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Jersey Shore funnel cake served as a classic boardwalk dessert
Traditional

Funnel Cake

in Jersey Shore, NJ

A huge disc of fried batter showered with powdered sugar, funnel cake is one of the Shore's purest boardwalk pleasures. It is messy, shareable, and best eaten warm while walking between arcades, rides, and the beach.

Did you know?

At the Jersey Shore, funnel cake is less a single shop specialty than a boardwalk-wide ritual that signals vacation mode almost instantly.

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