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To begin, no, I don\u2019t know why they call it \u201cpretzel bread,\u201d either. The bun doesn\u2019t look like a pretzel, and it certainly doesn\u2019t taste like one, either. But then again, I guess it\u2019s a lot easier to fit the word \u201cpretzel\u201d on an advertising marquee than \u201ctry Burger King\u2019s new Toasted Bun With The Letter \u2018X\u2019 Carved Into Its Bacon King,\u201d so maybe it\u2019s all just a matter of marketing?<\/p>\n
As for the newfangled BK Pretzel Bacon King itself, basically what we\u2019re working with here is the chain\u2019s tried-and-true King burger, albeit with a much snazzier bun. As the name implies, BK has replaced the old sesame-seed-coated bun with a fancier, ritzier, and considerably fluffier pretzel bread base and it definitely distinguishes the product from its flame-broiled brethren.<\/p>\n
On the whole, the product still has a fairly familiar Burger King flavor to it, but the texture is certainly something you don\u2019t normally experience out of the fast food staple. Of course, it doesn\u2019t quite taste like a gourmet burger, but it does provide a moderately more refined gustatory experience than most of the stuff you\u2019ll be getting out of a drive-thru window these days.<\/p>\n
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Underneath the bun, however, there\u2019s not a whole lot new to experience here. Basically, it\u2019s one or two 1\/4 lb. patties topped with a hearty helping of bacon, shellacked with a blanket of molten American cheese, and then inundated with a barrage of mayonnaise and mustard. This is a product that would have benefited from having a couple of more ingredients in the mix \u2014 lettuce, tomato, heck, even a couple of fried onion rings would\u2019ve done a lot to help this one pop a little more on your tastebuds. <\/p>\n
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For the most part, every time you bite down you\u2019re just getting a burst of cheese and mustard, which isn\u2019t a bad combination per se, just one that\u2019s, well, kinda\u2019 mundane<\/em>. A more exotic cheese (gruyere, perhaps?) would\u2019ve given this one a firmer identity, and I\u2019m still not sure why Burger King opted for the plain old yellow mustard when a spicier blend would\u2019ve made for a more delectable limited-time-only product.<\/p>\n From there, the usual complaints and caveats about Burger King products continue to apply. I know it\u2019s old hat, but with almost 2,000 milligrams of sodium in this sucker, you are really<\/em> getting a high quotient of salt for one meal. And I wouldn\u2019t suggest eating one of these in your finest apparel \u2014 even for a sauce-centric Burger King offering, this thing can get wildly<\/em> sloppy.<\/p>\n On the whole, the Pretzel Bacon King is a solid and filing product, but its Achilles heel is that it\u2019s too predictable<\/em>. This is a fairly tasty L-T-O that plays things maybe a little too safe and offers consumers hardly anything they haven\u2019t already experienced before. And at such a steep price point, you\u2019d expect a little more than what you\u2019re getting out of the overall package here.<\/p>\n Purchased Price:<\/strong> $5.79 To begin, no, I don\u2019t know why they call it \u201cpretzel bread,\u201d either. The bun doesn\u2019t look like a pretzel, and it certainly doesn\u2019t taste like one, either. But then again, I guess it\u2019s a lot easier to fit the word \u201cpretzel\u201d on an advertising marquee than \u201ctry Burger King\u2019s new Toasted Bun With The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"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_seo_schema_type":"","_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":[1534,1477],"class_list":["post-39833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-burger-king","tag-fast-food"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39765,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/25\/fast-food-news-burger-king-pretzel-bacon-king\/","url_meta":{"origin":39833,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Burger King Pretzel Bacon King","author":"Marvo","date":"September 25, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Burger King is still heavily promoting the plant-based Impossible Whopper, but the chain continues to pump out new meat-based burgers. 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\nSize:<\/strong> Single patty
\nRating:<\/strong> 6 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> 920 calories, 60 grams of fat, 18 grams of saturated fat, 135 milligrams of cholesterol, 1930 milligrams of sodium, 55 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 2 grams of sugar, and 39 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"