NYS Fair foods: Waffle Bombs to bring churros, funnel fingers, fried olives

Geddes, N.Y. -- Kevin Von Feldt started selling fried wonders out of his Waffle Bombs stand about a year ago.

He sells a version of strawberry and chocolate waffles on a stick. He makes a fried fruit combo that involves caramel and batter. He even makes 16-inch-long churros, the Spanish fried dough treat.

But he says his most popular item, by far, are the fried olives. 

"Some people say they won't eat olives," he said. "Then they try this."

This year, he's bringing those items, and more, to the New York State Fair for the first time. 

The olives, he says, start with Spanish Queen Olives, a large green olive. He stuffs each one with blue cheese. They go onto a stick, then are dipped in a sweetened batter before being fried. They sell for $6.

Von Feldt, who is from Wisconsin, said he's bringing a few other items to the state fair, which opens on Wednesday. 

The churros, he said, are fried and rolled in cinnamon and sugar. They sell for $4 each. They're made at a side stand, or customers can also get them from the main trailer.

He also offers something he calls Cake N Bacon. It's a piece of frozen cheese cake (on a stick), that's dipped in chocolate and then covered with diced bacon. "It's not deep-fried," he said. "It's healthy," he laughed."

Funnel Fingers are the Waffle Bombs' version of funnel cake. The pieces of dough are fried in a cone shape, so that the end result is easier to carry and share. "You don't need a plate and a fork," he said.

Another Waffle Bombs item is fried fruit on a stick. It's a combo of banana, strawberries, pineapple, apple and two maraschino cherries. The stick-full of fruit is dipped into caramel and then deep-fried.