Featured Image: Blueberry Grilled Cheese from The Taste Budz (photo provided courtesy of Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites)
38th Annual Event Set for July 19-20 at Burnside Plantation in Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, PA—Blueberry desserts such as blueberry crumb cake from The Bakery Nook and blueberry swirl ice cream from the iconic Bethlehem Dairy Store may take center stage at Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites’ (HBMS) annual Blueberry Festival, but this year’s event is taking the blueberry goodness to an entirely new level with blueberry-infused foods being offered by a number of the festival’s vendors.
Among the “must-try” items are a Blueberry Grilled Cheese by The Taste Budz food truck, which is making its debut at the festival; hot mini-donuts adorned with various blueberry toppings from DonutNV; and refreshing drinks such as a Blueberry Matcha and Blueberry Lime Refresher by The Rolling Brew.
Known for its bold and creative comfort foods, The Taste Budz is adding a blueberry twist to a couple of its classics. In addition to the Blueberry Grilled Cheese filled with fresh blueberries, the Easton-based food truck will offer a sandwich filled with Pulled Pork that’s slow-cooked in blueberry sangria and topped with a blueberry barbeque sauce.
A fan favorite at Blueberry Festival, DonutNV dishes out made-to-order mini-donuts. Among this year’s options are three blueberry flavors: Blueberry Cobbler, Blueberry Lemon and Blueberry Glazed. You can also pair your favorites with a cool drink like fresh-squeezed or frozen blueberry lemonade, or Blueberry Lavender Iced Coffee.
Not to be outdone, The Rolling Brew, appearing at Blueberry Festival for the first time, will be serving handcrafted drinks including iced and hot coffees and matcha. For those who want to satisfy their blueberry craving, check out the Blueberry Matcha or Blueberry Lime Refresher.
This year’s Blueberry Festival also takes on an international flair, with vendors such as Aroi Mango (appearing July 20 only), the first U.S. restaurant dedicated to Mango Sticky Rice, and perennial festival favorite Taco Town, which focuses on freshly made tacos and Mexican food.
If you’ve never tried the iconic Thai dessert Mango Sticky Rice, you’re in for a treat. Ario Mango, which is new to the Blueberry Festival, specializes in this unique dessert made with juicy mango and sweet sticky coconut rice. It will also have Mango Thai Iced Tea and Lavender Butterfly Tea on hand to help cool down festival attendees.
Other Blueberry Festival food vendors include Pasta Eva, which offers homemade Italian food, and Thirst Trap Lemonade, which serves up fresh-squeezed lemonades in a variety of refreshing flavors.
No visit to Blueberry Festival is complete without a stop at the Market to Go, offering its largest variety of blueberry-themed desserts ever. In addition to favorites such as blueberry crumb pie, coffee cake, strudel, sugar cookies and blueberry swirl ice cream, this year’s Market to Go features exciting, new additions such as blueberry crullers and gluten-free blueberry lemon mini-cakes.
Want the best deal? Get the Blueberry Bonanza. It comes with a blueberry crumb pie, large strudel and large coffee cake, but at 20 percent savings off the regular retail prices.
The Blueberry Festival is set for Saturday-Sunday, July 19-20, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., at Burnside Plantation in Bethlehem. Advance discounted tickets are on sale now at historicbethlehem.org and 610-691-6055. For more information, visit historicbethlehem.org.
2025 Blueberry Festival Food Vendors
The Taste Budz (Easton) – NEW
DonutNV (Nazareth)
Thirst Trap Lemonade (Philadelphia) – NEW
The Rolling Brew (Whitehall) – NEW
Aroi Mango (Allentown) – NEW
Taco Town (Allentown)
Pasta Eva – NEW
ABOUT HISTORIC BETHLEHEM MUSEUMS & SITES
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites (HBMS) is a nonprofit institution that brings to life three centuries of American history. HBMS tells the story of a small town of great influence, home to some of our nation’s earliest settlers, America’s first municipal water pumping system and one of the world’s greatest industrial companies. HBMS is located in eastern Pennsylvania, only a one-hour drive north of Philadelphia and two hours west of New York City. The nonprofit is a partner in Moravian Church Settlements-Bethlehem, the United States’ 26th World Heritage site; an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution; and part of Historic Moravian Bethlehem, which is a National Historic Landmark District. For more information, visit historicbethlehem.org.
Information provided to TVL by:
Mark Demko
