SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- For decades, people have been visiting the Illinois State Fair and thinking wistfully about a gaping hole in the culinary offerings. "I can buy a candy bar and I can buy ...

In the early 2000s, we came to the State Fair of Texas with a doe-eyed, innocent kind of hunger. We’d get a corn dog, maybe a funnel cake or a fried candy bar. Ten years later, we emerged with bellies ...

Our American member of staff tried his first fried Mars bar at Edinburgh's Cafe Piccante. Hailing from the land of deep-fried ...

Many people tend to associate deep-fried food with American culture. Take state fairs, for example, what would they be without deep-fried Twinkies, or a greasy funnel cake doused in powdered sugar?

It's almost time for the Ohio State Fair — where you can pet a kangaroo, watch T-Pain perform and eat deep-fried candy bars all in one day. Why it matters: While revered for its unusual food and ...

about successfully eating a deep-fried Snickers bar, a deep-fried Ding Dong and a deep-fried Milky Way bar in one day at the Jackson County fair brought news from a foreign land called Indiana. has ...

UNC Bucket List is a feature highlighting the 100 things students should attempt before they graduate. Check out the full bucket list and all previous Bucket List posts here. When I first envisioned a ...

ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Though it began Friday, just a week after the SEMO District Fair, visitors flock to the East Perry County Fair to satisfy cravings only the "Best Little Fair in the Land" can fulfill ...

The Last Chance Stampede and Fair is filled with many culinary delights, but few are able to catch as much interest as the fried candy bar. Not all of the attention given to these treats is good, as ...

Twinkies are good. Twinkies drizzled with chocolate sauce and piped with whipped cream are better. Now take that same Twinkie and dunk it in 350-degree fryer oil for a few seconds, and what you have ...

Follow this through for a moment: macaroni and cheese rolled in batter and deep-fried. Pasta and dough, together at last, at the North Carolina State Fair. Oh, the fair has peddled its run of ...