Live Updates: Day 1 of The State Fair of Texas
DALLAS, TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The State Fair of Texas begins today! Check here throughout the day for all the fun and festivities going on.
Deep-fried BLT's and pickle pizza
Fried Oreos and a love story
The 'Ultimate Brookie Monster'
Have you ever thought about combining chocolate chip cookies with Oreos, marshmallows, and triple chocolate brownie mix?
Juan Reeves with Smokey John's Bar-B-Que did and he calls it the 'Ultimate Brookie Monster,' which is available at the fair this year. The creation is also fried, topped with powdered sugar, and coupled with cheesecake, strawberry sauce, and Blue Bell Ice Cream.
Here's Reeves conversation with Ken and Nicole:
Big Tex birthday bash butter sculpture
Sculpture Tom Roberts is celebrating Big Tex's 70th birthday with around 1,000 pounds of butter.
His creation involves Big Tex, a birthday cake, the world, and America. Roberts used to be a bronze sculpture, but he said he wanted more of a challenge, which led to the switch in sculpting material.
See Scott Padgett's full interview with Roberts here:
A family tradition
The State fair is a family affair for many North Texans. That includes Rebecca Latimer who has been attending the fair since she was one year old. Today, she came with her children and grandchildren.
The whole family comes with a list of their favorite foods, take a picture with Big Tex, take the children on the midway rides, and more.
One of Latimer's daughters lives in Florida and made the trip because she was evacuating ahead of Hurricane Ian.
Starlight parade
For the opening day of the fair, the starlight parade is making an afternoon run!
The parade will happen nightly at 7:15 p.m. thorough October 23.
State fair fun facts
Big Tex Urban Farms
Since 2016, Big Tex Urban Farms has been providing fresh foods for North Texans.
Based inside Fair Park, the group uses hydroponics to grow thousands of pounds of produce. Director of the farms, Drew 100% of their product is donated to different nonprofit organizations around North Texas.
"We remain very focused on our mission of continuing to grow, continuing to get more food into the community, and the programming that goes along with it," Demler said.
Learn more about Big Tex Urban Farms here.
The history of the 'Texas Star' ferris wheel
Nachos and new foods
Brooke and Keith had the chance to try out some Chicharon explosion nachos while talking to the creator of the dish, Glen Kusak. It consists of fried pork rinds, queso, pico de gallo, beef, and salsa.
Some new food options at the fair this year include a Doh-muff, dim sum loco burritos, chocolate dipped cheesecake on a stick, and deep fried honey. Click here for a full list of new foods.
Fair officially open!
The gates have officially opened for the 2022 State Fair of Texas!
The fair runs through October 23.
Click here for a full schedule.
How are you getting to the fair?
70+ rides at the midway
Sunny and warm conditions this weekend
Meteorologist Dominic Brown is forecasting sunny and warm conditions for the first weekend of the fair. High temps around the Metroplex will be in the 80s today and tomorrow.
The Texas Crazy Climber!
This morning, Brooke and Keith previewed one of the more difficult games at the fair in the 'Texas Crazy Climber.'