Celebrate National Pickle Day with a look at 11 shocking pickle combinations from Picklesburgh past

Saturday is National Pickle Day, and what better way to celebrate then looking back at some of the wild pickled creations of Pittsburgh’s iconic Picksburgh festival?

Take a look at the dill-ightful list of pickled treats for the true pickle-hearted Pittsburghers out there.

Pickle Juice

When you think juice, most think apple and orange, but not Brine Brothers! The company offers all-natural pickle juice in three flavors.

Candied pickles

Chocolate Moonshine Co. hit sweet teeth with its chocolate and pickle combinations. The chocolate company offered special gourmet fudge in pickle-related flavors, including dill pickle, peanut butter pickle swirl, pickle-back whiskey and spicy pickle flavor. It also featured Belgian chocolate-covered pickles-on-a-stick, candied pickles-on-a-stick and candied pickled lollipops.

Pickles and eggs

Breakfast gone PICKLED. Choppin' Block BBQ’s scotch pickled eggs baked in a sausage crust with chef-driven BBQ and house-picked veggies put quite the twist on a tradition breakfast!

Pickle-stuffed pierogis

If there aren’t pickle pierogi options, is it even a true Pittsburgh festival? Picklesburgh offered a double dose of pierogi options:

Gosia’s Pierogis: Dumplings with buttery mashed potatoes and dill-icous swirls of dill pickles and sauerkraut, and a pickle cheeseburger pierogi!

In addition to Gosia’s pierogi, Stuff’d Pierogi Bar offered their take on pickle pierogis. During the 2019 festival they offered potato-stuffed pierogis are topped with pickled cabbage. On the menu now? They have a delicious cheese burger pierogi with ground beef and American cheese stuffed in a pierogi and served on a bed of lettuce. Then, topped with melted cheese, dill pickle tomatoes and stuffed sauce!

“Dog in dill”

I’Dill Pickle has been known to showcase pickle creations that range from bacon-wrapped fried pickles to a yummy brie cheese-stuffed pickles! To add to their wide array of pickled food, they even offered a “dog in a dill” hot dog, and frozen limeade with a pickle twist from the team at the Pittsburgh Irish Festival.

Pickle-flavored ice cream

Pickles and ice cream? Millie’s Handmade Ice Cream is known for their mouthwatering ice creams, and the downtown homemade ice cream offered up special Picklesburgh flavors that included dill pickle, pickled strawberry-mascarpone and pickled peach pie. Would you give them a try?

Pickle Funnel cake

This is a fun one! Simon’s Food Concessions added pickle funnel cake to the list of shocking combos! This interesting take on concessions food was offered in addition to classics like fried pickle chips and pickle dogs.

Pickle-brined sammy

We’ve all seen pickles on a sandwich, but Coop De Ville’s pickle-brined fried chicken sandwich took things to a whole new level. This dill-icious creation had pickled summer vegetables, pickled green tomato jam and even more Coop specials!

Fried PICKLE mozzarella

Picture this: mozzarella sticks, with fried pickles! DiAnoia’s Eatery came ready for Picklesburgh with its rendition of fried pickle mozzarella dipped in a pickled pepper marinara sauce.

Pickles and cookies

Sweet and salty? More like sweet and pickled!

Fabulous Homemade Cookies gave pickle lovers a new way to eat their sweet desserts with their homemade cookies and cupcakes. The treats made from scratch were peanut butter pickle, molasses pickle pepper, Old World sauerkraut brownies and new pickled pizzelles!

FAMOUS grilled cheese, but make it pickled

Pickled Chef offered up their famous Picklesburgh Grilled Cheese with a choice of dill relish, kimchi, or bacon with apple maple bourbon jam, this interesting take on the cheesy meal is always a hit!

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