{"id":459323,"date":"2026-10-07T18:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T18:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/459323\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T18:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T18:24:10","slug":"11-must-try-state-fair-of-texas-foods-according-to-redditors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/459323\/","title":{"rendered":"11 must-try State Fair of Texas foods, according to Redditors"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the State Fair of Texas<\/a> rolls around every year, the new and buzzy foods seem to get much of the recognition.<\/p>\n

But according to a group of local Redditors<\/a> in the r\/Dallas thread, there are plenty of other foods worth the love and that are considered staples to many.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a list of these Redditors\u2019 go-to State Fair foods that go beyond the hype.<\/p>\n

One Redditor said the Cajun shrimp stuffed baked potato is \u201cone of the only items at the fair that\u2019s actually worth what you pay.\u201d The Blackened Shrimp Baked Potato can be found at the Shrimp Doc booth, which has been operating at the fair for over 10 years.<\/p>\n

Fried frito pie bites at Bert’s Concessions is a dish one Redditor gets every year. Another item they praised was Nevins Concessions\u2019 Texas Ranch Hog Wings, calling them \u201ca tender and juicy eat-with-your-hands serving of pork.\u201d The hog wings are slow-cooked pork shanks that are flash-fried, tossed in spicy ranch seasoning, and topped with the stand\u2019s signature Damn Serious Sauce and green onions.<\/p>\n

Another Redditor said the viral Pickle Pizza by Tommy G\u2019s is \u201cactually worth the hype.\u201d<\/p>\n

Milagro\u2019s mole fries and a grilled pimento cheese sandwich, or the Hammy Pimento Meltdown, from Highland Park Soda Fountain also were listed.<\/p>\n

The cinnamon rolls from\u00a0Shug\u2019s, now called Shugr’s,\u00a0and Stubby’s,\u00a0which debuted\u00a0Shug’s in 2025, were described by two\u00a0Redditors as the best they’ve ever had.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A few Redditors gave the fried cheesecake shouts of praise, though they did not mention which booth they prefer.\u00a0Bert’s and Juicy’s Tailgate are two concessionares that sell fried cheesecake.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One Redditor called the chocolate-covered strawberry waffle balls from Zable’s Belgian Waffles\u00a0probably the \u201cbest sweet thing\u201d they\u2019ve eaten.<\/p>\n

The deep-fried Reese\u2019s and cream from the Smokey John’s booth are \u201cawesome,\u201d they also said. Smokey John\u2019s also received praise for its Twinkle Twinkle Brisket Star, which The Dallas Morning News named the best new State Fair food<\/a> for 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When the State Fair of Texas rolls around every year, the new and buzzy foods seem to get…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[95929,27,29,28,88575,89512,87998,95188,89307],"class_list":["post-459323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-arts-entertainment-state-fair","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tp-south-dallas","tag-tp-texas","tag-tp-dallas","tag-tp-fair-park","tag-tp-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}