They are good! I have made them at home.
They are just pancake batter, run through a funnel into hot oil but you use a ring to keep it all in together. I used a skillet to cook them. Then, you take it out when it's lightly browned all over..... I put them on a paper towel to soak a bit of grease and then sift powdered sugar over them. Some people like to put cinnamin on them too but I don't. I've seen toppings like for icecream or pie on them as well.
Elephant ears are just flattened white yeast dough deep fried that same way and when you take it out you put cinnamin and sugar on them, some people first put a bit of margerine, and we sift a bit of powdered sugar on them.