Arizona Diamondbacks: Churro Dog

The Arizona Diamondbacks are much to blame for the monster hot dog craze. While a few other teams offered up some crazy concoctions first, the D-backs upped the ante when they introduced an 18 inch, bacon wrapped, cheese infused, corn dog called the D-Bat in 2014. This year, they aimed to outdo even themselves and managed to pull it off nicely with the Churro Dog.

If a double-fudge sundae is a sugar bomb, then the Churro Dog is the nuclear option. This diabetes-inducing caloric abomination is the anti-meat hot dog. It is strictly for dessert. Shaped like a regular hot dog, there are some very stark differences. Instead of a bun the Churro Dog uses a chocolate drizzled long-john donut. It is curved around none other than a cinnamon churro that lays in the bun like a frank. The churro is topped with locally-sourced yogurt smothered in whipped cream. This monstrosity is then drizzled with chocolate and caramel sauces.

How did it fare?

Appeal-this dessert dog has been in the media so often most patrons take its picture before eating it (me as well). Fans seek it out. 5

Ingredients-you can’t go wrong with the composition of this dog. It did have a bit too much whipped cream for me, but otherwise delicious. 4.5

Uniqueness-no other dog like it exists. 5

Monstrosity Factor-off the scale. This wonder of the hot dog world, while not huge, will satisfy the sweet tooth of a giant. In the end, I could not finish it. It was just too much sugar for me. 5

Value-at $8.50 it is a steal as it can easily satiate two fans. 5

Overall Taste-great taste, but overly sweet for just one person to finish. 5

After awakening from a diabetic coma and several rounds of dialysis I recovered from eating about three-quarters of the Churro Dog. It is everything it is cracked up to be, a gut-busting sugar pill that is the dessert of the desert. Want a challenge? Try to finish one off after downing a D-Bat.

APPEAL	5
INGREDIENTS	4.5
UNIQUENESS	5
MONSTROSITY FACTOR	5
VALUE	5
OVERALL TASTE	4.5
TOTAL	29

The Churro Dog is the perfect ballpark relief from the hot Arizona sun. And with an overall score of 29 the currently specialty dog leader. Warning: this is a messy, messy dog. After eating it you will have about a pound of it on your face, but you will be cool, full, refreshed and ready for some more Diamondbacks baseball.