If you live in South Dakota, you know there are just some dishes that everyone loves. You know that the best food is made at home and that your mom is always the one with the best recipe. These are just a few of the dishes you absolutely must eat in South Dakota before you die.

  1. Scotcheroos

Matt / Flickr You couldn’t find a more a South Dakota recipe than these Scotcheroo bars. Peanut buttery and chocolatey goodness for the win!

  1. Casserole

Darice de Cuba / Flickr You can’t truly say you’ve been to South Dakota until you’ve had a homemade casserole. These are family dinner favorites in these parts.

  1. Wild Asparagus

Beck / Flickr In spring, take a walk out in the ditch and you’ll likely find some wild asparagus. Cut some off before it gets too tall and cook yourself up a wonderful treat! Somehow, it just tastes better when you gathered it yourself.

  1. Puppy Chow

Kelly Garbato / Flickr Another decadent South Dakota treat is puppy chow! Chex cereal coated in peanut butter, chocolate and powdered sugar makes for a mouth watering combo.

  1. Steak

Ghislaine / Flickr If you’ve never had a South Dakota steak you’ve never lived. Put this on your to do list immediately! We take pride in our South Dakota beef.

  1. SDSU Ice Cream

SDSU We love our ice cream in South Dakota. SDSU ice cream is a treasured treat across the state.

  1. Ranch on pizza

Matt / Flickr In South Dakota, we like to put ranch on almost everything. A thick layer of ranch takes pizza to the next level.

  1. Ham Balls

The Gingham Apron / Facebook Mom’s ham ball recipe is an SD mouth-watering classic and all time favorite. If you love South Dakota, you’ll love these!

  1. Ice Cream at B&G Milky Way.

B&G Milky Way 69th St / Facebook Because it’s so cold for most of the year, we really, really like ice cream in the summer. B&G Milky Way is a summer favorite that everyone looks forward to. It’s only open spring to fall, so get there while you can.

Have you had all these dishes? What would you add to our list?

Matt / Flickr

You couldn’t find a more a South Dakota recipe than these Scotcheroo bars. Peanut buttery and chocolatey goodness for the win!

Darice de Cuba / Flickr

You can’t truly say you’ve been to South Dakota until you’ve had a homemade casserole. These are family dinner favorites in these parts.

Beck / Flickr

In spring, take a walk out in the ditch and you’ll likely find some wild asparagus. Cut some off before it gets too tall and cook yourself up a wonderful treat! Somehow, it just tastes better when you gathered it yourself.

Kelly Garbato / Flickr

Another decadent South Dakota treat is puppy chow! Chex cereal coated in peanut butter, chocolate and powdered sugar makes for a mouth watering combo.

Ghislaine / Flickr

If you’ve never had a South Dakota steak you’ve never lived. Put this on your to do list immediately! We take pride in our South Dakota beef.

SDSU

We love our ice cream in South Dakota. SDSU ice cream is a treasured treat across the state.

In South Dakota, we like to put ranch on almost everything. A thick layer of ranch takes pizza to the next level.

The Gingham Apron / Facebook

Mom’s ham ball recipe is an SD mouth-watering classic and all time favorite. If you love South Dakota, you’ll love these!

B&G Milky Way 69th St / Facebook

Because it’s so cold for most of the year, we really, really like ice cream in the summer. B&G Milky Way is a summer favorite that everyone looks forward to. It’s only open spring to fall, so get there while you can.

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