This has been a great year for fast food innovations and Dunkin Donuts continues the “I’m broke so I’ll just take a staycation in my mouth” trend with the new Sausage Pancake Bites, aka meat munchkins.
The new concoction is a pancake ball, pre-soaked in maple syrup, and filled with sausage.
As Michael Showalter blogs, “Did you get that? The syrup is in the pancake and the sausage is in the pancake that the syrup is in too! Fuck it! Let’s all get in that pancake! It’s a pancake party!”
They’ll be sold for a limited time at participating Dunkin Donuts at 3 for $1.59 or 6 for $3.
In a statement, Dunkin’ Brands’ Executive Chef Stan Frankenthaler said, “Everyone loves a traditional pancake and sausage breakfast, but in our typical busy day it’s almost impossible to find the time it takes to sit down and enjoy it. With our new Pancake Bites, we’ve put the traditional taste of pancakes and sausage into a portable, poppable snack that you can take with you on the go, in the car, at work or any time day or night.”
Just don’t try to pay for them in pennies.
[via Gothamist]
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The closest DD is at least 60 minutes away : – (
In 60 minutes, I could probably get to over 50 locations.
That hurts, man. Really hurts.
On my drive home from work, I can go by 5 without any real effort, even though half my commute is freeway. There are 5 within a 20 minute walk of my house.
That’s the thing about the Boston area — we likes our DD.
From my desk in the Chicago Loop, I think DD is closer than the ladies’ room.
I work in a DD.
No, not really, but since we’re all one-upping each other…
I make my own DD at home.
Clearly you do not live in my neighborhood. I could walk to 50 DD’s in an hour.
I was going to say, how could you not have a Dunkin Donuts near you, but then again im in an area where the closest starbucks is in a B&N store.
Some metropolitan areas do not have a strong DD presence. In particular the health capital of the U.S., Denver/Boulder.
The closest to me is about 40 minutes away… damn!
Pfft…there are at least 10 within a 5 mile radius of my house…not even joking. All seem to be run by the same middle eastern family or something. I don’t understand how they can all stay in business, and most of them are open 24 hours.
The store locator says that there are none within 50 miles of me. I don’t really mind though. I have never been to a DD, so I guess I don’t know what I am missing.
Went to DD this morning for coffee. Almost every person was ordering these.
They are yummy.
…not gluten free.
lollers
I got two orders of these this morning. They’re like maple-flavored corn dog balls with a sausage center. I like them. A lot.
I am so getting these as soon as I can. They look freaking delicious.
A little bit greasy and they are not freshley made like their donuts…but man are they good. I only wished that they gave you a little bit more. But, if you eat them with a side of hashbrowns then everything is ok.
DD doesn’t make fresh donuts like they used to, it is all commissary based now. The trick is to get them from stores near your local commissary. In Massachusetts, it is on Route 1 half way between 495 and the Rhode Island border, so the stores in the “corner” area of the two states can have donuts that are freshest, only a couple of hours old. I’ve gotten ones that are still crispy around the edges, nummy.
The pancake bites are good but greasy, and the sausage is a bit spicy. They’re not bad.
Agreed re: wanting more per order, but 2 orders is still only $3, which is not bad. Tack on the hash browns and… grahhhghghghgghhhhhh (eyes roll back in head, tongue hangs out as I start drooling)
The staff from NPR’s Wait Wait..Don’t Tell Me tested them and blogged about it:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/waitwait/2010/11/08/131163100/sandwich-monday-dunkin-donuts-sausage-pancake-bites
I love their conclusion: “The verdict: admittedly delicious, but not in a way you feel good about morally or physically.”
That’s exactly how I feel about the McGriddle at McDonald’s.
I can’t wait to try these.
This is basically how I feel about donuts in general. I love Krispy Kreme donuts, but heaven help me if I eat more than four a year.
there’s actually a way to make krispy kremes even more like crack. my friend made this for me and it was soooo good
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/donut-bread-pudding-recipe/index.html
I don’t see the big deal, it’s just a spherical (more or less) McGriddle.
They look like sausage rolls. The only thing missing is HP sauce…
Tried them. Meh.
looking at the nutrition, they are the calorie bomb!
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 3 Pancake Bites
Servings 1
Calories 300
Calories from Fat 180
Total Fat 20g 31%
Saturated Fat 7g 35%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 20mg 7%
Sodium 550mg 23%
Total Carbohydrates 23g 8%
Dietary Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 7g
Protein 7g
How are they the calorie bomb? 300 calories?
Seems more the fat bomb.
100 cal/bite is pretty dense. Compare to something like an English muffing/egg/cheese which has the same calories but is a lot more food and more balanced
It’s a pancake, drenched in syrup, wrapping a sausage. It’s high for the size, but not too crazy.
Ouch. There’s a DD about a 30-second walk from my apartment, and I was thinking about getting these on the way home, but…. that’s pretty calorie heavy for a snack.
Unless 6 of them could be a meal, but judging by the pictures it doesn’t look like it.
I’m sure they’ll emphasize the zero trans fat part of this heart bomb
To paraphrase Patton Oswalt, these are sadness nuggets wrapped in a fail blanket.
By comparison, a Boston Kreme donut has 310 calories. I think the nutritional value of these is fair, considering it is Dunkin Donuts.
Will there be a meat munchkin-flavored iced coffee coming sometime in the near future???
Their pancakes taste like shit.
I’d rather go to a restaurant where they make them themselves, and not just go and reheat frozen crap.
Why not just establish a permanent line and inject lard and whale fat right into your veins, America?
Because veins can’t taste.
+1
These things are actually pretty freaking tasty, I tried them last week.
I don’t go to DD often anymore since I moved to Plymouth, MA, I have Kisskadee Coffee around the corner from me, it’s a privately owned coffee shop with WiFi and amazing coffee.
I’d rather patronize a local shop with great service and a great product than DD since they’ve gone to crap.
The SpaceToddler saw the commercial last night and said “I want to eat those.” Of course his strong affinity for corn dogs could have something to do with that.
OMFG I know where I’m going for my lunch break!
Is it bad that I actually WANT these? Any comment on how many calories? I think it will be too high
Someone else posted the nutritional value, but essentially they are 100 calories each.
They did the work of my digestive system for me.
Since I moved out of Massachusetts, it is difficult to find a decent Dunkin Donuts. Back home, you tripped over them, blinked and 3 more popped up. Here is a helpful map for those who have never been to MA. http://www.boston.com/yourtown/massfacts/snapshot_dunkin_donuts_vs_starbucks_massachusetts/
The only one near me now kinda sucks, and doesn’t have half the things the ones at home have. But I will be trekking over there to see if they have these pancake ball things. They sound awesome.
I’d like about 50 of these, please.
These have the potential to be my new breakfast obsession; I hope DD doesn’t let me down!
If you like these then I’d suggest finding an Original Pancake House and trying the three little pigs in a blanket… They take sausage links and wrap them in pancakes… yum
I have tried it and official judgement is:
“Like pigs in a blanket. With sausage. And eau de syrup. And overpriced.”
On a side note the DD I went to with my SO may have had a microwave issue, as 1 out of every set of 3 was undercooked. Not frozen, just cool.
And when I complained they gave me a another portion for free. Which also had one partially underheated.
It’s mini “Pigs in a Blanket”.
For their next feat they should…serve fresh donuts.
Depends. Most dd have fresh donuts if you go in the morning. If you go to the dd that is the kitchen for the rest you will get fresh ones.
The way dunkin donuts works is that there will be one location that bakes all the donuts and the others get them trucked in from that location .
These aren’t anything new, to be honest… check out your grocer’s freezer section for Jimmy Dean’s blueberry pancakes with sausage on a stick. Yum! I think they have a chocolate chip version too (and a plain version) but I haven’t tried those yet.
My husband had these last week or over the weekend or sometime not too long ago…I had a bite and thought they were great, but I’ll never buy them myself – empty calories and all that.
And plus, I felt like I was biting into someone’s testicles, which almost ruined the experience. Or made it that much more special, I still don’t know.
“I’m broke so I’ll just take a staycation in my mouth”
Ben–Huge quote win!!!
Had me laughing for about an hour.
My wife had them the other day and she called me to tell me that they were strangly addictive. She goes, i shouldnt like these, they are horrible for me. But I cant help it I am addictedt o them.
Saturday she went out that moring to go shopping with our daughter. The DD she stopped at was all out of them. The girl working the drive thru said they went thru 5 bags of them by 9 AM.
Thank god we live in the Boston area, you can’t throw a rock without hitting a Dunks.
I want them to bring back the waffle sandwiches. Sooooo good. I think I’d better stay away from Dunkins until they get rid of these things, because my waistline can’t handle discovering a new addiction.
they are good, sorta like mini corndogs!
I’ll add my voice to the chorus, these are damned good.
WAy too pricey. I made something like this years ago. Mine was bigger and had sausage, bacon, and mushroom.
Why is Consumerist advertising for Dunkin’ Donuts?
They are pretty tasty, and $1.59 is pretty good I suppose. They’re more filling than they let on.
I just had these this morning and they were really good. Not something that I will have on a regular basis but once in a while is fine. They were $1.59 for three and $3.09 or $3.19 for six.
Ordered a set of three this morning… They actually taste pretty good.. but not something I would eat consistantly or even consider throwing in my weekday breakfast rotation.
A friend of mine used to wax rhapsodical about these things called ‘flapsticks’ (an unholy alliance of flapjacks and stick sausage) that were served in his elementary school cafeteria. I’m sure that he was at DD’s doors before they opened the day these things were launched.