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- I taste-tested the signature breakfast sandwiches from McDonald’s, Starbucks, Burger King, Wendy’s, Dunkin’, and Chick-fil-A to see how they compared.
- The breakfast sandwiches were judged on a scale of one to five based on the quality of their buns and filling, as well as their overall taste.
- The Egg McMuffin at McDonald’s was by far the tastiest and most well-balanced sandwich, with a recipe that’s been refined over half a century.
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The world isn’t what it used to be.
Cars can drive themselves, Saharan heat traveled all the way to Paris, and Wendy’s serves a Breakfast Baconator.
But some things will always stay the same: humans will always need to eat. And while breakfast may not be the most important meal of the day, it certainly is a meal. And personally, I never skip one of those.
The seemingly infinite number of fast-food breakfast choices might be befuddling.
Where can you get a filling, tasty, and reasonably nutritious breakfast sandwich? Where can you get one for under five bucks? Who will save the day and eat several thousand heart-stopping calories’ worth of bacon, chicken, egg, sausage, cheese, croissants, biscuits, muffins, and ciabatta bread — for the greater good, of course?
Read more: I ate the bacon, egg, and cheese biscuits from 4 major fast-food chains, and the winner surprised me
I tried the signature breakfast sandwiches from Wendy’s, Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, Burger King, Starbucks, and Dunkin’ in order to find out which chain makes the best morning-meal-in-a-bun.
I judged the sandwiches based on their buns, filling, and overall taste. I rated them from one to five in each metric to reach a completely scientific, objective, definitive, and quantitative conclusion totally not just based on my personal experience and preferences.
Prices reflect the items’ cost at Manhattan locations of each chain.
Here’s what I found:
WENDY’S — BREAKFAST BACONATOR, $3.99: Dressed in the only brioche burger bun of the lineup, Wendy’s sandwich stands out for its unabashed burger-ness. The sunny-side-up egg and square sausage patty are so on-brand.
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BUN: 3 — A burger bun on a breakfast sandwich isn’t exactly creative, but it’s also not bad. FILLING: 5 — It has everything you could possibly want on a breakfast sandwich: bacon, cheese, egg, and sausage — and plenty of it.
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OVERALL FLAVOR: 4 — Everything works really well together, and as always, Wendy’s delivers on slightly higher-quality ingredients. However, the brioche bun isn’t exactly thrilling breakfast material.
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Read more: I tried the signature burgers from 5 major fast-food chains, and the winner was obvious
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- I ate the bacon, egg, and cheese biscuits from 4 major fast-food chains, and the winner surprised me
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Source: Business Insider – ijiang@businessinsider.com (Irene Jiang)