Wendy’s Bacon and Cheese Potato
You can’t get a baked potato at many fast food places. I’m not aware of any other large chain that offers them besides Wendy’s. Every time I eat one, I enjoy it, and wonder why they are so rare. It would seem to be a great platform. Inexpensive, simple to prepare and dress, and very filling. All you need is an oven to bake the taters. The toppings require no special treatment or storage. You can put just about anything on them, from cheese and sour cream, to meat and veggies. Sometimes I get Wendy’s chili and pour that on top. You can also eat them plain with a tiny bit of butter, and meet the requirements of several popular diets. Baked potatoes are a wonderful thing.
Wendy’s bakes their potatoes in a real oven, not a microwave. Once baked, they are kept in a warmer until served. They are usually decent size spuds. I’ve eaten many over the years, and rarely did I get anything I would consider small. Of course with natural items like this, every one is different. They do a good job weeding out runts.
They taste very good, and I really can’t tell the difference between these and potatoes I’ve baked at home in the past. They are light and fluffy inside, and the peel is slightly crisp. They taste like good quality Idaho potatoes I purchase at the grocery store. Just as good as what I’d make, without the long cooking time or preparing any toppings.
The Cheese and Bacon version is my favorite among Wendy’s 3 standard choices. The others are Sour Cream with Chives, and Broccoli with Cheese. The cheese sauce is good, unlike many ‘liquid’ cheeses found on other fast food items. This melted cheddar reminds me of the thick rich sauce that Arby’s uses on it’s sandwiches.
The bacon bits are quite tasty, and you can tell they are made from real bacon, as opposed to textured vegetable protein which many common supermarket bacon products are made from. Betty Crocker’s Bac-Os for instance, contain no real bacon.
I really enjoy the Cheese and Bacon Potato from Wendy’s. It’s simple, cheap, filling and a different experience than most fast food side orders. Good stuff.
Price: $2.15 — Website: Wendys.com
Fast Food Critic Score: B+
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Nutrition Facts - Wendy’s, Bacon and Cheese Baked Potato.
Calories - 450
Calories from Fat - 120
Total Fat - 13 grams
Carbs - 67 grams
Saturated Fat - 5 grams
Trans Fat - 0 grams
Cholesterol - 30 milligrams
Sodium - 950 milligrams
As I was saying, I’m not that fond of baked potatoes. But to each his own I suppose.
Do I detect a new grading system, or are you really giving this thing 90 stars?
My previous comment flew off into the ether. What I said was that every day from the age of 3 until I left home at 21, we had a baked potato with dinner. EVERY DA**ED DAY! Perhaps I am not as enthused about them as some others may be.
EVERY DA**ED DAY!
Could have been worse, they might have made you bring an onion to school with you everyday for your lunch.
Hahaha…. Geezer and Rob!
Poor Geezer and his potatoes…
And somehow this reminds me of Charley Brown on Halloween…. all the kids are comparing the candy and goodies that were dropped into their Halloween bags, and then there’s Charley…. “I got a rock”.
LOL
Yes sir, I am switching to a numerical 1-100 rating. I found the stars did not allow me to express myself as much as I had hoped.
What a great review! I, too, love Wendy’s Bacon & Cheese baked potato. It’s been around in the same form for many, many years.
I’m reminded of the time when my mom dropped me off at Wendy’s with some money so I could get lunch. I ordered a bacon & cheese baked potato and french fries. That was the day I got my first lecture on nutrition.
I think I was only 10 at the time.
Yummy, that looks good. Nothing like the menu at a Wendy’s might show it, but that’s what I love about this site.. WYSIWYG.
All the potato is missing is some sour cream, butter, broccoli, and extra cheese
The Wendy’s baked potato is good. My only complaint is that they are hard to eat in the car, which is where I eat a lot of my fast food.
My local Wendy’s potatoes always taste and smell like coffee grounds. I wish I could figure out why. Is this a location specific problem?
Coffee grounds Yuck. That’s not good. Maybe that location uses the same storage for raw potatoes and coffee? That would be weird don’t know why they would do it.
BK was offering baked potatoes in Canada as an optional side with their combos until recently; they seem to have disappeared.
Totally agree that a baked spud is a much healthier option than fries or rings. I usually order the small chili and the plain potato, and then dump the chili on top. (You get way more chili this way than if you order the “chili stuffed potato”, for about the same price). Add a small drink, and you get a fairly nutritious fast-food lunch for under $4.
According to Wendy’s nutrition info, this combo has:
540 cal, 12 g fat, 84 g carb, 24 g protein, 40% VitA,
85% VitC, 16% Calcium, and 40% iron.
I usually scoop out and discard a few ounces of the potato flesh (to make more room for the chili!), which I think probably takes 30g of carbs and 120 cals out of the equation - even better for you.