Burger with cheddar, all-natural cheddar spread, lettuce, tomato, red onions, pickles, bacon & Fridays™ sauce.

Two beef patties topped with three slices of bacon, American and Swiss-style cheeses, Mayo-Onion sauce, mustard and ketchup on a sesame seed bun.

It's now fairly common to see bacon cheeseburgers on menus, but did you know the first bacon cheeseburger can be traced back to Lansing, Michigan? A&W Chairman Dave Mulder opened a franchise in Lansing in 1961. The restaurant was on U.S.16, an area people had to pass through to get between Detroit and Grand Rapids.

According to the company, A&W franchisee Dale Mulder invented the bacon cheeseburger. He later became president of A&W and remains chairman today. According to a Thrillist article from 2015, Mulder's customers would request bacon on top of their cheeseburgers so he decided to put it on the menu.

Hamburger with bacon and cheese is a bacon cheeseburger, which became an official menu item at an A&W Restaurant owned by Dale Mulder in Lansing, Michigan in 1963. Hamburgers with bacon but no cheese may be referred to as bacon burgers.

cheddar cheese Layered with slices of bacon, cheddar cheese, pickles, lettuce, red onion, tomato, mayo.

The Best Bacon Cheeseburger has a thin and crispy smashburger-style patty, plenty of bacon, gooey cheese, and all your favorite toppings. Add grilled onions cooked in bacon fat if that's your jam! This one's a “must-make” for burger lovers everywhere.

WATER, TEXTURED PEA PROTEIN, COCONUT OIL, TEXTURED WHEAT PROTEIN (WHEAT GLUTEN, WHEAT FLOUR), VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, 2% OR LESS OF: METHYLCELLULOSE, NATURAL FLAVORS, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, GARLIC POWDER, SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, ONION POWDER, BLACK PEPPER, BEET JUICE (COLOR ADDED), LACTIC ACID.

A cheeseburger is a hamburger with a slice of melted cheese on top of the meat patty, added near the end of the cooking time. Cheeseburgers can include variations in structure, ingredients and composition.

(ˈbeikənˌbɜːrɡər) noun. a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon. Word origin. [1975–80; bacon + -burger]

According to Steak 'n Shake archives, the restaurant's founder, Gus Belt, applied for a trademark on the word in the 1930s. An A&W Restaurants franchise in Lansing, Michigan, is credited with inventing the bacon cheeseburger in 1963, putting it on the menu after repeated requests from the same customer.

Bacon Cheddar is a mild cheddar infused with REAL bacon bits. Cheddar, made in the classical way, tends to have a sharp, smooth, powerful flavor, often slightly earthy.

The cheese slice used in our menu items like our Big Mac®, Cheeseburger and Quarter Pounder™ with Cheese contains approximately 60% real cheese (51% Cheddar and 9% Other Cheeses).