Like the stuff made with cocoa and Chex? That's a fair food?
- DEEP FRIED BUBBLE GUM: Whaaaaat?
- If TORNADO is a potato tornado, the Illinois State Fair has had those for years. And they are delicious!
- DG CHICKEN STRIPS: Dollar General?
(Here's where I found the list:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/07/10/iowa-state-fair-new-foods-in-2024/74349444007/)
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt