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26th Jan 2015

Pic: KFC’s new ‘Double Down Dog’ has more calories than you can shake a stick at

It’s only available in the Philippines… for now

Conor Heneghan

It’s only available in the Philippines… for now.

Healthy eating and maintaining a balanced diet is normally the done thing at this time of year, but KFC have come up with a new product that flies in the face of all of that.

Not for the first time, the Colonel and his cohorts have invented a dish that contains almost a day’s supply of calories in one small dish, one that will make some drool and others feel sick just by looking at it.

The Double Down Hot Dog, currently on limited release in the Philippines, is basically a hot dog covered in cheese, with the hot dog buns replaced by fried chicken.

Fried chicken which is stuffed with cheese.

https://twitter.com/andytoddcook/status/559710732632465408

Only 50 of them are available at participating restaurants in the Philippines for now, but, who knows, if they prove popular enough maybe they’ll be unleashed on a global scale.

If you’re like us, your reaction to such a prospect is probably a little something like this…

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