Rip your pizza dough into 1-inch pieces, then fry for 3-5 minutes, until they are a deep golden brown, flipping once to get even color on both sides. Fish ‘em out with a spider or slotted spoon ...

Sometimes fried pancake batter or fried cake batter. Usually an elephant ear comes with cinnamon sugar and butter on it and a funnel cake just comes with powdered sugar," he said.

“Elephant ears are made out of a bread dough, and funnel cakes are made out of a pancake batter.” Her advice on eating an elephant ear? “One bite at a time.” Corn on the cob ...

"Every year I come, I come for elephant ears," attendee Veronica Grant laughed. Grant has been coming to the State Fair for over 10 years. One of her favorite parts is undeniable: the food.