Did we talk about Burger King - Bacon Sundae

[summer]

news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/bacon-sundae-burger-king-203314332.html


Would you buy a bacon sundae? Burger King is betting you will.

The fast-food chain famous for the Whopper will introduce the limited-time dessert on Thursday as part of its new summer menu. The 510-calorie sundae—vanilla soft serve topped with fudge, caramel, bacon crumbles and a piece of bacon—has 18 grams of fat and 61 grams of sugar.

Earlier this year, Burger King rolled out an expanded menu with healthier fare—fruit smoothies, wraps and salads—with an advertising campaign featuring soccer star David Beckham. The bacon sundae, available through Sept. 3, would seem to be a strategic move in the polar opposite direction—and something akin to Jack in the Box's 1,081-calorie bacon milkshake, which debuted in February.

It also seems to be an attempt to answer Taco Bell's wildly popular Doritos Locos Taco, which became "the most successful product launch in the chain's history" after 100 million were sold in the 10 weeks following its launch in March.

Taco Bell, for its part, is going "upscale." The "Cantina Bell" menu, debuting in July, will have "fresh ingredients such as black beans, 'fire-roasted' corn salsa, cilantro rice, pico de gallo and citrus- and herb-marinated chicken that many consumers have come to associate with Chipotle," according to Advertising Age.

Burger King's summer menu also includes a Memphis pulled-pork BBQ sandwich, Carolina BBQ Whopper or chicken sandwich, Texas BBQ Whopper or chicken sandwich, sweet potato fries and frozen lemonade.

The bacon sundae, it's worth noting, is downright healthy compared to the Krispy Kreme bacon cheeseburger—a 1,500-calorie behemoth that replaces the buns with doughnuts.

[IIOY]

Yeah, I was disappointed this didn't make an appearance in yesterday's FT thread.

[iammalcolmx]

Will Mary J be singing a song IHO of this Sundae as well?

[wawa]

Meh. I find this less than horrifying. It's less calories than I'd expect in a bacon sundae. And I don't think it's contradictory to have a menu with a mix of healthy choices and splurges.

Now whether a bacon sunday sounds tasty is another issue entirely. Congealed bacon fat in my fake ice cream sounds fucking nasty. Also the chances that BK ice cream is worth the calories to begin with are extremely slim.

I get much more upset about things like the fact that most of the SALADS on the menu at Don Pablos are 1000ish calories or more once you add dressing. (work lunch there recently. Rather annoying. There is pretty much one decent option for an entree salad without 75% of my daily calories. I ended up with shrimp tacos instead.)

[brookles]

Burger King is the grossest of the main hamburger chains (which isn't saying a lot, I know). Ick.

The trend of putting bacon in everything just for trend's sake has got to stop, people. Bacon is amazing, but it doesn't go everywhere!

I would try the sundae, though.

[eclaires]

I would totally eat that.

When we visit my BIL and SIL, we always go to this bar that has a bacon theme. They have all these bacon appetizers and maybe even a bacon drink. I thought I'd be more into it, but really I just get beer. One day, though. I will get some bacon appetizers...

Or not. I just went to their website and they closed.

www.restaurantthree.com/

I was just there like 2m ago!

[wawa]

There was a bar in pittsburgh we used to go to that had bacon tuesday. There would be free baskets of bacon on the bar like freakin' peanuts. And you could get it for $1 at tables. Just all the bacon you can eat.

We never went on that night, but I kinda wish we had just once...

[meshaliuknits]

It could be good. Bacon's delicious saltiness complements sweet well IMO. My maple bacon donuts and chocolate covered bacon would agree.

At BK, though, with soft serve instead of ice cream and their bacon is never cooked to crispy perfection anyway, it'll probably be meh. If Fenton's did it, it would be mind-blowingly delicious, like everything else there.

I need to go to Fentons. I wonder if I can swing this into a Father's Day thing? Hmmm...

[NitaX]

Nastiness. Utter nastiness. You don't fucks with ice cream by adding bacon.

[brookles]

Funny piece from Monkey See on the bacon sundae and trendiness of adding bacon to things...

www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2012/06/13/154911191/how-we-talk-about-a-bacon-sundae?sc=tw&cc=share

Nobody who is eating at Burger King is trying to be on trend, unless they are somehow eating there ironically, in which case they deserve to be disappointed. Most people eating at Burger King, I would venture to say, are doing it because it's quick, cheap, and (to their palates) tasty. Perhaps there exist twee emo types who eat at Burger King because they read in a food blog that Burger King actually turns out to have delicately delectable fries and they think it's hilarious to tweet photos of BK fries with quotes from Fiona Apple or something like that, but I'm going to suggest those people are exceptions, and I'm going to state flat out that they are of no concern to me. Hearing anyone speak of "with-it food blogs" as if they constitute authority makes me cringe a little, since "with-it" is perhaps the hollowest praise I can summon.

[marie427]

I love ice cream. I loved bacon when I ate meat. But these are not two things that should ever be combined.

[Deleted]

I will totally try this. I think it could be good. Or, it will be completely gross.

[basilosaurus]

No, I will not be buying it. It sounds repulsive. Then again, I think that of pretty much all the bacon in everything combinations. When will the fad go away?

[Deleted]

As I said on MM yesterday, I would totally eat this. But not from Burger King.

So far, all sweets I've had with bacon were awesome. I don't see how this would be different.

[ttt]

Jun 13, 2012 16:15:03 GMT -5 marie427 said:

I love ice cream. I loved bacon when I ate meat. But these are not two things that should ever be combined.

Seriously. I love sex and I love my grandma but I never want to think about those two things together.

[Deleted]

I would try that, but nt from burger king.

We have a local place with amazing soft serve. I kinda wanna bring crispy maple bacon from home to add.....

[fernane]

Jun 13, 2012 15:30:02 GMT -5 NitaX said:

Nastiness. Utter nastiness. You don't fucks with ice cream by adding bacon.

This.

[msmerymac]

I am so over the bacon trend.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

I would eat this Or fuck it. I want to make sweet love to bacon. They make bacon lube. That's a thing.

[Deleted]

Jun 13, 2012 21:20:45 GMT -5 lyssbobiss, Command, B613 said:

I would eat this Or fuck it. I want to make sweet love to bacon. They make bacon lube. That's a thing.

I want to marry you.

And since we're both Episcopalian, we can have the ceremony at your big gay church.

[Deleted]

I think it hilarious that anyone assumes this is actually real bacon we're talking about. Plus, I hear salty fries dipped in a frosty is faboo. As is bacon sprinkled with brown sugar. Classic sweet and salty play.

I'd try it.

[emilyj]

Jun 13, 2012 15:30:02 GMT -5 NitaX said:

Nastiness. Utter nastiness. You don't fucks with ice cream by adding bacon.

This.

My trainer - you know, the one who is supposed to be helping me get healthier and lose weight - told me I should weave bacon together, sprinkle it with cinnamon, bake it, and then wrap the bacon weave around a ball of ice cream.

I almost fired him.

[Deleted]

Jun 13, 2012 21:39:09 GMT -5 emilyj said:

Jun 13, 2012 15:30:02 GMT -5 NitaX said:

Nastiness. Utter nastiness. You don't fucks with ice cream by adding bacon.

This.

My trainer - you know, the one who is supposed to be helping me get healthier and lose weight - told me I should weave bacon together, sprinkle it with cinnamon, bake it, and then wrap the bacon weave around a ball of ice cream.

I almost fired him.

That sounds orgasmic.

#thisiswhyimfat

[wawa]

Jun 13, 2012 21:39:09 GMT -5 emilyj said:

Jun 13, 2012 15:30:02 GMT -5 NitaX said:

Nastiness. Utter nastiness. You don't fucks with ice cream by adding bacon.

This.

My trainer - you know, the one who is supposed to be helping me get healthier and lose weight - told me I should weave bacon together, sprinkle it with cinnamon, bake it, and then wrap the bacon weave around a ball of ice cream.

I almost fired him.

You should fire him. He gave you bad directions. Anybody who's done a bacon weave knows that you need to preshape it while it's cooking or it'll never go how you want it afterwards. So weave bacon together, sprinkle it with cinnamon (and brown sugar if you're asking me), then drape it over the bottom of an inverted cupcake pan or oven safe bowl to make it bowl shaped. Or better THEN cook it and put ice cream inside. Just keep in mind it'll shrink a bit as it cooks.

Modified to clarify directions. very important.

Glad we cleared that up.

Also Hab - Arby's curly fries dipped in a jamocha shake. So good.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

Jun 13, 2012 21:32:39 GMT -5 @angryharpy said:

Jun 13, 2012 21:20:45 GMT -5 lyssbobiss, Command, B613 said:

I would eat this Or fuck it. I want to make sweet love to bacon. They make bacon lube. That's a thing.

I want to marry you.

And since we're both Episcopalian, we can have the ceremony at your big gay church.

Yes! Let's serve bacon cake at the reception.

[ering1115]

Jun 13, 2012 15:10:15 GMT -5 eclaires said:

I would totally eat that.

When we visit my BIL and SIL, we always go to this bar that has a bacon theme. They have all these bacon appetizers and maybe even a bacon drink. I thought I'd be more into it, but really I just get beer. One day, though. I will get some bacon appetizers...

Or not. I just went to their website and they closed.

www.restaurantthree.com/

I was just there like 2m ago!

Noooooo! I liked it there. Bacon was so so good. Bacon wrapped meatloaf, duck with bacon. Mmmmmmm bacon.

Ditto wawa on the Arby's fries and Jamocha shake. Now I want to find an Arby's for lunch.

[druidp]

And Imma put this right here:

[winston]

Jun 13, 2012 21:35:01 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

I think it hilarious that anyone assumes this is actually real bacon we're talking about. Plus, I hear salty fries dipped in a frosty is faboo. As is bacon sprinkled with brown sugar. Classic sweet and salty play.

I'd try it.

I was just going to post this exact thing. Fries in your frosty is amazing.

I kind of want to try the sundae. I don't know how good it'll be, but it has three things that I think are delicious.

[EloiseWeenie]

I am a huge sweet & salty eater. I love eating fries in ice cream, always have. I will not try BK's sundae because I've eaten BK twice in my life and have vowed to never return. I am not a fan of chewy bacon, and I doubt they would take the time to make it crispy.

I would be more than willing to make a bacon sundae at home, but I'm still addicted to the Chick fil A cookie sundaes. Once I get bored with those I'll try bacon.

[2vermont]

I think the day I eat a sundae with bacon in it is the day when I will know that I'm pregnant.

Yuck people.