{"id":10647,"date":"2011-11-17T22:40:45","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T08:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=10647"},"modified":"2023-02-04T13:21:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T23:21:01","slug":"review-dunkin-donuts-smokehouse-sausage-breakfast-sandwich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/17\/review-dunkin-donuts-smokehouse-sausage-breakfast-sandwich\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Dunkin’ Donuts Smokehouse Sausage Breakfast Sandwich"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dunkin'<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

I’ve always been supportive of fast food corporations’ revenues on new items, and now that the Colbert Super PAC has taught me corporations are people<\/a>, I am also trying to be more supportive of fast food corporations’ self-esteem. In order to be more sensitive to Dunkin’ Donuts’ feelings, and because their new product is a sandwich, I will use the sandwich method of feedback to review the new Smokehouse Sausage Breakfast Sandwich by sandwiching each piece of negative feedback between two positive thoughts.<\/p>\n

Positive:<\/b> The sandwich stayed warm while I walked the 6 blocks home.
\nNegative:<\/b> I recently moved apartments and there are now two Starbucks within those 6 blocks. You better up your locations around here, Dunkin’. I love you, but I also love gingerbread lattes and free WiFi.
\nPositive:<\/b> On the other hand, the counter guys at Dunkin’ Donuts never judge me for constantly confusing the only two Italian words I know. Stupid smug baristas.<\/p>\n

Positive:<\/b> The cheese was well-melted and kept the split-length-wise sausage link in place very well.
\nNegative:<\/b> I suppose the two half-links of sausage probably provide more meat than a regular sausage patty, but they were like a square peg being put in a round hole, or more accurately two half-cylinders bifurcating an oblate spheroid (now there’s an expression that could really catch on). The half-links felt awkwardly bulky on an English muffin, and I ended up with inconsistent amounts of meat in each bite.
\nPositive:<\/b> Overall, the sandwich did feel a bit more filling than your average Dunkin’ Donuts breakfast sandwich.<\/p>\n

\"Dunkin'<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Positive:<\/b> The premium sausage is produced by Hillshire Farm, whose founders are in the Wisconsin Meat Industry Hall of Fame. No seriously, that exists.
\nNegative:<\/b> Any Hillshire Farm product hits you with a bunch of fat and sodium, and this new sandwich is no exception, weighing in with a whopping 36 grams of fat and 1,500 milligrams of sodium.
\nPositive:<\/b> I’ve finally found a Hall of Fame whose membership is worth spending my life aspiring to.<\/p>\n

Positive:<\/b> I guess the sausage had some slight scent of smokiness to it.
\nNegative:<\/b> That slight smoky scent didn’t really translate at all into the taste. (I just spent a half hour trying to formulate a joke about the minuscule smokiness of this sandwich, my roommate’s pack-a-week smoking habit, and smoking his sausage. I couldn’t get it to work, but dammit, B, if you stop smoking I’ll promise to stop making sex jokes about you in my reviews.)
\nPositive:<\/b> Sausage means penis and that is funny.<\/p>\n

Positive:<\/b> The sausage mostly just tasted like a hot dog (I happen to like hot dogs). As with your average hot dog, it was quite salty, and the casing had some snap to it.
\nNegative:<\/b> As anyone who’s ever been to a ballgame knows, overpaying for a hot dog sucks, and this sandwich cost four dollars.<\/p>\n

I know that last feedback sandwich was open-faced, so here’s a super positive closing paragraph to make up for it and boost Dunkin’ Donuts’ self-esteem. That was a good try, Double D! Just because I wouldn’t buy the Smokehouse Sausage Breakfast Sandwich again doesn’t mean I won’t come visit all the time and taste whatever new items you have rolling out next. Hey, didn’t your IPO just go really well? If you’re still feeling down after this review, I’ve got great news: Starbucks has buy-one-get-one-free holiday drinks this weekend<\/a>. How about a gingerbread latte, my treat?<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 550 calories, 320 calories from fat, 36 grams of fat, 13 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 245 milligrams of cholesterol, 1,510 milligrams of sodium, 36 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 4 grams of sugar, and 21 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Dunkin Donuts Smokehouse Sausage Breakfast Sandwich
\nPrice:<\/b> $3.99
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Dunkin Donuts
\nRating:<\/b> 4 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Sausage mostly just tasted like a hot dog. The melted cheese kept everything in place pretty well. Sandwich stayed hot on my walk home. It might’ve been a bit more filling than an average DD breakfast sandwich. There’s a Wisconsin Meat Industry Hall of Fame. Using the sandwich method of feedback. Buy-one-get-one-free gingerbread lattes.
\nCons:<\/b> Sausage mostly just tasted like a hot dog. Smokehouse sausage wasn’t actually all that smoky. Half-links in an English muffin were awkwardly bulky. Tons of sodium and fat. $4 is too expensive for what would be considered a small hot dog. Judgmental baristas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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