KFC's new sandwich builds momentum for 'heart-attack on a plate' food trend

The cooks behind the "heart-attack on a plate" food trend probably think they're funny. And when you see some of their bizarre creations, they are. But with all the bad obesity press in the U.S., I'm thinking we should lay off the fryers for a while. When you're in a drought, don't water the lawn at noon. If you're the world's third fattest country, let another nation handle the food jokes.

KFC Double Down This invention drops (and cracks the pavement) on April 12. The sandwich uses chicken (fried or grilled) instead of bread. KFC describes it as, "[t]wo thick and juicy boneless white meat chicken filets..., two pieces of bacon, two melted slices of Monterey Jack and pepper jack cheese and Colonel's Sauce." The calories are not so so bad, somehow in the 500 range. But we're talking 23 - 32 grams of fat.


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Fried Twinkie This is a star player on Team Heart Attack. Invented around 1998 at the Chip Shop, a fish and chips place in Brooklyn. They sold approximately 26,000 in 18 days at their first state fair.







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Photo: Robyn Lee
Bacon Hamburger Fatty Melt If the photo is hard to read, let me lay it out for you. This is a hamburger, with bacon on it, with two grilled cheese sandwiches used as a bun, with bacon inside the grilled cheeses. This one was recorded by our friends at Serious Eats.





Guiltless Grilled Cheesecake


photo: PaulaDeen.com

Doughnut Burgers For the recipe, Paula Deen's got it. According to Snopes, the urban-legend fact-checkers, the concept may have been developed by R&B singer, Luther Vandross when he ran out of burger buns, which is why some know it as the Luther Burger. There are other theories about who and what is responsible for this invention but this is our favorite tale.







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