Pickle lemonade, espresso-flavored deviled eggs and 5-pound gummy bears: New food at the 2024 Ohio State Fair

The Ohio State Fair is the wild west of culinary creations: Every year, indulgent, wonderful and downright weird menu items are offered to fair-goers by concepts from across the country. Most are delicious, all are eye-catching, and some are downright strange.

And this year, the trend continues full-steam ahead.

Bolstering the fact that pickle-flavored sweet treats have officially arrived as a food trend is a new Pickle Lemonade from Miller & Company Concessions. Speaking of pickle-inspired foods, a new Pickle Pizza from GH Concessions. Mini Pickle ice pops from Eaton Concessions and Gummy Pickles from Brosco round out the Fair’s new pickle-flavored offerings.

The uniqueness doesn’t end with pickles, however. The Ohio Poultry Association will continue to roll out a host of unusual deviled egg flavors. This year include Espresso, Maple Bacon Crunch, Buffalo Chicken, Dill Pickle, Hot Dog and the 2024 flavor of the year, which hasn’t been announced yet.

Plenty of other vendors are going big with their flavors as well. Literally. Brosco is offering “The World’s Largest Gummy Bear,” a 5-pound version of the sweet treat, at this year’s State Fair, in addition to Gummy Corn Dogs and more.

Here’s the rest of the new Fair food for 2024:

-Asian Cajun and Cleveland Corned Egg Rolls – Eggroll Love
-Blueberry Crumble Sundae – North American Food Service, Inc.
-Bombz (puff pastries with Philly Cheesesteak and Cheeseburger fillings)-Fork’Et Me Not
-Caramel Popcorn Ice Cream – Velvet Ice Cream
-Cauliflower Tacos – Fork’et Me Not
-Cheesecake Sundae – Ohio Poultry Association
-Cinnamon Toast Crunch Funnel Cake – GH Concessions, Inc.
-Cookie Monster Sundae – North American Food Service, Inc.
-Cotton Candy Cream Puff – Schmidt’s of German Village
-Fresh Strawberry Parfait (Non-dairy) – JL United
–Strawberries and Creme
-Funnel Cake Sundae – Shelah Otterbacher
-Maple Bacon Funnel Cake – GH Concessions, Inc.
-Mermaids Dippin Dots Float – Ohio Dots, Otter Concessions
-Mexican Street Corn Corndog – Miller & Company Concessions
-Peanut Butter S’mores Funnel Cake – Concessions by Cox
-Superhero Soup – S&C Concessions
-Thanksgiving Stuffed Turkey Leg – Hickory Tree Turkey BBQ
-Turkey Wings – Ohio Poultry Association
–Yum Yum Chicken or Shrimp Loaded Fries – Fork’et Me Not
-Yum Yum Chicken or Shrimp Tacos – Fork’et Me Not
-Yum Yum Chicken, Blackened Chicken, or Shrimp Mac & Cheese – Fork’et Me