Deep-fried Oreos served up at Manna Foods at the Illinois State Fair. ... Sometimes it really doesn’t work,” Burton says, recalling an ill-fated test run of deep-fried sticks of butter.

From Pronto Pups to deep-fried Oreos, there's plenty of old favorites to try – and plenty of new ones as well. "It's new, it's something different," Cindy Tamraz said.

The Montgomery County Fair is in full swing with nearly 30 vendors serving up fried food, sweet treats and much more.

Was the deep-fried Oreo invented in Johnson County? ... In 1998, two years after he first started serving the Oreos, Neuzil said a vendor at the fair tried it and asked if he could take the idea.