It's about that time! Time to wreck your diet with the wackiest, most high-calorie treats at the State Fair of Texas!
There are three awards in the Big Tex Choice Awards. Now, we know the finalists. There are ten treats that are in contention for three winning titles: "Best Taste - Savory," "Best Taste - Sweet," and "Most Creative."
Savory finalists: (You've been warned!)
Dominican Fritura Dog, Justin Martinez
This savory dish brings an explosion of flavor that starts with fritura cheese and Dominican salami. This dish is then double deep fried with their famous corn dog batter! Split open and topped with garlic plantain chips, top-secret Dominican sauce, and cilantro!
The Drowning Taquitos, Tony & Terry Bednar
Served in a cup, these fresh, hand-rolled corn tortillas are stuffed with tender shredded chicken and then deep-fried to perfection. But wait! There's more as the taquitos are then "drowned” with a tangy cream sauce, jalapeño, guacamole salsa, shredded lettuce, avocado, tomatillo, pico, and Cotija cheese.
Hippie Chips, Rose & Tom Deschenes
They're wavy potato chip nachos with your choice of either zesty homemade ranch or blue cheese dressing, topped with bacon bits, fresh green onions, and a tangy drizzle of sriracha.
Hot Chick-in-Pancake Poppers, Palmer & Amanda Fortune
It's Authentic Nashville hot chicken and pimento cheese rolled into a ball, dunked into pancake batter, and fried to a golden brown, then topped with a drizzle of Sriracha honey and a sprinkle of Nashville hot powdered sugar.
Texas Fried Burnt End Bombs, Nick & Vera Bert
Texas loves BBQ and this is brisket wrapped with shredded potatoes, bacon, and cheese, deep fry it, and top it with a raspberry chipotle barbeque glaze drizzled to add the perfect touch of sweetness.
Sweet finalists
Nevins Nutty Bar-laska, Tami Nevins Mayes & Josey Mayes
This treat is on a stick and takes the classic nutty bar and adds toasted marshmallow, two Oreos®, strawberry sauce, and freeze-dried strawberry pieces.
Rousso’s Cotton Candy Bacon on a Stick, Isaac Rousso
Are you serious? It's Cotton Candy Bacon on a Stick—a thick, 12-inch piece of bacon cooked with a torch with a cotton candy glaze on top!
Strawberry Pop-Tarts® Beignettfle, Justin Martinez
It's what you get when you combine New Orleans beignets, Pop-Tarts® and waffles, all put together on a stick because Justin says, “Everything is better on a stick.”
Texas Sugar Rush Pickles, Heather Perkins
Now this is b-a-n-a-n-a-s! Actually, it's cotton-candy-flavored pickle slices coated in three cereal varieties—Lucky Charms™, Froot Loops®, and Cap’n Crunch® —and then layered in cotton candy, cotton candy sugar crystals, and powdered sugar before being drizzled with strawberry sundae syrup. And to put it over the top, these "next-level" pickles are served with a bit of vanilla ice cream.
Tropical Two-Step Punch, Binh Tran
To give you a taste of paradise, this punch marinates fruits like citrus, passionfruit, and mango overnight to create a crisp cooler that's fresh, tangy, sweet, sour, and spicy.
I told ya. Happy dieting!
This article was originally posted on WFAA.