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French toast occupies a nebulous space in the breakfast continuum. On the one side, you\u2019ve got muffins, doughnuts, and pancakes as sweet breakfasts, then you have eggs, hash browns, and bacon\/sausage over on the savory breakfast side. Then you have French toast in this kind of no-man\u2019s-land, some kind of breakfast purgatory, where it\u2019s sort of savory because of the egg flavor, but then you drown it in syrup, and it becomes sweet. Make up your mind, French toast!<\/p>\n
Obviously, as a French toast skeptic, I had concerns going into Homestyle French Toast Sticks, the new breakfast item from Wendy\u2019s. However, Wendy\u2019s got around this identity crisis by frying the crap out of these things to the point where classifications like \u201csweet\u201d and \u201csavory\u201d become lost in an oily confection that makes deep-fried Oreo cookies look healthy. Harsh words? Perhaps, but notice I did not say that I didn\u2019t enjoy it.<\/p>\n
According to Wendy\u2019s, this new menu item \u201cdelivers a mouthful of flavor, striking the perfect texture balance of a soft custardy interior and crisp, golden-brown crust.\u201d Okay, I will give them that: the texture contrast is really nice. The very deep-fried tasting sticks have lovely little caramelized edges that clash wonderfully with the lightly egg-flavored bread. However, texture and flavor are two different things, and flavor balance is where Wendy\u2019s might have stumbled a little.<\/p>\n
When I ordered these, Wendy\u2019s staff told us to move aside from the drive-through line so they could make them to order. Now, I have faith in the Wendy\u2019s work ethic, but I\u2019m pretty sure this did not mean cracking eggs and cooking the sticks in the pan. They are likely fried to order, which is why the overall feeling of \u201cfried\u201d is so strong. Four or six piece sizes are available; I got the six because of course I got the six.<\/p>\n
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When I dipped my nose into the bag containing these little guys, as one does, the smell actually reminded me of carnival funnel cake, which is weird because I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve had funnel cake in a decade. These treats are a good size too, more like long wedges as opposed to sticks. When I bit into one, the decadent flavor of carbs fried in oil went to work on my tongue while my brain tried to remember that I was still looking for other flavors. There is an egg flavor in there, but it\u2019s a little subtle; this likely does not taste like your grandma\u2019s French toast because it\u2019s just not eggy enough. When you dip these sticks into the syrup provided, the sweetness overrides everything, and the egg flavor is no longer discernible.<\/p>\n
That said, these things are hella addictive. I had been planning to save the last strip for my husband, except I got lost in a kind of sugary breakfast haze and inhaled every single one. I was left looking at an empty plate with a few dots of syrup on it, wondering how I got here. It was quite enjoyable, but I think I\u2019ve used up my allowance for fried foods for the rest of the month.<\/p>\n
Purchased Price:<\/strong> $3.99 French toast occupies a nebulous space in the breakfast continuum. On the one side, you\u2019ve got muffins, doughnuts, and pancakes as sweet breakfasts, then you have eggs, hash browns, and bacon\/sausage over on the savory breakfast side. Then you have French toast in this kind of no-man\u2019s-land, some kind of breakfast purgatory, where it\u2019s sort […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[1477,1526],"class_list":["post-52512","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":18970,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/26\/fast-food-news-carls-jr-and-hardees-cinnamon-swirl-french-toast-breakfast-sandwich\/","url_meta":{"origin":52512,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s Cinnamon Swirl French Toast Breakfast Sandwich","author":"Marvo","date":"August 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Carl's Jr. and Hardee's latest breakfast menu item is the Cinnamon Swirl French Toast Breakfast Sandwich. 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\nSize:<\/strong> 6 sticks
\nRating:<\/strong> 8 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> 490 calories, 25 grams of fat, 5 grams of saturated fat, 175 milligrams of cholesterol, 550 milligrams of sodium, 50 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 12 grams of sugar, and 16 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"