By Molly Snyder Senior Writer Published Aug 05, 2007 at 5:32 AM

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The State Fair is famous for their foods on a stick. Pickles, Snickers bars, Twinkies -- they're all available on a stick and ready to gum up your arteries.

Over the years, many folks -- including a number of OnMilwaukee.com readers -- have questioned why the fair hasn't taken their famous cream puff one step further and stabbed it with a stick? Would this be a tasty treat -- especially if it were deep-fried -- or does this just sound messy and gross?

Is there a limit to what should be "stickified" at the State Fair?

Stab the puff! The classic cream puff is great, but it would be damn near orgasmic if it were deep fried. Plus, both the cream puff and the stick are State Fair traditions, so it makes sense to combine the two.

Keep the puff pure! There's absolutely no reason to tamper with the cream puff -- it's decadent enough without a deep-fried shell. Plus, it would be harder to eat on a stick. Overall, this is just a bad idea.


Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.

Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.