The 2024 Big Tex Choice Award Finalists Are Announced!

The 2024 Big Tex Choice Award Finalists Are Announced!

Dallas, TX (August 8, 2024) – The moment your tastebuds have been waiting for has arrived! It’s the Fair food competition that defines our year, and it will make your 24 Days of Fun this year even tastier!

Over sixty entries in the 2024 Big Tex Choice Awards were tasted and judged, with only 10 emerging as Finalists. Now, five savory items and five sweet items will battle it out, live, for the coveted awards of “Best Taste – Savory,” “Best Taste – Sweet,” and “Most Creative.”

2024 Savory Finalists

  • Dominican Fritura Dog by Justin Martinez
  • The Drowning Taquitos by Tony and Terry Bednar
  • Hippie Chips by Rose and Tom Deschenes
  • Hot Chick-in-Pancake Poppers by Palmer and Amanda Fortune
  • Texas Fried Burnt End Bombs by Nick and Vera Bert

2024 Sweet Finalists

  • Nevins Nutty Bar-Laska by Tami Nevins Mayes and Josie Mayes
  • Rousso’s Cotton Candy Bacon on a Stick by Isaac Rousso
  • Strawberry Pop-Tarts Beignettfle by Justin Martinez
  • Texas Sugar Rush Pickles by Heather Perkins
  • Tropical Two-Step Punch by Binh Tran

Who will win? Find out August 22 live on The State Fair of Texas Facebook, X, and YouTube channels. Make sure to grab your tickets for the 2024 Fair season so you can try them all!

Submitted by State Fair of Texas, edited for publication in Blue Ribbon News. Courtesy graphic.