My family and I went to the 2005 NC State Fair last week and I vowed I would get myself a deep-fried Snickers. I had heard stories about how good they are, but in all the years (5?) I have attended the NC State Fair, I never tried it. They deep fry all kinds of things at the fair: Oreos, Twinkies, Cheeseburgers, strawberries, etc. but, being a Candy Addict, I had to try the deep-fried candy bar. Read on for the full description and pictorial.
I didn’t know the exact location of the vendors that deep fried everything, but I kept my eyes peeled and soon came upon the signs for the artery-hardening goodness:
I waited in line for 2-3 minutes to place my order. Do I get the Snickers or the 3 Musketeers? I like Snickers more, so I ordered the Snickers. I parted with $3 for the Snickers and began my 5 minute wait for the goods. While waiting, I looked into the open door to try and understand how they work their magic on the Snickers and I snapped a pic:
I think (and someone correct me if I’m wrong) that they dip the Snickers in funnel cake batter then deep fry it…at least that’s my best guess. After my 5 minute wait I was handed this:
Wow, it looked and smelled good. It looked like a powdered-sugar-covered, fat corn dog with a 12 inch wooden skewer in it. I took a few more pictures of it before I bit into it. I had visions of me biting into it and it searing the inside of my mouth with hot gooey goodness. I wanted to let it cool just a bit before I dug in.
After letting it cool a bit, I took my first small bite, still afraid I would lose my sense of taste by burning all the taste buds off my tongue. It wasn’t as hot as I thought it would be, but it was almost completely liquified in the center – no trace of the semi-solid Snickers was left – it was all chocolate/nougat/caramel/peanut goo. And it was good….really good…..extremely goood. Holy crap it was good!
I ate it down til there was but one bite left – this is probably the best picture of the inside and how melted and gooey it was:
Last bite! (click to enlarge)
I savored the last bite and there was nothing left but the paper container, a long, pointy skewer, and powdered sugar all over my shirt. I cannot truly express how good it was. On a scale of one to ten, it was a twelve. Incredible. Amazing. And probably enough fat and calories to clog every one of my arteries….twice. If you ever have the opportunity to try a deep fried candy bar, do it. Next year, I’ll try the deep fried 3 Musketeers bar, but I can’t imagine it could be as good as the Snickers.
UPDATE: For those looking for a recipe, I have heard that you should freeze the bar first. For the batter, I found a batter recipe here. It’s actually a batter for deep-fried Twinkies, but it might work. Also, here is some info on how to make your own. 2.5 minutes and peanut oil works best.
We’ve had deep-fried candy bars at the St. Louis County Fair & Air Show in Chesterfield MO for years. Yeah, at first it sounded disgusting, one bite and I was HOOKED, way better than funnel cakes which I personally think are nasty as all get out. Deep fried Oreos are pretty yummy too.
Ok, if you love the candy bars then you gotta try Deep Fried Cheesecake! Nice size slice frozen cheesecake and funnel cake mix…Yummy!
I picked one of those up today at the State Fair of Texas. They’re AWESOME!
oh my goodness!!! i love snickers. i’m a snickers-aholic. that sounds like a dream that you dont want to wake up in. yum!!!
In Scotland it’s all about the deep fried mars bar instead of snickers.
The deep fried snickers IS Amazing! I tried my first one at the Columbus Farmers Market off rt 206 in NJ at a little indoor corner food shop. And even better and more appetizing was the chocolate syrup zig zaged across the top of the powdered sugar. YUM.
There’s a Fish & Chips (Brit restaurant) around the corner here (I’m in Brooklyn, NY) and they have a lot of fried candy stuff… I got a fried twinkie the other day and it was really quite good. Better than I thought it would be. I havent had the fried snickers bar yet, but they have those as well.
@Weird:
You mean this place?
http://candyaddict.com/blog/2006/06/22/fried-candy-bars-in-nyc/
i love this yummy idea. it may be fattining,but it sure is tastey!! yyyyyyyyyyyyyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These are available in Australia??? I have GOT to find a shop which sells them then =O
looks so good
Well I’m going to try making the snickers fried later in the week well maybe later in the month considering I made deep fried OREOS tonight AWESOME!
Same rules apply,freeze the oreos heat up the oil and then I used pancake batter, not too much just enough to coat em and drop those in and flipped a few times waited till a golden brown YUUUMMMMMMMMYYYYYY!
I thought the deepfried candy would taste absolutely disgusting. I dislike anything deepfried…it’s revolting in my opinion!
But when I went to Wild Wings I HAD to try this! I tried the deepfried Milky Way (which is the Mars Bars) and I AM HOOKED! Those are SO delicious! Nothing can compare!
Quick tip on Deep Fried Snickers. Our local Mexican restaurants serve the king-sized bars wrapped in a flour tortilla and deep fried. No messy batter. At our house parties, we make the bite-sized ones wrapped in small flour tortillas. Cover them with CoolWhip, a cherry and serve with a scoop of ice cream and you are a God amongst your friends…
“Madison, WI knows good food”
I’m quite shocked that people would come to a blog called “Candy Addict” and then whine about too much sugar in people’s diets. Hahahaha, fools.
And the people too snotty to try a deep fried candy bar are all really missing out. It sounded pretty gross to me at first, but I tried it and it’s like a tiny piece of heaven.
My boyfriend and I were at the fair yesterday and I spotted them first and was like Wow, how cool is that, look at what they are frying up now; we gotta get one! Well, I was maxed out from the whole entire day of eating, plus we were planning on taking some goodies home. Well, now I have dissapointed my boyfriend in not getting one; it started a fight, an arguement. So, here I am to find out how to make them. It didn’t bother me either way if we got one or not; but now hearing the reviews, I’m making them and will be prepared to pass out of a sugar overload!
Hope my boyfriend still loves me.
Ahhh, deep fried Snickers. One of my favs! I actually heard of this, and tryed it at home. I make it for my friends and I, and at parties, all the time! Everyone just loves it! I enjoyed it so much, I ventured out, and have tryed deep-frying almost any chocolate type candy I can get! So far I’ve deep fried Snickers, Reese’s, Butterfingers, Milky Way(my personal fav!), 3 Musketeers, Twinkies(SO good, even though its not chocolate!), and Cow Tails! I now have a list of candies I want to fry now, which is M&M’s(peanuts and plain), Rollo’s, 100Grand, Hershey Bars and Kisses, and Ande’s chocolate mint bars! I can’t wait to fry all those! I’m gonna die of heart failure, haha! But its a good way to go in my opinion. ;D
For batter I actually use waffle batter! I make it fairly thick, bc if its too runny, it won’t fry well. I also sweeten it w some sugar so its not just a plain batter. But I just cool the candies in the fridge, cut em in small pieces or halves(large pieces fall apart more easily, especially Reese’s Cups!) and fry em until they’re golden brown, all the way around! =)
As per Wikipedia, which I actually tend to trust:
Old U.S. “Mars Bar” = New U.S. “Almond Snickers Bar.”
Current international “Mars Bar” = similar to current U.S. Milky Way Bar
Current international Milky Way Bar = similar to U.S. 3 Musketeers Bar
UGH…I could not imagine eating this, that is just a bit too much. I can feel my arteries clogging just looking at that!! haha
i love eat the fryed candy bar it tast like chocolate cake it melt in your mouth yumm o i wish i know how make this my self if anyone know how email me thanks
love too
I had deep-fried oreos at Lake Compounce amusement park once. Without a huge glass of milk handy, I just couldn’t eat more than two of them. They were good, though…
I wanted to try a fried snickers bar too. I just went to the fair this past thursday. I brought a fried snickers bar but I wrapped it up for Sunday and put it in the fridge. Come Saturday, I decided to try it out. Eventhough I ate it almost two days after it was made, I was not impressed. Like most of your said, all it is is a snickers bar dipped in funnel cake batter and mine didn’t even have a stick. I would rather eat a plain snickers bar rather than eat one that is “fried.” The funnel cake batter on the outside didn’t add to the taste of the bar and I love funnel cakes. I didn’t try the fried oreos, moon pies, or reese cups. but if they taste anything like that snickers bar I ate, I won’t be in a hurry to spend my 4 or five dollars on it. Just my opinion, and I love chocolate and funnel cakes. (just not together)
This is a connection to deep fried candy bars. I’ve had a deep fried Twinkies and Oreos. They are something unusual and different! I got them both at the Foster Fair.
Like most of your said, all it is is a snickers bar dipped in funnel cake batter and mine didn’t even have a stick. I would rather eat a plain snickers bar rather than eat one that is “fried.†The funnel cake batter on the outside didn’t add to the taste of the bar and I love funnel cakes. I didn’t try the fried oreos, moon pies, or reese cups. but if they taste anything like that snickers bar I ate, I won’t be in a hurry to spend my 4 or five dollars on it. Just my opinion, and I love chocolate and funnel cakes.
i have to try that. i mean i HAVE to. it looks sooooooooooooooo good! and i don’t even think that i could ever type that much about a deep fried candy bar :D
I make them and use my funnel cake batter to fry them. I live in Alabama (U.S.) and sell them for $1.50 and I can’t make enough of them.
At what temperature do you fry them?
OMG! That sounds sooo good!!!
Hey, I’ve got an idea that would make the best Deep Fried Snicker ever … Use Snickers with Canada’s famous and delicious “Beaver Tails” or in french “Queues de castor” !!
That would be awsome!!!
See the Beaver Tails here : http://www.beavertailsinc.com
I will be making the fried snickers soon,they sound and look so good! Also if you are going to eat a moon pie,put it in the microwave for a few seconds,expect to get sticky but it sure brings out the marshmallow flavor!
I had my first deep fried snickers bar in Las Vegas. It was pretty good. I didn’t know what to expect. Next time I have to try the deep fried twinkies or oreos. If you go to Vegas you find a few deep fried desserts to nicely clog your arteries but it is all good!!
thanks for your share, it looks delicious….
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