Toppling burgers, funnel cakes and drinks among 40 new concession items at Indiana State Fair

The Brunch Mary is a variation of a bloody mary that includes a mini sausage breakfast sandwich, fruit kebab, bacon, doughnut holes and a waffle stick. (Provided by the Indiana State Fair)

The Indiana State Fair on Tuesday unveiled dozens of new concessions offerings, including burgers, funnel cakes and even drinks stacked with eye-popping toppings.

The Bacon Honeybun Burger, sandwiched between—you guessed it—two grilled honeybuns will be among the 40 new offerings at this year’s state fair, Aug. 1-17 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, 1202 E. 38th St. The concoctions are part of the annual Taste of the Fair event, in which vendors compete for fan-favorite bites and sips.

Other toppling offerings are the Piggyback Stack, a pork burger topped with a beef patty and then the usual fixings; Pickle Fried Oreos, which stacks a pickle chip atop a Golden Oreo, then deep-fries it; and two drink offerings known as the Brunch Mary and the Brunch Mimosa, both featuring the bases you’d expect, topped with a mini sandwich, a waffle stick, bacon and doughnuts.

Fairgoers will be able to vote for their favorite items at any Prairie Farms information booth or by scanning the QR codes displayed at participating concessions stands.

The top three fan favorites will win cash prizes of $2,500, $1,000 and $500, respectively.

For more information about the lineup, visit indianastatefair.com. Here are the offerings in this year’s competition.

2025 Indiana State Fair Taste of the Fair entries

Sweet

• Butterfinger Funnel Cake (North American Midway Entertainment)
• Cinnamon Toast Cookie Butter Pretzel Bites, pretzel bites covered in cinnamon and sugar, cookie butter, cream cheese icing and Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal (Wilson Concessions)
• Hot Honey Beignets (The Bakerman)
• Jessops’ Butterscotch Apple Crunch, sliced apples in a parfait cup covered with caramel sauce and crushed butterscotch popcorn (Jessop Candy Products)
• S’mores Cookie, a graham cracker base cookie with milk and dark chocolate, topped with marshmallow (The Cavity Factory)

Savory

• All-Vegan Indianapolis Philly (Black Leaf Vegan Food Truck)
• Bacon-Wrapped BBQ Chicken on a Stick (R.E. Smith Food and Drink)
• BBQ Machos, nachos topped with macaroni and cheese and pulled pork (Nitro Hog BBQ)
• Cheesy Hot Honey Chicken Fries, fries topped with chicken bites, hatch chile queso, bacon and hot honey (Urick Concessions)
• Deep Fried Pork Chop Sandwich (Twisted Drinks and Food)
• Dirty Dancing Egg Rolls, two chicken Philly egg rolls dipped in hot honey lemon pepper Buffalo sauce and drizzled with ranch dressing (Taste of Home Catering and Food Truck)
• Jalapeño Popper Pizza (DG Concessions/Ginocchios Pizza)
• Jerk Cheesy Fries (Jamaican Breeze)
• Lobster Mac & Cheese (Freund Family Foods)
• Pickle Bacon Ranch Pizza, pickle ranch sauce replaces traditional marinara in this slice topped with mozzarella cheese, pickles and bacon (Swains Concessions)
• Piggyback Stack, a pork burger topped with a beef patty, American cheese, lettuce, tomato, crispy onions and signature sauce (Urick Concessions)
• Street Corn Steak Tacos (Urick Concessions)
• Sweet Heat Sausage Sandwich, a jalapeño sausage covered in sweet BBQ sauce and topped with onions, peppers and cabbage (R&W Concessions)
• The Hog and Slaw, a pulled pork and coleslaw sandwich (Indiana Pork Producers)
• The Smoked Gouda’cue, a grilled cheese including smoked gouda, sharp cheddar and barbecue sauce between two slices of Texas toast (American Dairy Association)
• Trio of Italy, a flight of three mini Italian-inspired funnel cakes, featuring tiramisu, Italian wedding cake and cannoli flavors (Freund Family Foods)
• Turkey Sausage Pizza Quesadilla (Gobble Gobble Food Truck)
• Yes ‘Cers Burger, a bison burger topped with pimento cheese, potato sticks and horseradish pickles between two slices of Texas toast (Red Frazier Bison)

Sweet and savory

• Bacon Honeybun Burger, a beef burger topped with bacon, cheese, diner’s choice of veggies and sandwiched between two grilled honeybuns (McWaters Concessions)
• Blueberry Breakfast Sausage Flapjack (Smokehouse Saloon)
• Pickle Fried Oreos, a Golden Oreo topped with a pickle slice, then deep-fried and topped with dill pickle seasoning, served with a side of ranch (Pickle Barrel)
• Piggy Funnel, a traditional funnel cake topped with brown sugar, maple syrup and bacon pieces (R&W Concessions)

Drinks

• Blue Cotton Candy Margarita (Urick Concessions)
• Brunch Mary, a variation of a bloody mary that includes a mini sausage breakfast sandwich, fruit kebab, bacon, doughnut holes and a waffle stick (Urick Concessions)
• Brunch Mimosa, a mimosa version of the Brunch Mary (Urick Concessions)
• Cookie Butter Cold Brew Float, a vanilla cold brew coffee with vanilla ice cream, topped with whipped cream, cookie butter drizzle, cookie crumbles and a cherry (Hooks Drugstore Museum)
• Cotton Candy Lemon Shake Up (Urick Concessions)
• Key Lime Pie Milk Shake (American Dairy Association)
• Passion Fruit Boba Lemonade Shakeup (Indiana Ribeye)
• Peach Tea, a peach-flavored Lipton tea with boba (Twisted Drinks and Food)
• Pineapple Lemonade Shake-up (McWaters Concessions)
• Pineapple Whip Shake Up (Hi & Mighty)
• Slime Licker Boba Blast, a lemonade with Slime Licker Sour Popping Boba and Slime Licker sour syrup, available in three flavors: green apple, blue raspberry and strawberry lemonade (Georgia’s Kitchen and Toxic Waste Candy Company)
• State Fair Cotton Candy, a beer blending the classic fair flavor and malt (Sun King Brewing)
• Tropical Thunder, a mango, strawberry and lemon-infused shake-up (R&W Concessions)