Editing Pronto Pup (section)

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'''Pronto Pup''' is an [[amusement park]] and [[Traveling carnival|carnival]] food similar to a corn dog made with flour mix, which is used by restaurants and [[street vendors]] across the [[United States]].  Named for the speed of the cooking process,<ref>{{cite web |author1=Gary Gamble, Former Cook County Commissioner |title=From Political Parades to Pronto Pups |url=https://www.cookcountynews-herald.com/articles/from-political-parades-to-pronto-pups/ |website=Cook County News Herald |publisher=Cook County News Herald |date=4 September 2020}}</ref> the Pronto Pup was invented in [[Rockaway Beach, Oregon]], and is marketed as '''the original corn dog'''. The independently owned Rockaway Beach location was opened in 2016. 

Pronto Pups are made with a type of [[pancake batter]], whereas typical corn dogs use variations of [[Cornbread|cornbread batter]], both of which contain [[cornmeal]]. The main difference is that corn dogs are sweet, while Pronto Pups are not.<ref name="Mumford">{{cite web |last1=Mumford |first1=Tracy |title=Definitive Guide to Pronto Pup Corn Dogs |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/09/02/definitive-guide-to-pronto-pup-corn-dog |website=MPR News |publisher=Minnesota Public Radio |access-date=29 September 2021 |date=2 September 2016}}</ref>

Today, the Pronto Pup brand reflects both the specific type of [[Cooking batter|batter]] used for the first corn dogs and the shared brand name of restaurants who use the batter manufactured by The Pronto Pup Company based in [[Portland, Oregon]]. Outside of [[Oregon]], where they were invented, Pronto Pups are a common food found in Grand Haven, Michigan and [[county fairs]] throughout [[Minnesota]], [[Nebraska]], [[Iowa]], and [[North Dakota|North]] and [[South Dakota]]. Some differ from the original by using a [[bratwurst]] instead of a hot dog as the sausage.