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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

About the Author
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Holly joined the KPRC 2 digital team in March 2024, leveraging her eight years of expertise in blogging and digital content to share her passion for Houston. Outside of work, she enjoys exploring the city's vibrant scenes, all while balancing her roles as a wife and mother to two toddlers.

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