orange hands and some worthless knowledge

So my hands are stained orange from deep frying Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Oreo's, and Snickers. Some may wander how this is done, some will not care.

For those of you that do want to know; You first stab it with a stick, a toothpick will do for the Oreo's and Reese's. Then you will freeze them until they are rock solid. This is an important step for multiple reasons. One, it will keep the toothpick inside while you dip it into the batter. Two, because it will keep it from completely melting into one big ball of goo. The next two steps were just mentioned, and are essentially the most difficult and critical.
After you have frozen the delicious morsel, you must dip it into a funnel cake batter. The key is all in the dip. Some don't use picks, but instead carry the morsel with tongs. This makes it messy and ugly because the batter will splatter all over, making the morsel look as if it has multiple limbs protruding from it. To properly dip you must take the toothpick between you thumb and you pointer finger, dunk the entire morsel into the batter, taking special effort to cover the entire thing, then on the uplift you must twirl the toothpick between you thumb and finger to coat the morsel, or else you will have the same result as the tongs, and immediately slide it into the frier. It must be added that some of the tasty morsels, like the Reese's, need help to make the batter coat them properly. You can accomplish this by shaking flower on it before the dip. All that is left is to cook it until it is golden brown and cover it with powdered sugar.

It really is an artform that traces it's roots to Europe. (No Joke!)

It started when a Brit opened a shop, the ChipShop, in Brooklyn. He got known for the Twinkies, but has several other items on the menu. The only difference is that he used a fish-and-chips batter that was less sweet. However, this trend went to the county and state fairs, starting with the Twinkies one year, Snickers the next, Oreo's last year, and Reese's this one.
I know what will be here next year, but I am sworn to secrecy.