Lifestyle Food Food Trends NFL Stadium Foods You Have to Try at Least Once — from Pizza Burgers to Cotton Candy Burritos If your football team is losing, try these winning dishes By Sonal Dutt Sonal Dutt Sonal Dutt is the food and lifestyle director of PEOPLE, overseeing the food, travel and home editorial team. She launched People.com's first lifestyle-focused vertical and celebrity recipe mobile app in 2013. Previously, she was the executive lifestyle editor at Every Day with Rachael Ray and Senior Lifestyle Editor at Woman's Day, and held editorial positions at InStyle, For Me and Details. The Virginia native graduated from James Madison University with degrees in Communications and English, and has a master's degree in Magazine Journalism from New York University. Her passions include cooking, boybands and NFL football. People Editorial Guidelines and Sabrina Weiss Sabrina Weiss Sabrina Weiss is the Editorial Assistant of PEOPLE's food department. She writes the weekly recipes for the print magazine as well as articles for PEOPLE Digital. Sabrina has been with PEOPLE since 2021. People Editorial Guidelines Published on September 18, 2024 06:30PM EDT Comments Over-the-top food options at NFL stadiums. Photo: Courtesy legends; Megan Mendoza/The Republic; Baltimore Ravens, Sodexo Live!; Levy Restaurants Football stadiums don't just serve hot dogs and beer anymore. Concessions at fields across the country — including the Kansas City Chiefs' Arrowhead Stadium and the Baltimore Ravens' M&T Bank Stadium — serve decadent (and sometimes crazy!) dishes for fans to munch on. They celebrate the team's home state or just pair unexpected ingredients together for a memorable bite. Read on for some over-the-top food to cheer over. Deep-Fried Decadence: Our Favorite State Fair Foods Include Rattlesnake Corndogs! 01 of 06 Cotton Candy Burrito Cotton Candy Burrito at State Farm Stadium. Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty; Megan Mendoza/The Republic Arizona Cardinals, State Farm Stadium Dentists, look away! Cotton-candy-flavored ice cream, marshmallows, cereal, candy and sprinkles are wrapped in a cotton-candy “tortilla." 02 of 06 The Ringer Corndog Blue Takis Corndog at Lucas Oil Stadium. 2012 Diamond Images/Getty; Sodexo Live! Indianapolis Colts, Lucas Oil Stadium Corndogs are nothing new — unless they are coated in a bright-blue snack. In a colorful show of team spirit, the sweet-and-spicy footlong corndog is drizzled with honey and rolled in blue Taki crumbs. 03 of 06 Crab Pretzel Crab Pretzels at M&T Bank Stadium. Perry Knotts/Getty; Baltimore Ravens Baltimore Ravens, M&T Bank Stadium The soft, chewy crustacean-shaped pretzels — a nod to Maryland’s famous blue crabs — come with a creamy crab dip for dunking. Even fans of a losing team will struggle to be crabby with these in hand. 04 of 06 Short Rib Sandwich Short Rib Sandwich at Arrowhead Stadium. William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty; Levy Restaurants Kansas City Chiefs, Arrowhead Stadium Taylor Swift made headlines in 2023 when she ate chicken tenders while watching beau Travis Kelce play in Kansas City, but the midwestern stadium has meatier options. With pepper jack cheese, crispy onions and spicy barbecue sauce, this bone-in beef combo is comically huge but is made for serious eaters. 05 of 06 Pizza Burger Pizza Burger at AT&T Stadium. Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty; Courtesy legends Dallas Cowboys, AT&T Stadium Can't decide between a cheeseburger or pizza? You don't need to! Yes, that’s a burger — with lettuce, tomato, marinara sauce and melted mozzarella — sandwiched between two pepperoni-pizza “buns.” 06 of 06 Nacho Duo Nacho Duo at San Francisco 49ers' Levi's Stadium. Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty; San Francisco 49ers San Francisco 49ers, Levi’s Stadium Tostitos and Fritos are topped with chipotle chicken, guacamole, lime chicharrones and hot sauce cream, making for a bite so crunchy that it rivals the roars of the crowd. Leave a Comment Close