The peanut butter bacon burger isn’t the only new item Sonic is unveiling. The chain is also offering the peanut butter bacon shake at $3.99 for a medium, which is, well, exactly what it sounds like. A peanut butter milkshake is nothing new — it’s pretty much become one of the standard flavors at this point — but bacon in a dessert might make some pause. However, bacon and ice cream together are not new to the fast food sphere: In 2012, Burger King released a bacon sundae nationwide, and frankly, it was delicious.
A peanut butter and bacon creation is also not nearly the weirdest thing Sonic has released. In 2018, the company dropped the pickle juice slushie on an unsuspecting American public, a menu addition that proved divisive, to say the least. At that time, reactions online ranged from surprisingly compelled, to repulsion. The company has to be hoping both its new burger and shake offerings will be met with a more unified enthusiastic reception.