{"id":19829,"date":"2016-03-25T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=19829"},"modified":"2023-08-29T17:23:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T03:23:59","slug":"review-dunkin-donuts-sausage-grandde-burrito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/03\/25\/review-dunkin-donuts-sausage-grandde-burrito\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Dunkin’ Donuts Sausage GranDDe Burrito"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Burritos have been getting some bad press recently. From E.coli to a firefighter punching a homeless guy while waiting in line for one<\/a>, the burrito is suffering from a serious PR crisis. <\/p>\n

Enter Dunkin\u2019 Donuts to save the day.<\/p>\n

Dunkin\u2019 recently announced the GranDDe Burrito \u2013 a new breakfast amalgamation, offered in both sausage and veGGie varieties. Props to the Dunkin\u2019 marketing team for the puNNy name. It sure made me giGGle when I saw the coMMercial on the bOOb tube. I knew I just had to scuRRY to my local DD right away!<\/p>\n

Okay. I\u2019ll stop. <\/p>\n

The burrito features a spicy omelet, cheese, beans, rice, corn, fire-roasted peppers, and onions wrapped in a flour tortilla, a mixture that DD suggests is JAM (emphasis theirs) packed with authentic southwest flavor. Their website also suggests that the burrito is SO (emphasis mine) heavy that you might not be able to pick it up. If that\u2019s the case, my trips to the gym are going to need to get a lot more frequent.<\/p>\n

After ordering my sausage burrito, I watched the Dunkin\u2019 employee unceremoniously plop the frozen wrap onto a tray and jam it in the oven. When it was finished \u201ccooking\u201d the burrito got swaddled in an aluminum foil blanket, which I can only imagine is Dunkin\u2019s attempt to bump up the authenticity factor and make me feel like I\u2019ve stepped into a New Mexican tacqueria. Albeit it\u2019s a tacqueria that also sells frosted donuts, but I digress.<\/p>\n

Once I sat down, I noticed the burrito wasn\u2019t that granDDe at all. It\u2019s definitely smaLLer than what you\u2019d get at Chipotle or Qdoba, but thankfully it\u2019s half the price of what you\u2019d find there. Upon unwrapping, I noticed that the GranDDe Burrito resembled a convenience store microwave version, complete with areas of soft and hard tortilla, and grease spots where the filling had soaked through the wrap. Authenticity!<\/p>\n

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

Since the GranDDe burrito is not a freshly made product, the contents are layered one-by-one rather than mixed together and spread throughout. With my initial bites, I could clearly identify the omelet and sausage, but by the end, all that’s left were the rice and veggies. Thankfully the pepper, onion, and cheese did a great job at amping up the flavor, but the egg lacked any punch and got lost amongst the burrito\u2019s other ingredients.<\/p>\n

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

Similarly, the rice was too mushy to stand out, which makes me wonder who thought it was a great idea to put rice into a frozen breakfast burrito in the first place. I feel like a salsa or picante sauce would\u2019ve done a great job at rounding out the taste, but the only things I could find in the disorganized Dunkin\u2019 condiment bar were ketchup and Splenda. Guess I need to pull a Beyonce next time.<\/p>\n

All in all, you\u2019re getting your money\u2019s worth with the GranDDe Burrito, but don\u2019t expect it to be a bastion of southwest flavor (which I know you weren\u2019t even expecting anyways).<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1 burrito (sausage) \u2013 710 calories, 370 calories from fat, 41 grams of fat, 17 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 225 milligrams of cholesterol, 1660 milligrams of sodium, 56 grams of carbohydrates, 6 grams of fiber, 5 grams of sugar, 30 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/b> $3.99
\nSize:<\/b> N\/A
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Dunkin’ Donuts
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Good for bicep curls. Wrapped in swaddling clothes. Double D\u2019s. A filling meal for the price.
\nCons:<\/b> Burritos in the tabloids. Soft spots and hard spots. Mushy mouthfeel. Vaguely southwest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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