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I don’t know a lot of people who voluntarily eat at Burger King, but for the handful of you who fall under this category, I have some exciting news for you.
Burger King recently announced the creation of the “Whopperrito,” a Tex-Mex take on its famous Whopper sandwich. It’s basically just a Whopper — but instead of a bun it’s wrapped in a flour tortilla. Genius.
Just look at that thing. It’s a monstrosity.
From Mashable:
Alex Macedo, President of Burger King North America tells Mashable that when introducing the Whopperrito in a few select restaurants back in June, they received a great deal of positive feedback.
“Some of our regulars that love the Whopper tried the Whopperrito because it has the same fresh veggies, beef and the same flame-grilled flavor that everyone is familiar with,” Macedo said.
Since the Whopperrito is essentially a deconstructed Whopper made using a flour tortilla instead of buns and creamy queso sauce rather than mayonnaise, fans of the burger won’t be sacrificing much of the original product.
As for future fast food mash-ups, Macedo said the chain is “always looking at categories and flavors that are growing.” So, who knows what’s in store.
I’m all in for innovative food options from bottom-tier fast food restaurants. I never used to eat at Taco Bell, but then they created the Doritos-shelled taco and I was immediately on-board with the disgusting Mexican food chain.
Burger King has tried to coax me in using flame grilled hot dogs (gross) and Cheetos-flavored mac and cheese (still gross), but they still haven’t closed a sale with me since my car broke down driving home from college when I was 19 and it was the only restaurant open. Even then, I internally debated whether or not dinner was necessary. Oh, the joys of being a young college student in remotely good shape. It feels like a distant memory now.
But the Whopperrito? I think I’m a fan. It might just be my native Texan craving for Tex-Mex in a Midwestern metropolis, but this could be a big hit for “the King.” I mean, it’s not like BK has anything left to lose..
[via Mashable]
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This sounds like a health and soul disaster, but at some point in the near future half of the PGP staff and contributing writers will have ingested this after going out to the bars.
Making a disgusting burger into a disgusting burrito is not going to change my opinion of you, Burger King. Try making better food and we’ll talk.
This truly sounds terrible.
Big swing and a miss on BK’s attempt at “this is so bad it’s actually kinda good.”
I never understood why the original whopper burger never came with cheese
Honestly sounds good if you were to make it at home but from a fast food place, no thanks.
The BK mac and cheetohs werent too bad. They were like hooking up with the former hot cheerleader girl at your 10 year HS reunion. Its pretty cool but you know 17/18 year old you would have it enjoyed it way more.
No.
very decisive response.