Should have seen this coming...

...someone dressed up as KFC's Double Down. I guess it was for Halloween?? Read more here.

Grilled Cheese Burger Melt

Friendly's isn't going to stand by and let the KFC Double Down steal customers of theirs. Nope. No way. Instead they are launching this 1,500 calorie, triple sandwich thingy. Wow. Read more here.

"Nutritional" information: 1500 Calories, 870 Fat Calories, 79g Total Fat, 38g Saturated Fat, 180g Cholesterol, 2090mg Sodium, 101g Carbs, 9g Dietary Fiber, 4g Sugar, 54g Protein

Lookout, KFC

McDonald's may be getting some of that fast food market share back.

How can they compete with the KFC Double Down, you ask?

McRibbles. Bite-sized McRibs.

Eww^x, as x approaches infinity

Apparently some folks have taken the Double Down a step further and are lobbying for a "KFC & Krispy Kreme Fried Chicken Luther Double Down Sandwich." Learn how to make your own here. (Pay careful attention to Step 2: Purchase KFC Double Down and Krispy Kreme Glazed Doughnut through the drive-thru (no need burning calories when you’ll be consuming so many.)

Way to go, Wendy's. Eww.

Nate Silver from FiveThirtyEight has taken a very careful look at KFC's Double Down to determine if it is in fact the "caloric monstrosity that it appears" and the results just may surprise you: It's not the absolute worst fast food option out there. In the chart below Nate uses one KFC Double Down as a unit of comparison.

"...So, is the Double Down the most gluttonous fast food sandwich ever created? It depends on how you measure it. At the margins, consuming one Double Down almost certainly isn't as bad for you as a Triple Baconator, a Thickburger, or even a fully-loaded Chipotle burrito. But while those products should, in theory, fill you up for at least half the day, the Double Down might leave you hankering for seconds. It's a high bar to clear, but it's the closest thing to pure junk food of any "sandwich" being marketed today.

** To calculate Double Downs for your own favorite sandwich, apply the following formula: divide the number of mg of cholesterol by 469, the number of mg of sodium by 3,754, the number of grams of total fat by 133, the number of grams of saturated fat also by 133, and the number of grams of trans-fat by 66. Then sum the result. To calculate Double Downs per Calorie (DDPC), take the above result, divide by the number of calories, and multiply by 540..."

Someone ate the KFC Double Down

Scott Lamb from Buzzfeed:

"I tried my best to capture the experience in video, since words fail when it comes to KFC's newest sandwich. I hope this will keep you from eating it — consider it a PSA. Also, it cost $5.98 (including tax) when I bought mine in Brooklyn, and took forever to make, I guess because of the bacon. Or because to person who made it had to overcome so much revulsion."

Speaking of Eww...

KFC will seriously be selling this heart attack later this month. Bacon and cheese sandwiched between two pieces of chicken.

The Original Recipe Double Down (pictured): 540 calories, 32g of fat and 1380mg of sodium
The Grilled Double Down: 460 calories, 23g of fat and 1430mg of sodium

Read more here.