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SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY TARA CORRAN/QMI AGENCYResearch by: Kate Schwass-Bueckert
TASTY TREATS
Fried Bubble
gum
Red Velvet Funnel Cake
Deep Fried Rice
Krispy
Krispy Kreme Burger
Deep Fried Coke Chocolate
Covered Bacon
Jack Daniels Fudge
Texas Fried
FRITOS Pie
At this years’ CNE you could tempt your taste buds with a Deep Fried Rice Krispy treat.
Deep Fried Kool-Aid
Bacon Sundae
Funnel Cake
Chicken Fried
Bacon
Deep Fried
Butter
IN MINUTES News and events — visually
Carnivals have always been associated with wacky food inventions, but never have the treats been as outlandish as they are today. Here’s a look at some of the crazy food you might find at your local fair.
2010 best taste
winner at the Texas State Fair
Texas Fried FRITOS® Pie
Balls of cheese and chili rolled
in corn chips and then
battered and deep fried.
Chicken Fried Bacon won the award for Best Taste at the 2008 State Fair of Texas food contest.
Deep fried coke showed up at the CNE in 2011. A 16oz. cup of deep fried coke syrup, topped with whip cream and a cherry runs close to 1,000 calories!
In 2010, Deep Fried Butter made its way to the CNE in Toronto.
This year, the Calgary Stampede had a number of yummy treats to mark 100 years including:
Deep fried Kool-Aid: various flavours are added to a finger-licking
dough and fried to a golden crispJack Daniels-soaked fudge:
A distinctive and flavourful fudgeRed velvet funnel cake & bacon
sundae funnel cake
Fried bubble gum won most creative at the 2011
Texas State Fair. But it’s not really bubble gum, just a
bubble gum-flavoured marsh-mallow dipped in batter, fried and
served with powdered sugar.
Why not grab a piece of chocolate covered bacon?
A very Canadian mix of flavours,
the bacon sundae funnel cake is topped
with whipped cream, maple
syrup and bacon bits.
The Krispy Kreme burger — with nearly 2,000 calories — the hamburger, cheese and fried egg wedged between two sugary doughnuts hit the Calgary Stampede and the CNE in 2011.
Odd food is not only a big tradition at fairs and carnivals, but has made its way into fast food.
FAST FOOD2010: KFC double-down is a hit with Canadians
In the U.S., Friendly’ s releases the Ultimate Grilled Cheese Burger Melt. A burger with grilled cheese sandwiches for buns.
This year, Burger King launched its bacon sundae (U.S. only)