1. Fried Oreos
   Fried cookie dough
2. Toaster strudel
   Chocolate Fudge Pop-Tarts

Calories on calories on calories! But you know what, treat yourself. State fairs don't happen every day, so when you're at one, you might as well make the most of it. You only have one body, so treat it like a junk food temple.

1. Fried waffles
   Fried Twinkies
2. Fried birthday cake
   Fried french toast

Keep the fried foods coming! Twinkies are perfectly soft, sweet and creamy. The only thing that could possibly make them better is deep frying them and covering them in powdered sugar.

1. Apple pie
   Cider doughnuts
2. Funnel cake
   Waffles

Oh, funnel cake. What is there to say about it, other than you haven't lived until you've had the fried, sweet batter completely dominated by powdered sugar? Top it with ice cream if you want to get crazy.

1. Doughnut ice cream sandwich
   Pie topped with ice cream
2. Chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwich
   Fresh waffle ice cream sundae

The only thing better than waffles is waffles and ice cream, especially with endless toppings. It might be one of the messier state fair foods, but it's so worth having a face covered in chocolate and sprinkles.

1. Bacon on a stick
   Pig ears
2. French fries
   Fried cheese curds

If you don't like bacon, you're wrong. Bacon is one of those things that just makes life so much better, and it can be eaten with breakfast, dinner or dessert. It's no one-trick-pony and will go with anything, even cocktails.

1. French toast on a stick
   Corn dog
2. Sausage on a stick
   Kebabs

Whether you top it with mustard or ketchup, or you dip it in maple syrup. you cannot go wrong with a corn dog! It's easy to eat at a state fair, and you can hold another treat in the other hand. Win-win.

1. Frozen lemonade
   Iced coffee
2. Shaved ice
   Milkshake

Shaved ice itself is boring, but blast up the excitement by adding one of the many flavored syrups offered at any given time. You can even mix and match flavors. Make sure you grab a straw, though, for when it starts to melt.

1. Brined cheese sandwich
   Limeade
2. Onion rings
   Pickle pops

Again with foods on a stick! We can't get enough. Briny pickles, frozen in their own juice as popsicles, serve guests well because they're on a stick and easy to eat. They can be eaten with other fair treats too, like bacon on a stick or a sweet dessert.

1. Fried pickles
   Fried butter
2. Jalapeno poppers
   Fried zucchini

Taking sliced pickles, breading them and frying them just makes an already great treat that much better. Not to mention all of the dipping sauces that enhance something already great.

1. Nachos
   Loaded hot dogs
2. Potato salad
   Mile high cheeseburgers

Hot dogs are great, but they can be a bit boring. But fear not - state fairs come to the rescue! Depending on where you live or what state you're attending the fair in, the toppings will vary, but they will be delicious.

1. Salt water taffy
   Caramel chews
2. Caramel apples
   Rock candy

Caramel apples have come a long way! You can now get them covered in chocolate candies, sprinkles, double the caramel, basically whatever you want - especially at a state fair. Plus, it's yet another thing on a convenient stick.

1. Croissants
   Danish
2. Bear claws
   Doughnuts

State fair doughnuts are on a whole other level from your everyday bakery doughnut. Topped with ice cream or candy, filled with pudding, chocolate cream or citrus curd, the combinations are endless.

1. Hush puppies
   Corn fritters
2. Buttermilk biscuits
   Fried chicken

Hush puppies are a classic fritter, eaten mostly in the South. They are actually used as the bread served to a table before a meal. But now you can get them at many state fairs and dip them in your sauce of choice.

1. Cherry pie
   Apple fritter
2. Blueberry hand pie
   Lemon drop cocktail

Biting into an apple fritter is an experience. It is sweet, warm, a bit crispy and the perfect midday treat after a morning of savory goodness at a state fair. Top it off with some ice cream or powdered sugar, and you've got yourself a blue ribbon.

1. Bacon wrapped corn
   Warm apple fritter with ice cream
2. Chocolate covered cheesecake on a stick
   Soft serve in a waffle cone with hot fudge

Okay, here we go. Cheesecake, dipped in chocolate, on a stick. Saying the name alone is enough to make you hungry for one! Crunchy chocolate, creamy cheesecake and easy to handle? Put yourself down for two!

1. Chili spaghetti
   Pork chops and apples
2. Peanut butter pizza
   Cheese curd poutine

Poutine is a french fry dish covered in brown gravy and cheese curds. When these ingredients come together, they create a marriage of fatty cheese, crispy fries and smooth gravy. A true match made in heaven.

1. Lobster roll
   Fried oysters and chicken salad
2. Date shake
   Clam chowder

There's nothing better than a fresh lobster roll, a cool lemonade and the sound of crashing waves. But if you're at a state fair, just the lobster and lemonade will do! Make sure the bun is cut from the top and the lobster is doused in butter.

1. Nachos
   Frito pie
2. Salad on a stick
   Classic Doritos

Frito pie is not a pie at all, but a bag of Fritos crushed up and topped with all your favorite nacho toppings. You eat it with a fork and it's often called "walking pie," because you can eat and walk.

1. Seashell chocolates
   Apple pie cookies
2. Spaghetti ice cream
   Chocolate steak

Making spaghetti out of ice cream requires a special tool that compresses the frozen treat and pushes out long noodle-like shapes. The ice cream strands are then topped with a raspberry sauce and some kind of sweet that's made to look like a meatball. Your taste buds will be so confused.

1. Macaroni and cheese
   Pie
2. Potato skins
   Fried ravioli

If you've never had fried ravioli - or toasted ravioli - go and get some right now. If there's no state fair in your area, they may also be found at Italian restaurants, especially around St. Louis, Missouri. They're especially nice at a state fair because they're easy to eat and usually one-biters.

1. Fried ice cream
   Fried margarita
2. Fried butter
   Melted popsicle

Making sure the ice cream is really frozen solid before frying it is the key. The fun part is, you don't have to use traditional breading! People use cereal, potato chips, or cinnamon and sugar tortillas for a trip south of the border.

1. Pork roll, egg and cheese sandwiches
   Cheese steaks
2. Pretzels
   Tomato pies

People are very particular about their cheese steaks, and rightfully so. Many people showcase their versions, but outside of Philly, very few come close to the real thing. It comes down to the roll and the type of beef.

1. Beans and rice
   Fried catfish
2. Boiled peanuts
   Enchilada tacos

Green peanuts, which are raw, make the best boiled peanuts - you can ask anyone. Aside from their salty goodness, boiled peanuts have antioxidants, so you can be healthy, too.

1. Chocolate dipped apple
   Giant lollipop
2. Cotton candy
   Dole Whip

This frozen, sweet and pineapple-y treat is the perfect way to cool off on a hot state fair day. At state fairs, you can even get twisted flavors like pineapple and raspberry or strawberry. Bet you can't eat just one Dole Whip!

1. Pork rinds
   Kettle cooked chips
2. Fried chicken skins
   Popcorn

Pork rinds are meaty, crunchy, salty - basically all of the best things in a snack. They come in a paper cone or bag, they're so easy to eat while walking around the fair, and they simply melt in your mouth.

1. Pop-Tart sundae
   Tater tot nachos
2. 100 layer pizza
   Breakfast bagel

Totchos are simply nachos, but instead of tortilla chips, tater tots serve as the base. The fried potato concoction serves to soak up all of the salsa and sour cream, and also support the cheese, meat and other toppings.

1. Honey roasted peanuts
   Chocolate covered cashews
2. Kettle corn
   Peanut butter cups

Ah yes, kettle corn. The amazingly sweet and yet subtly salty treat everyone runs right for at a state fair. And who can blame them? It comes in a giant bag and keeps your taste buds from getting bored all day long.

1. Alligator fritters
   Catfish and corn
2. Snapper soup
   Shrimp and grits

The creaminess of the grits, the sweetness and bite of the shrimp - it doesn't get much better. You can find this pretty much everywhere in the South, but eating it at a state fair makes it way more fun.

1. Turkey leg
   Chicken wing
2. Fried chicken and waffles
   Duck confit on a stick

You won't need any utensils for a turkey leg, since it comes with a natural handle. Plus, it's not super messy. You can hold a drink in the other hand, or another easy-to-hold snack.

1. Pierogi
   Potato pancake
2. Matzo ball
   Kielbasa

Whether it is the shredded potato version or a mashed version, potato pancakes are so versatile. They can be topped with sour cream, green onion, bacon, cheese, etc. Anywhere your dreams can take you, potato pancakes can get you there.

1. Pie nuggets
   Ice cream burger
2. Apple fries
   Waffle fries

Apple fries are exactly what they say they are - apples cut into sticks and fried, either in a batter or sweet breading. They then get rolled in delicious cinnamon sugar. Dip them in caramel for a real enhancement.

1. Fried pizza
   Fried queso
2. Mozzarella sticks
   Fried mac and cheese balls

Making macaroni and cheese thick and cheesy enough to be rolled into a ball and then fried is a real talent. The soft pasta and creamy cheese are the perfect match for a crunchy and salty shell.

1. Street corn
   Street tacos
2. Carnitas
   Mexican Coke

Covered in sour cream or mayo, coated in crumbly cheese and spiced with whatever the vendor has chosen is the basic gist of street corn, whether on or off the cob. The name also comes because it is a popular street food in Mexico!

1. Pork roll
   Scrapple
2. Frog's legs
   Chicken feet

Truly, you either love it or you hate it. There aren't people who have "meh" feelings about scrapple. But if you love it, you know which diner has the best and what to look for in not-so-great ones. If it's not deep fried, no thank you.

1. Chocolate eclairs
   Custard tarts
2. Cream puffs
   Sacher tort

Of course, state fairs couldn't just leave anything normal. They take regular cream puffs and increase the size by almost four times, then stuff ithem with as much cream as possible.

1. Frozen lemonade
   Grass jelly drink
2. Rose water
   Arnold Palmer

The Arnold Palmer is one of the most delicious drinks to break up all of that fried food you're eating at the state fair. It's half lemonade and half iced tea, and 100% delectable.

1. Beignet
   Bananas Foster
2. Praline bacon
   Samoa doughnut

Take dough, fry it, cover it entirely in powdered sugar. That's a beignet, and it's hard to believe how delicious it is for how seemingly easy it is to make. State fairs really get it right, especially close to the source in New Orleans.

1. Fried oysters
   Fried okra
2. Fried plantains
   Fried pigs ears

Okra is a staple in good gumbo, but there are many other things to do with it. A lot of people don't like the texture, which is why frying is a popular cooking method for mass consumption. It fits in perfectly at state fairs, too.

1. Chocolate covered peanuts
   Goo Goo Clusters
2. Chocolate covered bacon
   Biscuits and chocolate gravy

Bacon already comes on a stick at many state fairs, but someone took it up another notch and took that stick and dunked it in a vat of chocolate. Once it hardens, you get to crack through the chocolate shell and enjoy the chewy, salty crispness of the bacon.

1. Chocolate covered strawberries
   Chocolate covered raisins
2. Chocolate dipped Magnum bar
   Frozen chocolate covered banana

Frozen bananas are a great dessert any day of the week, but state fairs couldn't just leave it at that. They dip them in chocolate and cover them with whatever topping you choose, like nuts, sprinkles or cookie pieces.