6. Jumbo Turkey Leg – Disneyland

Woe betide the unfortunate soul who stumbles upon the freakishly large turkeys from whom these legs are taken. Presumably, they are the victims of some sort of gamma radiation that unwillingly evolves them into Turkeys of Unusual Size. Whatever the explanation for these genetic freaks, they taste delicious. Carrying around a Jumbo turkey Leg also brings a feeling of power as you lord your meaty triumph over jealous onlookers. You carry the spoils of war, and they are plentiful.

7. Alligator Bites – Knoebels

These are like some Americanized Yakov Smirnoff joke. In Knoebels, person bites alligator. Eating these things is glorious, especially if you hate the University of Florida, which I do. Knoebels has won the aforementioned Golden Ticket Award for Best Food most of the years in the 2000s. This snack embodies their ability to think outside the box with clever spins on conventional carnival foods. And you’ll have a lot of fun telling everyone how you ate alligator last weekend, especially if they’re Tim Tebow fans.

8. Potato Patch French Fries - Kennywood

Yes, you’ve had French fries hundreds of times over the years, but you haven’t lived until you’ve eaten the ones at Kennywood. The crown jewel of their dining options is the Potato Patch, and it’s held that title for many decades now. You can eat their plain to enjoy the clean flavors, or you can zhuzh them up with wonderful toppings such as cheddar cheese and gravy (!). Going to Kennywood and not eating their fries is like vacationing in Orlando and not visiting an amusement park. 

9. Mrs. Klaus’ Cookies – Holiday World

This park was built specifically because of the name of the town, Santa Claus. It’s therefore fitting that its most famous dessert options all reside in the kitchen of one Mrs. Klaus, who kindly lets the world borrow her husband for a single day in December each year. The fat man has notorious love of cookies, and he gets that sweet tooth from eating his wife’s delicacies. Mrs. Klaus’ Kitchen features dozens of options, but I suggest a chocolate-dipped Oreo or an XXL white chocolate macadamia nut cookie.

10. Ginger Cookies – Silver Dollar City

How popular is the Ginger Cookie at Silver Dollar City? It was once named as one of the 20 greatest recipes of all-time by Midwest Living Magazine. You can search the web to find any number of recipe recreations of the flavor, but you’ll never quite match the rich taste of ginger mixed with cinnamon. Eating it is sure to draw out your inner cookie monster.

11. Hershey’s Chocolate World – Hersheypark

Technically, this is its own entity, but declaring it as separate from its neighbor on Hersheypark Drive is an argument of semantics. The point is that if you love chocolate (and I fervently refuse to believe that there are people who don’t), Hershey’s Chocolate World is the mecca for all your cocoa cravings.

12. Dole Whip – Walt Disney World

Inexorably linked with Disney’s iconic property, Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, Dole Whip is so beloved by longtime guests of the hotel and nearby theme park that it creates fevered dreams about its delicious goodness. Whenever Disney fans are not at a Disney park, they spend all their time on message boards talking about the next time they can visit in order to enjoy another Dole Whip. It’s a meticulously dispensed frosty treasure that refreshes and reinvigorates Disney fans during hot summer days in the south.