Yes it’s true:

Fried Coke has become the latest artery-clogging hit at US state fairs, local Chicago media reports. I need to get a photo of this for you. It looks a bit like onion rings from what I saw.

The gooey Coke-battered nuggets topped with cola syrup won the “most creative” title at the Texas state fair in Dallas last month. Since then, the deep-fried phenomenon has spread to North Carolina and Arizona. Now with this story I’m sure it’s going to spread throughout North America too. We love our odd sweets don’t we?

“We’ve been getting calls from everywhere since we introduced it,” Elizabeth Martin, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina fair, told the Dallas Morning News. I bet they have been getting calls. It’s both odd, interesting and I’m presuming highly fattening.

Fried Coke’s inventor, concessionaire Abel Gonzales Jr. has sold 16,000 cups of the sticky balls in the first two weeks of the fair, which ran through October 22.

I wonder if they’re going to come up with a catchy name for the gooey treat? Can you come up with some suggested names?