{"id":18100,"date":"2015-02-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=18100"},"modified":"2023-02-16T17:52:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T03:52:42","slug":"fast-food-flashback-jack-in-the-box-colossus-burger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/22\/fast-food-flashback-jack-in-the-box-colossus-burger\/","title":{"rendered":"FAST FOOD FLASHBACK: Jack in the Box Colossus Burger"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fast Food Flashback is a series that looks back at discontinued fast food menu items.<\/i><\/p>\n

The Jack in the Box Colossus Burger was introduced in 1994. It featured two 1\/4 lb beef patties, three kinds of cheese, and EIGHT slices of bacon. I remember eating a couple during my college days, when I thought I was invincible. So invincible that I ignored all the calories, fat, and sodium the burger had and didn’t care about the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak<\/a> that happened prior to the release of the Colossus.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak, apparently the Colossus was originally the Monster Burger, which was found to be the cause of the outbreak. A promotional price caused a great demand for the Monster Burger, which in turn caused employees to not cook the beef for an adequate amount of time or at a high enough temperature to kill the bacteria.<\/p>\n

The Jack in the Box Colossus was the first burger I purchased that made the Big Mac seem so small. It really was Colossus and I vaguely remember having a hard time wrapping my mouth around it. I don’t remember what it tasted like, but I imagine I must have enjoyed it if I ate two of them. According to Calorie Count, the Colossus had 1100 calories, 84 grams of fat, 220 milligrams of cholesterol, and 1510 milligrams of sodium.<\/p>\n

I don’t remember how long Jack in the Box’s Colossus Burger was around, but it somewhat lived on in the late 1990s in Jack’s Bacon Ultimate Cheeseburger<\/a>, which at the time had two 1\/4 lb beef patties, three slices of cheese, and eight slices of bacon. The current version of the Bacon Ultimate Cheeseburger has just three strips of bacon, but I’m sure I could purchase extra bacon and experience the Jack in the Box Colossus once more, if my arteries wish to go down memory lane.<\/p>\n

Do you remember the Jack in the Box Colossus?<\/p>\n