The Addams Family: Wednesday's Whopper
Burger King (2024)
This year's spooky offering from Burger King is centered on The Addams Family.
There are four things on the seasonal menu: the Wednesday’s Whopper, which is a traditional Whopper on a purple bun with black sesame seeds, Gomez's Churro Fries served with a chocolate dipping sauce, Morticia's Kooky Chocolate Shake, which is soft serve chocolate ice cream blended with chocolate cake batter fudge and topped with black and purple cookie pieces, and Thing's Rings, which are pretty much just the same old onion rings that they always have, but served in a little cardboard caddy that has a picture of Thing.
I wasn't really craving anything sweet when I stopped at Burger King, but I did want to try that Purple Whopper.
Yup... it's purple.
I don't mean to come off as sarcastic here. It's pretty cool, but couldn't they have spiced it up with something that makes it taste a little different... maybe a special sauce or peppers or something?
Pineapple Under The Sea Frosty
Wendy's (2024)
Burger King does get credit for at least making their promotional burger look different. Wendy's is collaborating with Nickelodeon for the 25th anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants and offering their customers a Krabby Patty. Whether you're familiar with the cartoon or not, you might think that this is a crabcake burger, or maybe a cheeseburger made with Old Bay seasoning or something, but... nope. It's just the same double cheeseburger that they always have. Way to put in a little effort, folks.
At least they came up with a good dessert item for this promotion, which was the only reason why I stopped here in the first place. The Pineapple Under The Sea Frosty is very good, and a heck of a lot better than the regular Chocolate Frosty that they always have.
