http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2005694/Americas-hot-new-snack-deep-fried-Kool-Aid-balls.html

By Mike O'brien

Last updated at 3:50 AM on 20th June 2011

Calorie counts on virtually every product you can buy, constant warnings about sodium levels and sugar - it's an age of constant reminders of healthy eating.

America's latest food craze, however, sets the clock back a thousand years: deep fried Kool-Aid balls.

The drink beloved by generations of Americans now comes in snack form in the shape of crispy little balls that resemble tiny creatures from a Fifties horror B-movie.

The Kool-Aid balls were created by chef Charlie Boghosian who quickly found his diabetes and obesity bombs are a massive hit.

He simply drops spoonfuls of the batter, made up of the famous drink mix, flour and water, into the burning fat, lets it sizzle for a minute and bang, the latest contribution to the culinary arts is born.

The 'treat' has been selling like crazy at county fairs throughout the South and after making its first appearance at the San Diego County Fair the snack went viral.

On Sunday, Father's Day, it was trending massively on Twitter.

At the San Diego fair, he was selling up to 600 orders a day from a mobile vendor, with five balls in an order.

Mr Boghosian describes the taste as being 'like donut holes.'

So far he has concentrated on cherry flavour, but as millions of children know, there are many other flavours to explore in the future.

Be warned - they may be coming to a fair near you.

However, the Kool-Aid balls are not Mr Boghosian's first foray into extreme deep fat frying, Gawker reports.

His previous inventions include deep-fried Klondike bars and deep-fried Thin Mints.

Even before I saw his picture,I knew he wouldnt be skinny.

:lol: I also am curious as to how one deep fries a Klondike bar. Wouldn't it melt? I think I need to track this one down!! :eek: :confused: :lol:

I'll admit, I try a lot of things, and I do like kool aid, but I don't think I could ever eat that.

I'm with you there. I think I'll do my heart a favor and bypass (no pun intented) this, ahem, delicacy. puke:

Just because they can make it doesnt mean you have to eat it--get a grip people!

:lol: I also am curious as to how one deep fries a Klondike bar. Wouldn't it melt? I think I need to track this one down!! :eek: :confused: :lol:

I heard that the frozen food that they plan on frying is kept at very cold temperatures beforehand - colder than how they are normally stored.

That prevents it from melting while being fried - the Klondlike bar may turn into a soupy-like substance but won't be completely melted.

If you've been to some Asian restaurants that offer fried ice cream that's what they do, the ice cream is kept very cold so that it doesn't melt when put in the tempura batter and fried.

People need to be more responsible with their health. Putting this junk in your body is only going to harm it. Just because it can be done doesn't make it a good idea.

Thank you, James!!! That does make more sense.

I have had fried ice cream and its delicious (not something I would eat everyday though). About fried kool aid balls, I'll pass. I dont even drink the stuff.

There's a food you could commit suicide with.

i don't really like sweets, but I would try them.

Some ultra fattening things are (sadly) downright delicious - but this sounds gross. And quite bad for many...

I'd probably try one, but just for the novelty. They sound kind of tasty, but more than one a year or so would probably kill you. :lol:

Ugh... thats almost as bad-if not worse-than fried butter! Only in Texas!!!

There's a food you could commit suicide with.

Yup!! :eek: :crazy: :lol:

Fried kool-aid balls sound gross. So does fried ice cream, fried butter, etc. Yuck.

There's a food you could commit suicide with.

Wasn't there a cult in the 1960's or sometime around then that had mass killings from kool-aid laced drinks?

That was the 1978 mass suicide of Jim Jones' Jonestown cult, where many members drank Kool-Aid laced with cyanide. I saw a documentary on the tragedy - it was chilling. :eek:

Yeah that's where Bill O'Reilly gets the phrase "Kool Aid drinkers" meaning someone who doesn't ever question what they are being fed, in his case, he means people who are completely politically partisan and follow the party line without any critical thinking.

That was the 1978 mass suicide of Jim Jones' Jonestown cult, where many members drank Kool-Aid laced with cyanide. I saw a documentary on the tragedy - it was chilling. :eek:
Also: it is the largest such event in modern history and resulted in the largest single loss of American civilian life in a non-natural disaster until the events of September 11, 2001.

Even more chilling to think about. :eek:

Yeah that's where Bill O'Reilly gets the phrase "Kool Aid drinkers" meaning someone who doesn't ever question what they are being fed, in his case, he means people who are completely politically partisan and follow the party line without any critical thinking.

The phrase didn't originate with O'Reilly. Sure is ironic though, all things considered.

^ Not really, unless you consider him a Kool Aid drinker. Which apparently you do.

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^ :lol: nice one, Charles!

Another winner for Charles!!! I'd forgotten about JJ's Kool-Aid fetish. :lol:

Fried Kool-Aid balls sound disgusting. I wouldn't wanna try them. Yuck.

Fried Kool-Aid balls sound disgusting. I wouldn't wanna try them. Yuck.

Scary, huh? :eek: