Taste of Chicago desserts...about as unique as the Texas State Fair desserts

If you have ever heard or been to the Texas State Fair, then you are aware of the unique desserts that get presented every year.  They are so crazy, unique, fatty, and unhealthy it gets notice and mention from late night talk shows and Oprah.  Let's just put it this way, one of last year's dessert was fried butter.  Fried Heart Attack?

I stumbled upon something equally weird at the Taste of Chicago this year - Mashed Potatoes Stuffed Cupcake.  When I first saw the sign, I thought, wow, it's going to be great.  It's like substituting apple sauce for eggs and butter in recipes. 

Can you tell it's got mashed tatters in it?  Nope.  It's innocent looking.

Then you open it up.  It is stuffed in the center.  So it is a cupcake...with mashed potatoes in the middle.  And it tastes like just that.  When you take a holistic bite, it's like eating a forkful of mashed potatoes and then immediately shoving a cupcake into your mouth. 

Would I have bought it again?  Um, no.  But you have to experience things in life!