It's not just elaborate cakes that make for attention-grabbing visuals at events—savory fare can be just as imposing and eye-catching. Get inspiration to add a supersize edible element to your next event from these gigantic creations found across the country, like burgers bigger than your head, two-handed corn dogs, and a planetary popcorn ball.
For the ninth annual Cream Cheese Festival in Lowville, New York, which took place in September 2013, Philadelphia Cream Cheese served up a supersize sweet treat. The colossal cake was made from more than three tons of cream cheese, sugar, graham crackers, and butter, weighed 6,900 pounds, and measured nearly 31 inches deep—which equals approximately 24,533 servings. Celebrity baker Duff Goldman of Baltimore’s Charm City Cakes hosted the event, which aimed to raise awareness for the Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign.
The concession stand staple—an 18-inch corn dog stuffed with bacon, cheddar, and jalapenos, and served with chipotle ketchup and spicy mustard—is a big hit on the menu at Chase Field in Phoenix, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
During its ice cream festival in August 2013, the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, entered into the Guinness Book of World Records with a 1,249-foot sundae. It consisted of more than 1,850 pounds of Luke's Ice Cream, 1,696 pounds of chocolate sauce, 462 pounds of sprinkles, 840 pounds of whipped cream, and 1,748 pounds of bananas.
In May, Bowlmor AMF opened Bowlero, a deluxe 40-lane bowling alley in the Woodlands, Texas, with recreational games and oversize fare. The “Go Crazy” menu includes the Behemoth Burger, a five-pound monster burger with bacon and American cheese, which feeds about 10 people, and the W-O-N-D-E-R Dog, a two-foot-long hot dog covered in Coney sauce and diced onions.
Folks attending the Los Angeles County Fair, which takes place August 29 to September 28, 2014, can tackle the solid structure of fries, topped chili and cheese, from Cornucopia Foods vendor Dog House.
In 2013, the Indiana State Fair, which is held in Indianapolis, celebrated its Year of Popcorn theme (Indiana is the second-biggest popcorn-producing state) by creating the massive popcorn ball. It took 75 people 329 hours to build the eight-foot-wide gooey sphere, which weighed in at 6,510 pounds, topping the old record by 1,450 pounds.
At 2012’s State Fair of Texas, which is held in Plano, Fritos celebrated the corn chip’s 80th anniversary with a state-size Fritos chili pie. Weighing in at 1,325 pounds, the jumbo creation featured 635 bags of Fritos chips, 660 cans of Hormel Chili without beans, and 580 bags of shredded cheddar cheese. The record-breaking dish was divided up into approximately 5,000 single-serve samples for fair attendees.
Fans cheer on the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field while noshing on the two-pound pretzel with three dipping sauces.
