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Kennywood Worm Eating Contest Returns With New Twist
Kennywood is bringing back its popular worm eating competition. Find out here what's new about it this year.
WEST MIFFLIN, PA — Kennywood is introducing a new topping for its famed Potato Patch Fries: mealworms.
You read that correctly.
Kennywood's grotesque worm eating contest, part of the amusement park's Phantom Fall Fest festivities, is returning for a second year next month with a few new wrinkles.
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Last year, five people competed to be the fastest to eat 10 live mealworms to win four gold season passes and a merchandise pack. This year, 15 entrants will be randomly selected to compete to eat an entire order of Patch fries topped with cheese and 15 live mealworms.
Each participant will receive two tickets to visit Phantom Fall Fest with a friend on the Oct. 11 event date. October 11. All participants will get a commemorative t-shirt and the contest winners will receive a 2025 Gold Season Pass.
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If you think you have the intestinal fortitude to compete, the entry form can be found here. Your Patch correspondent digs Patch fries, but he isn't going to enter as cheese is his preferred topping on them.
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