{"id":68767,"date":"2012-04-13T10:59:45","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T15:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=68767"},"modified":"2012-04-13T11:01:18","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T16:01:18","slug":"burger-king-rolls-out-new-bacon-sundae-at-select-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/burger-king-rolls-out-new-bacon-sundae-at-select-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"Burger King Rolls out New Bacon Sundae at Select Locations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the self proclaimed queen of ice cream in my family, I&#8217;ve tried some pretty out there flavors over the course of my life. Cappuccino chocolate chunk, bubblegum, birthday cake, french toast; my adventurous palette has never led me astray!<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/burger-king-rolls-out-new-bacon-sundae-at-select-locations\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-68771\" title=\"baconsundaekeeper\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/baconsundaekeeper.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But I just don&#8217;t get the whole <strong><a title=\"healthier bacon cheeseburger recipe\" href=\"Bacon%20Cheeseburger\">bacon<\/a><\/strong> in dessert thing &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t seem right. Bacon belongs on my breakfast plate next to my eggs, toast and and coffee &#8211; not on my ice cream sundae. But, if <strong><a title=\"burger king ad gets a makeover\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/burger-king-ad-gets-a-diabetes-makeover\/\">Burger King<\/a><\/strong> has anything to say about it, that&#8217;s exactly where it belongs.<\/p>\n<p>The fast food giant has introduced a bacon sundae that features vanilla soft serve, chocolate sauce and several pieces of crispy bacon. The over-the-top treat will set customers back about $2.49 and is only available at a handful of locations in Nashville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>Company spokesperson Randi Farynyk told <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/thesalt\/2012\/04\/12\/150502365\/the-bacon-sundae-brilliant-or-tragic\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">NPR<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0that &#8220;The company is currently testing menu items in a small sampling of U.S. restaurants. The brand does not have plans to expand the test to additional markets at this time.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While the bacon sundae has many in shock and disgust, others have rejoiced over news of the salty treat. Twitter has been aflood with talk of the new out-there dessert. One user <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/shoffis\/status\/190790676114452481\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sophie Uesson<\/a><\/strong> tweeted, &#8220;Yum, Burger King Launches Bacon Sundae! &#8211; As a bacon fan I must say that this sounds sweet.&#8221; And another,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/987vix\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">thomasruns<\/a><\/strong>, said &#8220;At burger king I really can have it my way,&#8221; and even posted a picture of himself biting into a big piece of salty bacon atop his very own bacon sundae.<\/p>\n<p>But others are staunchly opposed to the idea like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/BertoM22\/status\/190811152601722882\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Berto M<\/a><\/strong> who tweeted &#8220;That just sounds sooooooooo nasty\u2026&#8221; and<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/asdfghjkatelyn\/status\/190701018768609281\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Katelyn Meade<\/a><\/strong> who said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t wanna live on this planet anymore,&#8221; in response to the news. I&#8217;m glad to know there are others out there who share my opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from its unappetizing appearance, it has to be absolutely terrible for you. But without nutritional statistics available on Burger King&#8217;s website, we can only speculate as to the amount of fat and calories the bacon sundae will set you back. But it&#8217;s almost better not to know &#8211; we may be in even more disgust if we did.<\/p>\n<p>Who knows if the sundae will catch on. If it does, it could potentially be available at Burger King locations across the country, from which I will maintain a safe distance. Sundae or not,\u00a0I intend to keep my bacon far, far away from my dessert plate and next to my <strong><a title=\"apple and brie eggs recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/apple-and-brie-eggs\/\">eggs<\/a><\/strong> for the foreseeable future. Because in my opinion, that&#8217;s the only place it belongs.<\/p>\n<p><em>image from Adz Talk on Twitter<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"healthiest burger king\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/healthiest-menu-choices-at-burger-king\/\">Healthiest Menu Choices at Burger King<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"hot dog stuffed pizza crust\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/hot-dog-stuffed-pizza-takes-grotesque-restaurant-food-too-far\/\">Hot Dug Stuffed Pizza Crust Takes Grotesque Restaurant Foods Too Far<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Frosty Fruit Sundae recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/frosty-fruit-sundae\/\">Frosty Fruit Sundae [Recipe]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the self proclaimed queen of ice cream in my family, I&#8217;ve tried some pretty out there flavors over the course of my life. Cappuccino chocolate chunk, bubblegum, birthday cake, french toast; my adventurous palette has never led me astray! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/burger-king-rolls-out-new-bacon-sundae-at-select-locations\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3687,3695],"tags":[1319,3707,474],"class_list":["post-68767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-health","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-bacon","tag-burger-king","tag-fast-food"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68767"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68785,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68767\/revisions\/68785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}