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    >>> has anyone ever see you pick up a piece of double fudge chocolate cake smothered in ice cream and said this is why you're fat.

    >> the successful duo that came up with the very popular blog turned book called "this is why you're fat" a collection of crazy and whacky recipes.

    >> and disgusting.

    >> how are you?

    >> great, great.

    >> it started off as a blog. people just sent in the recipes of foods that they ate that were sort of over the top .

    >> and pictures, too.

    >> we started it on february 9th and we had a book deal within a month because there were so many submissions coming in.

    >> were you surprised at the number of people who had these types of recipes?

    >> yes, exactly. we knew we were on to something a lot of bacon blogs out there.

    >> bacon blogs?

    >> yes.

    >> there is an obesity problem. a huge epidemic in our country. you're going to explain to us why.

    >> education segment.

    >> let's start with these. variation on your cinnamon buns .

    >> i hear that you typically like the sweet stuff , right, you like the savory. this is best of both worlds . this is bacon wrapped inside of a cinnamon roll .

    >> no, it is not.

    >> i'm sorry, but that saves time. that really does. you're going to put the whole thing in your -- wow.

    >> all right, let's see. good? interesting. it's like most of the items on the site and the book. it's kind of gross, but you want to try it.

    >> yesterday paula dean was making a pam with coca-cola and you are saying we can just have fried coke .

    >> this was the winner of the texas state fair a few years back.

    >> how do you fry a liquid?

    >> you have to bring it down to a pretty cool temperature and then batter it partially frozen, i think.

    >> you freeze it, batter it and fry it.

    >> but if you want to, the recipe is in her book.

    >> you have to check the book to see.

    >> you have to try it.

    >> look, you dropped five pounds you have to be feeling good, come on.

    >> i feel better and i want to stay that way.

    >> how many calories do you think are in this one scoop?

    >> i don't know.

    >> got the little whip cream on it, i bet it is fantastic.

    >> that is disgusting.

    >> oh, i'd love it.

    >> you do?

    >> how about this one. these are mcnuggetinis.

    >> i herd the fourth hour is the happy hour.

    >> some have called us that, we don't know why. this is vodkaonacdonald's chocolate milk shake garninged with chicken nuggets .

    >> this is perfect for frank.

    >> you cannot participate at all. you have a mcnugget garnishing it.

    >> cheers.

    >> cheers.

    >> that's good. oh, that's good. frank would love that. is that barbecue sauce around the edge?

    >> it is. again, sweet and savory.

    >> we have some meatloaf and some --

    >> what is in there?

    >> mac and cheese in your meatloaf.

    >> it is also bacon wrapped. if you want to be in this is why you're fat, smothered in cheese, deep fried or bacon .

    >> this gets almost everything. good for you. that was clever.

    >> what, you can't try that?

    >> that's the bacon .

    >> i'm just going to try that part. that's your typical meat loaf .

    >> you don't want the pasta part?

    >> my mother is cooking for thanksgiving. it takes one year to get off the pounds of my mother's at thanksgiving.

    >> this recipe is in the book. aren't all of these in the book? that's why you're here. they're all in the book.

    >> this recipe is not in the book, but you can get this in athens, georgia. it's in a cafe down there. this is based off of elvis presley 's favorite sandwich.

    >> doughnut with peanut butter , banana and bacon .

    >> and bacon , exactly. banana and peanut butter sandwiches. my favorite one in the whole book. i spent a long time with this book is the corn hole . can we take a look, please, at the corn hole .

    >> that is disgusting. where is that corn?

    >> and where has it been?

    >> it's all in the book.

    >> happy, whatever, eating season. you look like you didn't try any of yours. we'll be

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updated 11/10/2009 11:18:57 AM ET 2009-11-10T16:18:57

There’s nothing like a juicy burger or some bacon, and maybe a donut to top it off. Better yet, you could just combine your favorite fatty foods into one artery-clogging dish. That’s what the blog “This Is Why You’re Fat” and the book by the same name showcase. Check out a few of the recipes for these seriously sinful meal mash-ups.

Recipe: Bacon cinnamon rolls (on this page) Recipe: Deep-fried Coke (on this page) Recipe: Bacon mac and cheese meatloaf (on this page) Recipe: Elvis donut (on this page) Recipe: McNuggetini (on this page)

Recipes from "This Is Why You're Fat" by Jessica Amason and Richard Blakeley. Copyright (c) 2009, reprinted with permission from HarperCollins.


Recipe: Bacon cinnamon rolls

Ingredients
  • 1 container bacon strips
  • 1 container cream cheese
  • 1 roll ready-to-cook cinnamon rolls
Preparation

Cook the bacon in a pan until one side is mostly done, but not fully cooked through. Dry the bacon of grease, then slather the mostly cooked side of the bacon with cream cheese.

Unroll the cinnamon rolls on a hard surface. Place the cream cheese-slathered bacon onto the unrolled cinnamon rolls. Roll the cinnamon rolls back up with the cream cheese bacon inside.

Place the rolls on a nonstick baking sheet and bake for 17-20 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove from oven and top with icing provided in the cinnamon roll packaging.

Recipe: Deep-fried Coke

Ingredients
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups Coke
  • Whipped cream
  • Maraschino cherries
Preparation

Mix together flour and baking powder. Add eggs and Coke and mix until a batter is formed. Pour 1/3 cup batter into a funnel, dropper or turkey baster and pour into a skillet filled with oil. Fry for a minute on each side.

Serve warm, garnished with whipped cream and a maraschino cherry.

Recipe: Bacon mac and cheese meatloaf

Ingredients
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 slices wheat bread, crumbled
  • 2 tablespoons ketchup
  • 1 large garlic clove, minced
  • 2 tablespoon parsley, minced
  • Worcestershire sauce to taste
  • Cayenne pepper to taste
  • Salt to taste
  • Black pepper to taste
  • 1 1/4 cups onion, sliced
  • 10 strips of bacon
  • Premade macaroni and cheese
Preparation

Mix ground chuck, eggs, bread, ketchup, garlic, parsley, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne pepper, salt and black pepper with hands in a large bowl.

Meanwhile, sweat onion until translucent but not brown. Allow onions to cool, then add to meat mixture. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and move to refrigerator.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lay bacon across the width of a loaf pan. Press a layer of meat into the bottom of the pan, on top of the bacon. This layer should fill exactly one third of the loaf pan.

Scoop some of the macaroni and cheese into the loaf pan, making sure to press out any air bubbles. This layer should also fill one third of the loaf pan.

Form a slab of meat in the approximate size and shape of the remaining one third of the loaf pan. Transfer the slab to the loaf pan. Add or remove meat as necessary to ensure a snug fit.

Fold strips of bacon back over the top of the meatloaf. Roast until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees.

Recipe: Elvis donut

Ingredients
  • Glazed donut
  • Peanut butter
  • 3 to 4 slices of banana
  • Bacon strips
Preparation

This is a peanut butter glazed donut topped with bananas and bacon.

Make some extra crispy bacon, and let cool to room temperature.

In a shallow pan heat up a peanut butter of your choice in the microwave for 30-45 seconds.

Dip one side of the glazed donut in the peanut butter.

Top the donut with 3-4 slices of banana.

Lay the bacon on top in an 'X' or chop it up and top. Lady's choice!

Recipe: McNuggetini

Ingredients
  • 1 bottle vanilla vodka
  • 1 large McDonald
  • 1 container McDonald
  • 2 Chicken McNuggets
Preparation

Mix 3-4 shots of vanilla vodka in the McDonald's chocolate milkshake. Rim each martini glass with McDonald's barbecue sauce and pour the milkshake and vodka mixture into the glass.

Garnish each with one McNugget.

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