That, is a deep fried honeybun.
My wife and I, along with my parents, recently had the fortune of attending the North Carolina State Fair, in Raleigh, NC. We had fun watching bull and pig judging contests and checking out a slew of different farm animals, not the least of which was SAMSON THE WORLD’S LARGEST HORSE!*
But the best part of the fair, and generally every activity, was the eating. They had all kinds of delicious goodies, like candy apples, fresh hush puppies**, corn on the cob, turkey legs, etc. but other than the hush puppies(which were free), I refrained from indulging in any of those treats so that I could focus on the fair’s true attraction, the deep fried smorgasboard:
1) Deep Fried Twinkie: Delicious. They dump a pile of powdered sugar on top and it’s everything you’d expect it to be except the cream in the middle was a little cold and thus not as creamy as I’d like it to be. I guess they keep the twinkies in a fridge or something.
2) Deep Fried Pickles: These were really good and better than I expected them to be. I’ve never had a hot pickle, but it delivers a good taste sensation and the crispy breading is the perfect compliment.
3) Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich: LIARS! They advertised this as a fried sandwich, but it was really just grilled. It was tasty, but I was there for the deep frying and they actually had a deep fried PBJ sandwich somewhere else that I didn’t get because I unfortunately got this first.
4) Deep Fried Honey Bun: Tastes basically how you would expect a deep fried honeybun with powdered sugar on top to taste, which is to say it tasted awesome. This was a great deal too because the price was about the same as everything else but honeybuns are pretty big.
5) Deep Fried Oreos: I’ve had these before and they are really good.
6) Deep Fried Snickers: Saving the best for last, the deep fried snickers was the best treat we tried. The peanuts and hot creamy chocolate inside that deep fried shell was top notch.
And this wasn’t even all the deep fried food that they had. If we’d had the time, we could have also indulged in deep fried pecan pie, deep fried ho hos, deep fried PBJ, deep fried milky way (and I think some other candy bars too), deep fried apple fries and even deep fried mashed potatoes (or so they say, we never actually found these). The fair was huge and we didn’t get through even half of it, so there was probably much more to try that we never even knew about.
*I paid a dollar to go into a tent to see the horse, and while it was a large horse, I’m not confident it is the world’s largest.
**I’m not a huge hush puppy fan but these were actually really good.
