Dec. 3—Funnel cake — it is a great marriage of deep-fried dough and candy powdered sugar that tastes like summer time.
So why is KFC rolling out its Funnel Cake Fries as winter approaches? Properly, it is testing them out within the Midwest to resolve if the menu merchandise goes nationwide and the Kansas Metropolis space is without doubt one of the fortunate spots.
I discovered one of many taking part places on the KFC off of Barry Highway, and as you might need guessed, I gave it a shot.
To begin, Funnel Cake Fries are sort of an extension of the restaurant’s Secret Recipe Fries, besides as an alternative of salty spice offering the flavour, it is powdered sugar.
Because the PR copy reads: “They style and scent just like the scrumptious funnel truffles harking back to state gala’s and native carnivals however are conveniently packaged for snacking.”
That is a good evaluation of the product. After a humorous dialog with the drive-thru employee, who advised me all about how KFC employees have been provided to strive all of them day to organize for his or her launch (the individual mentioned he declined as a result of the sugary sweetness would make him sick), he gave me the bag and wished me luck.
The Funnel Cake Fries are as marketed. They’re crispy on the surface, fluffy on the within, greasy as heck and barely candy.
The sunshine sweetness is what received me. These should not like a funnel cake, the place it is so lined in sugar that you will unintentionally inhale it and go right into a sneezing match. The sugar was evenly dusted on prefer it did not wish to offend anybody who would discover it too candy.
This could possibly be a results of the fries being a check product or it being the primary order of the day for these, however both manner, it was barely underwhelming.
With some fine-tuning, I may see this being a enjoyable novelty in the summertime. However nonetheless, like so many foodstuff issues I evaluate, it doubtless will probably be a one-and-done state of affairs.
Andrew Gaug might be reached at andrew.gaug@newspressnow.com.
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