KFC’s Double Down sandwich gained the company attention in the media but accounted for no more than 5% of the chains total sales. When WIBIA gave the Double Down a no rating, he said one of the reasons was that the bun was missed. Adding to KFC’s sandwich menu is the new Doublicious sandwich, similar to the Double Down, but this time with a bun.
What I Got: Doublicious Sandwich $3.49
KFC is advertising this sandwich as having a sweet and savory taste. The sweet comes from a large Hawaiian bread bun and savory, which I believe is code for salt, comes in at over 950 mg. Covering the sandwich was a narrow fried chicken fillet, two small pieces of bacon, a piece of Monterrey cheese and a sauce that was mayonnaise based with a hint of mustard.
The sandwich had only a small amount of the sauce, the thick Hawaiian bun was dry and tasted no better than a half stale hamburger bun from the grocery store. The chicken fillet was thin and narrow covering the middle portion of the bun leaving edges of the dry roll with nothing on them but the cheese.
Would I Buy It Again? Never. There was little taste to a sandwich counting for nearly a whole day of allotted sodium and the sweet Hawaiian roll dominated the taste. Like the Double Down where WIBIA said, “The Colonel’s Sauce reminded me of the sauce from an Awesome Blossom/Blooming Onion. Nothing special.” If the Colonel was alive today, I think he would questions whether to by a sandwich again at KFC.
-EatHSE
Tags: Chicken, double down, Food, hawaiian bread, Kentucky Fried Chicken, sandwich
I’m REALLY glad I went with the chicken strips the other day…. Your review has completely steered me away from this sandwich. I was really hoping the Hawaiian bread would be really good
savory = code for salt = lol!
In Canada we got the boxmaster, which actually sounds a lot better than this, and was actually pretty damn good.
Typical really. New KFC product sounds good, but just doesn’t deliver.
After seeing the ads, I tried out a couple. Very disappointing. I got a “original recipe” for me and a “grilled” for my wife. The meat paddies were small. Forget the photos. Didn’t even cover the bun, to say nothing of spilling over the edges. The grilled comes with chopped lettuce instead of bacon. I’ll stick with Wendy’s chicken sandwiches in the future. In addition, the staff was certainly inept. The cashier couldn’t make change without the help of the computer and they were out of plates. The almost handed me a $27 tailgate meal and I could have just walked out the door with it. The family that got that had to ask for a cup for their drinks. You also have to go to the counter to get another napkin. Disappointing experience; won’t be back soon.
Just tried the Doubleliciuos Sandwich at KFC in Apopka FL. Words cannot describe how disappointed I am. I was using a coupon so I got the sandwich free with 32oz drink purchase so the best part of the meal was the price. The service is awlful in the Apopka store. I went thru the Drive thru last week & was very disappointed then also. The sandwich alone is priced at almost $4-not worthin in size and it just was not very good-bacon was not cooked well. They do not even have mayo in the store to use on the sandwich-only some “special sauce”. As usual the real food looks little like the photos these places take of thier food.
doublepitiful sandwich. Tried both the grilled and the original. Meat on both sandwiches were less than 1/2 the size of the bun. Not thrilled about the 3.50 price for a dollar’s worth of food. I’m done with KFC.