{"id":8923,"date":"2018-09-03T04:02:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T04:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=8923"},"modified":"2018-09-03T04:09:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T04:09:35","slug":"sunday-funday-at-the-fair-dessert-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2018\/09\/03\/sunday-funday-at-the-fair-dessert-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Funday at the Fair: Dessert Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every day is Cheat Day at the LA County Fair! We spent the entire day taste testing some of the sweetest, gooiest, sugary treats the Fair has to offer. Here&#8217;s what we found (and then devoured):<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8934\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0332-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"la county fair desserts \" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0332-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0332-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0332-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0332-1200x2133.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0332.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/>Ice Cream Sundae from Cathy&#8217;s Cookies<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nSometimes simple is just as delicious as decadent, even at the LA County Fair. If you haven&#8217;t had one of Cathy&#8217;s freshly baked chocolate chip cookies you are seriously missing out.<\/p>\n<p>Pair one of her mouthwatering treats with vanilla ice cream and you have yourself one of the best combos this side of Los Angeles. Find Cathy&#8217;s Cookies on The Farm Road.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonus:\u00a0<\/strong>This particular dessert is part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/lacountyfair.com\/eat\/660-value-menu---la-county-fair-2018\">Route $6.60 menu<\/a>! View all the other items we have listed <a href=\"https:\/\/lacountyfair.com\/eat\/660-value-menu---la-county-fair-2018\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8936 alignright\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0480-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"los angeles county fair dessert \" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0480-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0480-768x685.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0480-1024x913.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0480-1200x1070.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Hawaiian Sundae from Hawaiian Chicken Bowl<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\n<p>We couldn&#8217;t believe our eyes when we saw this little number.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We have a perpetual sweet tooth and we were more than ready to dig into this: coconut, pineapple whipped cream and churros all in one. DELICIOUS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Find them on Birch Street next to the Grandstand.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mi Limonada Loca from Mi Cafecito\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/BnP8gGan2KV\/embed\/\" width=\"550\" height=\"540\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\nWhen we heard that Mi Cafecito would be returning to Mi POCO LA we were thrilled &#8212; not just for their delicious coffee, but for their sweet drinks too.<\/p>\n<p>Mi Limonada Loca is the perfect blend of agua fresca, lemonade and agave nectar. Highly recommended! Mi POCO LA is located inside the Millard Sheets patio.<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>Side note<\/strong>: The Alt 66 art exhibit inside the gallery is pretty amazing too. We&#8217;ll be exploring there tomorrow!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cotton Candy Ice Cream from Chicken Charlie&#8217;s\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8937\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/cotton-candy-268x300.png\" alt=\"la county fair dessert \" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/cotton-candy-268x300.png 268w, https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/cotton-candy.png 553w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It wouldn&#8217;t be the LA County Fair without one of Chicken Charlie&#8217;s insane desserts.<\/p>\n<p>Today we went for one of our 2017 favorites: the cotton candy ice cream sandwich. It&#8217;s always a battle to choose what we want from here: the classic deep-fried Oreos are always a contender, no matter what new desserts may be offered.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We would have liked to keep going but we decided to call it a day. There&#8217;s so much else we have to try!<\/p>\n<p>Afters Ice Cream, Terri&#8217;s Berries, the new Nitropop popcorn flavors, not to mention our favorite giant donuts and Old Tyme ice cream&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not in too big a rush&#8230; We have three whole weeks to explore the rest of the Fair food, after all \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What is your favorite Fair sweet treat? Tell us in the comments below!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every day is Cheat Day at the LA County Fair! We spent the entire day taste testing some of the sweetest, gooiest, sugary treats the Fair has to offer. Here&#8217;s what we found (and then devoured): Ice Cream Sundae from Cathy&#8217;s Cookies Sometimes simple is just as delicious as decadent, even at the LA County&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":8936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[359,1266,614,644,754],"class_list":["post-8923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-funatthefair","tag-fair-desserts","tag-fair-kicks","tag-la-county-fair","tag-la-county-fair-food","tag-los-angeles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_0480.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8923"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8945,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8923\/revisions\/8945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}