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Photos: MN State Fair Announces 33 New Foods, 5 Food Vendors

The Minnesota State Fair unveiled Tuesday 33 official new foods and six new food vendors to its already massive menu.

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3 Piggy Pals On-A-Stick: Three smoked sausage slices wrapped in bacon, filled with a cream cheese mix, and drizzled with barbecue sauce. Topped with a jalapeño slice and served on-a-stick. (Gluten-Friendly) (Minnesota State Fair)
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Afro Poppers: Bite-size pastries infused with an African blend of spices – ground vanilla, cardamom, ginger, cloves and nutmeg – deep-fried and coated with choice of coconut flakes, sugar or served plain. Topped with mango chutney, caramel or chocolate. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Ba'bacon Sour Cream + Onion: Sour cream + onion hummus topped with beef bacon, sumac tater tots, caramelized onions, scallions, French onion creme fraiche (pronounced krem fresh), black cumin seeds and chive oil. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Blazing Greek Bites: Deep-fried bites made from a blend of chickpeas, tomato, roasted red pepper, scallions and cayenne pepper. Served with a side of roasted red pepper hummus. (Gluten-Free, Vegan) (Minnesota State Fair)
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Buffalo Cheese Curd & Chicken Tacos: Fried buffalo-flavored cheese curds and chicken topped with blue cheese slaw, drizzled with buffalo sauce, and served in a fried flour shell. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Chile Mango Whip: Mango Dole Soft Serve in a cup rimmed and topped with chamoy (pronounced chah-moy) and Tajín (pronounced tuh-HEEN). Garnished with a tamarind (pronounced ta-mr-uhnd) candy straw. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Cookie Butter Crunch Mini Donuts: Vanilla-flavored mini donuts coated with vanilla sugar, topped with Biscoff cookie butter drizzle and cookie crumbles, and served in a bucket rimmed with cookie butter and cookie crumbles. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Cotton Candy Iced Tea: Brewed butterfly pea flower tea sweetened with natural flavor and cane sugar. Garnished with a swirl of edible glitter and a rock candy swizzle stick to stir for a color-changing effect. (Gluten-Free, CaffeineFree, Vegan) (Minnesota State Fair)
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Crab Boil Wings: Chicken wings marinated in hot sauce, grilled and then fried with corn, chicken apple sausage and potatoes. Tossed in a "crab boil" butter and finished with a lemon wedge and parsley. (Gluten-Free) (Minnesota State Fair)
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Deep-Fried Halloumi: Cheese Halloumi cheese, crafted from a blend of sheep and goat milk, wrapped in pastry dough and deep-fried. Served with a side of sweet chili sauce. (Vegetarian) (Minnesota State Fair)
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Deep-Fried Ranch Dressing: Ranch dressing filling made with ranch seasoning, buttermilk and cream cheese in a panko shell, deep-fried and dusted with ranch powder. Served with a side of hot honey sauce crafted with Cry Baby Craig's hot sauce. (Vegetarian) (Minnesota State Fair)
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Dill Pickle Tots: Fried tater tots tossed in dill seasoning with a hint of vinegar flavor – like a dill pickle potato chip. (Vegan) (Minnesota State Fair)
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Fried Bee-Nana Pie: Handmade pie filled with Minnesota honey, fresh banana and Biscoff® cookie butter; battered and deep-fried. (Vegetarian) (Minnesota State Fair)
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Grilled Purple Sticky Rice: Purple sticky rice grilled over an open flame until crunchy, then topped with choice of shredded Hmong beef jerky or pickled mushrooms. Garnished with fresh herbs and finished with Union Hmong Kitchen's Krunchy Chili Aioli. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Ham and Pickle Roll Up on a Potato Skin: Three fried potato skins filled with a blend of sour cream, cream cheese, chopped pickles and ham. Topped with potato chip crumbles. (Gluten-Friendly) (Minnesota State Fair)
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Lady's Slipper Marble Sundae: Bridgeman's strawberry ice cream, lemon marshmallow cream and ladyfinger cookies layered in a cup and topped with whipped cream and a cherry. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Marco's Garden: Local rhubarb jam, thyme-marinated locally sourced tomatoes, farmer cheese, jalapeño and honey served with a side of grilled gluten-free flatbread. (Gluten-Free, Vegan option uses thyme tofu dip and maple syrup instead of cheese and honey. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Mocha Madness Shave Ice: Fluffy shave ice with caffeine-free coffee flavoring and an overflowing caramel macchiato (pronounced mah-kee-ah-toe) cold foam center. Drizzled with chocolate syrup and garnished with dark chocolate espresso beans. (Gluten-Free) (Minnesota State Fair)
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New vendor: Chan's Eatery serves Korean corndogs (hot dog and mozzarella cheese, battered with panko, deep-fried and finished with a dusting of cinnamon sugar. (Minnesota State Fair)
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New vendor: El Burrito Mercado serves Quesabirria Taquitos. (Minnesota State Fair)
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New vendor: Kosharina (pronounced koe-shah-reenah) serves Egyptian Cuisine. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Loon Lake Iced Tea: Loon Lake Iced Tea serves Official New Food Cotton Candy Iced Tea, plus a variety of brewed, naturally flavored, cane sugar-sweetened iced teas, including blood orange, blueberry, peach, strawberry and unsweetened. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Midtown Global Market's Indigenous Food Lab: Midtown Global Market's Indigenous Food Lab serves Official New Food Nixtamal (pronounced nix-ta-mal) & Wild Rice Bowl with Wóžapi (pronounced woh-zjah-pee) & Bison Meatballs or Sweet Potato Dumplings. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Paella Depot (pronounced pie-ay-uh): Paella Depot serves Chicken & Chorizo Paella (traditional Spanish caramelized rice dish with leeks, red bell peppers, zucchini and snap peas, with option to add fried egg or seafood). (Minnesota State Fair)
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Nixtamal & Wild Rice Bowl with Wóžapi & Bison Meatballs or Sweet Potato Dumplings (pronounced nix-ta-mal and woh-zjah-pee): Choice of bison meatballs or sweet potato dumplings, topped with mixed berry wóžapi sauce, and served on a bed of nixtamal. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Patata Frita Focacciawich (pronounced pah-tah-tah, free-tuh, foe-cah-shah-wich): "Patata Frita" kettle chip-flavored ice cream created by Minnesota Dairy Lab, sandwiched between focaccia bread from Wrecktangle Pizza. (Minnesota State Fair)
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PB Bacon Cakes: Thick-cut bacon dipped in pancake batter, griddled and topped with peanut butter whipped cream, grape jelly and banana chips. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Raging Ball: Deep-fried sesame mochi (pronounced moe-chee) dough ball with vegan cheeseburger filling. Made with house-made vegan burger mix, vegan cheddar cheese, grilled onions and pickles. Topped with bacon-flavored powdered sugar. (Gluten-Friendly,Veg (Minnesota State Fair)
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Savory Éclairs in Two Varieties: Choux (pronounced shoo) pastry éclair (pronounced ee-klehr) shell with choice of filling: Bánh Mì (pronounced bahn-mee) or Lobster. Bánh Mì Éclair: Filled with pork confit (pronounced cone-fee), chicken liver pâté. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Shroomy "Calamari": Oyster mushrooms hand-breaded and deep-fried. Served with a side of chipotle sauce. (Gluten-Free,Vegan) (Minnesota State Fair)
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Strawberries and Cream Waffle Stick: Belgian waffle filled with strawberry shortcake cookie dough, topped with whipped cream and strawberry sauce, and served on-a-stick. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Strawberry Lemonade Donut: Hand-cut yeast-raised donut frosted with lemon buttercream, rolled in strawberry lemonade crunch, and garnished with lemon gummy candy and freeze-dried strawberry slice. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Swedish Ice Cream Sundae: Vanilla ice cream covered in lingonberry jam, sprinkled with Swedish ginger cookie crumble, and garnished with a ginger cookie heart. (Vegetarian) (Minnesota State Fair)
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Swedish 'Sota Sliders: Hamline Church Dining Hall's Cranberry-Wild Rice Meatball formed into patties, paired with dill Havarti cheese and a red relish of beets, red onions, red peppers, lingonberries and cranberries, served on two brioche buns. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Sweet Corn Cola Float: Minnesota-made sweet corn cola and sweet corn ice cream in a cup, finished with whipped cream, popping candy and house-made frozen caramel. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Sweet Heat Bacon Crunch: Double-smoked slab bacon tossed in RC's red barbecue sauce and topped with hot honey & chili crunch, served over a bed of white rice, and garnished with green onions. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Turkey Kristo: Minnesota-made Texas toast from Pan-O-Gold Bakery, sliced Ferndale Market turkey, CannonBelles white cheddar cheese, apple butter made from locally sourced Westcott Orchard apples, and house-made spicy brown mustard mayo. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Walking Shepherd's Pie: Two handmade hot pastries filled with braised ground beef, mashed potatoes and a blend of onions, carrots and peas tossed in herb gravy. (Minnesota State Fair)
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Wrangler Waffle Burger: Fresh all-beef patty and signature Whataburger® Patty Melt Sauce layered with American cheese and served in a caramelized onion-infused Nordic Waffle. (Minnesota State Fair)

ST. PAUL, MN — The Minnesota State Fair unveild Tuesday 33 official new foods and six new food vendors to the expansive menu already offered at the Great Minnesota Get-Together.

In total, 1,600 menu items will be available at nearly 300 different concession locations throughout the fairgrounds this year, state fair officials said.

Learn more about the new food items, and where to find them, on the State Fair website.

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