When it rains, it pours guacamole.
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- “The Guacing Dead,” my second-place entry.
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- Here I am about to be bitten with the guac-zombie plague. WORTH IT.
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- Robin’s “Guacolate III” — year 3 of entering the same chocolate guac! This time with adorable kid picture.
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- The Desowitz kids made their own entry too — “Guac-a-roni.” Tasted exactly like it sounds!
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- Rob’s “Legend of Davy Jones’ Guac-ker,” an interactive treasure hunt.
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- Every party is a quest for booty, but this one was written in pirate verse.
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- You ate the guac in pill form.
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- The “Lube-guac-ation Gun,” my dad’s entry. It squirted guac onto a chip.
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- “Holy ’Mole Mary,” a shrine to avocados, and to Brandon having too much free time.
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- Brandon posing in front of his Best Presentation entry, “Holy ’Mole Mary.”
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- Check out the crazy details… So much to look at…
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- Every detail, lovingly crafted…
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- Matt’s “Deviled Guacs,” one of two egg entries this year. But Matt didn’t wear a chicken costume.
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- “Guac-gére,” Maurissa’s self-described “delightful” take on a French puff, called gougére.
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- “Take a Guac on the Wild Side,” Mark and Diana’s Best Tasting Traditional Guac. In a traditional bowl, no less.
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- Ian and Maggie’s “Guacamole Grande Bars.” Notice Ian’s outfit, with Guacamole Grande logo!
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- Basically, it was granola bars with avocado. FINALLY!
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- Here’s the Lube-guac-ation Gun in action. Oozy, oozy action.
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- David Pava, all pumped up.
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- “The Wolf of Guac Street,” Jordan and Amanda’s homage to drugs and excess.
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- Down to the bottle caps.
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- Kwala’s “The GuacTrolls” — an entry clearly pandering to me. (It’s based on a movie I wrote.)
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- Just like the obsessive artists at Laika making The Boxtrolls, she… uh… put some guac in a box.
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- Robbie’s “Guac Like An Egyptian.” Great pun for a rookie entry.
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- Zimmer and Tiera dressed up for their egg-cellent entry.
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- “Party Fowl!”
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- Angela’s “Hickory Smokery Guac.” With smoked ingredients!
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- Anna’s “Guapple,” which had apple in it. (Some say it should’ve been entered in Alternative. Scandal!)
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- Kwala’s second entry, “Guactails,” a delicious cocktail.
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- Filled with guac? Who knows. But they were certainly green.
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- One of the hidden clues in the yard — inside a fake lemon on the tree!
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- Davy Jones’ treasure chest was hidden under a log pile. Avast, mateys, it’s guac!
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- “Ba-Guack!” is what chickens say when they win 3rd place for the Icarus Award.
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- Craig’s traditional guac entry: wangs. (Thanks, Craig!)
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- “The Guacing Pot,” Christine and Robert’s winner for Best Tasting Alternative Guac.
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- It was basically guac fondue, but even worse for you! (But it tasted great.)
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- In 7 months when the movie comes out, this will all make sense to you. Trust me, it’s great.
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- Blake and Vy’s “Sriguacha Hot Guaci Sauce,” with empanadas to put it on!
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- This was one of two Sriracha-based entries this year, along with…
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- Emily’s “Guac Eclairs” — just what you want to ruin an eclair. Guacamole. But they’re so pretty!
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- Corey’s “Sneak-a-guac,” which placed third in Traditional. The sneaky part? Extra habaneros.
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- Alie’s guac with corn and beans. Slightly untraditional, but hey, it’s not like we have a rules committee.
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- Matt and Marta’s “Guacced” — based on the Food Network show, “Chopped.”
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- Ted Allen says: “Chefs, your mystery ingredients are… avocados, tomatoes, lime, curry paste, and Razzles!”
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- Kara’s “Avo Essences,” a relaxing spa-treatment guac, with cucumber.
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- Relaxing, rejuvenating, regurgitating.
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- “Essences of cucumber de-stress and detoxify. Plus you can eat it!”
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- Jim’s “Sir-guac-a” sauce! No empanadas, just sriracha in the guac.
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- Eclair eating. Gross.
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- Chris’s “Giacamole,” a late entry that didn’t get the love it deserved. Basically avocado bruschetta. Yum!
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- Ladies.
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- Angela with her man.
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- But Jim had a costume, with Blake and Vy didn’t. Not enough to get the votes though.
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- That giant chicken is holding that girl captive!
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- Jordan and Amanda accepting their Icarus Award… with PRIDE!
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- A lot of pride. Which is odd for what’s basically being called the worst.
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- Mark, the rookie sensation, takes the Traditional category!
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- Christine and Robert take the Alternative Guac award… again!
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- You can practically see them say “This is getting old. We’re TOO good.”
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- Brandon wins Best Presentation, reclaiming the trophy he won in 2012!
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- Your winners.
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- Into the tiny Winner’s Lounge for a champagne toast!
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- Maggie and Ian, bathed in green.
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- The savvy veteran winners experience victory again.
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- The kiss of victory.
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- Angela, Maurissa and Matt, toasting with tiny trophy cups!
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- Father and son with our entries.
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- Her guac wasn’t the only thing smokin’! Rowr! (I can say that, she married me.)
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- And he just got scarier as the night went on.
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- Chicken Man reveals his face for booze.
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- The trophies, the canopy, and a giant man in a chicken suit.
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- Mark and Diana were disgusted by the idea of drinking out of old trophies. Smart.
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- Our young Icarus winners taste victory out of a tiny trophy cup.
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- Brandon becoming claustrophobic.
