This past weekend, I, for the very first time in my young adult life, went to the Orange County Fair! It was an incredible experience. I went into an ice museum, which was just a room set at a chilly 10 degrees full of ice sculptures. I went on a couple of completely terrifying carnival rides and managed to survive them all. Best of all, I ate and saw some of the weirdest and most amazing foods I have ever seen. I know that the fairs are famous for their fried weirdness, but some of these are just over the top ridiculous. These are just the ten strangest ones that I found; the entire list of what other weird things you can find at the fair is much longer.

1. Fried Cookie Dough

This, I ate with enthusiasm. It was delicious. The outside was fried and a little crispy, while the inside was filled with a gooey, doughy, delicious mess. It was nearly impossible to eat this without getting dough all over the place, but I managed to only spill a little on my shirt. And shorts. And I got it all over my face. Okay, I did actually make a complete mess, but it was totally worth it.

Me and the fried, doughy goodness before I made a complete fool of myself while attempting to eat this in public.

2. Fried Klondike Bar

I was so curious about this one. Is it still frozen when fried? What's the consistency? Is it hot or cold? Is it still on a stick?! I wish someone I knew had the guts to order this so I could find out.

3. Frog Legs

We are not in the deep south. This is completely unacceptable.

Photo via Barbecue Tricks
(I'm sorry, but these are SO DISGUSTING.)

4. Chocolate Covered Bacon

I like sweet and salty combinations as much as the next gal, but isn't this a bit much?! Come on, now. No need to ruin perfectly good chocolate with bacon, and vice-versa.

Ugh. Photo via FoodBeast

5. Krispy Kreme Triple Cheeseburger

Why would you ruin a perfectly delicious donut with a burger? Also, I'm fairly certain you would get diabetes just by smelling this monstrosity. I wonder if the meat is Kosher.

Photo via Twitter

6. "California Fries"

My friend had these for dinner, and insists that they are DELICIOUS. Basically, it's a plate of nachos, but the chips are replaced with french fries. They come piled high with sour cream, jalapeños, guacamole, and salsa. Obviously, she needed a fork to eat this plate of ridiculousness.

7. Fried Avocados

I'm already bias against avocados, so this one was really hard for me to look at. Aren't avocados supposed to be, like, a superfruit packed with protein and vitamins? Doesn't deep frying one completely negate all of that extra nutrition? And are they still mushy on the inside once they've been fried?! I have so many questions.

I really hope it's not still mushy inside. Ew.
Photo via Cross Fit Lanier

8. "Texas-Sized" Turkey Legs

I work at Disneyland. I've seen some pretty impressive turkey legs in my lifetime, and these were most certainly smaller than the state of Texas.

You could fit about 10,000 of those in the city of Austin, alone. That's just false advertising!
Photo via Huntington Beach Independent

9. Fried Cheesecake

They'll fry anything these days. Although, this one is probably both delicious and heart-attack inducing!

10. Deep Fried Doritos

I was pretty sure that Doritos were already a fried corn chip covered in cheese powder, but the fact that you can once again DEEP FRY them has me rethinking that. This one is truly just amazing to me.

These actually look better than the original, only once-fried Doritos.
Photo via Food Beast

While these are only a small sampling of all the strange food offerings I managed to catch that day, they are the ones that really caught my eye. I hope that next year there are even weirder foods and that I have the courage to try them all! Or at least a couple more than I had this year. From now on, though, I'll be looking for fried cookie dough at every restaurant I go to. I can't get that delicious, gooey mess out of my head.