Have your Coke and eat it, too
Peanut butter and bacon sandwiches. Fried Twinkies. Cheese on a stick. No doubt some of the hedonistic flavors and artery-destroyers that paint the culinary canvas of this nation are less than nutritionally ??? or palatably ??? sound.
But we???ve entered into entirely new territory. We???ve taken a junk food item so ubiquitous it could practically pass for water if it wasn???t so hopped up on sugar, and we???ve reinvented it in a way that is all at once grotesque, curious and questionably quite delicious.
Get ready for it, folks. Deep-fried Coke is here.
At a state fair in Dallas, Texas this past September, a vendor offering deep-fried Coca-Cola created a buzz not solely of the caffeinated kind. His unusual treat was deemed ???most creative,??? as unabashed fair-goers indulged in the gooey sweetness left and right. Another state fair in North Carolina offered the same, complete in a Coke-branded paper cup with, naturally, a cherry on top.
The unlikely dessert is made by combining Coke with your standard funnel cake batter and frying it in globs. The little pieces of heaven are then placed in a cup, dusted heartily with powdered sugar, soaked liberally in a Coke syrup, and, in case your teeth aren???t hurting yet, topped with whipped cream.
So for all those of the doubting persuasion who thought it was impossible to fry a liquid, look no further. It can be done. And it’s coming to a state fair near you.
Drink (eat?) up.
