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Knott’s Taste of Boysenberry Festival

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Knott’s Taste of Boysenberry Festival

By Erin

*I was invited to the Taste of Boysenberry Festival for purposes of this post. All thoughts and opinions remain my own*

Knott’s Taste of Boysenberry Festival is celebrating the tastiest season of all. While theme park rides remain closed until May 2nd, guests will have the opportunity to wander through the park and try over 80 deliciously inspired boysenberry savory foods, sweet treats, and refreshing drinks. The Knott’s Boysenberry Festival is an annual food-inspired event that celebrates the park’s historic roots by highlighting the little berry that started it all, the boysenberry.

During Knott’s Taste of Boysenberry Festival, socially distanced guests will have the option of over 80 unique food and drink items offered on the tasting card. Each adult tasting card is $45 and includes 5 tastings of your choice.

Each item can be found at several tasting booths scattered throughout the park. Check out some of the delicious eats we were able to try.

1) Salmon and Orzo Salad with Boysenberries on Spinach

2) Frozen Boysenberry Mai Tai

3) Boysenberry BBQ Brisket Mac and Cheese

4) Fun Bun with a Boysenberry Glaze

5) Flavored Funnel Cake with Boysenberry Ice Cream, a Lemon Drizzle, and white chocolate sprinkles

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Top Eats at Knott’s Boysenberry Festival!

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Top Eats at Knott’s Boysenberry Festival!

By Erin

*We were invited as media to come check out this year’s Boysenberry Festival, all thoughts and opinions remain my own!*

It’s that time again! The tastiest time of the year at Knott’s! The Boysenberry Festival is an annual food-inspired event that celebrates the park’s historic roots by highlighting the little berry that started it all, the boysenberry. This year’s festival will feature over 75 new and returning boysenberry-inspired creations crafted by the Knott’s culinary team. Guests can indulge in a tantalizing lineup of dishes ranging from savory foods with a boysenberry twist to refreshingly sweet and tangy drinks and one-of-a-kind specialty desserts that can only be found at Knott’s Berry Farm during this time of year. In addition to the tasty treats, the Knott’s Boysenberry Festival offers a wide-selection of daily entertainment, live music and fun activities for everyone to enjoy. This year’s festival runs daily through April 8th. You will have a berry good time enjoying all the berry delights!

 

The historic boysenberry is a cross between a loganberry, red raspberry and blackberry and is named after its originator Rudolf Boysen. The Knott family was the first to successfully harvest and sell the boysenberry on the land that is now known as Knott’s Berry Farm. Some of the tastiest and most unique food items are rolled out exclusively during the Knott’s Boysenberry Festival.

One of the BEST ways to enjoy the festival is to purchase one of these delicious tasting cards. This will allow you to  indulge in a variety of new and returning food items during the festival by purchasing a tasting card priced at $30 which offers 8 of the new food options per card. Guests can select any 8 items of their choice. Returning and other signature boysenberry items will be available for purchase a la carte. Tasting cards are available at Knotts.com or in the theme park.

Slow Cooked Boysenberry Short Rib

The slow cooked boysenberry short ribs are first on the tasting card. Juicy meat is smothered in boysenberry hoisin sauce served over butter basmati rice and complete with chopped green onions will leave you wanting more!

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Knott’s Boysenberry Festival April 1st-23rd!

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Knott’s Boysenberry Festival

By Erin

It’s almost Boysenberry time! This unique berry is a cross between a loganberry, a red raspberry and a blackberry. Did you know Knott’s Berry Farm was at one time a berry farm established by Walter Knott and his family? Knott was the first to commercially cultivate the boysenberry in Southern California after transplanting the berry’s vines from the former Boysenberry farm. Mrs. Knott began making preserves, which made Knott’s Berry Farm famous. The popular purple little boysenberry put Knott’s Berry Farm on the road to being America’s first theme park. As the birthplace of the delectable boysenberry, Knott’s Berry Farm once again showcases the little berry that started it all with a spectacular 23-day food and beverage celebration. 

This year, the festival is over three weeks (April 1–April 23) featuring over 70 boysenberry inspired dishes, drinks and more. During these 23 days everyone can indulge in succulent eats and enjoy live entertainment, new shows, pie eating contests, meet the Easter Beagle and PEANUTS gang, make new friends at the new Old MacDonald petting zoo, mingle with the Ghost Town townsfolk, line dance, and join the nighttime dance party. Of course there is all the usual fun too because entrance to the Boysenberry festival is included with park admission. (Additional cost for tastings of food and drink).

There are so many boysenberry inspired food and drinks to choose from throughout Ghost Town that are both sweet and savory. Items include ribs, meatballs, chicken wings, BBQ dishes flavored with Knott’s very own Boysenberry BBQ Sauce, boysenberry cream soda, chocolate covered Boysenberry cheesecake, Boysenberry ICEE Floats, Boysenberry Latte, and the now super famous Fun Bun! The Fun Bun is a crowd favorite with its warm, sweet, gooey deliciousness. If you have not heard of the Fun Bun yet; it is a cinnamon roll, boysenberry and funnel cake rolled into one delicious bun of fun. New this year is the boysenberry pizza, boysenberry ravioli, and boysenberry fry bread! There is so much to enjoy, you will have to come back more than once to enjoy it all! 😉

Now, ready to get a sneak peek of all the Boysenberry goodness of some of my favorite picks? Here you go!

  • Fun Bun – Fried Cinnamon Roll with Boysenberry Cream Cheese Topping (also shown is the Fun Stick)

  • Fun Stick

  • Chocolate Covered Boysenberry Cheesecake on a stick

  • Boysenberry Nutella Crepes

  • Deep Fried Alligator & Fries with Boysenberry Aioli

  • Boysenberry Fry Bread

  • Boysenberry Pizza

  • Marinated Boysenberry Meatball on a Stick with Boysenberry BBQ Sauce

  • Boysenberry & Apricot Pulled Pork  Sandwich in a Boysenberry Bun Combo

  • Boysenberry BBQ Wings

  • Boysenberry Corn Dog

Boysenberry Festival Tasting Card*

One of the best ways to experience the Boysenberry Festival is with a Boysenberry Festival Tasting Card. For only $25, the tasting card includes generous portions of six delectable treats:

  1. Boysenberry Pizza at Wagon Wheel Pizza
  2. Boysenberry Ravioli at Spurs Chophouse
  3. Boysenberry Buffalo Wings at the Gold Trails Hotel
  4. Boysenberry BBQ Meatballs at the Bank of Calico
  5. Boysenberry Fry Bread at the Gourmet Churro Factory
  6. Boysenberry Pana Cotta at the Ghost Town Bakery

The Boysenberry Festival Tasting Card can be purchased online or at the following locations at the park: The California Store, Little Spurs, General Store, Ghost Town Candy, Gold Trails Hotel, Spurs Chophouse, Pemmican Pickle, Calico Saloon, Ghost Town Bakery, Sutter’s Grill, and Ghost Town Mix-it-up.

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