The Pronto Pup batter — which includes a blend of cornmeal, wheat flour, and rice flour — is intentionally quite savory; for comparison, a beef corn dog from Hot Dog on a Stick contains 6 ...

Pronto Pup also has something else going for it: It claims to be the original corn dog at the Minnesota State Fair, debuting in 1947. And even more important, it was the first food on a stick to ...

Pronto Pup . Admittedly, it was both my first time hearing about and eating a Pronto Pup (Editor's note: We're very excited ...

Corn dog vendors in California, Texas, Minnesota and Illinois all claim to have invented the deep-fried hot dog on a stick, casting Pronto Pup’s legacy into doubt. Langer shrugged off the ...

Corn meal is actually the biggest ingredient in the Pronto Pup batter as well. It's just a different flour mix that they use. The Pronto Pup accounts for about 60% of the batter-fried hot dog ...

A customer rides the mechanical corn dog at The Original Pronto Pup in Rockaway Beach, Ore., April 15, 2022. The ride was custom-made for the restaurant, just like the fiberglass corn dog on the roof.

Despite that, Dave Sulmonetti, the president of Pronto Pup, hates to even say “corn dog.” And Gregg Karnis, who owns the Pronto Pup franchise at the state fair, refers to it as the “C-D word.” ...

When Americans think of states that grow corn, Oregon very likely isn’t the first to come to mind. ... The Original Pronto Pup, as seen from Highway 101 in Rockaway Beach, Ore., on April 15, ...