Deep-fried Oreo facts for kids
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| Type | Dessert |
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| Place of origin | United States |
| Main ingredients | Batter, Oreo, water, vegetable oil, confectioners sugar |
A deep-fried Oreo is a dessert or snack consisting of an Oreo which is dipped in batter and deep-fried. It can be served with different toppings or simply with no toppings. Deep-fried Oreos are generally made using the Oreo cookies by the Nabisco division of Mondelēz International, but also can be made of other chocolate sandwich cookies.
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Origin
Deep-fried Oreos were first introduced by Charlie Boghosian, also known as "Chicken Charlie's" or "The Man Who Fries Everything," a 16-year-old Armenian settled in the United States, in 2004 at Los Angeles County Fair. "There are many other fried foods at the fair, but I specialize in it. I make it my life," Boghosian says about deep-fried food.< ref name="latimes"/> Aside from the deep-fried Oreo, he has also introduced new types of deep-fried food every year in different state fairs.
It was made by dipping Oreos in pancake batter, deep-frying it, drizzling it with chocolate syrup and serving it with powdered sugar. Since the debut of the deep-fried Oreo, it has now become very common at carnivals and is a "cult favorite."
Typical recipe
Deep-fried Oreos are made with buttermilk pancake mix, Oreo cookies, water, vegetable oil and sugar.
Before any procedures, the oreo cookies are frozen for 3 hours and the oil is preheated to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. After that, the buttermilk pancake mix is stirred with the water in a mixing bowl. The oreo cookies are dipped in the mixture, fully coating the oreos with the batter. The coated oreo cookies are then dropped into hot oil until the cookies turn golden brown. The cookies are removed from the oil and placed on a sheet pan with paper towels for draining the excessive oil. Subsequently, the tops of the fried oreos are dusted with confectioners sugar.
Variations
Numerous variations of deep-fried Oreos have been derived from the typical recipe since its debut, including bacon deep-fried Oreos, deep-fried Oreos which are wrapped by a slice of bacon; deep-fried Oreo ice cream, in which ice cream covered with egg mixture and crushed Oreo cookies is deep-fried; and deep-fried Oreo Burgers, a deep-fried Oreo put within a burger with other fillings, such as meat.
Location
The deep-fried Oreo has become worldwide since its debut in 2002 at the Los Angeles County Fair and Texas State Fair. Apart from the original place for tasting, the United States, the deep-fried Oreo has been available in different countries all over the world. For instance, United Kingdom in Europe; Hong Kong and Taiwan in East Asia; Singapore, Philippines, and Thailand in Southeast Asia; Canada in North America; Australia in Oceania; and Dubai in Middle East.
