6. Cool Dog
A cool dog will quench your hunger for salty and sweet. It’s a hot dog that replaces the bun with sponge cake and replaces the frankfurter with ice cream. The condiments are replaced with chocolate sauce, whipped cream, and sprinkles. Cool-dog-a-licious! Photo source: Tales_of_Interest
7. Fried Avocadoes and Fried Guacamole
Concessionaire Allan Weiss offered up Zesty Fried Guacamole Bites in 2007, and in 2006, he created the Fried Avocado (chunks of avocado, breaded and fried). The guac bites are created with a scoop of guacamole, breaded, fried, and served with ranch or salsa. Photo source: Elevated
8. Fernie’s Fried Mac ’n Cheese
Scoops of macaroni and cheese topped with garlicky breadcrumbs and then, (surprise, surprise) deep-fried. There’s only 610 calories per stick, now found at trendy Williamsburg restaurants. Photo source: mattkiazyk
9. Spaghetti and Meatballs on a Stick
This Italian treat is balled up, breaded, and fried. (I see a theme here.) They cut the spaghetti strands into small one-inch chunks, and then roll them up into a big meatball. The meatball is then dipped into marinara sauce and fried. Also known as “Heart Attack on a Stick.” Photo source: chotda
10. Butter Busts
At the Minnesota state fair, you can have a personal bust made of butter. I’m guessing that anyone who’s into deep-fried coke and spaghetti would likely enjoy a hunk of butter shaped like Uncle Frank’s head. Photo source: jschumacher
Despite the deep-fried theme, I’m sure that state fairs around the country really do care about the obesity epidemic. (Pickles are sort of a vegetable, right?) Secretly, I would probably try all of these heart-attack snacks. Super secretly, I bet they taste pretty good. If you’re not into gorging yourself on fried food, you could always travel to Indiana’s state fair and enter the Spam recipe contest. But beware there’s stiff competition: 2005’s winner was Green Tomato Spam Fritters.
Updated August 12, 2008
