Attack of the Helmet Nachos
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 7:00AM Recently, my mom and one of my sisters flew up for a big Chicago weekend! We spent a lot of time hanging out, and the big event of the weekend was to take them to their very first Cubs game. Wrigley is one of the USA's most historic and famous ballparks, and any baseball fan wants to make that visit, regardless of the Cubs, who are really, really - really - good at biffing a win.
I must admit, it's completely obvious that we're related...
Ok, so Wrigley introduced a brand new concession item a couple years ago... Helmet Nachos. Yes, you read that right. It's $15 and is exactly what it sounds like:
Need a closer look? Ooooooooooook...
Don't be scurred, Billie Sue!
I am pretty certain that there's an entire bag of chips in that helmet. One time, I was a part of a 12(ish)-person group at Wrigley. We ordered ONE of these heart attack inducing numbers, and we couldn't even finish it - so our tiny group taking this on was a quite a feat, especially when my mom had to be all heart-conscious and refuse to help us eat it! By the time you get to the bottom, the chips are all soggy, but you eat them anyway. Hey, we're already gross by eating a freaking helmet full of fake cheese - might as well seal the deal!
Here's Billie Sue's review of said Helmet Nachos. Kindly ignore my highly annoying voice.
Now, I want to know... what's the grossest guilty pleasure at your hometown ballpark?
Reader Comments (4)
We recently visited Chicago for the first time and were so disappointed that our trip didn't coincide with a Cubs home game. We loved the city though, so we're sure to be back to experience Wrigley - thanks for the inside sneak peek!
I am ALWAYS lured by the siren song of ballpark nachos, and of course, rarely pleased with them. In my mind they are steaming hot melty piles of heaven and in reality, a squeezed-out-of-a-warmer bag stale mess. Still, I get them almost EVERY TIME! :)
Our local ballpark boasts garlic fries, which from a restaurant or cooked fresh, are pretty heavenly. But the weather around these parts (damp and cold) do not lend to eating these things outside. Once you get them back to your seat and start eating them, the garlic/butter oil has begun to coagulate (let's just forget we're eating french fries that have THEN been tossed in an oil/butter concoction) and you're basically eating a limp pile of what tastes like french fries that have accidentally been dropped in the pool with garlic on top. (Don't lie, you dropped food in the pool when you were little and still ate it! :) )
I love ballpark food. Don't really care that it's usually not as great as I build it up in my mind. It's still the best, even lukewarm and $20 :)
Those nachos look delish, if insanely too big!
Recently I tried what is called the "Bull Dog" at the Durham Bulls park, it is a hot dog, wrapped in bacon, covered with nacho cheese, and then wrapped in pretzel bread. It was heavenly!
Oh goodness, I want this. I will eat any type of cheese, yes, even fake "Cheez". My recent guilty pleasure was a triple fried corn dog from Shake Shack - yum!