Top ten Minnesota State Fair food vendors ranked by 2023 revenue

The Minnesota State Fair opens Thursday and millions of cookies will be made and sold each day at the top-grossing food vendor, Sweet Martha’s Cookie Jar.

Ahead of the fair’s grand opening, we’re taking a look back at the 2023 State Fair to rank the top ten food vendors by gross revenue.

Sweet Martha’s Cookie Jar easily secured the top spot last year, with $4,646,220 in gross revenue, according to data provided by the Fair.

The three Sweet Martha’s locations together raked in more than twice the revenue reported by the second-highest earner, Pronto Pups, which operates eight locations.

According to the Fair, Pronto Pups reported $2,182,709.72 in gross revenue in 2023. Take that, corn dogs.

Third on the list, with $1,527,512 in gross revenue, is the Food Building’s iconic Mouth Trap Cheese Curds.

The Fresh French Fries operation, which has two locations, ranked fourth with $1,354,224 in gross revenue.

Rounding out the top five is the Dairy Building's Dairy Goodness Bar and All-You-Can-Drink Milk on Judson Avenue, both owned and operated by Midwest Dairy.

The organization's ventures reported $1,293,513.68 in gross revenue last year.

A bottomless cup of milk will cost fair-goers $3 in 2024 instead of $2, marking the stand's first price hike since $1 all-you-can drink milk became $2 all-you-can-drink milk back in 2015 .

You can read more about that in our article here .

Next on the 2023 revenue list is The Perfect Pickle, which reported $1,276,537 in gross revenue.

The fried pickle destination, which has two locations, narrowly beat out the Corn Roast, which reported $1,186,932 in gross revenue, for the sixth spot.

The final three vendors in the top ten each have a single location at the fair.

Carousel BBQ, home of the popular smoked turkey legs, reported $907,250 in gross revenue in 2023.

The Blue Barn, which is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this year, landed ninth with $842,780.75 in gross revenue.

And finally, with the help of its famous egg rolls, Que Viet took the tenth spot with $754,721 in gross revenue.

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