5 new foods to try at Coors Field in 2018

Colorado Rockies baseball returns for the 25th season this week.

You can try a number of new concessions as you root, root, root for the home team again starting at the Coors Field home opener April 6.

Aramark, which runs the food service at the stadium, unveiled five new dishes for the 2018 season. Coors Field, built in 1995, is now the third-oldest ballpark in the National League, trailing just Chicago's Wrigley Field and Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium.

Mile High Mac-N-Cheese

Loaded macaroni and cheese arrives at Coors Field for your guilty pleasure. This Mile High version is topped with Colorado southwestern staples green chili, crumbled chorizo and pico de gallo. Loaded macaroni and cheese bowls have become a trend in stadium concessions. Last year, Milwaukee's Miller Park added smoked bacon mac and cheese, Chicago's Guaranteed Rate Field added a brisket mac and cheese grilled cheese sandwich and Colorado State University debuted a specialty macaroni and cheese concession stand, Mount Mac, at its new football stadium.

Rocky Mountain Po’boy

Coors Field has served up Rocky Mountain oysters as a novelty since the stadium opened. Now its taking the breaded bull testicles delicacy to a new level, with a po'boy sandwich. The roll is full of the Rocky Mountain oysters and topped with garlic slaw, guacamole, green chili ranch, pico de gallo and cotija cheese.

Chicken & Purple Slaw Taco Trio

Major League Baseball stadiums are taking to the street taco craze this summer. Aramark is debuting a variety of themed taco trios at parks across the country including barbecue brisket tacos in Kansas City, Lobster tacos at Citi Field in New York and Nashville-style hot chicken tacos in Pittsburgh. Coors Field will honor the Rockies purple team color with its flour tortilla taco trio that features chicken topped with salsa verde and purple slaw.

Rockies Fritters

If you have a sweet tooth, there's a new dessert to try this summer — and it just might turn your tongue purple. The new Rockies Fritters features fried purple berry fritters covered in a sweet rum glaze. The dish is garnished with purple and silver pearls. Aramark is also adding a number of new sweets throughout the league including edible cookie dough stands in Houston, Toronto and Philadelphia.

Triple Play Dog

While baseball's anthem "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" sings of consuming peanuts and Cracker Jack, hot dogs are affectionately known as the staple food of ballparks. Regular hot dogs and the famous foot-long Rockie Dog topped with grilled peppers, kraut and onions return in 2018. Joining them is the Triple Play Dog that's topped with Carolina-style pulled pork, crumbled bacon bits and purple slaw.

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