Damn the marketing machine, it got me again. When you think about it, replace the bun with fried chicken…genius!! It is a yummy idea on paper. Plus, toss two slices of cheese and some bacon on it…now we are talking. Part of me thinks that this sandwich should be served with a year’s subscription of Playboy. My wife about threw up when I told her that I ate this…I don’t think a 30 year old woman is the demographic here.
People that I work with that never talk about food, yet were talking about this. So from the standpoint of marketing buzz, congrats KFC. Let’s get down to business.
Price is $4.99 for sandwich only (in the great state of Indiana at least).
A little pricey compared to most chicken sandwiches, but consider there is double the chicken, so it should be expected. I hate to say it, but if you know what Original Recipe KFC tastes like and bacon and pepper jack cheese…there are really no surprises. Most reviews that I have seen say the cheese is gooey. On mine, they just sat the slices of cheese on it, so no gooeyness. The bacon was a joke and I couldn’t even make out a single strip. The bacon was also dry, overcooked and I couldn’t find a piece that was bigger than a stick of Trident.
Every review so far thinks that it is salty…they are right. This is being said with my version’s lack of bacon. The chicken was one of the better pieces of chicken form KFC that I have had lately. However, I wasn’t blown away by the size of the sandwich and I felt like I wanted something else after I ate it. It just wasn’t filling, stop rolling your eyes.
The Colonel’s Sauce reminded me of the sauce from an Awesome Blossom/Blooming Onion. Nothing special.
Would I Buy It Again? No. Why? 1. I missed the bun. 2. Very little value. 3. I’d rather spend my daily allotment of sodium on something else. 4. I think they are lying when KFC states it is only 540 calories…how?!?!
Overall, it wasn’t bad…but it just wasn’t that great.
However, I like Brand Eating’s idea of getting a biscuit of the value menu for $0.99 and splitting up the sandwich.
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-wibia
Where is the bacon?!
Tags: Bacon, Chicken, colonel's sauce, double down, Food, Kentucky Fried Chicken
That bacon and the lack of melted cheese would ruin this for me. If they got those two components right (assuming they didn’t dry out the chicken), the whole idea of the sandwich sounds awesome. Oh well, it always comes down to execution and in my experience, KFC gets that wrong more often than not.
1) I’m surprised you let that anywhere near your car upholstery, even for just a photo.
2) I’m not surprised it’s only 540 calories. Most of the calories in our food comes from sugars and starches, not so much from protein and fat. This thing is probably even acceptable for the Atkins diet.
3) I’m curious if there’s ever been a fast food concoction that looked and tasted every bit as good as it appeared to be in advertisements.
Anyways, thanks for taking one for the team and eating this monstrosity.
I’m with you on being hungry after finishing the Double Down. I just couldn’t bring myself to eat anything else. I would’ve felt like a true fat man.
I’m glad you tried this so I don’t have to! Your review confirms my suspicions about the “sandwich”.
Seeing as how Burger King often goes one step beyond what other fast food chains are willing to do, what are the chances that BK counters KFC with a triple chicken something or other.
I couldn’t agree with you more, sir. I’m not a huge biscuit fan but I would have loved to split the sandwich and put each of the chicken pieces on a bun. As for the bacon, it was very weak, thinner than most fast good chains IMO.
@Mbtitleist. Thanks for calling me sir, it is nice to get some respect around this joint.
@ Amateur Mixologist..You are right, BK likes to pull the trump card. For instance…Quad Stacker from two years ago. Not sure if they are still on the menu. Not bad really..
@Abomb…no problem dude. I took one for the team.
@John – Ha ha, I felt the same way about being really fat…. But what else do you get? I didn’t want anything too salty. Maybe cole slaw or mac and cheese. I don’t know. I was happy that I was still alive after eating this.
@ BigRed. Agree, what was I thinking. That thing could’ve ate a whole though my seat. I decided to park this time…usually I am moving with the in car shots..
@IndianapolisEater: When KFC is on, they are really hard to beat. However, most of the time it is just by chance you get a good meal there. I miss the KFC form 10 years ago.
Haha! I think you always get gyped on these limited time items. No melted cheese?! That is just sad. Shame on your local KFC!
One word.
Ugh.
It looked good at first but after eating it I found that I just isn’t that great. The Colenol’s secret sauce was just downright nasty on the sandwhich and it just was not worth the money.
@skirski agreed. way to much pay.