Amy saw this at Riverside Coney Island in Monroe, LA. I guess if you deep-fry a snickers, it leaves the genre of candy and becomes both "candy" and stick food.
I think, as a general rule, when you deep fry anything it should be put in quotation marks. I've never had a deep fried candy bar. I don't think I ever want to.
the perspective rendering of that atrocious confection is hilarious. kind of an optical illusion. may i say kudos to all the earlier comments. either exactly what i was thinking, or another spot-on observation. sitting on a log!!
the whole concept really turns my stomach, and it's kind of one of those embarassing american things. not only is that probably the most unhealthy thing i've ever heard of, but it just sound so self-indulgent. "a plain old snickers bar just isn't enough!! it's got nuts in it. come on, i want DESSERT!" sorry to get preachy, but there are impoverished haitians who are eating mud. they have to BUY edible mud because they can't afford food. save your 2 bucks.
sorry, sometimes i just can't stand all the excess.
$2 seems kinda pricey for a candy-bar-ish-fried-thing-on-a-stick, especially since Snickers only go for 50 cents to a dollar nowadays. Labor, I suppose. After all, frying can be dangerous.
As someone who has, in fact, had the "pleasure" of trying a deep fried Mars bar in Scotland... yeah, they're amazingly horrid. I felt like I was going to be in a diabetic coma all the way to the Lake District. But I was told I wasn't allowed back into the States (by my roommate) if I didn't try one for her.
I was thinking deep-frying candy bars (and anything else) was one of those good old American traditions. Is deep-frying items popular in Scotland? When I think of Scotland, I think of kilts and golf, not deep frying.
I think, as a general rule, when you deep fry anything it should be put in quotation marks.
ReplyDeleteI've never had a deep fried candy bar. I don't think I ever want to.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but judging by the image, it looks like they might leave the wrapper on when they fry it!
ReplyDeleteThe "candy" bar also looks as if it is sitting on a log! This thing must be huge!
ReplyDeleteDidn't your mother ever tell you that the wrapper is where all the nutrients are?! So, so wasteful, sitboaf!
ReplyDeletethe perspective rendering of that atrocious confection is hilarious. kind of an optical illusion. may i say kudos to all the earlier comments. either exactly what i was thinking, or another spot-on observation. sitting on a log!!
ReplyDeletethe whole concept really turns my stomach, and it's kind of one of those embarassing american things. not only is that probably the most unhealthy thing i've ever heard of, but it just sound so self-indulgent. "a plain old snickers bar just isn't enough!! it's got nuts in it. come on, i want DESSERT!" sorry to get preachy, but there are impoverished haitians who are eating mud. they have to BUY edible mud because they can't afford food. save your 2 bucks.
sorry, sometimes i just can't stand all the excess.
sitboaf, i enjoy your comments. what is a sitboaf?
ReplyDeleteYep, as hard as it is to believe, at county fairs, they deep fry candy bars and twinkies on a stick. Never had one, never will.
ReplyDeleteThe quote marks ? Not sure. Maybe once the candy bar has been deep fried, it's no longer considered a candy bar ?
$2 seems kinda pricey for a candy-bar-ish-fried-thing-on-a-stick, especially since Snickers only go for 50 cents to a dollar nowadays. Labor, I suppose. After all, frying can be dangerous.
ReplyDeleteAhaha, so true.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who has, in fact, had the "pleasure" of trying a deep fried Mars bar in Scotland... yeah, they're amazingly horrid. I felt like I was going to be in a diabetic coma all the way to the Lake District. But I was told I wasn't allowed back into the States (by my roommate) if I didn't try one for her.
I was thinking deep-frying candy bars (and anything else) was one of those good old American traditions. Is deep-frying items popular in Scotland? When I think of Scotland, I think of kilts and golf, not deep frying.
ReplyDeleteDeep fried candy bars. Wow. I am torn somewhere between awe and disgust. "Distawe".
ReplyDeletebecause the frying process is worth at least a buck fifty. or perhaps those sticks are solid mahogany?
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