I'm a sucker for a gimmick. But when that gimmick involves a Halloween item, I'm all over it. Burger King is offering a limited-time Jack-O-Lantern whopper, as well as mummy mozzarella sticks and vampire nuggets. This reminds me of my youth when there wasn't a shortage of fast-food places offering spooky menus. Now it seems Burger King is one of the only places trying to spruce things up for the season.
Essentially the same as a regular whopper, but with a bright orange bun topped with black sesame seeds, this thing was really big (I eat one whopper a year, so I forgot the size). I ordered a medium meal deal and it cost a spooky fourteen bucks. Remember when fast food was reasonably priced? I swear it felt more logical to eat terrible food when you were getting it for a bargain. Fourteen bucks made me a little too self-aware.
That said, it was a good burger (my favorite of all the burger chains). And I really appreciated the presentation. The packaging felt like something from the 80's.
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| Halloween whopper seen here with appetizing corpse parts. |
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I wonder if the impossible whopper can be made with the spooky bun??
I realize that I'm probably about to say something that may be very out of touch, but...$14? What?!?
I don't even know what to say about that without sounding like Abe Simpson, and about to go on a back-in-my-day-rambling rant about tying an onion to my belt or bumblebee-emblazoned nickels, but holy cats!
The wrapper IS awful fun, and I appreciate the orange-and-black bun, and other seasonal efforts, etc. but I'm absolutely gobsmacked by that price.
(out of curiosity, I decided to check the menu price locally, and it's an eye-watering $15.35 for that combination in our neck of the woods)
Well, at least it was good (and orange)!
That's cool, every once in a while a whopper hits the spot.
Mr. Haunted Eve here: Know exactly what you mean with the current pricing of fast food. I can get a 10 oz "Thriller" Halloween burger with fries from New York Beer Project (which is a gastropub) for $18. A tad more interesting than than the current Burger King Halloween burger for only a few dollars more and trust me, the beef quality is far better! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BPyxyrLAK/
I believe it can!
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