The Tucson Taste Testers Are Back!

Our favorite guys are back reviewing the January Healthylicious Campaign from eegee's. Seriously, if you have not seen this, you need to watch it. There's no guest speaker this week, but the sarcasm is on point.



The guys are reviewing the Healthylicious Sandwiches, the Pecan Cinnamon Roll Cookie and the new flavor of the month Pineapple Watermelon. It's the splash, the splash, complete with Jazz hands. So good.

HEALTHYLICIOUS

This covers the four turkey sandwiches that eegee's has to offer.

"They tend to be on the delicious side, not on the healthy side. Anything with ham and white bread, usually isn't considered healthy."

We couldn't agree more. You can't just think you're eating healthy, you must know what goes into your food.

• Turkey D-Lite - This comes with wheat bread instead of white and fat-free house dressing. No cheese for you if you're trying to lose weight.
  

  Size	5"	8"	12"
  Cal	130	190	290
  Sat Fat	0g	0g	0g
  Fat	1.5g	3g	75mg
  Choles.	25mg	50mg	255mg
  Sodium	1,010mg	1800mg	2690mg
  Carbs	15g	19g	27g
  Protein	14g	25g	37g
  Fiber	<1g	1g	2g

• Regular Turkey
  

  Size	5"	8"	12"
  Cal	330	470	690
  Sat Fat	2g	3.5g	5g
  Fat	13g	22g	33g
  Choles.	30mg	65mg	95mg
  Sodium	1070mg	1770mg	2600mg
  Carbs	38g	43g	61g
  Protein	18g	29g	43g
  Fiber	2g	2g	3g

• Turkey Ham & Cheese
  

  Size	5"	8"	12"
  Cal	370	560	820
  Sat Fat	5g	10g	15g
  Fat	17g	32g	48g
  Choles.	35mg	75mg	110mg
  Sodium	1050mg	1740mg	2550mg
  Carbs	38g	41g	59g
  Protein	19g	31g	46g
  Fiber	2g	2g	3g

• Turkey & Roast Beef - If you opt for no pickles like Scully on the right, your calorie intake will be a bit lower.
  

  Size	5"	8"	12"
  Cal	440	820	1210
  Sat Fat	4.5g	9g	13g
  Fat	19g	36g	54g
  Choles.	85mg	170mg	255mg
  Sodium	1980mg	3830mg	5690mg
  Carbs	27g	44g	62g
  Protein	41g	80g	119g
  Fiber	1g	2g	3g

New campaign name Licious, there's nothing healthy about it. Eight inches of bread. Carb lovers dream. 

Don't forget if you add fries and a drink you're consuming more calories. Small fries add 260 calories and a large fry is 390. Oh and if you add one cup of ranch dressing, pack on another 300 calories.

"If you've made a New Year's Resolution to lose weight we recommend you stay away from this sandwich."
"Unless you've given up already... try it quitter." 

dying. 

FLAVOR OF THE MONTH

The new flavor of the month for eegee's is the Watermelon Pineapple Splash. Watermelon is a huge fan favorite. We even predicted this flavor would be a combination. Though is it a bit too good to be true? First, watermelon is watered down with pineapple. 

The guys report that the flavor is a bit mild. You don't really even taste either of the fruits. It's a background flavor. It's the elevator jazz music. And we're just going to leave that one here. 

Do you agree with the guys' opinion on this flavor? Let us know in the comments.

COOKIE OF THE MONTH

The cookie of the month is the Pecan Cinnamon Roll Cookie. It's a giant cookie with cinnamon, sugar and real pieces of pecans. 

You can see Tim fall in love with this cookie starting with the first bite. He will be stocking up on this cookie to enjoy throughout the year! 

Have you had the Cookie of the Month? What do you think of it? Let us know in the comments.

RECAP

The food is overall good. Turkey is a go to sandwich when you aren't feeling adventurous. 

The new flavor is okay, but is more of a sugar crash than a flavor you could get excited about and get your watermelon fix until summer. 

Finally, the cookie. It's on point. This is what you should be eating this month. MMmMMmmm Cookies. Cookie of the Year! 

No one needs a New Year Resolution. Fast Food is the way to go!

Though if you do want to try and stay healthy there is a Salad of the Month the guys didn't get around to reviewing. Probably because real men don't eat foo foo salads. Watch that dressing ladies!

One final note, the sign off "Thank you for watching us eat." Should be your signature. Keep it.

Eegee's Debuts Mac & Cheese . . . Whut?!

Eegee’s just announced that they are now serving Kraft Macaroni and Cheese on their menus! 

...Um ok? 

I think the general consensus from the comments left on eegee’s Facebook page is why?

It is unclear whether this is just on the kid’s menu, which would make more sense. Also, why is it Kraft? Is Eegee’s unable to be original anymore, have they gone corporate? Didn’t Kraft have a few recalls last year on their mac & cheese as well? I have so many questions, and this announcement just left us confused and kind of bored. 

Who really cares about Kraft mac & cheese. It’s less than a dollar at the store for a box, so do you really want to pay for a small bowl at the store? We’re not sure of the price yet, but will post pricing when we go to the store. We envision that whoever came up with this idea thought it was the most amazing idea ever...and then it came out and no one really cares. If they wanted to make excitement over mac & cheese why didn’t they create their own recipe??? It’s not that hard to make, it’s noodles and cheese.

Why is the Eegee’s menu changing so much lately? Have sales been that bad that they have to constantly come up with gimmicks to attract customers? We straight up love our Eegee’s but does it have to constantly be changing? See our previous post about how much the brand has changed over the years here. While the branding has been inconsistent over the years (are we now supposed to be writing eegee’s, Eegee’s, Eegee, eegee, or eg’s, whoever handles their social media can’t even get it right), their food has always pretty much stayed the same. People love the drink and food items offered, so why mess with it? If it’s not broke don’t fix it, right? Unless it is broken and eegees is in some sort of financial trouble, please don’t let that be true!

While it seems the new flavor Watermelon Pineapple seems to be a hit, they maybe should have left it at that for their big reveal this month. There are several other places that serve worthwhile mac & cheese in Tucson, here are a few of my personal favorites as I am a mac & cheese connoisseur along with my eegee’s obsession. 

1. The Hub: The Hub serves amazingly creamy mac & cheese. You can also add additional toppings like BACON or chicken. It comes with a baked on crusty top that’s to die for!
2. Trident Grill: You wouldn’t think a college bar would have such amazing mac & cheese but they do! I go back and forth between whether The Hub is better than Trident or not, but either way, I would eat either mac & cheese any day. It’s creamy and sooo cheesy.
3. The Fix: Duh the entire place is devoted to mac & cheese
4. Union: They put bacon in the mac & cheese so obviously it’s good!
5. Maynards Market & Kitchen: They’ve got a decent mac that I’m happy to order whenever I’m there.

This is just a short list of mac & cheeses I’d rather eat than even trying eegee’s. Not that I hate Kraft mac & cheese, I have three boxes in my pantry right now, but why would I go to a food joint to eat Kraft? I really hope this was for the kids because I’m totally not getting this effort. I also hope that this isn’t a sign of eegee's going corporate. This isn’t like adding Frank’s Red Hot Sauce to your ranch, aka Buffalo Ranch, because that idea was pure genius. This just seems to be a lazy way to add another item to their menu. They used to have such an individualistic personality and lately they’ve been a little boring with their presentation. Don’t lose your quirky fun edge eegee’s, that’s what we loved about you!

As many fans have commented, if you don’t want the item then don’t get it. Well hey, if no one gets it then what was the point of putting it on the menu in the first place?

If you disagree with us and love the eegee’s mac & cheese, let us know! Feel free to comment below or send us your pics at our email address eegeeslove@gmail.com and we’ll post on our social media. 

We will only judge you slightly for ordering Kraft mac & cheese...

Watermelon Pineapple Splash

We know this was announced a few days ago but, hey, we were on vacay so we’re getting to it now!

Looks like the new flavor came out and it’s Watermelon Pineapple. Not just Watermelon Pineapple, but Watermelon Pineapple Splash. Oooooh, doesn’t that make it so much fancier! The look of the artwork is kind of retro and oh so clever. They put a pineapple top on a watermelon .

Joking aside; on the images, the flavor is pretty amazing. I’m not sure that I would have guessed the two flavors on my own if I were blind tested but it definitely has a tropical flavor to it. We’re predicting that this flavor will, obviously, be a hit. 

It’s kind of a no-brainer. Watermelon is by far the favorite flavor of all the eegee flavors. This is also the first time they’ve mixed watermelon with anything! So that’s exciting. Also, to any fans concerned with how radioactive the eegee flavors have been looking lately, don’t worry they don’t look like that in real life! Our suggestion, make a watermelon flavor each month if you want to strike it rich!

Check out some of the fans trying out the new flavors. 

Watermelon pineapple Eegee's yup yup #eegees #watermelonpineapple #tucsonaz #tastyshit #tajin #wishihadsomesaltidos

A photo posted by Jabba Lozano (@bigjabbz) on Jan 2, 2016 at 6:35pm PST

No better way to start the new year than with @eegees. The new flavor of the month is amazing, you have to try it 😍 #eegees #fom #tucsonthing #tucsonaz

A photo posted by M A N D Y • R E N A (@mandyrena) on Jan 1, 2016 at 12:44pm PST

And if you have any pictures you’d like to share with us send them over to us via email at: eegeeslove@gmail.com and we’ll share them on our social media.

Have you tried the new flavor? Leave a comment below and tell us what you think about it! See how close we were to guessing the flavor in our previous post.

Eegee's New January Flavor of the Month

We recently got an email from, who we are assuming is, eegee's advertising agency up in Phoenix. We were informed that eegee's is in fact coming out with a new flavor again this January.

Last year we had Red Licorice. This was somewhat of a controversy. A lot of people tried it, tweeted about it and at the end of the day it was a bit of a bust as a flavor.

As for the new flavor this new year, if it is in fact a new flavor, those hoping Galactic Grape or Banana Blush would come back are going to be sadly disappointed.

Do you think it's going to be a fruit flavor? or something random like Red Licorice? There are a few fruits that eegee's doesn't have in its arsenal including:

1. Passion Fruit
2. Kiwi
3. Pineapple by itself
4. Blueberry by itself
5. Grapefruit
6. Apricot
7. Guava
8. Plum
9. Papaya
10. Cranberry

Eegee's has been known for mixing flavors with berries, pineapple and lemon/lime. They also do a hodgepodge mashup to make their Jungle Juice. There are currently seven flavor mixes:
Cherry Pineapple (fun fact: a fan requested this to be made and so many people agreed, it came to life.)

1. Orange Pineapple
2. Blueberry Lemon
3. Cherry Limeade
4. Holly Berry
5. Jungle Juice
6. Peach N Berry

It's about time for a mix of flavors again, it's been too long. Could the new flavor be a mix of current flavors they already have? If the new January flavor is a mix of flavors, here are some flavors we think would mix the best:

1. Mango Pineapple
2. Apple Grape
3. Pineapple Watermelon
4. Strawberry Banana
5. Pomegranate Black Raspberry
6. Raspberry Lemonade

Eegee's could also throw everyone for a loop as they did back in January of 2015. Here are some flavors we think they could come out with that are not fruit related.

1. Cola
2. Popcorn
3. Pie (Pumpkin, Pecan)
4. Chocolate Mousse 
5. Love Potion No. 9
6. Mexican Hot Chocolate 

Let us know in the comments what you think the next flavor of the month is going to be. Also, if you work for eegee's and know any of the fun secrets shoot us an email at eegeeslove@gmail.com. All names are kept confidential.

If a new flavor doesn't excite you, you can order your own favorite flavor on the eegee's special order website. Here are the flavors you can order from eegee's:

1. Rodeo Root Beer
2. Lucky Lime
3. Fruit Splash
4. Blueberry Lemon
5. Galactic Grape
6. Jungle Juice
7. Cherry Cider
8. Pomegranate Blast
9. Holly Berry
10. Tangerine Breeze
11. Chunks O' Cherry
12. Cherry Pineapple
13. Orange Pineapple
14. Orange Dream
15. Mango Tango
16. Black Raspberry
17. Cherry Limeade
18. Blueberry Lemon
19. Banana Blush
20. Peach n Berry
21. Red Licorice
22. Watermelon

The Eegee's Secret Menu - No Longer A Secret!

UPDATE: As of January 1, 2017 eegee's no longer supports their secret menu. You are still able to get eegee's suicide style at select locations. If they don't know what you're talking about, educate them on what suicide style actually is.

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We told you we had some insider information for the eegee's secret menu and here it is!

We found out from some inside sources that all the employees at eegee's are being trained to handle your secret menu needs. Tag us when you order and post photos of the secret menu items @eegeeslove.

TRASHCAN FRIES

Fries done right. They will literally put everything on top of a batch of fries. This includes cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, olives, banana peppers, ranch, and buffalo ranch.

THE ITALIANO

This sandwich will make you want to kiss your fingers like the Italians do. It's a Roast Beef Sandwich with some Marinara. Not the most Italian, but okay we'll go with it. 

THE JUNKYARD

Think California Burrito only with an Eegee's Grinder. That's right, they load a grinder with fries. Open Mouth. Insert Junkyard.

MUTHA FUCKIN' GRINDER

Speaking of an Eegee's Grinder. This is the mother load, the mother-fuckin' grinder is 18" of grinder glory. Bring friends or eat it yourself. Note: It's really called the Big F'ing Grinder, but if you're going call it a fucking grinder, say fucking. 

EL RANCHO STYLE

Ranch is eegee's most popular item, though the buffalo ranch is becoming a fan favorite. The El Rancho Style has the employees dumping both of these delectable condiments on your order. 

HOT AF STYLE

Let's be honest, the Flaming Hot Chicken Sub eegee's showcased this year was anything but flaming hot. So they've introduced a Hot As Fuck Style to their arsenal. This style let's the employees know they should be adding jalapeños and buffalo ranch to your sandwich. 

SUICIDE STYLE

Can't decide what eegee's flavor to get? Get them all. 

Have you ordered something off the secret menu yet? We want to see your photos. Email them to eegeeslove@gmail.com or tag us @eegeeslove #EGsSecretMenu. We will feature them on our social media. Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

We reached out to eegee's corporate though they were unavailable for comment.