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The team at the Blootoon Fish Bar in Peterhead posted a picture of the new creation on their Facebook, with the sweet treat priced at £2.
The Jaffa Cakes are already proving popular online. Picture: TBTFB
A spokesperson for the chippy said: "We are always looking to try new stuff when frying and decided to try Jaffa Cakes.
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"We already do Mars Bars, Snickers and Twix - we've even tried battered Creme Eggs - the Jaffa is just something new we are hoping will be a hit."
The area is famous for having launched the craze for deep-fried chocolate in the 90s, with the deep-fried Mars Bar invented by The Haven, a fish and chip bar in Stonehaven now known as the Carron Fish Bar.
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Though the responses to the new offering were mostly positive, the reaction to the post has been a bit mixed.
One user joked: "I’m never going to be thin. Sign me up for a few hundred of these."
While another asked if they were "giving out free samples".
However, someone else added that the Jaffa Cakes had been "ruined".
Would you try them?
