Food & Beverage

Polish King, Des Moines, IA

Polish King – Chicago Style Fast Food

Offering: Polish with Sauerkraut, Chicago Maxwell Polish, Italian Beef, Gyro, Walking Gyro, Italian Fries

Price Range: $5 – $12

Years vended: 4

Pickle Creek Herbs, Fairfield, IA

At Pickle Creek, we use the herbs we grow on our sustainable Iowa farm to handcraft artisanal olive oils and vinegars, soaps, salves, and balms using our own original recipes.

Offering: Herb-infused olive oils and vinegars, soaps, salves, salts, and balms. Spice blends made with dried herbs and garlic and other goods from our garden

Price Range: $3.50 -$30

Gluten Free (Preference), Vegetarian, Vegan, Paleo, Keto options available

Years vended: 9

Sugarplums Cakes and Confections, Altoona, IA

Sugarplums offers made from scratch Christmas Confections. We specialize in traditional German Gingerbreads and Cookies.

Offering: Lebkuchen, Pfeffernuss, Sentiment hearts, Springerle, Spritz, Anise candy, Stollen, cupcakes and cookies, German Christmas ornaments.

Price Range: $4 – $45

Years vended: 8

Dore Bakery DSM, Des Moines, IA

A bespoke custom bakery providing extraordinary cakes and desserts to events around the Des Moines area.

Offering: Lebkuchen, Holiday Macaroons Box, Double Chocolate-Espresso (gluten free) cookies, Holiday Snickerdoodle Cookie

Price Range: $3 – $10

Gluten Free (Preference), Gluten Free (Celiac) options available

Years vended: 1

The Kringle Man, Elk Horn, IA

Danish baking with lite and flaky pockets of goodness is what you’ll find here. Kringle is enjoyed with family and friends when your having that warm and fuzzy feeling, HYGGE.

Offering: Danish Kringle, Danish Pastries, Weinerbrod, Cream Horns, Danish Letters, Eclairs, Krispies, Stroopwafles, Frozen Bags Of Aebelskiver

Price Range: $4 – $18

Years vended: 6

Sweet Treats, Jewell, IA

Offering: Roasted Nuts: Pecans, Almonds, or Cashews glazed with either Cinnamon or Maple

Price Range: $6

Years vended: 3

K&S Kitchen, Des Moines, IA

Local catering company founded by a Des Moines native

Offering: Quarkbällchen (sweet German fried dough balls made with German quark cheese, rolled in cinnamon sugar)

Price Range: $6

Vegetarian, Tree nut Free, Peanut Free options available

Years vended: 4

Comfort Food, Huxley, IA

Serving delicious food favorites to the Ballard, Ames and Des Moines area. We offer catering, food truck and carry out services.

Offering: Jäger Schnitzel, Brat Pizza, Kaese Spaetzle, Pretzel Bites, Champignons, Belegtes Brot

Price Range: $12 – $15

Years vended: 4

Chocolaterie Stam, Des Moines, IA

Explore Amsterdam by experiencing Chocolaterie Stam celebrates over 111 years of true Dutch history in making fine chocolates and confections. Experience our housemade Hot Chocolate, freshly prepared Stroopwafels, and our delicious chocolates.

Offering: Hot chocolate, Fresh made Stroopwafel, 5-piece Holiday bonbon box, Chewy Caramel Holiday box , 16 piece Holiday Jewel box, Holiday Figurine box, Holiday Deluxe , Stroopwafel (packaged)

Price Range: $4 – $35

Gluten Free (Preference), Gluten Free (Celiac), Vegetarian options available

Years vended: 8

L&L European Delight, Chariton, IA

Ukrainian/European style delicacyies and gifts.

Offering: Ukrainian style Pierogies, Cheburekie, Pelmeni, cabbage rolls, candies, gift items

Price Range: $1 – $55

Dairy Free, Vegetarian options available

Years vended: 7

Freedom Blend Coffee, Des Moines, IA

Our local mission is to empower young adults with work training and life skills that produce development, restoration, and hope within our café and coffee trailer. Our fair trade coffee is roasted in-house, ensuring you receive the highest quality while supporting communities both locally and globally.

Offering: Coffee and Espresso Drinks, Hot chocolate, Carmel Apple Cider, Tea

Price Range: $2.75 – $6

Gluten Free (Preference), Gluten Free (Celiac), Dairy Free, Lactose Free, Vegetarian, Vegan options available

Years vended: 2

iPierogi, Woodbury, MN

We are very excited to introduce ourselves for your event; our food truck is ready to bring delicious side of polish tradition whenever you are. iPierogi Food truck is family owned and operated, serving homemade style pierogi and other polish food. We are determined to provide our customers with the most delicious Pierogi, Polish Sausage, Stuffed Cabbage (Gołabki), and Crepes (Blintzes) on the market today.

Offering: Pierogi, Polish Sausage, Stuffed Cabbage (Gołabki), and Crepes (Blintzes)

Price Range: $9 – $12

Gluten Free (Preference), Vegetarian options available

Years vended: 2

Des Moines Biergarten, Des Moines, IA

Offering: Bratwurst, Bavarian Pretzel, Currywurst with Fries, Schnitzel Bites, German Potato Salad

Price Range: $5 – $15

Vegetarian options available

Years vended: 2

Kartoffelsack, LLC, West Des Moines, IA

Offering: Schnitzel mit Pommes (Schnitzel and fries), Döner Kebab, Dampfnudeln (Sweet dumplings), Lebkuchen Herzen (Gingerbread hearts), Zimtsterne (cinnamon star cookies), Currywurst mit Pommes (Curry Sausage with fries), Schupfnudeln mit Sauerkraut (Potato noodles with sauerkraut), Bavarian Pretzels, Kaiserschmarrn (Shredded Pancakes)

Price Range: $5 – $17

Years vended: 1

Brick & Ember Pizza Co, Des Moines, IA

Authentic Thick Crust Chicago Style Wood Fired Brick Oven Pizza

Offering: Reuben Pizza, Flammkuchen (Bacon, Creme Fraiche and Caramelized Onion), Apfelkuchen (Cinnamon Apple), Brat and Kraut Pizza with Beer Cheese. Slices or whole pies.

Price Range: $7 – $16

Years vended: 1

The Big Red Food Truck, Des Moines, IA

Award Winning Local Food Truck

Offering: soft pretzel bites, garlic cream cheese curds, wienerschnitzel, doner kabobs

Price Range: $8 – $14

Vegetarian options available

Years vended: 3

German Taste, West Des Moines, IA

We serve the most famous iconic street food of Germany “Currywurst”, Bratwurst with Sauerkraut and Brat Reuben are on the menu as well.

Offering: Currywurst with a roll, Bratwurst with a roll, Brat Reuben

Price Range: $10 – $13

Gluten free options available

Years vended: 3

Fritz Toffee Company, Ames, IA

Smooth & Buttery, melt in your mouth homemade toffee!

Offering: Toffee

Price Range: $7 – $27

Gluten Free (Preference) options available

Years vended: 5

Hotsy Totsy, Urbandale, IA

Hotsy Totsy is the Fastest, Freshest & Funnest food truck in the metro, offering made to order tater tot themed food items with an Authentic European, chef created menu!!!

Offering: German Goulash Tots, Emmenthal Cheese & Bacon Tots, Donner Kabab w. tots, Brats n Tots, Currywurst Tots, Kasseler Tots

Price Range: $9-$15

Gluten Free (Preference), Dairy Free, Vegetarian options available

Years vended: 3

Travelin’ Tom’s Coffee of Ankeny, Ankeny, IA

Let Travelin’ Tom’s Coffee of Ankeny be your caffeination destination! We serve everything coffee! Hot or cold, sweet or bold!

Offering: Nitro cold brew, cold brew, iced latte, iced spiced latte, frappe, iced macchiato, tilt nitro energy, lemonate, tommy palmer, unsweet/sweet tea, latte, cappuccino, flat white, macchiato, americano, espresso, mocha, white chocolate mocha, spiced chai, dirty chai, hot chocolate, cinnamon apple cider

Price Range: $4 – $8

Gluten Free (Preference), Gluten Free (Celiac), Dairy Free, Lactose Free, Vegetarian, Vegan, Paleo, Keto, Tree nut Free, Peanut Free options available

Years vended: 2

Kindersnaps, Rock Island, IL

Old-World baking and toys inspired by traditional folklore and fairytales. Snack on treats made using vintage German kitchen tools while perusing handcrafted wooden children’s toys and historical reproduction cookie molds.

Offering: Non-Food Items: Handmade wooden dolls and houses, simple wood board games, old-fashioned rocking horses, building blocks, simple wooden cars, planes, and trains, historic reproduction cookie molds, and clay springerle ornaments from antique mold pressings. Food Items: Sugar Cookies and Springerle from vintage cutters/molds. Folklore and Fairytale inspired Gingerbread.

Price Range: $3 – $125

Years vended: 1

Creme de la Crepe, Des Moines, IA

We offer authentic all-natural French crepes and cuisine.

Offering: Butter Cinnamon Sugar crepe, Banana Nutella Crepe, Strawberry Cheesecake Crepe, S’Mores Crepe, Beef Burgundy (Beef Bourguignon) Crepe, Hot Mulled Apple Cider, Bottled Water

Price Range: $4-10

Years vended: 2