10 New Foods At State Fairs

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Top 10 New Foods At The 2011 State Fairs

It's America's favorite meal - the state fair! Every year, the fairs across this great land compete with each other to invent bigger, badder, greasier fair food. But after Texas stepped up its game last year with deep fried beer, this thing hit a whole 'nother level. The 2011 state and country fair foods have been more insane -- and more amazing -- than ever. Here are our top 10 favorite finds.


1. Fried Ice Cream Burger - Florida State Fair

Move over, Luther burger, there’s a new game in town, and this one comes with all the works. And by that of course we mean bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickle…and a scoop of cornflake-battered, deep fried ice cream. Bravo, America - you’ve done it again. Until next year. (Photo: Cheryl Reas)


2. Breakfast Lollipop – Minnesota State Fair

Because no one should have to wait until lunchtime to start their deep fried gorging, Minnesota debuted this breakfast sausage patty on a stick. It’s dipped in corn muffin batter, deep fried, and covered in maple syrup. Read more about the Minnesota Fair’s amazing food options at Heavy Table. (Photo: Natalie Champa Jennings)


3. Deep Fried Salsa - Texas State Fair

Well you’ve got to have something to top your bananarito with, don’t you? Just kidding - this one is basically a meal unto itself - jalapenos, roasted garlic, onion, tomato, and pepper rolled together, dipped in masa, covered in crumbled tortilla chips, and fried, with queso dip on the side. (Photo: State Fair of Texas)


4. Chocolate Covered Jalapeno Poppers - Minnesota State Fair

Looks like the new trend this year its taking deep fried classics and covering them in chocolate. Legendary Minnesota State Fair vendor Andre’s Watermelon decided to give jalapeño poppers the sweet makeover this year. (Photo: Minnesota State Fair)


5. El Bananarito - Texas State Fair

This one has fruit in it, so we’re counting it as healthy. For some inexplicable reason, someone in Texas thought to roll a banana in a flour tortilla, deep fry the whole thing, then top it with whipped cream, powdered sugar, and chocolate sauce. Yes, please. (State Fair of Texas)


6. Red Velvet Funnel Cake - Florida State Fair

Funnel cake has fallen behind on the list of outrageous fair foods recently. After fried beer and fried Coke, plain old fried dough starts to look pale by comparison. But this year we saw funnel cake get a new southern fried twist that injects some new life into it…and probably injects all kinds of chemicals too. Why eat fried dough when you can eat red fried dough? (Photo: Bob B. Brown)


7. Buffalo Chicken in a Flapjack - Texas State Fair

The first of several entries from the Lone Star state, this monstrosity is a chicken strip, coated in pancake batter and jalapeno bread crumbs, then deep fried and...you guessed it - eaten on a stick. (Photo: State Fair of Texas)


8. Deep Fried Butter on a Stick - Iowa State Fair

[link] New Fair Food Fried Butter On A Stick!

Texas may have invented deep fried butter at their own fair a few years back, but Iowa thought to put it on a stick. See, America, we can do great things when we work together. Yes, this involves frying an entire stick of butter, and yes, you simply have to watch the video for full effect.


9. Deep Fried Kool-Aid - San Diego County Fair

In another strong showing for California’s other great fair - and originator of last year’s hash brown covered hot dog, San Diego debuts what is surely the trashiest food ever conceptualized. It’s just unclear why they didn’t wrap it in bacon. (Photo: Cuttlefish)


10. Chocolate Covered Corn Dog - Orange County Fair

Could there be anything more American than dipping a hot dog in batter, deep frying it and eating it off a stick? Why yes, there could be. You could cover it in chocolate and put sprinkles on top. Foodie-a-gogo has more on food at the OC Fair. (Photo: Foodie-a-gogo)

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