Best Fair Foods You Have to Try at Illinois County Fairs

There are two kinds of people at a fair: the ones who come for the rides... and the ones who come hungry.

I am the person who comes hungry, with stretchy pants and all!

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Let's be honest... fair food is the main event.  It's one of the few places where eating dessert before lunch, washing it down with fresh lemonade, and following it up with something deep-fried somehow feels completely normal.

If you're headed to any of the county fairs in Illinois this summer, here are the fair food worth saving room for!

Best Fair Foods You Have to Try at Illinois County Fairs

Cheese Curds

Deep-fried or not, sign me up.  These are easily a fair staple: crispy on the outside, gooey on the inside.

Corn on the Cob

I could eat a thousand of these if I wanted to.  Fresh-picked sweet corn lathered in butter is one of the healthiest, and tastiest, things you'll find at a fair.

Footlong Corndogs

Seriously, nothing says county fair like walking around, awkwardly, trying to eat your giant footlong corn down in one hand and trying to hold a giant lemonade in the other.

Fresh-squeezed Lemonade

If you've never watched someone shake a giant cup of fresh lemonade before handing it to you, did you really go to the fair?

Funnel Cakes

Everyone is carrying a giant plate around with an oversized funnel cake on it.  The smell is always so tempting!

Deep-fried Oreos

Like all the calories above weren't enough.

Turkey Legs

Fair warning: all eyes will be on your turkey leg when you're walking around with it.  It happens every time I get one at the fair!

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Listen, I'm going to give you one piece of solid advice: always come hungry to the fair.  It's fair season, baby! LET'S EAT!