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Best Guilty Pleasures of 2016 — So Far

Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 9:34 p.m.

Patricia Escarcega The Not Your Father's Root Beer ice cream float is a new boozy treat at Luci's at The Orchard PHX. 1/18

Patricia Escarcega The Big Buck Burger at Wimpy's Paradise in Chandler features a half-pound of ground chuck, a thick slice of bologna, and a fried egg. 2/18

David Maestas The Baker is a baked potato-inspired pizza at Boss Pizza Bar, a new pizza restaurant and bar in Scottsdale. 3/18

Patricia Escarcega The Big Texas BBQ Dog at Doglicious Hot Dogs in Glendale. 4/18

David Maestas A doughnut ice cream sandwich and a Red Velvet cookie ice cream sandwich at The Baked Bear, a new ice cream sandwich shop in Scottsdale. 5/18

Alfredo Escarcega The El Doctoro, Orange Creamsicle, Blue Bombshell, and Castaway at Sodalicious, a soda bar chain with three locations in the East Valley. 6/18

Patricia Escarcega The Ruben signature hamburger at Stufrageous is stuffed with pastrami and Swiss cheese, then topped with crispy onions. 7/18

Patricia Escarcega The Hair of the Polish Dog at Bacus Bros Hot Dogs & Beer in Tempe. 8/18

David Maestas The Oblea Berry ice cream roll dessert at Nomadic Ice Cream Rolls in El Mirage. 9/18

Patricia Escarcega The breakfast nachos at Daily Dose, a breakfast and lunch spot with locations in Scottsdale and Phoenix. 10/18

David Maestas The Turtle "And The Hare" Showboat Sundae at Mary Coyle Ol' Fashion Ice Cream, which appears to be thriving at its new location. 11/18

Patricia Escarcega The Booze Burger at Paradise Valley Burger Company features two beer-battered, deep-fried patties. 12/18

Patricia Escarcega Hangover Fries at RnR in Scottsdale. 13/18

David Maestas A vanilla-flavored macaron with blueberry muffin ice cream and red velvet macaron with Fruity Pebbles-flavored ice cream at Fatty Daddy's in Scottsdale. 14/18

David Maestas The BBQ brisket baked potato from The Loaded Potato, a baked potato restaurant in South Phoenix. 15/18

David Maestas The "adult" chocolate milkshake at Relish Burger Bistro. 16/18

Patricia Escarcega Tosti Elotes is a signature treat at La Carreta de Lily. 17/18

Patricia Escarcega The South by Southwest at Welcome Chicken + Donuts is the restaurant's signature breakfast cake doughnut sandwich. 18/18

Best Guilty Pleasures of 2016 — So Far

We frequently send out our brave food reviewer in search of the culinary equivalent of the pop-music earworm — that too-sugary, too-fatty, and oh-so-tacky concoction that you know is bad for you but you also are powerless to resist. Here are some of the gems she's uncovered so far this year

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