This summer fair is serving up deep fried pizza, $125 Twinkies with caviar

At fairs across the United States this summer, people will be eating some unusual food, but it looks like the Orange County Fair in Southern California will take the deep-fried cake when it comes to offering artery-clogging delicacies.

Vendor Chicken Charlie's — the purported inventor of the deep fried Oreo — is taking the ironic route by deep frying a Slim Fast bar, then topping it with chocolate sauce and powdered sugar. They will also serve up a pickle filled with peanut butter, dipped in corn dog batter, then fried. For those who enjoy mixing the highbrow with the low, there's the pièce de résistance: a $125 Twinkie topped with one ounce of caviar. "I'm a big seafood guy," Chicken Charlie's owner Charlie Boghosian told the Daily Pilot. "About a year ago, I tasted my first caviar and I liked it. Since then, whenever caviar came up, I wanted to taste it, learn it."

Chicken Charlie’s doesn't have the monopoly on fried foods, though. Another vendor, Apple Fries, will sell the Deep Fried Birthday Cake (yellow cake fried in a sweet batter, topped with whipped cream and sprinkles) and Deep Fried Pizza (a slice of pepperoni or cheese, dipped in a beer batter, fried, and served with a side of ranch dressing). What will they think of next?

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