
New Beverages and 70+ Foods on a Stick You Can Try at the 2025 Iowa State Fair
It's no secret that one of the highlights of the Iowa State Fair is the food, and many of those foods are available on a stick!
The Iowa State Fair website has a list of all the foods you can get on a stick in 2025, and it's almost five pages long! Here are some of the highlights:
- Bacon Pecan Pie on a Stick - Bacon Box
- BLT on a Stick - The Salad Bowl
- Chicken Bacon Ranch Waffle on a Stick - Waffle Chix
- Crazy Tater on a Stick - Crazy Taters
- Deep-Fried Banana S'mores on a Stick - Taylor Concessions
- Deep-Fried Brownie on a Stick - Fyfe's Cotton Candy and Deep Fried Candy Bars
- Deep-Fried Strawberry Shortcake on a Stick - Smith's
- Dilly Dogs - Fyfe's Cheese on a Stick and Corn Dogs
- Double Bacon Cheeseburger Balls on a Stick - Bacon Box
- Footlong Hot Cheetos Corn Dog - Smith's
- Funnel Cake on a Stick - Arnold's Concessions Brat Haus & Jada's Funnel Cake
- Golden Fried PB&J on a Stick - The Veggie-Table
- Lobster Corn Dog - Destination Grille
- Oreo Brownie Blast Waffle on a Stick - Waffle Chix
- Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake on a Stick - Dough Crazy
- Pickle Popper on a Stick - Grater Taters
- Piggy in a Donut on a Stick - Biscuit Bar
- Salad on a Stick - The Salad Bowl
- Shrimp Corn Dog - Po-Boys
- Smoothie on a Stick - Smith's Strawberry Hut
- Walleye on a Stick - Walleye on a Stick LLC
Once you have your food on a stick, you're going to need something to wash it down! An Iowa State Fair press release runs down all of the new beverages that will be available in 2025, and fairgoers have both alcoholic and non-alcoholic options. Here are all of the of new drinks at the fair this year:
Non-Alcoholic New Beverages
- Apple Pie Float - Iowa Specialty Crop Growers Association
- Blue Bird Latte - Travelin' Tom's Coffee and Kona
- Buckin' Berry Lemonade - Destination Grille
- Cotton Candy Frappe - Biscuit Bar
- Cotton Candy Soda Pop - The Veggie-Table
- Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy Lemon Water - Lemonade
- Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy Lemonade with Stevia - Lemonade
- Fountain Fizz - McConnell's Old Fashion Fountain Service
- Frozen Berry Tilt - Travelin' Tom's Coffee and Kona
- Frozen Hot Chocolate - Travelin' Tom's Coffee and Kona
- Frozen Peach Mango Refresher - Travelin' Tom's Coffee and Kona
- Frozen Strawberry Acai Refresher - Travelin' Tom's Coffee and Kona
- Frozen Tilt Nitro Energy - Travelin' Tom's Coffee and Kona
- Hawaiian Energy - The Bird's Nest
- HoQ Mint Tea - HoQ
- Iowa Sunset Drink - Taylor Concessions
- Kona Ice Blended: Tropical Breeze - Travelin' Tom's Coffee and Kona
- Liquid IV® Firecracker Fizz - Bubbly Bar
- Mulberry Spritzer Mocktail - Blue Ribbon Bar & Eatery
- One In A Melon - Po-Boys
- Pickle State Fair Lemonade - Campbell's Corn Dogs and Lemonade
- Pickled Pink - Pickle Dawg and Footlongs
- Pink Dragon - Wonder Bars
- Shaken Iced Tea Sweetened With Apple Juice - Applishus
- State Fair Stinger - Beans & Beignets, LLC
- Watermelon Lemonade - Jada's Funnel Cake
Alcohol Beverages
- Pink Pony Cooler - JR's SouthPork Ranch
- Cowgirl Punch - The Bud Tent
- Eastside Punch Seltzer - The Depot
- Funnel Cake Beer - The Depot
- Galaxy Groove - Bubbly Bar
- Hawaiiowan Hype - The Bird's Nest
- Mini Donut Beer - The Depot
- Mulberry Mule - Blue Ribbon Bar & Eatery
- State Fair Nerds Beer - The Depot
- The Yellowstone - Old West Roadhouse BBQ

READ MORE: There Are More Than 60 New Foods Coming to the 2025 Iowa State Fair
If you end up trying any of the new drinks, be sure to cast your vote for your favorite on the official Iowa State Fair app between August 7th and 13th. The winning alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks will be announced alongside the People's Choice Best New Food award on Friday, August 15th! Curious about this year's new foods? You can check out the top 11 below:
The Top 11 New Iowa State Fair Foods in 2025
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The Most Delicious Fair/Festival Foods That We've Ever Had
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