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Burger King Breakfast Shots: Not Half-Bad

In an era of downsizing rather than super-sizing, Burger King has spun much of its menu into miniature form—Burger Shots, Cini-Minis, and now the limited-time “Breakfast Shots.” These tiny egg sandwiches come in packs of two ($1.49) or six ($4.39), topped with your choice of bacon, ham, or sausage, and slathered in a smoky cheese sauce. Truth be told, I wasn’t expecting much of these slider-sized morsels. Dividing one breakfast sandwich into many can be a sly way of cutting back the eggy, cheesy surface area, passing off hunks of bread with minimal goodies as bite-sized sandwiches. But if anything, BK’s Breakfast Shots had the opposite problem—too little bread to contain everything else going on. Bite-sized sandwiches should be...

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2 Comments | Posted by Carey Jones, April 3, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: breakfast, Breakfast Shots, Burger King, egg sandwiches