One of the greatest tragedies in life is that most foods just don’t taste enough like onions. Thankfully, Loeb’s Onion Crunch bridges the gap between “Eating to Live” and “Living to Eat.” Made with 100% real onions, Onion Crunch is made by lightly frying specially selected sweet onions in vegetable oil and adding a light season to the already natural flavor. Onion Crunch contains no cholesterol and 0 grams of trans fat as well as being low in sodium and carbohydrates.

Onion Crunch prides itself on being a great addition to everyday foods. The box itself suggests we put some crunch into our burgers, pizzas, and even salads! Now they’re not wrong about this. Onion Crunch does taste delicious on pizza. But then again, we wouldn’t be Foodbeast if we didn’t have a little fun with this now would we?

Onion Crunch on a broccoli stuffed chicken from a gas station. Delicious.

Onion Crunch on a Waffle. Delicious.

Onion Crunch on Red Velvet Cupcakes. Delicious.

And finally, Onion Crunch between Mini Oreos. You’re going to have to go out and get some Onion Crunch for yourselves on this one because delicious doesn’t even begin to describe it.

There isn’t much else I can say about Onion Crunch other than this:

Onion Crunch is that little bit of happiness missing from every meal. It’s that feeling you have in between a really good dream and waking up. Getting a decent grade on a paper you thought you tanked. Onion Crunch is  that feeling you get from holding a that special someone’s hand for the first time.

Onion Crunch is magic.

(Note: Yeah, I know “Onionizing” isn’t a word. But it should be.)

How much will you pay for a hot dog? $2? $10? An unmentionable favor or two for a friend? DougieDog, an eatery located in Vancouver Canada is charging $100 for their Dragon Dogs. The Dragon Dog is made from a hundred year-old Louis the 13 Cognac infused into bratwurst. A bottle of the cognac costs over $2,000. The Dragon Dog also contains fresh lobster, kobe beef, and a very secret picante sauce.

Dougie Luv, the proprietor behind DougieDog, told Huffington Post that he wanted to create something “tasty and high-end” but still stay in the tradition of what a hot dog truly is. The Dragon Dog is claimed to be the most expensive hot dog in the world.

Sure beats the one I’m about to eat that’s been thawing in my sink overnight.

via: Huffington Post

Southern California based food truck Kogi BBQ just released their latest featured item, a Blackjack Dirty Dog. The product utilizes a juicy Hebrew National hot dog, charred, and piled high with grilled onions and sitting on a bed of double caramelized spicy pork over oozing, melting cheeses. It’s then smothered in the brand’s trademark salsa verde sauce.

For $7, this new Blackjack Dirty Dog can be your property, and can be picked up from any of the four roaming trucks across Southern California.

In 2009, Charles Cleveland Nowden was arrested for attempting to buy two hot  dogs, two cokes and popcorn with a counterfeit $20 in Fort Worth, Texas. This week he received an 80-year prison sentence.

It looks like Nowden was buying for two at the movie theater. His poor date, Texas obviously doesn’t take too kindly to the term “wine and dine”…with counterfeit cash.

Upon getting arrested he was also found in possession of an additional $120 of counterfeit money. It turns out he has had a history of crime from selling stolen lawnmowers in 2011 to possession of a firearm.

(Via Gawker)

We’re looking at something, within something else, within something else, and it’s edible. So it gets called the Inception Hot Dog. Earlier this year we saw this concept materialize with the Inception Burrito, but our talented German buddy Mirko has turned the game on its head once again with this meat-heavy concept.

The outer layer is a seasoned bacon weave lined with tomato topping and a layer of Gouda cheese, which in turn covers a layer of meat, which in turn covers a bun that’s snuggly covering a hot-dog at the core. Call this a dream within-a-dream, I’ll call it breakfast:

Next on the menu for king-of-the-pack gourmet food truck Kogi BBQ is their limited-time feature item they’re calling the K-Oki Dog. This tortilla-wrapped beast is filled with hot dog, short rib, caramelized kimchi, pastrami, cheese, salsa roja and onions. The burrito will run you $7 as long as it stays on the truck.

To all the sausage fanatics out there in Orange County California, make sure to visit Berkeley Dog. Berkeley Dog offers a menu complete with 12 different types of gourmet sausages (as well as the occasional special meats) that can be customizable with your own toppings.

Some of the different kinds of sausages include: Kobe Beef, Kielbasa, Louisiana Hot Link, and Juicy Habanero. Occasionally, there are even specials such as: duck and bacon, alligator, and even rattlesnake.

I took a visit to Berkeley Dog with fellow Foodbeast contributor; Brian Yamamoto and we grabbed a few things from the menu. This, of course, meant that we had to try the rattlesnake and alligator.

“The rattlesnake was spiced to perfection and had a solid texture,” said Yamamoto.

Me, I got the alligator with some grilled peppers on top. The Alligator tasted like a combination between chicken and fish. Though it sounds a bit strange, it was actually quite tasty.

Did I also mention we got the Monster Fries? Yeah, we got the Monster Fries. This delicious stack of deep fried potatoes are topped with sweet grilled onions, gooey cheese, fresh bacon bits, and covered with a unique chipotle dressing. Between the two of guys, that baby was gone in a matter of seconds.

Not counting the gourmet toppings, Berkeley Dog also has its own free topping bar which comes with sauerkraut, freshly chopped onions, a couple different types of relishes, and nine flavors of mustard to choose from.

“Berkeley Dog is a Schnitzel paradise.” - Brian Yamamoto

So to anyone in the OC area looking for meaty experience, I would recommend checking out Berkeley Dog. There are a few locations scattered in Orange County. For a pretty decent price, you will definitely leave with a full stomach and a pretty fulfilling experience. Next time, I’m trying the Bacon Hash Dog and the Pastrami Sandwich.

Brea

215 W. Birch Street, #2

Brea, Ca. 92821

714-257-0988

I’m all for innovation in chip flavor. So naturally when 7-Eleven tells me my chips can now taste like their Big Bite hot dogs, I say It’s about time!

This marriage of junk food flavor can be found at any participating 7-Eleven location and go for about $0.89. Hard to beat, right? The chips have the robust flavor of a plump juicy hot dog topped with ketchup and a hint of mustard. Could you imagine topping an actual hot dog with these crumbled up bad boys? I think the human body can only survive so much hot dog-ey goodness.

[via GrubGrade Photo Credit to My Private Brand]

Mike Peterson of the Deep Fried Butter Stand gave FOODBEAST an exclusive sneak peek of what people can expect at the Fairgrounds next year – Deep Fried Beer Battered Bacon Hot Dog On A Stick (catchy acronym: DFBBBHDOAS). Because Deep Fried Beer Battered Bacon just wasn’t a long enough title to feature on Fair signage.

For those of you who like to keep up on trends for fair foods, expect this bad boy to make its round, in similar vein to the popularity of this year’s deep fried Kool-Aid.

That’s right folks next year you can order the chocolate covered corn dog, deep fried butter and now the DFBBBHDOAS for your whole family!

And regardless of what’s on my list, there are always four aisles that I’m going to visit (unless I really have to pee): baking, chips/snacks, frozen snacks, and ice cream. The first three aisles are for you; the last one is for me.

While trawling the frozen snacks aisle earlier this week, my ever-wandering eye landed upon a gold mine—a mini, oblong, pig-filled gold mine.

Mini corn dogs!! Perfect for covering in chocolate! Although, I feel that way about pretty much everything, don’t I?

As is the case for most things that I cover in chocolate, the ingredients and recipe are significantly cheaper and easier than flying to Korea.

Chocolate Covered Mini Corn Dogs

Ingredients

-          1 pkg (20 count) mini corn dogs

-          chocolate baking bark (it took about 5 squares to coat them all)

Directions

1. Heat corn dogs according to package. (I sooooo put them in the microwave.)

2. Slice each corn dog in half. (Better chocolate-to-dog ratio.)

3. Melt bark and coat corn dogs.

4. Chill until set.

Are you familiar with Entenmann’s Frosted Mini Donuts? Good stuff, right? Well, these are just like those. Oh, but with, like, a hot dog in them.

As expected with a treat such as these, there were 3 camps: the these-are-awesome group (my favorite people), the eh-these-aren’t-the-best group (thanks for trying them), and the you-can’t-make-me-eat-that group (laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame).

Helpful hint: If you are hesitant to try one, don’t look at it while you are eating it. I heard that helps.

Oh, and before I go, I have a riddle for you: What makes a chocolate-covered corn dog even better? The same thing that makes a regular corn dog better: dipping it in mustard!!!

Seriously though, the addition of mustard was crescent fresh—as is my friend Cody who suggested it.

For more corny confections, visit The Cereal Baker.