Burger King rolled out its fabled "bacon sundae" nationally today.

Naturally, we had to try it.

The bacon sundae is exactly what it sounds like it is: A bacon sundae.

The sundae is made up of bacon, vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, and caramel. Burger King is touting it as one of the items on this year's summer menu, as it tries to keep its brand relevant in preparation for going public.

It has 510 calories, 18 grams of fat and 61 grams of sugar.

So, how is it?

When you take a bite of ice cream and bacon, it initially tastes like salty ice cream. That's a good mix, but the ice cream quickly melts in your mouth, leaving nothing but bacon.

And so, you now have a mouthful of bacon. Great, right? Except that the bacon's cold because it was smothered in ice cream. The sweetness of the ice cream goes away and you're left with salty, squishy bacon with a strange aftertaste that seemingly lasts forever.

There's not enough bacon to last more than a few bites, so it soon turns into a regular ice cream sundae. It's fairly large, so you'll have a ton of that regular sundae to eat. I didn't make it very far past the bacon.

I imagine that there's some people out there that would like it — or, at the very least, try it once — but it just seems unnecessary.

For Burger King, it probably doesn't matter. Releasing a bacon sundae nationally got the Burger King brand a ton of exposure, and it's going to get some people into its stores. That's good enough.