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Jun 13, 2012

News: Burger King - New BBQ Summer Menu Includes Bacon Sundaes!

Burger King is celebrating the summer with a new, limited-time BBQ Summer Menu which also includes the infamous Bacon Sundae. Along with the new menu items is a new tagline: "Taste is King."

The Bacon Sundae blends sweet with savory by adding bacon crumbles and a thick-cut piece of bacon as garnish to a BK caramel and fudge sundae. The suggested retail for one is $2.49.

But besides the Bacon Sundae, like Burger King's recent McDonald's-xeroxed menu expansion, the BBQ Summer Menu also adds quite a few new items to Burger King's menu including regional BBQ sandwiches, a side, and a drink:

The Memphis BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich marries tender pulled pork with Sweet Baby Ray’s Sweet ‘n Spicy BBQ sauce, and then adds sliced onions and Sweet Southern dressing all on a toasted artisan-style bun. The suggested retail price starts is $3.49.

The Carolina BBQ Whopper combines a quarter pound flame-grilled Whopper patty, Pepper Jack cheese, thick-cut, hardwood-smoked bacon, iceberg lettuce, red onions, tomatoes, Sweet Southern dressing, and Bull’s-Eye Carolina Style BBQ sauce on a sesame seed bun for a suggested retail price of $3.99.

Its chicken counterpart, the Carolina BBQ Chicken Sandwich features the same save for the beef and bun which are replaced with your choice of a Tendercrisp or Tendergrill chicken breast and an artisan-style bun. They carry a suggested retail price of $4.79.

The Texas BBQ Whopper comes with a quarter pound beef patty, American cheese, jalapeño slices, red onions, tomatoes, iceberg lettuce, and Bull’s-Eye Texas Style BBQ sauce on a sesame seed bun. Its suggested retail price is $3.99.

The chicken variation, the Texas BBQ Chicken Sandwich offers the same but with a different meat and bun. You have your choice of a Tendercrisp or Tendergrill chicken breast and its served on an artisan-style bun.

New Sweet Potatoes Fries, like the Bacon Sundae, features a combination of salty and sweet that's crispy on the outside (or at least should be) and tender within. An order retails at a suggest price of $1.89.

Finally, the Frozen Classic Lemonade blends "real lemon flavor" with ice and water. There's also Strawberry Lemonade (like McDonald's!) with "real strawberry flavor." Both are available in 12-, 16-, or 20-ounce cups starting at a suggest retail of $1.99

Nutritional Info - Burger King Bacon Sundae
Calories - 510 (from Fat - 160)
Fat - 18g (Saturated Fat - 10g)
Sodium - 670mg
Carbs - 75g (Sugar - 61g)
Protein - 15g

Nutritional Info - Burger King Memphis Pulled Pork BBQ Sandwich (289g)
Calories - 470 (from Fat - 140)
Fat - 16g (Saturated Fat - 4.5g)
Sodium - 1420mg
Carbs - 61g (Sugar - 29g)
Protein - 27g

Nutritional Info - Burger King Carolina BBQ Whopper (302g)
Calories - 760 (from Fat - 370)
Fat - 42g (Saturated Fat - 16g)
Sodium - 1620mg
Carbs - 65g (Sugar - 21g)
Protein - 36g

Nutritional Info - Burger King Carolina BBQ Tendergrill Sandwich (319g)
Calories - 630 (from Fat - 250)
Fat - 28g (Saturated Fat - 9g)
Sodium - 2230mg
Carbs - 49g (Sugar - 15g)
Protein - 47g

Nutritional Info - Burger King Carolina BBQ Tendercrisp Sandwich (331g)
Calories - 880 (from Fat - 430)
Fat - 48g (Saturated Fat - 13g)
Sodium - 2470mg
Carbs - 70g (Sugar - 20g)
Protein - 41g

Nutritional Info - Burger King Texas BBQ Whopper (259g)
Calories - 520 (from Fat - 190)
Fat - 21g (Saturated Fat - 9g)
Sodium - 1010mg
Carbs - 59g (Sugar - 15g)
Protein - 27g

Nutritional Info - Burger King Texas BBQ Tendergrill Sandwich (283g)
Calories - 430 (from Fat - 90)
Fat - 10g (Saturated Fat - 3.5g)
Sodium - 1690mg
Carbs - 45g (Sugar - 11g)
Protein - 39g

Nutritional Info - Burger King Texas BBQ Tendercrisp Sandwich (295g)
Calories - 620 (from Fat - 220)
Fat - 25g (Saturated Fat - 6g)
Sodium - 1940mg
Carbs - 67g (Sugar - 16g)
Protein - 32g

Nutritional Info - Burger King Sweet Potato Fries - Medium (120g)
Calories - 390 (from Fat - 190)
Fat - 21g (Saturated Fat - 3g)
Sodium - 720mg
Carbs - 48g (Sugar - 11g)
Protein - 2g

Nutritional Info - Burger King Frozen Lemonade - Medium (16 fl oz)
Calories - 80 (from Fat - 0)
Fat - 0g (Saturated Fat - 0g)
Sodium - 10mg
Carbs - 21g (Sugar - 19g)
Protein - 0g

Nutritional Info - Burger King Strawberry Frozen Lemonade - Medium (16 fl oz)
Calories - 160 (from Fat - 0)
Fat - 0g (Saturated Fat - 0g)
Sodium - 10mg
Carbs - 40g (Sugar - 38g)
Protein - 1g