{"id":34547,"date":"2019-01-30T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=34547"},"modified":"2021-02-09T19:15:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T05:15:10","slug":"mcdonalds-big-mac-bacon-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2019\/01\/30\/mcdonalds-big-mac-bacon-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: McDonald’s Big Mac Bacon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"McDonald<\/p>\n

Does bacon make everything better?<\/p>\n

That is a question many companies have tried to answer with various bacon-flavored products that I\u2019d list, but it\u2019s so long that if you\u2019re reading this on a smartphone, your finger will cramp from all the scrolling.<\/p>\n

For some of those products, like <\/a>bacon soda, the answer is definitely HELLLLLL NO. And for products like the new McDonald\u2019s Big Mac Bacon, the answer is, \u201cWell, you should read the rest of this review.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a person who\u2019s unfamiliar with the Big Mac, it\u2019s (everyone say it with me) two all-beef patties, Special Sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onions on a sesame seed bun. This pork-infused version has all that, plus three strips of thick-cut Applewood-smoked bacon and it\u2019s available for a limited time. <\/p>\n

But here\u2019s the thing regarding the limited time availability: You can get the Big Mac Bacon long after it\u2019s taken off the menu and you could\u2019ve had it all this time. After all, it\u2019s just bacon with a Big Mac, which you can custom order. It\u2019s like requesting no salt fries, tartar sauce on a McChicken, or getting plain soft serve in a McFlurry cup so that you can make <\/a>an Apple Pie McFlurry. Of course, there\u2019s an upcharge for the three slices. My local McDonald\u2019s asks $1.50 for them.<\/p>\n

How do I know this?<\/p>\n

Well, because I ordered a Big Mac with bacon this way before the Big Mac Bacon was officially available.<\/p>\n

So does bacon make the iconic Big Mac better?<\/p>\n

Let me put it this way: If you were to offer me a regular Big Mac and a Big Mac Bacon, I\u2019d choose the regular one.<\/p>\n

\"McDonald<\/p>\n

The three surprisingly crispy bacon slices add smoky, salty, and porky flavors, but perhaps too much of them. They cause the burger to lose a lot of its Big Mac-ness. The Special Sauce gets less special because the bacon flavors drown it out along with the pickles and onions. It loses a lot of its tanginess, which is what makes the Big Mac so appealing to me. If this had a better balance between the bacon and the Big Mac, I\u2019d probably like it more than I do.<\/p>\n

\"McDonald<\/p>\n

With all that said, I enjoyed the Big Mac Bacon, and it\u2019s worth trying. It\u2019s a long overdue twist on a classic that doesn\u2019t get many twists, but this twist doesn\u2019t make it a better Big Mac to me. <\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/strong> Not sure
\nSize:<\/strong> N\/A
\nRating:<\/strong> 7 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> 610 calories, 33 grams of fat, 12 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 95 milligrams of cholesterol, 1210 milligrams of sodium, 47 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of fiber, 9 grams of sugar, and 30 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Does bacon make everything better? That is a question many companies have tried to answer with various bacon-flavored products that I\u2019d list, but it\u2019s so long that if you\u2019re reading this on a smartphone, your finger will cramp from all the scrolling. For some of those products, like bacon soda, the answer is definitely HELLLLLL […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1477,1481],"class_list":["post-34547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-fast-food","tag-mcdonalds"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16571,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/27\/review-mcdonalds-premium-crispy-chicken-bacon-clubhouse-sandwich\/","url_meta":{"origin":34547,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: McDonald’s Premium Crispy Chicken Bacon Clubhouse Sandwich","author":"Marvo","date":"March 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"For years, I believed the \"special sauce\" on the McDonald's Big Mac deserved better. 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