Great Balls of Barbecue: Food at the Texas State Fair

Essentially a cookie disguised as a crinkle-cut french fry. The slender cookie comes in flavors like chocolate chip or sprinkles. These sweet treats are served with your choice of strawberry or milk chocolate sauce.

A classic cherry-flavored Jell-O in a panko-crusted breading, flash-fried, and then dusted with powdered sugar. Prepared with a tasty topping of whipped cream and a cherry garnish.

Smoke-crusted BBQ beef brisket is hand shredded with bock BBQ sauce and molded to form balls. The ball of beef is then breaded with seasoned bread crumbs and deep fried to a crispy perfection. Served on top of a bed of coleslaw, each order comes with its own pipette of bock BBQ sauce to be injected into the brisket balls.

Marinated grilled chicken and shrimp are served over a bed of yellow Caribbean fried rice and topped with a tropical salsa and pineapple rum glaze. Served in a pineapple half shell.

A miniature, handmade seasoned ground beef patty is stuffed with shredded cheddar cheese, bacon, and an all-beef hot dog on a Hawaiian roll. Placed on a skewer topped with a pickle, dipped in a tempura batter and deep fried then served on a bed of shoestring fries with, of course, ranch dipping sauce.

Like the traditional crunchy snack, but this is stuffed with pulled pork, pepper jack cheese, pineapple slices and bacon. It is then dipped in a flavorful batter and deep fried. Served with a multilayered sweet BBQ sauce.

Juicy shredded chicken is mixed with bits of signature seasonings, dough and a touch of gravy. The mixture is then rolled into balls, coated with breadcrumbs and deep fried golden brown. Served with fried “biscuit bites” and a side of gravy.

A savory cream sauce filled with shredded roasted chicken breast, diced white potatoes, sweet carrots, peas, corn and a special blend of herbs and spices is ladled into a flaky pastry dough and folded into a “hot pocket” style then deep fried. Served with a side of mac ‘n cheese-inspired dip - a unique sharp cheddar sauce.