Taste Test: Deep Fried Gummy Bears

Are they ever going to run out of things to deep fry? The answer is, apparently, no. This year you'll find at the Gobblin' Gourmet a new offering: deep-fried gummy bears. They're $7, but I suggest you get a friend to chip in on the cost and help you eat this. Get two or three.

There are Fair foods that I call "Brag Foods," because most of the reason for eating them is so you can brag you did. This is definitely a brag food. At the same time it tastes good. It's just overwhelming and hard to eat.

So what they do is take a gummy bear and dip it in batter and deep fry it. It is not a small bear either, as you can see from the picture. After you get it (and about ten thousand napkins) I recommend eating it in the small grassy area near the exhibit halls, as there's a water fountain where you can clean up.

When you remove a bit of batter and try it, it tastes like really intense cherry pie. The edges of the gummy bear dissolve into the batter for extreme tastyness. The problem: the outer edges of the bear are all that dissolves. As you continue eating you'll discover a large chunk of solidified gummy bear in the middle, which looks like a Halloween exhibit.

All you are are given to consume this is a small plastic fork. I discovered other things would definitely come in handy:

- No sense of restraint

If I were asked to make deep fried Gummi Bears, I think I would do it this way: cut the bear into six or eight parts, and batter and fry those. Then you'd have a chance of finishing it. Still, this is definitely a group food. I had someone to help me eat this and we didn't get far with it at all.

If you like cherry pie you will love this! But a change in the way it's prepared could make it much more enjoyable.