http://news.yahoo.com/s/n...e_coke1_dc


NEW YORK, Oct 26 (Reuters Life!) - A new fast food is making its debut at U.S. fairs this fall -- fried Coke

Abel Gonzales, 36, a computer analyst from Dallas, tried about 15 different varieties before coming up with his perfect recipe -- a batter mix made with Coca-Cola syrup, a drizzle of strawberry syrup, and some strawberries.

Balls of the batter are then deep-fried, ending up like ping-pong ball sized doughnuts which are then served in a cup, topped with Coca-Cola syrup, whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and a cherry on the top.

"It tastes great," said Sue Gooding, a spokeswoman for the State Fair of Texas where Gonzales' fried Coke made its debut this fall. "It was a huge success."

Gonzales ran two stands at the State Fair of Texas and sold up to 35,000 fried Cokes over 24 days for $4.50 each -- and won a prize for coming up with "most creative" new fair food.

Now other fairs in North Carolina and Arizona are following the trend, and other people are trying to emulate Gonzales' recipe.

Gonzales gave no indication of the calories in his creation and said he would not patent it.

"The best I can hope for is that it's the original and hopefully the best fried Coke out there," he said.

But Gonzales said the success of his fried Coke had inspired him. Next year's fair-goers can look forward to fried Sprite or -- for those watching their weight -- fried diet Coke.

"We are trying to cut a lot of the sugar out of it. It has less calories but it's still very, very sweet," he said.

Ray Crockett, a spokesman for Coca-Cola Co., said: "We're constantly amazed at the creative ways folks find to enjoy their Coke and make it part of celebrations like fairs and festivals. This is one is definitely different!"

IrresistibleB1tch said:

jerseykrs said:

fried coke is old... well it is "internet old" they had that crap across state fairs earlier this fall.

IrresistibleB1tch said:

there is rum ice cream!

SlamGlam said:

not vegan, though... i used to love H-D rum raisin ice cream...

IrresistibleB1tch said:

well how about a slushy with rum!

SlamGlam said:

now you're talking!

IrresistibleB1tch said:

when i was in Louisiana, there was a place that sold all alcoholic slushies... they had like 100 flavors. and the law in LA at the time was that they could sell it to you if you were 18 but you had to be 21 to buy it... so if you were 18 they would sell it to you,

I know some people eat raw crap but if excrement was fried would it still stink?

My original idea for a screen name was DeepFriedCokedUpBatterBalls.
But it was already taken, so.....

SlamGlam said:

You're talking about New Orleans' Original Daquiri's....stores all over the city and in the Quarters....some even had drive thru windows....no bullshit....the catch was that if u put the straw in, that made it an open container....and thus made u eligible for a potential DUI stop....of course, enterprising New Orleanians always stocked up with extra cup tops and unopened straws...
it was always a great place to go to before really going out...to get your pre-evening or after work drink on....


an actual drink menu....

http://www.frenchquarterd...r_menu.htm
[Edited 10/29/06 14:10pm]

sounds like fried ice cream or something except its with soda... I need a picture to visualize this thing...

missfee said:

I'm not feeling it either.

Cola is more of an after-taste than a flavour.

missfee said:

some of them look like a skinny chimichanga others look like a funnel cake.

here is what another varity looks like

http://dethroner.com/inde...ried-coke/

http://www.slashfood.com/...-new-coke/

and so far it seems it was first created here in texas:

http://www.wftv.com/foodn...etail.html

at least that is the earliest mention of it have found...not that it is anything to brag about
[Edited 10/29/06 16:28pm]