That’s it? That is the sandwich? That’s not worth five dollars. <takes a bite> Oh… oh my God. That is the best thing ever. I don’t know what “Colonel’s Sauce” is, but it is like a party in my mouth. This is completely worth the five dollars. Unfortunately I’m going to end up weighing 700 lbs after this, but it is simply amazing.
You just saw the KFC Double Down Chicken Sandwich. Who dreamed this up? This is perhaps the most insane “sandwich” I have ever seen. A fried chicken patty, 2 slices of cheese, 2 slices of bacon, and another fried chicken patty. Wow. Sorry I don’t have much else to say, it is like the Monster Burger of chicken. My mind is boggled… the funny thing about this sandwich is that it is part of the “unthink kfc” advertising, which has previously only been for grilled chicken.
So, upon seeing this I did what anyone would do and drove over to KFC to buy the beast. The “meal” is $6.99, but you can buy the sandwich for a mere $4.99.
http://www.foodgeekery.com/reviews/double-down-with-kfc/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLwEZRf3www
Two slices of bacon. Two slices of cheese (pepperjack and swiss). A dollop of the Colonel's Special Sauce. And two Original Recipe chicken fillets around them as the bun.
Consumerist.com wouldn't rule it out as a hoax, but we called the phone number on the picture of the receipt for the Double Down on Foodgeekery.com, and a friendly worker named Stefan told us it is real.
Omaha, Nebraska (where the Foodgeekery.com reviewer is from), and an area in Rhode Island are test markets for the Double Down Chicken Sandwich, Stefan said. The sandwich has been selling for about three weeks, and "it's doing really well, actually," Stefan said (he declined to give us his last name).
A quick calculation using the nutritional information on KFC's Web site reveals the Double Down Chicken Sandwich to be about 858 calories and 62.4 grams of fat -- about the same amount of calories and more fat than Wendy's 1/3-pound Triple with cheese.
Oh, where did we go wrong, KFC? We wanted to like you, we really did.
The Double Down Chicken Sandwich is not listed on KFC's Web site. We called three KFC stores in the Orlando area and asked them whether they offered the Double Down Chicken Sandwich. None of the workers had heard of it.
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/fitness_exercise_health/2009/08/double-down-chicken-sandwich-kfc-cardiac-special-of-the-day.html