Back in May, I noted that Burger King had begun selling the Angry Whopper in Europe and questioned when we in America would get access to this delicious sounding burger. The answer: it has arrived.
As of January 5, 2009, you can now buy the Angry Whopper at Burger King until March 30. So what is the Angry Whopper? It’s a Whopper with spicy crispy onions, jalapeños, pepper jack cheese, bacon, tomatoes, lettuce, mayonnaise, and spicy Angry Sauce. Yum. As I’ve said before, jalapeños and a little spice makes almost anything better, although I’m skeptical as to what exactly a “spicy crispy onion” is. Also, is the bacon really necessary? Wouldn’t this be just as good without it?
The new commercial for the Angry Whopper has to be one of my favorite Burger King commercials of late, featuring onions “born from fertile soil…but raised on anger” by, who else, a sadistic farmer.
To promote it, Burger King has also created an Angry-Gram website, where you can fill out an “Angry-Gram” letting people know they annoy the hell out of you:
Impulsive Buy has already reviewed the Angry Whopper, giving it a 7 out of 10 and calling it “damn tasty.” However, they note it wasn’t as spicy as they hoped:
The only anger I get from the Angry Whopper is the anger I feel for it not being spicy enough. The red Angry Sauce was more peppery than spicy, the onion rings tasted normal, and the pepper jack cheese produced jack shit in terms of spiciness. The pickled jalapeno was the only ingredient that produced any spicy heat.
On an angry scale of one to ten, with ten being Naomi Campbell beating your ass with a cell phone for not ensuring her Starbucks order was at her desired temperature of 63 degrees Celcius and one being an even-toned “I’m disappointed in you†from your laid back parents who don’t really believe in discipline, the Angry Whopper was a three, or a quick Three Stooges-esque slap to the head.
I haven’t eaten a Whopper (or any fast food burgers for that matter) in ages, but I can’t wait to try one.
Photo and info via Business Wire & Adrants.
63 responses so far ↓
1 Cousin Eddie // Jan 7, 2009 at 5:29 pm
at 888 calories and 55+ grams of fat… I think I’ll settle for a one of those pomegranet smoothies.
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9 Andrew // Jan 11, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Bacon is always necessary.
10 Robin // Jan 11, 2009 at 5:43 pm
I don’t know that I want my food to be angry.
11 tupakapoor // Jan 13, 2009 at 1:03 pm
“Also, is the bacon really necessary? Wouldn’t this be just as good without it?”
You must be vegetarian. Or retarded.
12 Eick // Jan 13, 2009 at 1:35 pm
@tupakapoor.
I am neither. This comment is only fueling the rage burning inside of me to finally complete my rant about how I’m done with bacon on burgers.
13 Lemmonex // Jan 13, 2009 at 5:38 pm
END THE BACON INSANITY EICK.
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18 Photoxris // Jan 15, 2009 at 9:03 am
The angry whopper is the most overpriced, normal-tasting sandwich i’ve ever had. there’s nothing spicy about it —- and i’m a person who CANNOT handle spicy food. I just had to get it, though, because of all the funny marketing they went through. I thought “man i really need to at least try this sandwich!!!” Nothing… not even a sniffle. For $4 it should be spicy and tasty. It wasn’t any tastier than a normal cheeseburger, and it DEFINITELY wasn’t spicy at all. Lame, i want my money back.
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20 lyle // Jan 15, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Photoxris, did your sandwich not have jalapenos?! One jalapenos alone is enough to make it a little spicy.
21 davelog // Jan 15, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Just had my first – and last – angry whopper. Echoing everyone else’s sentiments, not in the least bit spicy, even the jalapenos were weak and overpowered by the mayo and far-too-sweet angry sauce. The onions themselves tasted like normal non-bk onion rings. 10 out of 10 for advertising – love the ad – but 2 out of 10 for execution. I’m sticking with standard whoppers.
p.s. bacon is always welcome.
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23 Monster_chef // Jan 18, 2009 at 2:52 pm
It was ok. It was spicy to a point. The jalapeños over powered everything else. The sauce had a bit of a kick, but the sweet was overpowered by the peppers. Cheese was a miss. The saltiness of the bacon, mayo, and the burger were the only other flavors that weren’t covered up by the peppers. I expected more. But got far less.
Only thing angry is my stomach now.
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25 Sherri // Jan 20, 2009 at 12:54 am
My coworker just bought me one of these. One word….Yummy.
26 Sherri // Jan 20, 2009 at 12:55 am
My mouth is STILL burning!
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28 Muligatawni // Jan 20, 2009 at 6:30 pm
If you’re looking for a fastfood item that truly has some kick, try Carl’s Jr.’s Jalapeno burger or Jalapeno chicken burger… I have a decent tolerance to spice, and these sammiches made me sweat and reach for a beverage repeatedly.
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31 Michael // Jan 26, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Not spicy – Sherri the only way your mouth could be burning is if you kissed the grill they cooked it on. Sauce was a mild BBQ – cheese was not spicy. They make the burger look like you would need a giant mouth to eat it. I only had about 4 slices of onion rings. I asked for extra japs – might have gotten 10 or so. This is all hype no Bite.
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33 Anon // Jan 30, 2009 at 4:50 am
@sherri
DEY ME TROLLAN, DEY HATIN…
34 Maria // Feb 4, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I was expecting a very spicy burger, however it wasn’t spicy at all. I was very disappointed, as the commercials made it seem spicy. The angry sauce sucked ass & it was very sweet. If you want a good & spicy burger try Carl’s Jr. Jalapeño burgers, they’re the shit.
35 andy's rev // Feb 7, 2009 at 2:24 am
It was good–spicy enough for me–but
no big deal-overpriced I like the Big and Tasty
better at MCd’s. Felt the burger later though–
for many hours as it ate up my stomach
and gave me cramps. Maybe it was due to the
fries and soda on top of it all. Wont eat again.
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38 harry hot pants // Mar 4, 2009 at 5:01 pm
this sandwich rocks! it’s very tangy and has a bit of kick to it, why would you want a sandwich that burns your mouth? It’s hot enough to have a good taste and it’s worth the money. If you say this sandwich is overpriced, maybe you shouldn’t be going out to eat and pack yourself a paper bag lunch you fools.
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40 Rev. T.W. Jenkins // Mar 27, 2009 at 1:19 am
To whom it may concern:
Sir, on March 25, 2009 I purchased the Angry Whooper at a Burger King located on Hwy. 60 (Adamo drive) in Brandon/Tampa Florida area.
After eating the whooper within 10 minutes I broke out, all over my body with hives and bumps the size of a quarter. My face , arms, back, stomach, legs, fingers, etc… were all covered. I have never before had an allergic reaction from any of your whoopers. I would like to know what kind of hot peppers or sauce contained in the Angry whooper in order for me to avoid these peppers or sauces in the future. I would also like to know if any other customer or customers have contacted you with an allergic reaction to this whooper.
Thanking you in advance,
Pastor T.W. Jenkins
41 Eick // Mar 27, 2009 at 10:23 am
Rev. Jenkins, uh….I would recommend you contact Burger King directly instead of just leaving comments on a blog post about the Angry Whopper.
42 g-dog // Mar 28, 2009 at 12:08 pm
How about some pissed off fries to go with that?
43 Auston // Mar 31, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Dude, who the hell are you to say any burger is better without bacon? Every Carnivore knows that bacon is a delightful bonus to any burger. Also, use your common sense… What could a spicy crispy onion be? Hmm… Maybe it’s an onion that has a spice to it and crunches when you bite it. Like an onion ring or an onion straw. Your lack of intelligence and taste buds makes me wonder why you were chosen to write this article.
44 Eick // Apr 1, 2009 at 10:15 am
Who the hell am I to say something?
I’m Eick, writer, publisher and owner of So Good, a food blog that is fun, that’s who.
Who the hell are you? Oh right, I forgot, an anonymous commenter on a blog. Which clearly makes you more qualified than me.
Also, the fact that you wonder why I was “chosen” to write this article shows a complete naivete about how a blog works. I write what I want, when I want.
Fun.
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47 jake // Apr 18, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Its not super spicy, however burger king is a huge company and if they released something so spicy that it was inaccessible to most people and promoted it as much as they did the angry whopper, it would be a waste of money on marketing, the goal here is obviously money. however, I happened to like it quite a bit regardless.
48 Madeline // Apr 18, 2009 at 7:24 pm
I just had one, ok but NOT worth 88O calories. Wish I had known that. I just noticed it on the list when I went to get a whopper, no onions or ketchup, extra pickle and, oh yes, bacon. Pissed off fries, how cute…
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52 shock A. con // Jun 6, 2009 at 3:14 am
Neat blog, but this might have been better (more helpful, more informative) if you’d tried the product before reviewing it.
53 Eick // Jun 8, 2009 at 11:13 am
@shock A. con
This wasn’t a product review, therefore I felt no need to try it. This post was about the introduction of, and initial marketing of, the Angry Whopper.
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55 brooke // Aug 5, 2009 at 2:23 pm
It’s unbelievable that with ALL THE INFORMATION out there about how badly processed the meat is in these fast food burgers and how bad it is for your health that people are still eating this garbage. A nation of morons…
56 Daniel // Sep 7, 2009 at 2:03 pm
I’ve had the Angry Whopper in the US with very little concern of it being too spicy, given American tastes. However, I just came back from Korea and I saw they had the Angry Whopper out there and a somewhat amusing TV ad to boot. It was enough for me give it a try at a bus transit station to fill my hunger at the stop. All I can say is I took three bites and I was floored. I had to put it down, gulp the rest of my soda (which I know doesn’t help but spread the heat, however it was all I can do to stop the initial pain), have my wife order me two cups of ice cream to relieve the lingering sting, and wrap the remaining 3/4 of the burger left and dump it. It was insanely hot. Definitely not the peppers because I took those out before I ate. The sauce was the killer. Definitely Korean version lives up to the name. It didn’t have the bacon or the spicy crispy onions. Just a plain whopper with sauce and peppers added. Still, countries have their own tastes and techniques. Unless you are a fan of destroying your taste buds, I would recommend just sticking with the US version.
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58 mrs.c // Nov 27, 2009 at 3:12 am
No matter what u guys think…I really like it. Of course it’s not too spicy. The european version is quit spicy…at least in holland. I like the taste of it and it def tastes better than that disgusting big tasty they serve at mcdonalds. As long as they serve the angry whopper, I will buy it. Today I’m going to eat it with twisted fries and a nice strawberry milkshake.
59 tony // Jan 12, 2010 at 11:04 pm
this is the best hamburger i have ever tasted period………
60 sean // Mar 18, 2010 at 10:56 am
this is the best burger hands down
61 mike // Apr 28, 2010 at 12:20 am
i miss…this burger…. rip angry whopper…rip…
62 Lynn // May 28, 2011 at 6:40 pm
These are so good, I just had one today. They are back at BK!
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