{"id":18075,"date":"2015-02-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=18075"},"modified":"2023-08-25T20:36:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T06:36:01","slug":"review-wendys-bacon-blue-on-brioche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/17\/review-wendys-bacon-blue-on-brioche\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Wendy’s Bacon & Blue on Brioche"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wendy's<\/a><\/p>\n

Wendy\u2019s Bacon & Blue on Brioche boasts big B-word buzz by bundling bankable blends between boring bread and beef. <\/p>\n

You know what? Forget this. <\/p>\n

Wendy\u2019s used up all the B-related alliteration I can handle. No more B-words for the rest of the review. They are henceforth banished. Oops. Bungled it. Argh, bollocks! How do the Crips do it? They avoid saying words that start with B \u2026 Hmm, do Bloods favor Red Robin?<\/p>\n

Gang-related fast food questions aside, Wendy\u2019s trotted out the Bacon & Blue on Brioche for us. Knowing Wendy\u2019s history with blue offerings, this seemed like it would be a treat. (I, however, never tried <\/a>the old Bacon & Blue Burger from five years ago). How did it fare? It\u2019s unique and bold, if not a little bit unbalanced, like a celebrity.<\/p>\n

The first B is for bacon, and the strips in this burger definitely delivered on the crispy texture and smoky flavor. The bacon seems to be a popular item here. The person ahead of me in line and the person behind me both ordered Baconators. They then both high-fived over my head and stared me down while shaking their heads slowly. <\/p>\n

\"Wendy's<\/a><\/p>\n

Which brings me to the second B, the blue cheese flavors. The item sports both blue cheese crumbles and blue cheese aioli, and that might have been too much. The blue cheese combo has a back-of-the-throat coating quality that is interesting and hits immediately upon first bite. While the aioli does a good job of melding the flavors together, the combo also displays a minor, pungent blue cheese stink. This proves to be particularly powerful and overwhelms the flashes of bacon taste. It spins the entire thing a little out of whack, although the occasional balanced bites were pretty decent. The spring mix is slightly bitter and does a very good job of breaking up the monotony.<\/p>\n

\"Wendy's<\/a><\/p>\n

The beef in my burger was the weak point. Next to the great, pretty flavors of the eponymous \u201cB & B,\u201d the ground beef was mostly flavorless, which is sad because I think the blue cheese’s smooth flavor would’ve shined if consumed with better tasting beef. <\/p>\n

Again, there were a few bites that seemed to balance everything well, including the beef, but the planets did not align as much as I would have liked. The third B in the name, brioche, is fine. It\u2019s shiny and has a slight crisp on the outside, which adds a nice textural flair to the entire meal.<\/p>\n

This item is definitely not going to have universal appeal and for that fast food version of bravery, Wendy\u2019s gets a high five from me. High five, guys. <\/p>\n

Oh, everybody leaving me hanging? <\/p>\n

What, nobody else in this Wendy\u2019s is ordering the same thing as me? <\/p>\n

I\u2019m not putting it down until someone slaps five with me. I refuse to use a word that starts with B until someone high fives me. See? It\u2019s easy. I could be a Crip. Unless that means I can never go to Red Robin again.<\/p>\n

In that case, bye bye, bros.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 650 calories, 39 grams of fat, 16 grams of saturated fat, 1.5 grams of trans fat, 125 milligrams of cholesterol, 1290 milligrams of sodium, 37 grams of carbohydrates, 6 grams of sugar, 2 grams of fiber, and 34 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Wendy’s Bacon & Blue on Brioche
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $5.49
\nSize:<\/b> N\/A
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Wendy’s
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Good flavors in some bites. Unique flavors.
\nCons:<\/b> Blue cheese is a little overwhelming. Bacon gets lost. Burger meat flavorless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wendy\u2019s Bacon & Blue on Brioche boasts big B-word buzz by bundling bankable blends between boring bread and beef. You know what? Forget this. Wendy\u2019s used up all the B-related alliteration I can handle. No more B-words for the rest of the review. They are henceforth banished. Oops. Bungled it. Argh, bollocks! How do the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1477,1526],"class_list":["post-18075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-fast-food","tag-wendys"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17994,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/27\/fast-food-news-wendys-bacon-and-blue-on-brioche\/","url_meta":{"origin":18075,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Wendy’s Bacon and Blue on Brioche","author":"Marvo","date":"January 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Some of you are probably looking at Wendy's Bacon and Blue on Brioche and thinking to yourself, \"Hey! 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