Eating Your Way Through The Big E

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EB's Restaurant's fried bacon macaroni and cheese bites: macaroni and cheese rolled in panko crumbs, fried and topped with cheese sauce and bacon.

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Supreme Pizza from Barbie's Ice Cream Shoppe/New York Style Pizza.

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Storrowton Soup Shack will be serving up soups, in optional bread bowls, like cheeseburger chowder, zucchini tomato, cream of mushroom and beef barley.

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Drink your fruit from a fruit! Blended watermelon is served in its rind.

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Fried pickles served with buttermilk ranch dressing for dipping.

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From the Rhode Island building

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From the Vermont building

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Quite possibly the most disgusting thing we saw...

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A giant one pound meatball served in sauce with a breadstick.

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The Muffuletta, found at the Deep South Company, is a massive sandwich with Italian meats, cheese, and olives.

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Pulled pork poutine from Poutine Gourmet. $12.

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From the Maine building

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Fried shrimp tossed with garlic butter from The Clam Box. $12.

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New in 2013, this decadence available at the Coffee Break in the food court.

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From the Vermont building

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From the Rhode Island building

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At the new Tots-a-Lot stand on New England Avenue near Gate 9A, find "chicken tot pie" with chicken gravy, diced chicken, peas and carrots.

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For 2013, the Chocolate Baconana, will be available at the Veggie Patch on Commonwealth Avenue.

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The deep-fried Holy Cannoli, found at the coffee break at the food court, will be served with chocolate chip ice cream, hot fudge, caramel, cinnamon sugar and whipped cream.

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The new Tots-a-Lot stand on New England Avenue near Gate 9A will sell tots with toppings like bacon, cheese, sour cream and chives; "chicken tot pie" with chicken gravy, diced chicken, peas and carrots; nacho-style "totchos"; and others with buffalo sauce, pulled pork and shepherd's pie ingredients.

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Piggy Mac from Ultimate BBQ tops macaroni and cheese with pulled pork and shredded cheese. $10.

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From the Rhode Island building

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Chocolate covered fresh fruit kabobs from Scirrotto's Cinnamon Rolls.

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From the Massachusetts building

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From the Massachusetts building

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Blueberry Pierogi Sundae from Moolicious is made with a warm blueberry pierogi topped with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, and wild blueberries.

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The Donut Sundae from Fluffy's tops a fresh donut with soft serve ice cream and your choice of hot fudge or strawberries. $10.

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New in 2013 is the moo-nut. A donut filled with ice cream topped with the candy or cookie of your choice.

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From the Massachusetts building

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Waffle-battered fried chicken in a waffle cone, served in a waffle cone.

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A refillable 22 ounce boot of beer.

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Sinful though they may be, can anyone really deny the fact that cheese-drenched potato chips are one of the most enjoyable sins around?

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No trip to the Big E is complete until you eat at least one of the signature Big E Cream Puffs. These light, fluffy treats are heavenly. And if the cream puff isn't your thing, the Big E-clair is equally delish...

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Poutine, the Canadian favorite made with hand cut fries with cheese curds and gravy, is available again in 2017 at Poutine Gourmet.

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Cinna-Roll mini donuts from The Donut Family takes their original cinnamon sugar mini donuts topped with a sweet cinnamon cream cheese frosting, icing and whipped cream. $8.

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These gourmet candy apples, topped in kettle corn, Oreos, Reese's Pieces and more, can be found at Carol's Concessions in the Better Living Center.

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Also known as "potato fudge," this candy made with maple syrup, coconut and potatoes can be found in the Maine building.

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A double cheeseburger topped with chili, bacon, and french fries can be found at the West Springfield Lions Club.

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Salmon is one protein you don't expect to eat on a stick, but you can in the Maine building.

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Clam Strips from The Clam Box. $12.

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Tortilla chips topped with barbecue chicken, shredded cheese and sour cream.

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From the Rhode Island building

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Pulled pork corn muffins from Scirrotto's Cinnamon Rolls topped with coleslaw and Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce.

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Chocolate cake filled with vanilla ice cream, topped with whipped cream, a cherry and rainbow sprinkles.

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Deep fried corn on the cob from Deep South Food Company.

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Mac and cheese grilled cheese from Granville Country Store.

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Rosie O'Kinsky, of Plainville, is the owner of Rosie's Chocolates, of New Britain. She holds up a chocolate covered Jalapeno pepper at her stand located immediately inside the front door of the Connecticut building, but also sells chocolate covered bacon, pork rinds, beef jerky, and pickles.

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From the Vermont buiding

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Topped with cheese, pepperoni and an "Italian ketchup," this burger can be found at the new Bud & Burger Pub, a double decker bar, located near Gate 7.

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The Dessert Ball, found at Storrowtown Tavern, has the puff pastry you know from the famous cream puffs, but stuffed with ice cream and topped with hot fudge, whipped cream and a cherry.

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From the Connecticut building

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The White Hut takes your classic bacon cheeseburger to the next level by serving it on a waffle.

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Nutella açaí bowl from Veggie Patch Smoothies layers açaí with granola, coconut, bananas, strawberries and Nutella. $10.

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Randy Price, the owner of Randy's Wooster Street Pizza, shows off a pizza he has been selling for 23 years which he calls "Skippy's Dare." It is a white pie pizza with peanut butter, bacon and provolone cheese. Price lives in Soutington, however has four pizza restaurants throughout the state, with the biggest one in Manchester.

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2013's version of the Craz-E burger: Bacon Doughnut Egg Breakfast sandwiches will be available at the Big EZ Cafe on New England Avenue. Also available with sausage

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Available at the Big EZ Cafe on New England Avenue.

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A layer of baked beans, pulled pork and barbecue sauce.

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New in 2013 is 3 Pigs On A Bun, a pork sausage topped with pulled pork and bacon.

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This new stand serves blended juice inside of the fruit's shell.

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A jumbo deep-fried cannoli topped with whipped cream and ice cram.

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Dilly Dilly Dog from Giant Corn Dog Factory puts a hot dog inside a hollowed out pickle, fried in their traditional corn dog batter.

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From the New Hampshire

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From the Massachusetts building

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Cheese burger wrapped in pastry and deep fried.

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The deep fried pina colada at the Craft Cocktail Bar in the Young Building: Vodka-soaked pineapple in coconut flake encrusted batter, deep fried and served with blueberries.

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Deep fried strawberry Pop-Tarts from The Coffee Break. $7.