New State Fair Foods

The Minnesota State Fair has announced the new foods that can be found at this years fair. Last year I did a review of fair food, but it looks like I will have more work to do this year!

• Chocolate covered jalapeño peppers
• Not sure about this, but I’m willing to try it…
• Mexican horchata (cold drink made of rice, almonds, cinnamon, vanilla and sugar)
• I’ve heard of horchata, and I’ve heard good things, but if there isn’t alcohol in it, it’s not on my fair beverage radar
• Jamaican jerk fries
• Borrrr-ring
• Crab fritters
• Ok, now you’re speaking my language. Deep fried crab is in my state fair wheelhouse.
• Northwoods salad (a portable caprese salad)
• Salad? Really? Even if it’s on a stick, this new food is DOA.
• Dirt dessert (Oreo cookies, vanilla pudding, whipped cream, cream cheese and gummy worms)
• Sounds yummy, but this is something I can make at home… not worth the precious stomach space at the State Fair
• Sweet-corn ice cream
• I don’t have any desire to eat sweet corn ice cream, but it doesn’t get much more “state fair” than this. I gotta try it!
• Coushari rice with lentils
• Could be tasty… but at a middle eastern restaurant, not the State Fair
• Grilled chicken pita
• Quite pedestrian…
• Deep-fried cookie dough
• We’ve had deep fried cookies (although I curse Axel’s for taking them off their menu last year), so I’m ready for this!
• Terijaki chicken on-a-stick
• Yawn…
• Pretzel dog on-a-stick
• I am so down with this… in fact, I plan to have two!
• Grilled Yankee apple pie and chocolate sandwich (brioche filled with apples and spices covered in chocolate, grilled and topped with powdered sugar)
• Mmmmm… sounds like State Fair breakfast to me
• Breakfast lollipop (sausage patty deep-fried on-a-stick with a side of maple syrup)
• Ok, *this* sounds like a State Fair breakfast!

The fair is only 76 days away! I’m hungry and ready!