And that's exactly what we've got with their all-new cheesy bacon fry is now available nationwide.

UPDATE: May 17, 2019 at 1:40 p.m. In January, the fast food chain's Loaded Bacon Cheese Fries came and then quickly went as part of a limited-edition rollout. Well now, after months pining for this fan-favorite side, THEY'RE BACK and in stores nationwide. According to TODAY, they'll arrive back on menus this summer.

Don A. Jenkins is said to have invented the chili cheese fry variation, at the age of 16, in Tomball, Texas. Another report claims that a young fry cook named Austin Ruse was the first to serve this dish while working at Dairy Queen in St. Charles, Missouri.

This is not the first time that McDonald's has experimented with cheese and french fries. In Spain and Canada, the fast-food chain has reportedly sold cheesy fries for quite a while, Business Insider reported. In 2017, they also offered a limited-time loaded bacon and cheese french fries basket across four U.S. states.

Thick Cut Applewood Smoked Bacon Ingredients: Pork Bellies Cured With Water, Salt, Sugar, Natural Smoke Flavor, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite.

applewood smoked bacon Each Quarter Pounder® with Cheese Bacon burger features thick-cut applewood smoked bacon atop a ¼ lb.* of 100% McDonald's fresh beef that's cooked when you order.

UPDATE: January 9, 2019 at 11:25 a.m. That Wednesday, McDonald's restaurants nationwide will officially begin serving Bacon Cheese Fries - the crispy, stringy fries you know and love topped with cheddar cheese sauce and smoked bacon bits.

The bacon comes in ready cooked and it is reheated in our ovens before being served.

plural nounInformal. a dish of French fries that have been topped with cheese, usually American or cheddar, and baked or otherwise heated until the cheese is melted.

One story goes that Austin Ruse invented them at a Dairy Queen in Missouri; another is that a 16-year-old diner named Don Jenkins mixed chili, cheese and fries at a Dairy Queen in Tomball, Texas.

The Great Lakes Cheese plant at 2200 Enterprise Ave. is one of three suppliers of process cheese to the McDonald's chain, which has about 13,700 U.S. restaurants. The plant, which has 256 employees, makes process cheese by mixing together several types of American cheese with the help of heat.

Our World Famous Fries® are made from quality potatoes, including Russet Burbank, Ranger Russet, Umatilla Russet and the Shepody. The suppliers we work with first peel, cut and blanche the potatoes. They then dry, partially fry and quickly freeze the fries for our restaurants.

Bacon can come from a pig's belly, back or sides ⁠ - essentially anywhere that has an exceptionally high fat content. In the United Kingdom, back bacon is most common, but Americans are more familiar with “streaky” bacon, also known as side bacon, which is cut from pork belly.

Irish firm bags McDonald's bacon deal Based in Thurles, Co Tipperary, Dew Valley is an independent processor employing 250 staff, and is to supply the McDonald's with around nine million pieces of bacon per year.

Types of Bacon

• Streaky bacon. Streaky bacon, also known as American bacon or side bacon, is the regular bacon you'll find in pretty much every store.
• Back bacon.
• Collar bacon.
• Jowls.
• Lardons.
• Pancetta.
• Speck.
• Smoked and flavored bacon.

Don A. Jenkins is said to have invented the chili cheese fry variation, at the age of 16, in Tomball, Texas. Another report claims that a young fry cook named Austin Ruse was the first to serve this dish while working at Dairy Queen in St. Charles, Missouri.