When I ordered these apple fries for my daughters at a recent trip to Legoland, California, I had NO idea how popular they were! Here I was thinking they're just another food stand favorite, like Dippin' Dots or corndogs that are in just about every theme park there is.

They are VERY VERY good, however, and an ingenious idea for sure. They're granny Smith apples, yup, those apples with a delightful tang perfect in apple pies -- dipped in some sort of sugary, cinnamony mixture and deep-fried, then served with vanilla whipped cream. Yum!

As soon as I got to the hotel I googled for a recipe hoping to replicate them when we got home, and look what I found -- a whole slew of people in love with them! I should have known: fried, crunchy, sweet -- how could anyone not like it?

Here's Legoland's bit saying that it is, in fact, a Legoland invention (and you thought they only made Legos!), Funworld's article mentioning the guys responsible for this product, a Chowhound thread, and a copycat recipe at Yahoo! Answers. Nope, I haven't tried it but you can bet I will soon!