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NC State Fair's 40 new foods include rattlesnake corn dog, pickle pizza

Pickle pizza, rattlesnake corn dogs and Dole Pineapple Splits are just a few of the 40 new foods coming to the North Carolina State Fair this year.

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Kathy Hanrahan
, WRAL lifestyle editor
RALEIGH, N.C. — Pickle pizza, rattlesnake corn dogs and Dole Pineapple Splits are just a few of the 40 new foods coming to the North Carolina State Fair this year.
The fair released its official list of new food on Tuesday. The fair runs Oct. 13-23 at the N.C. State Fairgrounds.

Among the new sweet options this year is a frozen banana pudding taco from Chick-N-Que food truck, Churros To Go's Sparkling Churros, which are covered in colorful sprinkles, and Kora's Cookie Dough's Oreo Crumble Cookie Dough on a Stick.

Hot Chix Hotcakes & Chicken has two new items: Pumpkin Spice Mini Pancakes and Churro Tots served with dulce de leche sauce for dipping.

There are also a few new drink options, including Moose Joose Slushie's "Fall In A Cup" Green Apple Loaded Slushie and OMG! Banana Pudding's "My Mom's Magic Punch" drink that is billed as an "old fashioned beverage with a new twist."

OMG! Banana Pudding: My Mom's Magic Punch   (Courtesy NC State Fair)

Tropical Delights is known for its smoothies but this year they will also have a Dole Pineapple Split, which will include Dole pineapple and raspberry whip in a pineapple bowl, topped with chocolate covered pineapple slices, toasted coconut flakes and strawberries.

Tropical Delights: Dole Pineapple Split (Courtesy NC State Fair)

Pickles are also having a moment at the fair this year with two new pickle dishes. Chester's Gators and Taters is serving up DILLYlicious Loaded Pickles, which are deep fried and topped with bacon, ranch and beer cheese. Rudy's is serving a Dill Pickle Pizza, which is a traditional pizza with pickles on top.

Bacon is always having a moment at the fair and it will be featured in a variety of new dishes including Beaver Concessions' Deep Fried Piggy Tails, which is deep fried bacon topped with cinnamon and powdered sugar and drizzled with syrup. Woody's will have a "Pig Mac" egg roll filled with white cheddar mac-n-cheese and crispy hickory smoked pork belly.

Bubba's Bacon will have Deep Fried Bacon and Mac-n-Cheese Tacos this year.

Bubba's Bacon: Deep Fried Bacon and Mac-n-Cheese Tacos (Courtesy NC State Fair)

Pioneer Wagon has one of the most talked about items this year in its Rattlesnake Corn Dog. The dish features sausage made from rattlesnake meat, battered and deep fried, then topped with avocado sauce.

A list of new foods with descriptions from the N.C. State Fair

  • Anita's Authentic: Quesadillas with Cactus, Chorizo, Aguas Frescas Pineapple and Horchata, Guayaba, Gorditas - Mexican street food
  • Arepa Loca: La Sabrosa Taco - Arepa made of pork marinated with garlic, onion, guagillo chilis, cloves salt, pepper and pineapple. Topped with sweet plantains and our traditional cilantro guacamole.
  • Beaver Concessions: Deep Fried Piggy Tails - Deep fried bacon topped with cinnamon and powdered sugar, drizzled with syrup.
  • Bubba's Bacon: Deep Fried Bacon and Mac-n-Cheese Tacos - From the home of the deep fried bacon grilled cheese comes this year's delightful treat of bacon and mac-n-cheese tacos deep fried until crispy and topped with a melted cheese sauce.
  • Chef's D'Lites: Deep Fried Cuban Rolls - Thin sliced smoked ham, Swiss cheese, slow roasted pulled pork and sliced pickles, rolled up and deep fried to a golden brown. Served with a spicy honey mustard on the side for dipping.
  • Chester's Gators and Taters: DILLYlicious Loaded Pickles - Deep fried pickle fries loaded with bacon, ranch and beer cheese
  • Chick-N-Que: Frozen Banana Pudding Tacos - Fried tortilla filled with our frozen house-made banana pudding, topped with whipped cream, a nilla wafer and drizzled with caramel.
  • Chick-N-Que: Hot Chicken Tacos - Hot chicken tenders wrapped in a flour tortilla and topped with slaw, pickles and crema.
  • Churros To Go: Sparkling Churros - These churros are sure to attract the kids with their bright and fanciful colors, glazed and topped with sugar in different colors and textures.
Churros To Go: Sparkling Churros (Courtesy NC State Fair)
  • Cool Runnings: Jerk BBQ Pulled Pork Bowl - Jerk BBQ pulled pork served with our homemade macaroni and cheese.
  • Douglas Farms: DoriEsquites - Mexican street corn served in a bag of crushed Doritos.
  • Fat Boys BBQ: Smokin' Bovine Roll - Burnt end brisket served on a roll with sweet and tangy sauce and slaw upon request.
  • Fluffys Handcut Donuts: Banana Cream Pie Donut - Handcut yeast raised donut, filled with banana cream pudding, dipped in vanilla icing and topped with crushed nilla wafers and a banana.
  • Fun Time Foods: Chicken Pot Pie Biscuit - Talk about a prime southern comfort food. Delicious chicken pot pie served open-faced on the flakiest of homemade biscuits.
  • Gobblin' Gourmet: Cornbread & Chili Savory Funnel Cake - Cornbread funnel cake topped with vegetarian chili, shredded cheese, sour cream and jalapenos.
Gobblin' Gourmet: Cornbread & Chili Savory Funnel Cake (Courtesy NC State Fair)
  • Golden K Dog: Korean Corn Dogs - These classics of Korean street food are not your typical corn dogs! Typically made with a beef or chicken sausage, or mozzarella cheese (or both), wrapped with yeasted batter, coated with panko breadcrumbs or petit potato cubes, then deep fried to a golden brown.
  • Golden K Dog: Honey Butter Chicken Fries - Chicken fries deep fried to a crispy golden and then covered in a smooth honey butter sauce.
  • Hickory Tree Turkey BBQ: Thanksgiving Stuffed Turkey Leg - Smoked turkey leg stuffed with stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce. Optional: Candied yams, collards or mac-n-cheese.
  • Hot Chix Hotcakes & Chicken: Pumpkin Spice Mini Pancakes - Fluffy mini pancakes covered in pumpkin sauce, icing and pumpkin spice seasoning. Served with whipped cream for dipping.
  • Hot Chix Hotcakes & Chicken: Churro Tots - Tater tots covered in cinnamon and sugar, served with dulce de leche sauce for dipping.
Hot Chix Hotcakes & Chicken: Churro Tots (Courtesy NC State Fair)
  • Incredible Popcorn: Flavored Popcorn - Incredible Popcorn has been selling delicious popcorn for over 15 years. Available in tons of fruit flavors, s'mores, pumpkin, Oreo, peanut butter cup, birthday cake, jalapeno, pickle and more!
  • Kora's Cookie Dough (Emma's Cookie Kitchen): Oreo Crumble Cookie Dough on a Stick - A chocolate lover's dream! Chocolate chocolate chip cookie dough dipped in chocolate and then rolled in delicious Oreo crumbles.
Kora's Cookie Dough (Emma's Cookie Kitchen): Oreo Crumble Cookie Dough on a Stick  (Courtesy NC State Fair)
  • La Farm Bakery: Buffalo Chicken Pinwheels - Warm Buffalo chicken dip and cheddar cheese spread over a laminated whole wheat croissant and rolled into a pinwheel.
  • Lee's Kitchen: Curry Goat Platter - Savory goat served in a curry sauce with mac and cheese, cabbage and a roasted plantain.
  • Moose Joose Slushie: Fall In A Cup Green Apple Loaded Slushie - Green apple slush combined with caramel drizzle, apple slices, whipped cream and caramel bits.
  • Oak City Fish and Chips: Salmon Pops - Fried salmon skewered and topped with a half lemon.
  • OMG! Banana Pudding: My Mom's Magic Punch - Experience the WOW! with my mom's magic punch. Old fashioned beverage with a new twist!
  • Original Mineapple Pie: Mini-Blueberry Pie - Just when you couldn't get enough of Minneapple Pie's apple variety, they're coming back this year with blueberry! Vanilla ice cream makes this one a can't miss!
  • Pioneer Wagon: Rattlesnake Corn Dog - Step back to the wild west with this battered rattlesnake sausage, deep fried and topped with avocado sauce. The Pioneer Wagon will also serve rattlesnake and elk sausage, elk corn dogs and snake bite nachos!
  • Ragin' Cajun: Deep Fried NC Country Ham with Bourbon Peach Jam - NC country ham slices breaded and deep fried, served with bourbon peach jam.
  • Rudy's: Dill Pickle Pizza - Rudy's traditional pizza topped with every dill pickle lovers' dream!
  • S2 Concessions: Pepsi Glazed Mini Donuts - Mini donuts with a Pepsi glaze, topped with optional chopped peanuts.
  • Salsa Kingdom MW: Mild, Hot & Thermal Salsa - Time to kick things up a notch with Salsa Kingdom's array of homemade salsas. They will also be serving chili!
  • Sassy's Sweet Potatoes: Sassy's Soup of the Day - Sassy will be serving up some delicious Soup of the Day options including: cold or hot tomato and herb, hot sweet potato with pears and apples, homemade vegetable with or without rice or noodles, and loaded potato.
  • Somethin' Good (Ezzell's): Sweet Potato Country Ham Biscuit - Spiced sweet potato biscuit with brown sugar cinnamon butter and country ham. The perfect balance of sweet and savory.
  • South Raleigh Civitan: Quesabirrias Tacos - Quesabirria is a Mexican dish comprising birria-style cooked beef folded into a tortilla with melted cheese and served with a side of consommé for dipping.
  • Tropical Delights: Dole Pineapple Split - Three mounds of dole pineapple and raspberry whip in a pineapple bowl, garnished with chocolate covered pineapple slices, toasted coconut flakes and strawberries.
Waffle Chix: Chicken Bacon Ranch Waffle Stick (Courtesy NC State Fair)
  • Waffle Chix: Chicken Bacon Ranch Waffle Stick - The Waffle Chix original Chicken in a Waffle on a Stick made even better when topped with ranch dressing and real bacon! For a little extra zest, try it with Buffalo wing sauce!
  • Waypoint Oyster Bar: Fried NC Flounder Tacos - Two fried NC Flounder tacos with house-made corn and black bean salsa, topped with an avocado cilantro cream sauce.
Waypoint Oyster Bar: Fried NC Flounder Tacos  (Courtesy NC State Fair)
  • Woody's: Pig Mac - Homemade white cheddar mac-n-cheese and crispy hickory smoked pork belly, hand-rolled in an eggroll wrapper and deep fried until golden.
Woody's: Pig Mac (Courtesy NC State Fair)

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