Wisconsin State Fair's 2025 Sporkies and Drinkies winners announced

WEST ALLIS, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Recently, we shared the list of the Wisconsin State Fair's Sporkies and Drinkies, the new and creative foods concocted for this year's fair.

Tuesday, a panel of hometown celebrity judges challenged their palettes by tasting these exotic treats.

"This is not for the faint of heart," said Paul Bartolotta, Bartolotta Restaurant Group. "Like this is a one and done, you eat this and there's not a lot of food you're gonna be eating at the fair, I'm here to tell you."

Paul Bartolotta was talking about the Pretzaroni Pizza Brat on a Stick from Gertrude's Pretzels.

The judges had eight Sporkies and four Drinkies finalists to sample, and their job was to pick their favorites, thus giving bragging rights to the State Fair food stand that created them.

And the winners are: