Satisfries

This weekend Burger King is offering free orders of their new Satisfries. Rolled out recently, it's their "healthier" version of fries with less fat and calories than the regular fries. I guess the product hasn't taken off as quickly as they anticipated, leading to the free promotion.

I had heard that Satisfries cost more than regular fries, which some people cited as a reason to not order them, but at our local Burger King, the price difference was only ten cents. I thought it would be more.

We liked the Satisfries. The regular fries (which are skinny, straight and more crispy) don't have that much potato flavor (mostly salt and seasonings), and these Satisfries (softer and crinkle cut) really tasted like potatoes. They also weren't as heavily salted as fast food fries usually are, which is a plus. We definitely thought that these were worth the extra ten cents.

However, as much as we liked our free order of Satisfries, the existence of a "healthier" type of fry isn't enough to drive us to visit Burger King more. They're definitely better than the regular BK fries, but they're not such great fries that it would make us go to BK just for them. To be honest, if I'm ever at Burger King, I'm probably more likely to get the onion rings anyway, but A would probably substitute the regular fries with Satisfries in the future (if he remembered they existed). We do like that Burger King is trying a healthier alternative to regular fries, and hopefully it takes off so fast food outlets aim to make their menus a little better. Good job Burger King.

The fries are free all weekend, so go try them!