A fatty way to start your day! McDonald’s rolls out new 650 calorie French Toast breakfast sandwich in 200 Minnesota restaurants which has a cholesterol content of 129 per cent of your recommended daily intake

  • Restaurants in the Twin Cities, Duluth, Mankato and Rochester started selling the new McGriddles French Toast sandwich on Monday morning 
  • The two-year long project culminated after the popular eatery found that market research revealed that consumers wanted a more filling option in the morning
  • 200 stores sell the sandwich until 10.30am with 'a select number of locations are testing all-day availability' 
  • It consists of egg-coated brioche bread, American cheese, an egg, pork sausage and applewood-smoked bacon 
  • Cost of the new breakfast item will be approximately $4.39 

Restaurants in the Twin Cities, Duluth, Mankato and Rochester started selling the new McGriddles French Toast sandwich on Monday morning

Restaurants in the Twin Cities, Duluth, Mankato and Rochester started selling the new McGriddles French Toast sandwich on Monday morning

More than 200 McDonald's restaurants in Minnesota tested a new French Toast breakfast sandwich at their locations, marking the first time in five years that the chain has released a new morning sandwich. 

Restaurants in the Twin Cities, Duluth, Mankato and Rochester started selling the new McGriddles French Toast sandwich on Monday morning. 

The sandwich has over 37 grams of fat and 650 calories. It has a staggering 385 milligrams of cholesterol. That is 129 percent of the daily recommended intake.  

The two-year long project culminated after the popular eatery found that market research revealed that consumers wanted a more filling option for their grub. 

'No berry sauce, no maple-bacon jam,' said McDonald's chef Mike Lingo, according to the Star Tribune. 'People were looking for regular, everyday flavor profiles.' 

200 stores sell the sandwich until 10.30am with 'a select number of locations are testing all-day availability'

200 stores sell the sandwich until 10.30am with 'a select number of locations are testing all-day availability'

Lingo works in the company's test kitchens in the Chicago suburbs, and has helped create many products for the chain. He was crucial in the removal of artificial coloring from Chicken McNuggets and most recently helped launch the Bacon Smokehouse Burger.

The two-year long project culminated after the popular eatery found that market research revealed that consumers wanted a more filling option for their grub. McDonald's chef Mike Lingo was instrumental in creating the new sandwich

The two-year long project culminated after the popular eatery found that market research revealed that consumers wanted a more filling option for their grub. McDonald's chef Mike Lingo was instrumental in creating the new sandwich

The sandwich starts off with two slices of brioche bread, which Lingo added was the type that he used to make French Toast at home. The bread is accentuated with eggs, vanilla and cinnamon.

Covered with American cheese, the sandwich comes together with pork sausage, an egg and applewood-smoked bacon. 

'Then we fold the paper around it, tuck it under, tuck it under, and breakfast is served,' added Lingo.

Lingo went on to explain how the item is made on sight, which McDonald's has prided itself on since the Egg McMuffin in 1972. 

'A lot of the big coffee chains serve frozen breakfast sandwiches, but we're not microwaving an egg that was cooked in a factory,' said Lingo. 

'We crack eggs, here in the restaurant. We make this sandwich in an actual kitchen, where people prepare food. We're pretty proud of that, and it's something that we don't get a lot of credit for doing.' 

Minnesotan companies are behind the new sandwich venture. Baldinger Bakery, located in St. Paul, has been baking bread for the chain since 1957. 

In Monticello, a Carill plant tackles the process for creating the egg coating used on the sandwich. 

The price varies, depending on the store, but can be found to be around $4.39. 

It is currently only being sold until 10.30am with 'a select number of locations are testing all-day availability,' according to McDonald's spokesperson Anne Christensen. 

If the sandwich gains enough traction, then McDonald's will start pushing it out on a more permanent basis. That would begin in the second quarter of 2019. 

'We're still working out supply issues,' explained Lingo. 'When you have 14,000 restaurants, it's not easy.'