You’ve heard of combining milk and cookies, bacon and eggs. Now you can get three out of four of those items together, in one creamy shake.
It’s the bacon milkshake, and it’s the brainchild of the Jack in the Box fast-food chain, and the shake is said to contain only bacon-flavored syrup, not the real thing.
Still, according to the Jack in the Box web site, a regular-size 16-ounce bacon shake weighs in at a hefty 773 calories and 40 grams of fat, while a 24 ounce large option packs 1,081 calories and 54 grams of fat, nearly an entire day’s allowance.
The bacon milkshake is part of the 2,200-store, San Diego-based chain’s new “Marry Bacon” ad campaign that asks, “Love Bacon? Marry It,” and encourages visitors to the chain’s website to “Make a Bacon Baby.”
In addition to the calories, a regular-size milkshake costs $2.90 after tax. But don’t expect to just walk in or drive up to your local Jack in the Box and see the new item on the menu.
“The shake is not listed on our menus in the restaurants, so it’s more of a ‘secret item’ that people can order. Each restaurant is getting a very limited quantity, so we don’t know how long they will last,” a Jack in the Box spokesperson said.
Indeed, the chain is advertising the new shake with a disclaimer that says the drink is “as limited as limited can be” and “might disappear.”