New rodeo eats: Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo unveils must-try carnival food

(KPRC 2)

If you thought the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo was just about bulls and boots, think again—this year’s food lineup is stealing the show.

The Houston Rodeo runs from March 4 through March 23, 2025, bringing weeks of rodeo action, live entertainment, and exciting new carnival foods.

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With over-the-top eats like ice cream nachos, spicy pickle roll-ups, and mango hatch chile sausage, the Midway is serving up bold flavors you won’t want to miss.

New Carnival Midway Foods

Mustards Café

  • Chili and Cheese Jumbo Corn Dog

Fried A Fair 2

  • Ice Cream Nachos: Waffle cone chips topped with ice cream swirls and chocolate sauce

Cowboy Kettle Corn

A variety of Dirty Sodas including:

  • The Cowboy Cooler: Coca-Cola with cherry, lime and vanilla
  • The Coconut Cowboy: Mr. Pibb with coconut and lime
  • The Dirty Cowboy: Cherry Coca-Cola, pina colada cream, and lime
  • Dolphin Breeze: Sprite with coconut and blue raspberry topped with gummy shark candy
  • Sour Gummy Refresher: Sprite with sour cherry topped off with Sour Patch Kids

Biggy’s

  • Mike’s Hot Honey Turkey Leg
  • Mike’s Hot Honey Big Daddy Corn Dog
  • Mike’s Hot Honey Colossal Curly Fry
  • Mike’s Hot Honey Tater Tots
  • Mike’s Hot Honey Bacon Wrapped Pork Belly
  • All items drizzled in Original Mike’s Hot Honey

Enzo’s Pizzeria

  • Italian Espresso Drinks (hot or iced)
  • Coke-a-Latte Fizz
  • Mike’s Hot Honey pizza slice
  • Mike’s Hot Honey hot wings

Wild Card Pizza

Texas Triple Slice: Pepperoni, sausage and bacon topped with your choice of ranch or BBQ sauce

Totally Baked Cookie Joint

  • Cowboy Cookie Crumble: Features Scoops of ice cream smothered with delicious oatmeal cookie crumble and drizzled with caramel

Candy Factory

  • Chocolate Strawberry Cup: This is a viral food sensation in Dubai and London. It is an endless stream of super gourmet European chocolate melted over strawberries

New Food Vendors

  • Drizzle Cheesecakes
  • Mamacita’s
  • Mia Bella’s Coffee
  • Once Upon a Cone
  • Palmer’s Hot Chicken, Catfish and Shrimp
  • Richie’s Cheese Curd Tacos
  • Taco Love

New Foods

  • Waffle Chix: Chicken Bacon Ranch Waffle Stick
  • Asian Streetness: Crab Rangoon, Snack Pack Combo and Brisket Fried Rice
  • Casa de Yummy: Spicy Pickle Roll-Up, Fruit & Vegetable Tajin Cup and Churro Ice Cream Cup Sundae
  • Fields of Corn: Tex Mex Breakfast Bowl, Fried Corn On-A-Stick and Creamy Corn Cheesecake
  • Cajun Cowboy: Rousso’s Pickle Juice Lemonade, Gator Basket and Gator Burger
  • Rousso’s Fat Bacon: Rousso’s Cotton Candy Bacon on a Stick, Bacon Jam Cheesy Pickle Fries and Bacon Jammy Jam Wagyu Sliders
  • Alamo Tamales: Barbacoa Bowl
  • Taco Love: Elotes Munchies Nachos and Hippie Cowboy Street Tacos
  • Stubby’s Cinnamon Rolls: Caramel Apple Bacon Cinnamon Roll
  • CornDog with No Name: The Midnight Cowboy Corn Dog
  • Paradise Burgers: Fried Mexican Street Corn and Smokin Tater Bombs on a Stick
  • Drizzle Cheesecakes: Caramel Crunch Cheesecake
  • FRIED WHAT!?: Red Velvet Twinkie • Sills Funnel Cakes & More: Strawberry Dragonfruit Drink, Fried Apple Pie and Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers
  • Darlin’s Fried Chicken: Coconut Shrimp and Chicken & Waffle Sliders
  • Finer Diner: Ground Ribeye Burger
  • Santa Lucia Greek Grill: Greek Gyro Fries
  • Richies Cheese Curd Tacos: Hot Chick
  • MiaBellas Wood Fired Pizza: Elotes Mexican Street Corn Pizza
  • Mamacita’s: The Drowning Taquitos
  • Once Upon a Cone: Gluten Free Cones available
  • Tad’s Bodacious Burrito: Cool Ranch Chicken Taco
  • Holmes Smokehouse: Mango Hatch Chile Sausage in a Bun
  • Harlon’s BBQ: Bacon Wrapped Boudin • Saltgrass: Flaming Hot Chili Mac Dog
  • Teahouse Tapioca and Tea: Dragon Fruit Lemonade
  • Texas Pride Grill: Honey-Bourbon Glazed Pork Shots

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