Fried Butter Makes Boy Dance

Even Oprah Winfrey tried the deep-fat fried butter at the Texas State Fair in Dallas this week, but didn't break into dance like this boy.

She gave it two thumbs up -- not like the little boy who went all Bob Fosse at his first bite of what KXAS, the NBC affiliate in Dallas, called "cute little balls of gluttony."

A video of the dancing boy has gone viral on the Internet.

Just about everything is deep-fat fried at one point or another at the Texas State Fair, according to the station -- everything from Twinkies and Oreos to old cowboy boots. It's a Texas tradition.

However, Abel Gonzalez never realized he was creating a phenomenon at the fair when he skipped all those other ingredients and just fried butter.

"I never had a clue people were going to have this kind of reaction to it," he told KXAS. "I just thought, 'Fried butter?' Why not?' Never had a clue."

Consumers who were able to express their opinion through something other than interpretive dance testified that deep-fat fried butter tastes like toast.

The Texas State Fair runs through Sunday, Oct. 18, if you want to find out for yourself, and do your own butter dance.

Would you eat deep-fat fried butter or let your child do it?

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annie 10-18-2009 @ 8:07AM

He could be on the next season of DWTS. How cute.
Not sure if I would try the fried butter....

lolgirlx0x 10-18-2009 @ 2:25PM

That is just sad ok, deep fried butter, and to what a TWO year old. What kind of parents are out there.

Nick 10-18-2009 @ 8:17AM

ummmmmmmmmmm...seriously??? A couple dancing kids hit it big on youtube, and next thing you know people are dedicating an article to a looping clip of some kid walking around clapping his hands?

I think these writers and editors are trying to milk this trend a bit too much.

9horses 10-18-2009 @ 5:53PM

seriously, and about the looping-what's up with that? So stupid. I gave my little boy an organic pop tart from Trader Joe's the other day and he loves them so much that he takes a bite and runs around the house. Wouldn't ever compel me to film it and expect people to react to it like this b.s. fat...stupid...americans-I'm so embarrassed

PEPPA 10-18-2009 @ 8:57AM

WHAT A WORLD ;0(
WHAT'S NEXT FOR OUR LITTLE ONES ?
future heart problems await them....
DEEP FRIED LARD .... anyone ??

tigerlilygrace 10-18-2009 @ 4:11PM

Like this is going to kill the kid!! I gave a 6 month old coke...it was so funny! But just because we give it to them once doesn't mean there going to live off of it! Dont be so harsh!

Bill 10-18-2009 @ 9:54AM

Stupid Video! Same shot 5 times of a child walking and clapping. What is that about?? Shame on AOL for thinking it was worth showing!

April 10-18-2009 @ 12:14PM

disturbing

Arkmom4 10-18-2009 @ 10:03AM

First of all you can see that this clip has been looped over and over again. Secondly, Yes he is cute, but butter is extremely fattening. I would definately not allow my children to eat something like this... not even try it. Talk about clogged arteries.

ScottinNawlins 10-18-2009 @ 10:27AM

I doon't see how they keep if from melting & just bending in with the oil

Ron 10-18-2009 @ 4:17PM

It's melted butter in a soaked dough like a hush puppy then deep fried

Hanna 10-18-2009 @ 10:42AM

waste of time isn't there any better news to write about than high cholestoral. by th e way i've had fried butter for years, it didn't make me dance is this another scheme like the ballon boy????????

heidi 10-18-2009 @ 11:13AM

I watched it because I thought I would see a child dancing,instead I see an overweight child hunched over walking and clapping this is so stupid.Why would anyone give this to a child anyway look what it does to children, even the parents they are lard butts,

sara 10-18-2009 @ 8:30PM

And all it is, is that they keep repeating it over and over again. How stupid is that?

Olivia Divina Gracia 10-18-2009 @ 11:19AM

Fried butter? Can't see .. fried "Batter" however is a completely different story. Can someone then please tell me how to fry butter?
Won't frying batter be better???