Hungry Jack's Angry Whopper

The Angry Whopper is $14.05 and 3,400 kJ, and it is the only genuinely spicy burger in the Whopper range. Flame grilled beef, melted cheese, angry onions and spicy jalapeno sauce sit on the standard Whopper build, and the heat comes from two directions rather than one.

Angry onions are the interesting part. They are crumbed and fried like an onion ring but seasoned with chilli, so they deliver crunch and heat in the same bite. That solves the problem most spicy burgers have, where the heat lives entirely in a sauce and washes over everything at once. Here the sauce gives you a steady background burn and the onions give you sharp spikes on top of it.

The heat level is real but not punishing. It sits well below a dedicated chilli burger and comfortably above anything else on the Hungry Jack's menu. Someone who orders mild at a curry house will notice it. Someone who eats chilli regularly will find it pleasant rather than challenging.

On the numbers it runs 34g protein, 53.3g fat and 1,480mg sodium, with carbs at 59.8g which is the highest in the Whopper range because of the crumbed onions. At 3,400 kJ it sits above a Whopper Cheese and well under the doubles, which makes it a mid weight burger despite how loaded it looks.

Who it suits: anyone who finds the standard menu tame. It also works well for people who want a burger with a strong personality without stepping up to a double patty. Angry Whopper calories land it in the same zone as most single premium burgers on the board.

Pair it with Large Frozen Drinks at $2.00, which does more for chilli heat than anything else on the menu, or look at the Grill Masters Spicy Chipotle Angus at $17.80 for the premium spicy option.