Deep Fried Kool-Aid Balls: The Newest In Fair Fare

The county fair circuit must be getting desperate for new fried foods. After all, fried beer, deep-fried Twinkies and fried lemonade have been clogging fair-goers' arteries for years. But now, deep-fried Kool-Aid balls make all previous fried creations seems like pure child's play, not so much because the recipe is anything special but because it just sounds so gross.

Creator Charlie Boghosian explains that the Kool-Aid balls are "kind of like donut holes" with a batter made from flour, water and Kool-Aid. His inspiration was fairly straightforward; Boghosian loved drinking Kool-Aid when growing up so he thought, "why not fry it and see what happens."

In the first weekend of the San Diego County Fair, Boghosian sold 400 to 600 five-ball orders per day. Boghosian has gone through 150 pounds of Kool-Aid powder and 1,500 pounds of flour to make about 9,000 deep-fried Kool-Aid balls.

Fried Kool-Aid has been trending on Twitter, perhaps proving that if people can get this excited over an artificial cherry-flavored fried ball, the golden age of fried food innovation has yet to run its course.

Comments

[SteveDenver]

02:49 AM on 06/24/2011

I didn't even know Kool-Aid had balls

[Minister X]

12:45 AM on 08/12/2011

You've never seen Kool-Aid Man run through a brick wall? That's ballsy.

[goatboyslim]

01:30 AM on 06/24/2011

Just when I thought deep-fried Spam was the epitome, the acme. the summit of American cuisine, I'm proven wrong. Do the French have deep-fried quiche? The Japanese, deep-fried sushi?

[Jiggins]

06:36 PM on 06/24/2011

I believe the Japanese just call it deep fried fish...like fish sticks...

[MJinCanada]

11:24 PM on 06/25/2011

You can get deep-fried haggis on a bun in Scotland.

[J242]

01:54 PM on 06/22/2011

Hey, I'll give it a shot! I thought the idea of deep fried snickers bars or twinkies was abhorrent, until I tried them. This is the kind of food that's good for the soul, not the body. ;)

[blurredmolly]

12:28 PM on 06/22/2011

Maybe they can marry this technique up with New Zealand and their original taste treat.

[Rebecca Harrach]

11:42 AM on 06/22/2011

To me, this represents everything wrong with our culture.

[dora rice]

08:48 AM on 06/22/2011

sounds yummy

[Namvet6871]

06:28 AM on 06/22/2011

Great more poison for our kids , fried sugar, give it to the Dems for lunch!

[blurredmolly]

12:29 PM on 06/22/2011

Chris Christy Creme looks to have sat down at the booth with a giant spoon.

[Ainsaade]

12:37 PM on 06/22/2011

You people have Chris Christie, Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh, and you're cracking on the Dems? Really?

[Minister X]

12:49 AM on 08/12/2011

Well put... and great JSS avatar.

[fishnetdiver]

06:22 AM on 06/22/2011

One of the more interesting things I've seen deepfried:
On an ep of Iron Chef America Cat Cora was doing a take on Fish'n'Chips. She took spoonfuls of ketchup, dropped them into liquid nitrogen then coated them in shredded potatoes and dropped them in the oil. What you got was basically a ketchup filled tater tot.
looked tasty!

[Al Schrader]

05:02 AM on 06/22/2011

Kool Aide is better if you mix it up and chill it in your fridge, Then, pour it over a tall glass of ice
and serve. My fav is Mango kool aide - mmmmm tangy....Al-

[MJinCanada]

11:30 PM on 06/25/2011

Kool-Aid powder and jello jelly powder mixed up with hot water and sugar and frozen in popsicle moulds was the thing when I was a kid. Mango sounds yummy, but we don't get it here.

Did you know you can use Kool-Aid powder in hot water to dye wool, cotton, silk and even hair? I know someone who's going to the US this year just to buy dozens of packs of flavours/colours we don't have in Canada for her wool dyeing over the winter.

[fillin7heblank]

04:26 AM on 06/22/2011

Diabetes

[fillin7heblank]

04:25 AM on 06/22/2011

Do these balls have any sauce or filling?

[bonnieb333]

03:47 AM on 06/22/2011

I'm glad these balls aren't blue. {;>o)

[MJinCanada]

11:30 PM on 06/25/2011

LOL!

[Don Giovanni]

11:33 PM on 06/21/2011

Gagalicious!

[douttfire]

11:28 PM on 06/21/2011

Whomever invented the Deep-Fried Oreo should be SAINTED!! A student made them in cooking class I was working in. Holy Smokes! The Oreo melts and becomes a molten chocolate orgasmaganza! The fluffy batter coating is light and delicious...my eyes are rolling back in my head just thinking about them! Wow!

[Cynth]

10:40 PM on 06/21/2011

I hear nothing beats Schweddy balls.

[douttfire]

11:29 PM on 06/21/2011

Are those made with Schweppes Ginger Ale?? LOL

[Cynth]

11:51 PM on 06/21/2011

Not sure, but they're supposed to be irresistable: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/nprs-delicious-dish-schweddy-balls/2846/

[Michele LaPlante]

08:13 PM on 06/22/2011

A good contender is Chocolate Salty Balls!