TAMPA – Who's ready for a steaming-hot bowl of meat, eggs and cheese from Burger King for breakfast? Or a pizza with not just bacon, but "double bacon," and six types of cheese?
Rolling into 2011, fast-food joints across the country are set to deploy a potent new arsenal of greasy goodness for Americans who have grown numb to mere burgers. Spicier, cheesier, gooeyer. And despite everyone's espousal of health virtue, these new items celebrate a spirit of wanton gluttony.
"There's been quite a bit of what we call carnival revival," said Darren Tristano, a restaurant expert at market researcher Technomic. Case in point, "Funnel Cake Sticks" with a side dish of melted frosting. Just enjoy these greasy goodies cheaply while you can. More chains will raise prices in 2011, partly to offset their costs, and partly because an improving economy means they just can.
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