Do Not Want: Dunkin' Donuts Egg White Flatbread Breakfast Sandwiches
Dunkin' breakfast sandwiches all lined up, waiting for you to eat them. Don't.
Usually I am a Dunkin' cheerleader. I like the big iced coffees. I like the cotton candy pink icing on the donuts, even if I don't order them. I like the reliable service for working Americans everywhere. Overall, I like that America Runs on Dunkin'. But America should not run on their Egg White Flatbread breakfast sandwiches. They should run away.
There are two flavors, both on flatbread: Veggie (with peppers, onions, mushrooms, reduced fat cheddar) and Turkey Sausage (with spinach and mozzarella). Maybe I'm just English muffin nostalgic, but the flatbread was the first mistake. It's sweet. And gross. Inside, the egg white patties have little specks of unidentifiable "bits." They look like confetti, whether veggies or sausage. But there's no party here.
My mom used to feed me McMuffins before big tests growing up, so I've always considered breakfast sandwiches to have special powers. These: powerless. They may be less than 300 calories each, but still no power. A sad moment for breakfast sandwiches everywhere.
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21 Comments:
Huh...I had one and thought it was pretty good...
jknepfle at 8:54AM on 09/19/08
Yeah, I'm not a big fan of Dunkin getting on a health kick. For a while, my sunday morning treat was a big iced coffee and one of their sausage egg and cheeses on a bagel. Though it was completely tasty, one morning I realized that basically I was eating a cheesburger for breakfast, and if that's what I wanted, well, perhaps I should actually just eat a chesseburger for breakfast....
JudgeFudge at 9:48AM on 09/19/08
I just make my own. Ciabatta bread, an egg, american cheese, and some turkey bacon from fresh market. pretty unbeatable.
ChiefHDB at 9:57AM on 09/19/08
also, an *actual* Egg McMuffin only has 300 calories. so if these are less tasty, there's absolutely no reason to get them whatsoever.
courtguerra at 10:11AM on 09/19/08
Hmmm... Not appealing. Just reading the descriptive title is enough to make me walk away. I understand where they are going with this, a "healthy" option. The problem is, you should WANT to eat it in order for it to be healthy.
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welldonechef at 10:17AM on 09/19/08
the picture itself is unappetizing. that bread looks like cardboard.
i say just eat a real breakfast-you need the fuel for energy and you burn it off throughout the day anyway, then eat a lighter dinner later.
gastronomeg at 10:50AM on 09/19/08
Ugh... These look repulsive. I sort of can't believe you ate one. Everything at fast food outlets/chains tastes sweet ... because it's all full of HFCS. Plus, DD's regular egg/cheese/English muffin is just a few more calories--310.
Joy Manning at 11:11AM on 09/19/08
I love breakfast sandwiches, too (I used to really love Burger King's Croissanwiches), but the part about little confetti specks threw me (oop, pun). Anyway, I prefer my breakfast sandwiches without sprinkles.
OneWallKitchen at 11:20AM on 09/19/08
Let's talk more about the pink icing donuts.
worldcupfever at 11:36AM on 09/19/08
the photos alone makes me sad. the innards look like...just yuck.
i'd rather eat a donut and run a mile.
thursdaynightsmackdown at 11:55AM on 09/19/08
I'm obsessed with breakfast sandwiches, and thought the new DD egg white one was pretty good -- and only 6g of fat, plus some small amount of veggies to boot. My impression may have been tainted by the fact that I had a Panera egg souffle thing the day before; I checked when I got to the office, and that thing had 32g of fat; yeesh!
Tying back to the other home page thread, the egg sandwiches at flour bakery are awesome, and worth every calorie!
newyorker at 12:09PM on 09/19/08
I laughed at the tv when I saw those abominations. You want a little fat in the morning. It's better for you than the corn syrup.
the_o at 12:58PM on 09/19/08
Erin - I also like having a Sausage and Egg McMuffin before big exams! I had one before the ethics exam I had to take to qualify for the state bar. Woo!
mmmargie at 1:01PM on 09/19/08
I gave the turkey sausage one a try recently and what annoyed me the most (besides the cardboardy bread) was that when I got it home there wasn't even any cheese on it. Not that the extra dairy would've necessarily helped the sandwich much.
Krista at 1:59PM on 09/19/08
Sweet? Yuck.
Kerosena at 2:50PM on 09/19/08
the part that makes me mad about this, too, is that you can't get the egg white omelet on any other type of bread. no croissant, no english muffin, no bagel. why? i'm assuming because this egg is triangle shaped, to fit the flatbread. guess what? i don't care if it hangs over the edge, just please... let me have it on a croissant! the flatbread tastes like cardboard. i think the egg white part itself is fine, though i've only had the veggie not the turkey.
anysuchname at 5:07PM on 09/19/08
All these recent abominations introduced at DD are from Executive Chef/Director of Culinary Development Stan Frankenthaler, of the late, great Salamander restaurant in Cambridge, MA. Lo, how the mighty have fallen!
howlandwolfe at 5:29PM on 09/19/08
worldcupfever, you made me laugh out loud.
cybercita at 1:00PM on 09/20/08
This looks horrible and the sound of it doesn't. Try McDonald's chicken on a bisquit, it's fantastic.
I_Hate_Mornings at 10:23PM on 09/28/08
I love these. The bread is warm, soft, and very flavorful. I love that it contains whole grain. The eggwhites are delicious and there is just enough melted cheese. Im not sure why people are not liking these. I personally love heatlhy food and even though these might contain quite a bit of sodium, they are still a better choice than most breakfast options out there. I find myself craving these for breakfast once in a while.
pumpkinspicey at 10:58AM on 04/18/09
You're crazy!! iT's probably the ONLY breakfast that's healthy and has taste.I ate the turkey sausage it's 280 calories and 6g of fat. MCdonalds Egg Mc Muffin 300 calories and 12g of fat. Egg Mc Muffin w/ sausage is 300 calories 23g of fat. Burger King Croissan'wich w/Sausage& Cheese 450 calories, 32g fat,Burger King Croissan'wich with Sausage, Egg & Cheese 510 calories, 36 fat. No comparing plus the DD flatbread egg white sandwich is more filling then a tiny mcmuffin!!!
yoyodieter at 2:45PM on 09/15/09