Deep-fried entries for Big Tex Choice Awards to be served at fair

DALLAS (AP) — The entries in this year’s Big Tex Choice Awards could entice state fair visitors back to the deep fryer for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

There are Deep Fried Lattes for a morning jump-start, plus fried chili pie, fried guacamole and a range of crispy desserts including Fried Cookie Dough.

The third annual Big Tex Choice Awards contest on Labor Day tests the fair grub ingenuity of State Fair of Texas concessionaires. Past Big Tex awards have offered nonfried options, but none of this year’s seven entries escaped the fryer.

Michael Levy will debut his family’s new Deep Fried Latte, which is a fried pastry topped with cappuccino ice cream, caramel sauce, whipped cream and instant coffee powder.

Concessionaire Allan Weiss is offering up Zesty Fried Guacamole Bites, a variation on the Fried Avocados he created last year. The bites are a scoop of guacamole, breaded, fried and served with ranch dressings or salsa.

Gigi White invented Country Pride Peach Cobbler on a Stick, which is a peach cobbler with dumplings rolled in pastry dough and fried, and then covered in brown sugar and cinnamon and skewered. It’s this year’s only entry on a stick.

The other entries include Fernie’s Fried Chili Frito Burrito, Mama’s Fried Sweet Potato Pie and B.W.’s Original Fried Banana Pudding.

The fair opens Sept. 28.