>>Honest to everything holy, why do we need this?

>>And can we not make the obligatory "jack in the Box" jokes about masturbation?

>>Bacon flavored syrup? THat's like Kosher Bacon bits that are made without pork products. Honest!!!

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http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2012/ ... in-the-Box

If conventional wisdom says that bacon makes everything better, then Jack in the Box may finally have discovered the exception: the bacon milkshake.

"It's for real. Bacon Shake," reads an ad from the San Diego-based fast food burger chain. "Ask for it today.". . .

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostersh ... 4279.story

By Jeannine Stein, Los Angeles Times / For the Booster Shots blog

February 8, 2012, 11:19 a.m.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new contestant in the who-can-top-this outrageous new fast food item: the bacon milkshake from Jack in the Box.

The bacon shake is made with no actual bacon, just real vanilla ice cream, bacon-flavored syrup, whipped topping and a maraschino cherry, according to the website. We were thinking this had to be the most trayf food known to mankind before we saw the ingredient list. We'll get to the nutritional info in a minute.

The item is proving to be somewhat polarizing, with some people loving the product (or the idea of it, at least) and others finding it downright nasty. On MyFoxDFW.com, one commenter posted, "Disgusting!!!" while another said, "Mmmmm, Bacon ... is there anything it can't do?" One person was intrigued: "I have no interest in a bacon flavored milk shake, yet I find myself oddly inclined to want to see what it tastes like..."

On the Gizmodo site, this was posted: "I can't be the only one grossed out by this," followed by, "You're not, but, you know, it's very ironic and hip to like bacon mixed with totally inappropriate flavors."

Bacon shakes are apparently not new, since we saw plenty of recipes on the Internet, ones that used real bacon. How anyone concocted this is beyond our imagination, even though we've heard the phrase "Everything's better with bacon" repeated ad infinitum.

Fast food companies seem to relish coming up with new ways to fascinate and gross us out at the same time: Witness KFC's Double Down (two two fried chicken fillets, surrounding two slices of cheese, two slices of bacon, sauce and no bun) and Domino's Pizza's Mac-N-Cheese Breadbowl pasta. The description on that reads: "a flavorful blend of melted cheeses mixed with penne pasta and baked to creamy perfection." It sits inside a big "bowl" of dough.

OK, let's get to the good stuff. A 16-ounce bacon shake weighs in at 773 calories, 28 grams of saturated fat, 2 grams of trans fat and 75 grams of sugar. Hankering for a 24-ounce size? That'll be 1,081 calories, 37 grams of saturated fat, 3 grams of trans fat and 108 grams of sugar. Mmmmm. We're saying that ironically.

Since we're too afraid to order one, we're relying on you dairy-and-bacon-lovers to do some recon for us and tell us what you think -- yea or nay?

I think someone's taste buds are about 15 or 20 years behind times. And even before that bacon was no stranger to sweet tastes. As a child a few centuries ago I dipped my bacon in the syrup when eating pancakes or waffles. Good Eats has a recipe for candied bacon. And the last ten years we have seen an explosion of sweet and salty treats. (See Pretzel M&M's) Fran's Chocolates ' has chocolate truffles sprinkled w/ sea salt. Then bacon is one of the food fads of the moment. Bacon Ice cream was inevitable. Besides bacon fat has a melting point close to that of the butterfat in ice cream. I usually hit Jacques en Boite about once a month, but usually pass on the shakes. I'll try one the next time I get the Midnight Munchies.

Transward

My taste buds are OK. It's the rest of my digestive system that hates food.

And I got the giggles when I read that story.

I was excited until I read,

It has no bacon. Not even some crispy pieces on the top.

Bacon Yum! Second only to Chocolate as the perfect food.

One of the most delicious things I have ever eaten was something a friend made as a desert.

Chocolate covered bacon!

It was candied bacon, dipped in dark chocolate, and dusted with sea salt. Served with real whipped cream, and maple syrup.

I could eat that stuff every day, if I didn't feel my arteries were hardening from just looking at it. I have trouble enough with my waistline. (It likes to spread.) If I ate that stuff very often, they'd need a fork-lift to get me out of my house.

Still... delicious stuff that bacon.

BACON,

truly one of the comfort foods. A day without bacon frying up in the pan in the morning is a day without sunshine.

You are so right, bacon with syrup all over it, or mopping up the rest of the egg and orange danish like I did yesterday.

I know its fake bacon but my dog gets her bacon treat every morning for breakfast, (I can't believe its not bacon) OH MY. every once in a while I will give her a piece of real bacon, this calls for back flips.

Its true everything goes better with bacon, so the next time your at the store stop and get some pork belly you will be glad you did.

River

getting slightly off-topic, u can also see some interesting items at fairs. deep-fried twinkies, of course, but there's also Crispy Creme burgers(replace buns with Crispy Creme donuts). but i feel obligated to mention something with bacon, so how about Homer Simpson's creation; a 1/2 pound stick of butter wrapped in bacon

humanbean (imported) wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:29 pm getting slightly off-topic, u can also see some interesting items at fairs. deep-fried twinkies, of course, but there's also Crispy Creme burgers(replace buns with Crispy Creme donuts). but i feel obligated to mention something with bacon, so how about Homer Simpson's creation; a 1/2 pound stick of butter wrapped in bacon

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm I hear my arteries choking just thinking about it, butter wrapped in bacon and deep fried mmmmm.

River

Dave (imported) wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:24 pm http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2012/ ... x/(page)/2

If conventional wisdom says that bacon makes everything better, then Jack in the Box may finally have discovered the exception: the bacon milkshake.

"It's for real. Bacon Shake," reads an ad from the San Diego-based fast food burger chain. "Ask for it today."

The public reaction so far has been largely negative, but taste isn’t really the point. The bacon shake is the latest in a long line of fast food fare so outrageous that they serve mainly to draw attention to the fast food chain as a whole, rather than as a serious menu item. Take KFC’s “Double Down” sandwich from 2010 (the one with fried chicken breasts as the “bread”), or the perennial resurgence of the McDonald’s McRib.

The latest porky dairy treat is a part of Jack in the Box’s new ad campaign, which asks the question: If you like bacon so much, why don’t you marry it?

The bacon milkshake may actually be the least disturbing part of the campaign: A trip to the restaurant’s marrybacon.com website will treat you to a video of a guy literally marrying a bacon cheeseburger. While there, you can also “make your own bacon baby” – upload a headshot of yourself, and your facial features will be superimposed onto a strip of bacon which will then be added to a baby’s body. (If it sounds icky, that’s because it is).

But back to everything you need to know about the bacon milkshake. It’s as indulgent as you would expect a bacon milkshake to be: the regular, 16-ounce size has 773 calories, 40 grams of fat, and 75 grams of sugar. The 24-ounce size has 54 grams of fat and 1,081 calories (to put that in perspective, the recommended daily caloric intake for an average-size woman is 2,000 calories). If you’re keeping kosher or vegetarian, you’re in luck: The shake is made with bacon-flavored syrup, rather than the genuine article.

It’s available for a time “as limited as limited can be,” at participating locations. Jack in the Box has 2,100 stores in 19 states, mostly in the western half of the United States. The shake doesn’t appear on the menu; you have to ask for it.

How does it taste? Plenty of brave bacon-shake tasters have weighed in around the Web:

“Wow. That was horrific, ” wrote Brock Keeling, a blogger for SFist. “Bad it was. Aggressively so, A heavy, lingering bland with a touch of smoke that doesn't go away. Jack in the Box's Bacon Shake hits the senses like smokey maple syrup.”

Noting a lack of true bacon flavor, Edwin Goei at the OC Weekly calls the shake “less a marriage to bacon than a harmless flirtation”Related stories

“It’s like I’m 90 years old and I have to drink my food,” said a man taste-testing the shake on film for CNBC’s Jane Wells in a California mall.

Food items like the bacon milkshake are fun in theory, and they get their purveyors into the news for a few days. But in all likelihood, very few people are actually buying a Double Down or the McRib for lunch on a regular basis.

Nor is bacon in dessert anything new. Last year, Denny’s introduced a “Maple Bacon Sundae” as part of its “Baconalia” festival; unlike the Jack in the Box shake, it came topped with real bacon. Chocolate candy bars with bacon bits have become an increasingly common sight in many grocery stores, including Whole Foods. A quick Google search unearths scores of recipes for homemade bacon milkshakes, most of them involving maple syrup, ice cream and, well, bacon.

Still, if curiosity gets the best of you, visit jackinthebox.com and type your Zip Code into the store locator to find a Jack in the Box near you.