Denny’s recently launched a Beetlejuice Afterlife Menu with four items: a Breakfast Slam, a Melt, a Burger, and a Shake. Marcela and I were there this past Friday to try it out with Burger Beast Burger Clubbers Charlie and Teri.
We skipped the Cookies ‘N’ Scream Shake since Apple Crisp is always the perfect ending to a meal at Denny’s.
First up was the Say It Three Times Slam ($8.99) featured three eggs (cooked your way), three slices of bacon, and three silver-dollar chocolate chip pancakes topped with vanilla cream, chocolate sauce, chocolate chips, and green sprinkles.
Please skip this one, as it was terrible all around. The pancakes were drowned in all those fixings, making them a sloppy mess. The eggs were so overcooked that when I speared a fork into one, it stood up straight like the American flag on the moon. And the bacon was flaccid and flavorless.
Now, onto The Afterlife Melt ($12.79), which consisted of four mozzarella sticks, American cheese, and Provolone cheese on griddled buttered bread. I liked it, but it needed a sauce of some sort. Later, I reread the menu and realized they never brought the side of tomato sauce, which makes sense. Denny’s griddled sandwiches always taste great, but this one needed that sauce for dipping.
Last was the Beetlejuicy Burger ($14.39): three quarter-pound patties, three bacon strips, three Provolone cheese slices, Diner Q sauce, pickles, onions, tomatoes, and lettuce on a Brioche bun. I traded out the wavy-cut fries for hash browns just because I could.
My first thought was that this triple was tall, not wide. And it tasted like any other Denny’s burger; nothing special happened here. I ate mine without the lettuce, tomato, and onion, which is how everyone should enjoy it.
However, we were onto something when we pulled out a patty and added it to The Afterlife Melt. Maybe that’s the way to go!