List of U.S. state foods

This is a list of official U.S. state foods:

State	Food type	Food name	Image	Year & citation
Alabama	State cookie	Yellowhammer cookie		2023 [1]
	State nut	Pecan		1982 [2]
	State fruit	Blackberry		2004 [3]
	State tree fruit	Peach		2006 [4]
	State dessert	Lane cake		2016 [5]
	State vegetable	Sweet potato		2021 [6]
	State legume	Peanut		2022 [7]
Alaska				None [8]
Arizona				None [9]
Arkansas	State fruit	South Arkansas vine ripe pink tomato		1987 [10]
	State grain	Rice		2007 [11]
	State grape	Cynthiana ( Vitis aestivalis )		2009 [12]
	State nut	Pecan		2009 [13]
California [notes 1]	State nuts	Almond, walnut, pistachio, and pecan		2017 [14] [15] [16]
Colorado				None [17]
Connecticut	State food	Pizza		2021 [18]
Delaware	State herb	Sweet goldenrod (Solidago odora)		1996 [19]
	State dessert	Peach pie		2009 [20]
	State fruit	Strawberry		2010 [21]
Florida	State fruit	Orange		2005 [22] [23]
	State pie	Key lime pie		2006 [24]
	State honey	Tupelo honey		2016 [25]
Georgia [notes 2] [26]	State vegetable	Vidalia sweet onion		1990 [27] [28]
	State fruit	Peach		1995 [29] [30]
	State prepared food	Grits		2002 [31]
Hawaii [notes 3]				None [32] [33]
Idaho	State fruit	Huckleberry		2000 [34]
	State vegetable	Potato		2002 [34]
Illinois	State snack food	Popcorn		2004 [35]
	State fruit	GoldRush Apple (Malus × domestica)		2007 [35]
	State vegetable	Sweet corn		2015 [35]
	State pie	Pumpkin pie		2016 [35]
	State grain	Corn		2018 [35] [36]
Indiana [notes 4]	State snack food	Popcorn		2021 [37]
Iowa				None [38]
Kansas	State fruit	Sandhill plum		2022 [39]
Kentucky	State fruit	Blackberry		2004 [40] [41]
Louisiana	State fruit	Louisiana strawberry		1980 [42]
	State jellies	Mayhaw jelly and Louisiana sugar cane jelly		2003 [43]
	State meat pie	Natchitoches meat pie		2003 [44]
	State vegetable	Sweet potato		2003 [45]
	State cuisine	Gumbo		2004 [46]
Maine	State berry	Wild blueberry		1991 [47]
	State herb	Wintergreen		1999 [48]
	State dessert	Blueberry pie made with wild Maine blueberries		2011 [49] [50]
	State treat	Whoopie pie		2011 [51] [50]
	State sweetener	Pure Maine maple syrup		2015 [52]
Maryland	State dessert	Smith Island Cake		2008 [53]
	State drink	Milk		1998 [54]
	State crustacean	Blue crab		1989 [55]
Massachusetts	State muffin	Corn muffin		1986 [56] [57]
	State bean	Baked navy bean		1993 [56] [58]
	State berry	Cranberry		1994 [56] [59]
	State dessert	Boston cream pie		1996 [56] [60]
	State cookie	Chocolate chip cookie		1997 [56] [61]
	State doughnut	Boston cream doughnut		2003 [56] [62]
Michigan	State native grain	Manoomin		2023 [63] [64]
Minnesota	State berry	Blueberry
Minnesota	State pop (soda)	Orange
Minnesota	State tree	Red pine
Minnesota	State grain	Wild rice		1977 [65]
	State mushroom	Morel		1984 [65]
	State muffin	Blueberry muffin		1988 [65]
	State fruit	Honeycrisp apple		2006 [65]
Mississippi				None [66]
Missouri	State tree nut	Eastern black walnut ( Juglans nigra )		1990 [67]
	State grape	Norton/Cynthiana ( Vitis aestivalis )		2003 [68] [69]
	State dessert	Ice cream cone		2008 [70]
Montana	State fruit	Huckleberry		2023 [71]
Nebraska				None [72]
Nevada				None [73]
New Hampshire	State fruit	Pumpkin		2006 [74]
	State vegetable	White potato		2013 [75]
New Jersey	State fruit	Northern highbush blueberry		2004 [76]
	State sandwich	"Pork roll, egg and cheese" (sandwich containing pork roll, eggs and cheese,		2023 [77]
New Mexico	State vegetables	New Mexico chile [notes 5] and Frijoles pintos (pinto beans)		1965 [78] [79]
	State cookie	Biscochito		1989 [78]
New York	State fruit	Apple		1976 [80] [81]
	State muffin	Apple muffin		1987 [80] [82]
	State snack	Yogurt		2014 [83] [84]
North Carolina	State vegetable	Sweet potato		1995 [85]
	State blue berry	Blueberry		2001 [85]
	State red berry	Strawberry		2001 [85]
	State fruit	Scuppernong grape		2001 [85]
North Dakota	State fruit	Chokecherry		2007 [86]
Ohio	State fruit	Tomato		2009 [87]
	State native fruit	Pawpaw		2009 [87]
Oklahoma	State meal	Oklahoma state meal: Chicken-fried steak, barbequed pork, fried okra, squash, cornbread, grits, corn, sausage with biscuits and gravy, black-eyed peas, strawberries, and pecan pie		1988 [88] [89]
	State fruit	Strawberry		2005 [88]
	State vegetable	Watermelon		2007 [88] [90]
	State steak	Ribeye		2019 [91]
Oregon	State nut	Hazelnut (filbert)		1989 [92]
	State mushroom	Pacific golden chanterelle		1999 [92]
	State fruit	Pear		2005 [92]
Pennsylvania				none [93]
Rhode Island	State fruit	Rhode Island Greening Apple		1991 [94]
	State appetizer	Calamari		2015 [95]
South Carolina	State fruit	Peach		1984 [96] [97]
	State snack food	Boiled peanuts		2006 [96] [98]
	State vegetable	Collard greens		2011 [96] [99]
	State picnic cuisine	Barbecue		2014 [96]
South Dakota	State dessert	Kuchen		2000 [100]
	State bread	Frybread		2005 [100]
Tennessee	State fruit	Tomato		2003 [101]
Texas [notes 6]	State dish	Chili		1977 [102]
	State fruit	Texas red grapefruit		1993 [102]
	State pepper	Jalapeño		1995 [102]
	State native pepper	Chiltepin		1997 [102]
	State vegetable	Sweet onion		1997 [102]
	State health nut	Native pecan		2001 [102]
	State snack	Tortilla chips and salsa		2003 [102]
	State bread	Pan de campo		2005 [102]
	State cobbler	Peach cobbler		2013 [102]
	State pie	Pecan pie		2013 [102]
	State squash	Pumpkin		2013 [102]
Utah	State fruit	Cherry		1997 [103]
	"a favorite snack food"	Jell-O (recognized by a Senate resolution only)		2001 [104]
	State historic vegetable	Sugar beet		2002 [105]
	State vegetable	Spanish sweet onion		2002 [105]
Vermont	State flavor	Maple		1993 [106]
	State fruit	Apple		1999 [107]
	State pie	Apple pie, required by law to be served with: a glass of cold milk, a slice of cheddar cheese weighing a minimum of 1/2 ounce, or a large scoop of vanilla ice cream.		1999 [108] [109]
	State vegetable	Gilfeather Turnip		2015 [110]
Virginia				None [111]
Washington	State fruit	Apple		1989 [112]
	State vegetable	Walla Walla sweet onion		2007 [113]
West Virginia	State fruit	Golden Delicious apple		1995 [114]
Wisconsin	State grain	Corn (Zea mays)		1989 [115] [116] [117]
	State fruit	Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon)		2003 [115] [117]
	State pastry	Kringle		2013 [115] [118]
	State dairy product	Cheese		2017 [115] [119]
Wyoming				None [120]

Notes

1. In a proclamation as acting governor, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom declared the artichoke state vegetable, the avocado state fruit, the almond state nut, and rice state grain. The legislature did not enact these.
2. Georgia declared peanuts the state crop.
3. Hawaii's official state plant is kalo ( Colocasia esculenta ; taro).
4. Indiana Senate Resolution 59 (2009) made sugar cream pie (renamed "Hoosier Pie") "unofficial state pie" in 2009.
5. New Mexico's official state question, "Red or green?", refers to chilies. The official answer is, "Red and green, or Christmas."
6. In 2003, Texas law made sopaipilla and strudel state pastries until 2005.

See also

• List of U.S. state beverages

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External links

• The Food Timeline: State Foods and Recipes
• NetState: All states symbols