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Answers: They are like balls of dough that one dips in (white) powdered sugar . I have had them in New York pizza shops and carnivals/ fairs.. hope all is well. thanks.

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Zeppole

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If they're what I'm thinking of, they're called bugie, pronounced boo-JEE-eh. ("bugie" means lies, meaning that when you've said you haven't been eating sweets--during Lent, maybe?--the traces of powdered sugar on your nose and face give you away). I think you could make them from any sweet yeasted dough. You can either cut or form them into balls or just snip them into "rags" and fry them that way--they'll still be delicious. They seem so much like the beignets from New Orleans that I bet you could use a similar recipe. Google away--I'm sure you'll find many many choices, and I'm pretty sure that the one basic recipe will produce the bugie you were looking for. Best of luck.

P.S: if you speak any Italian, you might try going on Italian Yahoo! answers--at the bottom of the Answers! page--and asking "Cercasi una ricetta per le 'bugie'?" I guarantee you'll get an answer if you can (or can persuade a friend to) translate it. Buona fortuna!

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Pfeffernüsse, that's what your looking for - spice cookies with almost a hard shell with powdered sugar!
They're made more often around Thanksgiving and Christmas.
I love 'em too!
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Zeppoli's

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