Fabulous Fried Fair Food & Recipes.
By moonlake
The Fabulous Food You Can Get At The Fair.
I always loved going to fairs. When I was young we could never afford to go but I remember once going with an aunt to the California State Fair. I am always amazed at the different foods they have at fairs. I don't know how people come up with these recipes but here are a few.
Snow flying outside it's nice to think of summer and what's to come.
Fried Coke.
Texas State Fair has fried Coke. Deep fried flavored batter drizzled with coke fountain syrup on it and topped with whipped cream,cinnamon sugar and a cherry..
Oh, that sounds so good. I'm a soda drinker so anything with soda (Pop) (Coke) in it is fine with me.
Deep Fried Twinkies
Ingredients
- 6 Twinkies Popsicle sticks
- 4 cups vegetable oil
- Flour for dusting
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon oil
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Directions
1. Chill or freeze Twinkies for several hours or overnight.
2. Heat 4 cups vegetable oil in deep frier to about 375 degrees.
3. Mix together milk, vinegar and oil.
4. In another bowl, blend flour, baking powder and salt.
5. whisk wet ingredients into dry and continue mixing until smooth. Refrigerate while oil heats.
6. Push stick into Twinkie lengthwise, leaving about 2 inches to use as a handle, dust with flour and dip into the batter. Rotate Twinkie until batter covers entire cake.
7. Place carefully in hot oil. The Twinkie will float, so hold it under with a utensil to ensure even browning. It should turn golden in 3 to 4 minutes. Depending on the size of your deep fryer, you might be able to fry only one at a time, two at the most.
8. Remove Twinkie to paper towel and let drain. Remove stick and allow Twinkie to sit for about 5 minutes before serving. Makes 6
Cheese Curds
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 pound cheese curds
- 1 quart oil for frying
DIRECTIONS
- In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir in the eggs and milk. Mix until smooth. Add more milk for a thinner batter. Coat the cheese curds with the batter.
- Heat the oil in a large, heavy skillet over medium heat. Fry the coated cheese curds approximately 1 minute each, until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
Always a Wisconsin favorite.
- Fried Marshmellows
- Deep-Fried Oreos
- Chicken Fried Bacon – Thick and peppery Farm Pac® bacon is seasoned, double-dipped in a special batter and breading and deep-fried. Served with a creamy side of ranch or honey mustard sauce
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Fried Banana Split – a banana and honey peanut butter rolled in balls battered deep-fried, topped with assorted, fixings,powdered sugar, caramel and chocolate syrups, chopped peanuts, whipped cream and banana split flavored ice cream bites and a cherry.
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Fried Pickles
- Fried Jelly Belly Beans – Jelly Belly Beans are rolled in funnel cake batter and fried to a crunch
- Deep Fried S’mores
- pineapple ring is battered and deep-fried
- Fried Chocolate Truffles
- Fried Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Waffle Balls
- Fried Pop Rocks
- Fundae Blast Fried Dinner Roll
- Fried Cake on a Stick
- Green Bean Fries
- “Jalapeno” Deep Fried
- Bloomin’ Onions”(batter-dipped, deep-fried onions)
- Giant Funnel Cakes (often topped with chocolate and whipped cream)
- Batter-fried corn on the cob
- Fried Chicken
- Fried okra Fried onions
- Fried cookie dough
- Fried Snowballs
- Crispy Fried Cantaloupe Pie
- Fried pies of all kinds
- Beefy Fried Queso Bites
- Fried cauliflower
I'm sure there are many more foods that are fried at the fairs. This is what I have found. Now let me tell you the crispy cream hamburger is not something I would eat.
THE WISCONSIN STATE FAIR CREAM PUFF
A Wiconsin favorite is cream puffs not fried but maybe someone will figure out how to fry them. Cream Puffs are easy to make. I don't make them any more because it would just be me eating them. My husband is not a cream puff man. I made these when we had just been married a short time and they turned out great.
THE WISCONSIN STATE FAIR CREAM PUFF
Makes 12 cream puffs
NGREDIENTS
- 1 cup water
- 4 Tbsp (1/2 stick) butter
- 1/4 tsp. iodized salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
- 4 eggs
- 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
- 2 Tbsp. milk
- 2 cups whipping cream, whipped with vanilla extract and sugar (see below)
- Sifted powdered sugar
1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Butter and flour one very large or two small baking sheets, or line with parchment paper.
2. Pour water into heavy saucepan. Cut butter into small pieces and add to water. Add salt. Place saucepan over medium-low heat so butter melts before water boils. Bring water just to boil.
3. Remove pan from heat and add flour all at once, stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon until dough forms into a ball and bottom of pan is filmed with flour. Let dough rest 5 minutes.
4. Add whole eggs, beating in one egg at a time. Dough should be stiff but smooth.
5. Immediately drop 1/4 cupfuls of dough 3 inches apart on baking sheet. (Or for a neater appearance, use pastry bag with 3/4-inch plain tip and pipe dough onto baking sheet.)
6. Combine egg yolk and milk in a small bowl. Brush each puff with glaze mixture, taking care not to let liquid drip onto pan.
7. Bake 35 minutes, until puffed, golden brown and firm.
8. Cool puffs on wire racks, pricking each with a cake tester or toothpick to allow steam to escape, or leave them in a turned-off oven with the door propped open for about an hour, until firm. (If baked pastry is filled before cool and firm, it will be soggy and may collapse.) Baked puffs should have hollow, moist interiors and crisp outer shells that are lightly browned.
9. Cut off tops, fill with whipped cream (use pastry bag with star tip or scoop the whipped cream with a large spoon). Replace tops of the puffs and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Hodag Country Festival
Here we have the Hodag Country Festival. They sell all the good fried fair food.
Neal McCoy is a Country Fest favorite. I just about ran into him one day at store. I was in hurry and he steped right out in front of me, if I hadn't stop suddenly I would have ran into him. He's very tall. He said "Excuse me." Than he stepped aside so I could pass though.
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Comments
Thanks scottiejd for comments. Mouth watering fried food I think I would like to try all of them.
Thanks a lot...thhhhhanks a lot. Uhhhh, Which one of these qualifies for my weight watcher's plan? I don't see "coke syrup" in my point book. It also says here in my weight loss manual that I am not allowed to look at pictures of cream puffs.
I know I know WW would not be happy if they knew what kind of hub I have.
Honestly moonlake - I'd try all that fried stuff. Love the fried stuff.
I've had fried icecream and when I was in England a couple years ago it was the fried milky ways. Quite good.
Fried is better!
I'm with you. There's nothing like food at the fair. Thank you!
BkCreative and Nettes thanks for comments. I think fried is always better but I'm not able to eat much of it now and it doesn't always agree with me.
Fair foods are the greatest especially in that atmosphere!
Thanks DarleneMarie for posting. You so right fair food is great.
My all time favorite was always Fried Egg Roll on a Stick. Although I keep wishing someone would make a Lobster Tail on a Stick! Thanks for the great hub.
Love egg rolls....Thanks gaklick for comments..Somewhere there must be lobster on a stick.
Mmm...it all sounds so delicous! Great idea for a hub!
wow yummy blog ..am from India and we too have a vast variety of fried food ..great hub ..enjoyed ..
Thank you lesmith2009 and tikuli for comments.
mhhmmm.. Must try these recipes, must try them now!
I haven't tried the recipes yet though I have made CREAM PUFFs so easy. I like them with a vanilla pudding instead of the cream. I plan on this summer when I can fry on the deck to make the twinkies.
Thanks for comment jackinbox.
mmmmm that cream puff looks simply delicious!!!!! Thanks for the recipies!!!! : )
-I love fairs too : )
It sure does. Thanks for stopping by and posting MellasViews.
Mmmm... I wasn't hungry five minutes ago...
Thanks for sending me on a yummy trip down memory lane, moonlake! Fair foods are awesome, not only because they're fatty and fried, but because of all the fun times we associate with eating them.
Fried Oreos are my favorite! I wonder where I could get fair food in the middle of winter?
Oh, me too...Thanks for stopping by glad you enjoyed the hub.
Why All fat food is so tasty
It is tasty that's what makes it so bad for me anyway. Once in awhile have to have something.
Thanks Igali for stopping by.
I love fried chicken so much I can never pass it up if offered some and I could be stuffed like a pig. All the weird food fried, I think NOT> Makes me almost sick to read about it. Great write as it is fun and crazy all mixed together like some of those fried foods you mentioned!
Thanks C.S. Alexis and thanks for stopping by.
Funnel cakes are the best and I have to get one every time I go to the fair.
Your right they are. Thanks so much for stopping by.
I love all of these foods, with the exception of deep fried coke, and that's only because I have never eaten it. I know that if given the opportunity thought I would probably love it. Deep frying is awesome!
I agree I love them all to but they have to be a special treat not something I can eat very often. Thanks for posting.
I agree the Funnel Cakes yep yep lol yum!
Very dangerous hub lol! :)
Thanks Envoy for stopping by.
I have been to a Fair since I was little, but Funnel Cakes are quite tasty.
They sure are. Thanks for leaving a comment and stopping by my hub.
My daughter just had a fried Twinkie. She said it was the best thing she had ever tasted. Tasted like it was dipped in pancake batter and deep fried. I am going to try and make some, and will let you know.
KIM FULMER thanks for stopping by. Please do let me know how the twinkies turn out. I have said I was going to make them but haven't done it.
ewwwwwwww that is just down right nasty . It is a diabetics dream and death apon arrival. I can see deep fried oreos and twinkies but the rest of that is just down right gross and nasty. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Thanks for stopping by. Had deep fried cheese curds last week so good! Their a treat only can eat them once in a great while.
I want to try everything at least once, lol! I'm a huge pickle fan of all flavors, but have to say I do not like the fried pickle. Maybe I haven't had a good one and should try it again. And with my terrible luck every time I have tried to get a fried Twinkie or Oreo they're always sold out. Fried Poprocks? How do they do that? I would think it would be dangerous to stick Poprocks in oil. I think I shall 'Google' that. My favorite you listed is the fried blooming onion. I love those, especially with that horseradishy dip.
Yummy hub! Now, I'm hungry, lol! Thanks!
stylezink,
Thanks for stopping by. I hate looking at this hub because I'm always on a diet but if I was at a fair right now I would have to try all of it.
I don't know how they fry poprocks have to look that up and see if I can find out how it's done. I agree how do you get them in the grease.
At my fair they had fried kool aid I did not try it but I really do not understand how they did that one! I do love fried snickers though! lol love the hub!
Cutters,
Thanks for stopping by. I think with kool aid and pop rocks they put it in a dough pocket and fry it. I have looked for a recipe but can't find one. As near as I can figure out that's what they do.
Some of these sound pretty interesting, of course you wouldn't want to eat like this every day but once in a while wouldn't hurt.
Karen N,
It sure would be fun to eat some of these just one day. Than go home and feel sick, right?
Thanks for stopping by.
scottiejd 3 years ago
I must have gained 5 pounds just reading this article. It's not time for New Year's resolutions yet, hurry, still time to pack on a few more! Still drooling over those cream puffs!