A vendor at the (surprise, surprise) Texas State Fair has found a way to deep-fry Coca-Cola into a dessert by deep-frying Coke-flavored batter nuggets and topping them with Coke syrup and whipped cream. Um, yum? Or ick? You decide.

Creator Abel Gonzales Jr. won the creativity honor at the second-annual Big Tex Choice Awards Contest. From WBALTV:

Gonzales deep-fries Coca-Cola-flavored batter. He then drizzles Coke fountain syrup on it. The fried Coke is topped with whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and a cherry. Gonzales said the fried Coke came about just from thinking aloud.

This article appears in Oct 14-21, 2008.

Natalie Howard is a former Creative Loafing Charlotte copy editor who now shares her talents as a freelance writer. The Charlotte native recently graduated from Roehampton University in London with a MA...

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  1. Interesting, though i thought it didn’t meet my expectations when i had it at the North Carolina State Fair in 2006…

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