Day 8: Chocolate Covered Bacon and Deep-Fried Ho-Hos

Over the past four years, we’ve had the chance to sample some of the latest, greatest and strangest fair food to come to the N.C. State Fair. In the spirit of year-end lists, we thought we would look back at 15 of our favorite food-related posts from the past four years. Each day between now and Christmas, we’ll post a different food review from our archives. 8. Deep-fried Ho-Hos and chocolate-covered bacon (2009) This morning we had our pre-Fair media lunch, and man, was it tasty. The Murphy House, which brought us deep-fried pecan pie and deep-fried mac’n’cheese last year,…

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Day 7: Candy Corn

Over the past four years, we’ve had the chance to sample some of the latest, greatest and strangest fair food to come to the N.C. State Fair. In the spirit of year-end lists, we thought we would look back at 15 of our favorite food-related posts from the past four years. Each day between now and Christmas, we’ll post a different food review from our archives. 7. Candy Corn Editor’s Note: This never became a blog post, but we couldn’t help posting this video of Firecracker sampling candy corn in 2011.

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FOOD FINDS: Deep Fried Caramel DeLites vs. Deep Fried Swiss Rolls

Flying Bob, Firecracker, Honey Bee and Bearded Lady compare two new foods at the 2012 N.C. State Fair. The first one was the very popular Deep Fried Caramel DeLites from S2 Concessions. These Girl Scout cookies are battered, fried and covered in spices. We also reviewed the Deep Fried Swiss Rolls from Chef’s D’Lites. Two Little Debbie-brand Swiss Rolls are battered and deep fried on a skewer. The dish is covered in chocolate and powdered sugar. Check out these two deep-fried treats yourself at the 2012 N.C. State Fair. You can find S2 Concessions and Chef’s D’Lites using the food…

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Challenge accepted: Deep-fried brownies

Last week, we asked you to submit press office challenges you would like to see covered on the Deep Fried blog during the fair. We received about a dozen entries and narrowed the list to three. Our first entry was submitted by Dante H. It was really hard to pass up on this opportunity to sample deep-fried brownies. Check out the video below to see what we thought. (Hint: It was awesome!) Brownies are the latest deep-fried creation from Chef’s D-Lite, which also offers chicken-fried bacon, deep-fried mac & cheese and deep-fried moon pies. You can search for food near…

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