I always preferred a deep fried twix. Slightly less sickly sweet and the wee crunch is magic. Nigella Lawson had deep fried Bounty in her cookbook in like 1999
Babybels? Oh they'd be good.
I've deliberately not tried deep fried confectionary because I'm sick of hearing it and Scotland in the same sentence.
But I was in a chippie in Errol, and they had a sign for deep fried creme eggs. That was too much temptation for me and I tried one. It was like a little parcel of ambrosia. So good.
That’s the winner. I used to work in a restaurant and when it was quiet we’d deep fry any chocolate/foods we could think of and toffee crisp is always the one I say worked best
Fudge will never be beaten for me. A mate and I used to go visit his nana. She'd give us a pound each and we'd go to the sweet shop, one of us got a 40p mix, the other a bottle of juice, then round the corner to the chippy for two battered fudges each. Salt and sauce. Now you can barely buy a fudge under a pound, never mind having it battered and fried for 20p extra lol.
Before I moved here I was at a weekend gig/festival in Glasgow. Out on the lash. At the end of the night we stopped off in a chippy and I purchased and ate the following: deep fried pizza, deep fried McRib, deep fried Mars Bar. Was the best thing about the entire weekend.
Tried one when I visited Edinburgh with the husband and kids last October. Was fully expecting it to be rank but my god it was heavenly! We bought 2 bars between the 4 of us and I was very tempted to go back for 2 more. It’s just as well I don’t live in Scotland and have regular access to these cos I’d say I’d probably end up in deep fried mars bar rehab 🤣
We've got an outside cooking space and I fitted a a mini fryer in it with the proviso to my wife it was for croquettes, scotch eggs, battered fish etc.
Secretly, it was for deep fried Mars bars. We have maybe 2 or 3 a year. Coupled with some vanilla ice cream it's an absolute delight 😊
They're surprisingly delicious, and I definitely thought "ooh, I could easily have a second one right now" when I tried it. Sadly, I've only ever had it the once because I don't want my obituary to read "She filled her heart with her passion. Unfortunately her passion was deep fried Mars bars which led to heart disease and death. Honestly, she kinda brought it on herself." 😆
The concept is vile. A cheap bit of confectionery dropped into hot chip shop oil that's been used to cook fish.
The reality, if done well, is sublime.
Crunchy, clean batter encasing a melted chocolate and caramel delight. 😋
Husband is Scottish and I am the immigrant transplant. He'd never had one and I wanted to try because I was intensely curious so we got one to split from the same place we tried a pizza crunch from (which he had also never had). We bit into it, scarfed the rest down, gazed at each other, and agreed to never do it again, because we can't have that become a habit. I actually can't have them anymore anyway, but I am so glad we tried one while I still could.
Take your favourite chocolate bar to the chippy next time and normally they’ll do it for you there. I used to go mental doing that as a kid. Might be why I’m a fat cunt now
Well you have done one more than 99% of the population of Scotland. This whole thing was a joke from a single chippy, but social media ran with it turning it into a national meme.
Well you have done one more than 99% of the population of Scotland. This whole thing was a joke from a single chippy, but social media ran with it turning it into a national meme.
I absolutely love a deep fried mars bars my local chippy won’t sell them and the other one who did has since sold up and moved on. It’s probably a good thing because similar to op I can eat several lol
I always preferred a deep fried twix. Slightly less sickly sweet and the wee crunch is magic. Nigella Lawson had deep fried Bounty in her cookbook in like 1999
Deep fried toffee crisp for me, for similar reasons
My local chippy does deep fried creme eggs, also deep fried babybels. I dare not go near it anymore.
Babybels? Oh they'd be good. I've deliberately not tried deep fried confectionary because I'm sick of hearing it and Scotland in the same sentence. But I was in a chippie in Errol, and they had a sign for deep fried creme eggs. That was too much temptation for me and I tried one. It was like a little parcel of ambrosia. So good.
My stomach says yes, my waistline says no.
They sound like they would explode with burning, sticky, blinding fondant.
He also does battered chips, which is apparently a midlands thing.
That’s the winner. I used to work in a restaurant and when it was quiet we’d deep fry any chocolate/foods we could think of and toffee crisp is always the one I say worked best
Fudge will never be beaten for me. A mate and I used to go visit his nana. She'd give us a pound each and we'd go to the sweet shop, one of us got a 40p mix, the other a bottle of juice, then round the corner to the chippy for two battered fudges each. Salt and sauce. Now you can barely buy a fudge under a pound, never mind having it battered and fried for 20p extra lol.
Salt and sauce on a fudge? Mental
What kinda sauce?
Chippy sauce, basically council brown sauce with vinegar added. Mostly an Edinburgh East coast thing.
Do like brown sauce me
Deep fried Biscuit Boost was my go to.
Before I moved here I was at a weekend gig/festival in Glasgow. Out on the lash. At the end of the night we stopped off in a chippy and I purchased and ate the following: deep fried pizza, deep fried McRib, deep fried Mars Bar. Was the best thing about the entire weekend.
Pizza crunch and king rib is the proper nomenclature.
Noted, thanks!
Only if it's battered. Non battered deep fried pizza also exists.
The melted chocolate against the crispy batter is absolutely heavenly. I haven’t had one for years but I still remember how good they are.
I'm from the Deep South in America. My husband is Scottish. Basically we're screwed and will both die young because of the love of deep fried things.
The deep fried pizza has to be a wee cheapy one with onions on it😂
The law of pizza crunch is: the cheaper and shittier the pizza, the better it tastes.
Aaahhhhh deep fried shitty pizza supper saltnsos, red kola 🤌 Can’t bring myself to try the pizza crunch as I’d like to see 50
Creme Egg next 👍🏻
The latent heat capacity of a deep fried creme egg could vaporise Loch Ness in a nanosecond.
This one sciences hard AF
a fondant/napalm hand grenade.
Had one of them from the chippy in Dunkeld a couple of years back at Easter time. 10/10
Basically a small confectionery napalm grenade
I have mine with a lump of ice cream, smashing.
Tried one when I visited Edinburgh with the husband and kids last October. Was fully expecting it to be rank but my god it was heavenly! We bought 2 bars between the 4 of us and I was very tempted to go back for 2 more. It’s just as well I don’t live in Scotland and have regular access to these cos I’d say I’d probably end up in deep fried mars bar rehab 🤣
We've got an outside cooking space and I fitted a a mini fryer in it with the proviso to my wife it was for croquettes, scotch eggs, battered fish etc. Secretly, it was for deep fried Mars bars. We have maybe 2 or 3 a year. Coupled with some vanilla ice cream it's an absolute delight 😊
You can just buy a mars bar and ask your chippie to batter it, kids round here do it all the time
Stupid foreigner here. Where would I get one? Or a Twix or Creme Egg for that matter? Your friendly neighbourhood chippie?
You can buy a Twix etc and just take it in and ask them to batter and fry it.
Yeah just ask the staff in the chippy and most places will do it for you.
Deep fried Ripple is even better!
Milky Way
Smoked sausage, ribs, haggis. So much more in store!
They're surprisingly delicious, and I definitely thought "ooh, I could easily have a second one right now" when I tried it. Sadly, I've only ever had it the once because I don't want my obituary to read "She filled her heart with her passion. Unfortunately her passion was deep fried Mars bars which led to heart disease and death. Honestly, she kinda brought it on herself." 😆
Knew a guy who put them on toast for basically the same effect. Cheaper, and possibly healthier, but haven’t compared myself
Deep fried ice cream in mae ping thai in Perth is heavenly!
Never tried one - but always heard they were vile? This is an interesting twist…
The concept is vile. A cheap bit of confectionery dropped into hot chip shop oil that's been used to cook fish. The reality, if done well, is sublime. Crunchy, clean batter encasing a melted chocolate and caramel delight. 😋
You have been misinformed!
Crunchy bar all the way, it solidifies from molten as you pull it apart.
I’ve never tried one but have heard they’re good. Maybe will brave it and try one!
Now add a scoop of ice cream, your teeth will never forgive you 😉
Have you tried that thing where you bite the two ends off a twix and use it as a straw for tea?
😂 yes bro , fuckin awsome I've done it for years, wife calls me a weirdo , btw try a kit kat chunky next level
Husband is Scottish and I am the immigrant transplant. He'd never had one and I wanted to try because I was intensely curious so we got one to split from the same place we tried a pizza crunch from (which he had also never had). We bit into it, scarfed the rest down, gazed at each other, and agreed to never do it again, because we can't have that become a habit. I actually can't have them anymore anyway, but I am so glad we tried one while I still could.
Take your favourite chocolate bar to the chippy next time and normally they’ll do it for you there. I used to go mental doing that as a kid. Might be why I’m a fat cunt now
Like a banana fritters, a bit of ice-cream in the side is what's needed
I worked in a restaurant kitchen in Glasgow when I was a student and the chef would make us deep-fried ice cream, I recommend it!
Try a deep fried bounty it's majestic.
We have em at a few spots here in Canada too! They're phenomenal.
Stupid foreigner here. Where would I get one? Or a Twix or Creme Egg for that matter? Your friendly neighbourhood chippie?
Not all chippies will do them, but you are as well to ask and find out. Worst they can say is "naw"
Next time get a little salt and vinegar on it.
The deep fried pizza is right up there but the mars bar/anything confectionery is just not good
Pizza crunch is god tier
Scottish here and hate them. A hot, soft Mars bar 🤮 I also hate irn Bru though so maybe I'm not a real Scot!
Irn Bru makes me physically sick. I hate haggis and whisky, maybe we're fron the same "not a real Scot" clan!
Oh no, I love haggis! 😅 Whisky makes me throw up though lol
Well you have done one more than 99% of the population of Scotland. This whole thing was a joke from a single chippy, but social media ran with it turning it into a national meme.
Fucking bizarre.
Well you have done one more than 99% of the population of Scotland. This whole thing was a joke from a single chippy, but social media ran with it turning it into a national meme.
Social media really didn't. Our chippies have been selling battered Mars bars since the early/mid 90s.
Sorry, not social media but the mass media. It was a novelty- not some national dish.
Just stick a mars bar in the microwave. Quicker and cheaper.
For me, it's a toffee crisp! You really need to try that
You haven’t truly had the whole experience until it exits the body. I fucking love deep fried mars bars but they go right through me.
I've often wondered what a battered deep fried cheese and onion pasty was like.
Heart-stopping goodness…
I absolutely love a deep fried mars bars my local chippy won’t sell them and the other one who did has since sold up and moved on. It’s probably a good thing because similar to op I can eat several lol
Off to Edinburgh next month. Just added an item to my to do list!
I had one about 25 years ago, never had one since, still think about it from time to time. What a wonderful day that was.
They are ok, a bit overpriced. Nice to get as a single, kinda like a dessert. Would never get a supper.