It’s that time of year again Toronto! When summer winds down and excitement gears up thanks to the upcoming opening of Canada’s largest fair; the Canadian National Exhibition! New rides, new shows and of course new food are the talks of the city! And with these 15 Crazy New Foods at CNE 2023 I can understand why!
Big Kahuna and Malibu Mac & Cheese
Vendor: Eat My Bowls in the Food Building
Always one of my favourites, Eat My Bowls topped my list with their two new items for 2023!
Big Kahuna is an Ahi Tuna Bowl in a carved out pineapple with basmati rice, pineapple salsa, haalpeno, avocado, pickled ginger, seared ahi tuna!
Malibu Mac & Cheese is a Mac & Cheese made with champagne cheese sauce and an added touch of pink colouring for Barbie and Pink Floyd at this years CNE!
When Pigs Fly
Vendor: Bacon Nation in the Food Building
When Pigs Fly is a collaboration between two brothers and their love of two foods! One brother is a wing connoisseur while the other is a bacon enthusiast! Together they have teamed up to bring us bacon wrapped wings served in two sensational sauces – Maple BBQ and Honey BBQ!
Korean Fried Frog Legs
Vendor: Farm to Fryer in the Food Building
Back by popular demand this former fav has made its comeback for the 2023 CNE! Check out their other 3 sensations as well including the Quarter Pound Cheese Stuffed Doritos, the Mac & Cheese Chimichanga and the Shake Shake Karate Fried Chicken + Waffle Fries with Maple Chili Sauce.
Deep Fried Oh Henry
Vendor: Cookie Dough Me in the Food Building
Deep fried chocolate bars are always a fav and this year there’s a new spin on this deliciousness… that’s right deep fried Oh Henry is making it’s debut!
Peanut Butter Pickledog
Vendor: Coco’s Corndog
One of Coco’s Corndogs best sellers for years now has bee their pickle dog. This year the they thought, why not add peanut butter and jelly onto the pickle to make a peanut butter and pickle marriage!? What’s your thoughts? On your list? It looked delicious!
Some Like It Hot!
Vendor: Yogen Fruz in the Food Building!
This Pineapple Green Tea drink was actually my surprise fav drink of the day! I loved that it was a refreshing cool tea with a little extra pizzazz thanks to the infused habanero and other spices! Highly recommend, I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Cone on the Cob
Vendor: Caf-Eh T.O.
Breakfast for desert, you’ll be holding your ice cream with two hands! It’s loaded with cereal officially wrapping up breakfast lunch and dinner all in one go! A fun food to watch them make thanks to being powered by One Shot! They are doing one secret item which will be revealed on Saturday, so stop by and visit them to see what the mystery item is! The hint is Fuego and the “cobs” are a cone on each end!
Krispy Kreme Blueberry Chicken Sandwich
Vendor: Epic Burger in the Food Building
Move over Chicken and Waffles, there’s a new kid in town… a Krispy Kreme Chicken Sandwich with a whipped Blueberry Cream Cheese, a little sriracha and mozzarella!
TOT-Silog
Vendor: Get Your Own Taters
Food trucks are always a fair fave and Get Your Own Taters is a Toronto fair fav too! They have a secret menu with Ontario Dairy this year which is their Honey Butter Tater Tots with a smoked cheddar Mac & Cheese and a whisky pulled pork. The feature this year however, is Filipino inspired! The Philippines have Silogs (typically served over garlic rice) which is last night leftovers all thrown in together. So this Tater dish has garlic Tater Tots, longanisa (a Filipino chorizo), a sunny side up egg, pickled papaya slaw and drizzled with spicy garlic aioli! So Masarap!
Forkin’ Perogy
Forkin’ Dill
Another dill pickle flavour twist, which I thoroughly enjoyed, were the dill pickle perogies! Traditional pirogies topped with cheddar cheese, shredded dill pickles, dill ranch sauce, pickled onions and fresh dill! Mmmmm!
Watermelon Burger
Vendor: Sam’s Grill
When it comes to presentation and innovation, Sam’s Grill is always on point! And their 2023 food items did not disappoint! The 2023 fav is the Watermelon Burger, which is a burger in between two fresh slices of watermelon. Corn Ribs and Fries, Thanksgiving Poutine are also on their menu to choose from!
Dill Pickle Cotton Candy
Vendor: Candy Time on the Midway between the Food Building & Arts & Crafts
One of the most iconic fair foods there is, Cotton Candy is trying out a new look this year with its new green colouring interesting Dill Pickle flavour! I didn’t try it but let me know what you think!
4-pound Taco
Vendor: Machette in the Food Building
Known as the home of the 2 ft Taco this year Machete has upped their Taco Game yet again with the 4-pound Taco. Complete with Chorizo, fries, lettuce, cheese and all of the other “good stuff”, pineapple and hot sauce!
Croissant Cone
Vendor: Legend Dairy
Simple and sweet it’s an ice cream in an croissant. The croissants are made by a small local bakery. Chocolate or vanilla ice cream isplaced in between, this new “twist” is sure to be a fav!
Yabba Dabba Curds
Vendor: King of Curds
Last but not least, this creation is a combination of childhood nostalgia with a teen fav twist to make what could potentially be your new adult fav go to! Made with deep dried cheese curds, fruity pebbles and a cereal milk glaze, the Yabba Dabba Curds are the feature flavour of the year!
Final Thoughts:
With so many choices it is hard to decide, but whether you prefer savoury or sweet there’s something for everyone with these 15 Crazy New Foods at CNE 2023! Looking for other Ontario outings before the summer ends? Check out this blog here:
